# Fame.am profile — machine-readable export
# Canonical URL: https://fame.am/person/matt-vogel
# Generated: 2026-08-13T11:54:21.953Z

schema: https://schema.org/Person
url: "https://fame.am/person/matt-vogel"
name: "Matt Vogel"
slug: "matt-vogel"
description: "Matthew James Vogel is an American puppeteer, actor and director. He is known for his work with Sesame Workshop and the Muppets. He has performed Kermit the Frog since 2017, and has been the full-time performer of Big Bird since 2018 and Count von Count since 2013."
tagline: "American former puppeteer for Kermit and voice actor"
image: "https://image.tmdb.org/t/p/w500/oRWKHxkG90AZKxxJaGKzKYlKFCD.jpg"
gender: "male"
country:
  name: "United States"
  isoCode: "US"
category:
  name: "Actors"
  slug: "actors"
profileType:
  name: "Actor"
  slug: "actor"
  entityType: "https://www.wikidata.org/entity/Q33999"
birthDate: "1970-10-06"
livingStatus: "LIVING"
scores:
  popularity:           50.07
  momentum:             0.3485167774355649
  historical:           9.696490666666667
  currentAttention:     0
  sourceConfidence:     75
  profileCompleteness:  85
  trendDirection:       "STABLE"
ranks:
  global:   null
  country:  null
  category: null
platforms:
  - platform:  "X"
    url:       "https://x.com/welcomemattv"
    handle:    "welcomemattv"
  - platform:  "IMDB"
    url:       "https://www.imdb.com/name/nm0900934/"
    handle:    "nm0900934"
  - platform:  "WEBSITE"
    url:       "http://www.mattvogel.com/"
sources:
  - url: "https://musicbrainz.org/artist/58660ad7-6cb6-4876-90a4-afac034468cb"
    title: "MusicBrainz"
    type:  "DATABASE"
  - url: "https://ceb.wikipedia.org/wiki/Matt_Vogel"
    title: "Matt Vogel"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://co.wikipedia.org/wiki/Matt_Vogel"
    title: "Matt Vogel"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://cy.wikipedia.org/wiki/Matt_Vogel"
    title: "Matt Vogel"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Matt_Vogel_(puppeteer)"
    title: "Matt Vogel (puppeteer)"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://et.wikipedia.org/wiki/Matt_Vogel_(nukun%C3%A4itleja)"
    title: "Matt Vogel (nukunäitleja)"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://ga.wikipedia.org/wiki/Matt_Vogel"
    title: "Matt Vogel"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://ja.wikipedia.org/wiki/%E3%83%9E%E3%83%83%E3%83%88%E3%83%BB%E3%83%B4%E3%82%A9%E3%83%BC%E3%82%B2%E3%83%AB"
    title: "マット・ヴォーゲル"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://nl.wikipedia.org/wiki/Matt_Vogel_(poppenspeler)"
    title: "Matt Vogel (poppenspeler)"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://simple.wikipedia.org/wiki/Matt_Vogel"
    title: "Matt Vogel"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://tr.wikipedia.org/wiki/Matt_Vogel"
    title: "Matt Vogel"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q3241560"
    title: "Wikidata"
    type:  "WIKIDATA"
  - url: "https://www.themoviedb.org/person/135467"
    title: "Matt Vogel"
    type:  "DATABASE"

# bio (long form, separated for readability)
bio: |
  Imported from discovery source: wikidata-dump