# Fame.am profile — machine-readable export
# Canonical URL: https://fame.am/person/steve-whitmire
# Generated: 2026-08-13T13:03:48.876Z

schema: https://schema.org/Person
url: "https://fame.am/person/steve-whitmire"
name: "Steve Whitmire"
slug: "steve-whitmire"
description: "Steven Lawrence Whitmire is an American puppeteer, known primarily for his work with the Jim Henson Company, Sesame Workshop, and the Muppets Studio. Beginning his involvement with the Muppets in 1978, Whitmire originated the roles of Rizzo the Rat, Lips, Wembley Fraggle, and Bean Bunny. He also inherited the roles of Kermit the Frog and Ernie after Jim Henson's death in 1990; he performed the characters until 2016 and 2014, respectively. In later years, he also performed Statler and Beaker."
tagline: "American puppeteer"
image: "https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Special:FilePath/Steve_Whitmire_at_Galaxy_Con_Richmond_-_55175609850_(cropped).jpg?width=1200"
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: "1959-09-24"
livingStatus: "LIVING"
scores:
  popularity:           53.35
  momentum:             0.5385972052638719
  historical:           19.54631466666667
  currentAttention:     0
  sourceConfidence:     70
  profileCompleteness:  80
  trendDirection:       "STABLE"
ranks:
  global:   null
  country:  null
  category: null
platforms:
  - platform:  "IMDB"
    url:       "https://www.imdb.com/name/nm0926209/"
    handle:    "nm0926209"
  - platform:  "WEBSITE"
    url:       "https://stevewhitmire.website/"
sources:
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    title: "Discogs"
    type:  "DATABASE"
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    title: "ستيف وايتمير"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
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    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
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    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
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    title: "Steve Whitmire"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
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    title: "Steve Whitmire"
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    title: "Steve Whitmire"
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    title: "Steve Whitmire"
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    title: "Steve Whitmire"
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    title: "Steve Whitmire"
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    title: "Steve Whitmire"
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    title: "Steve Whitmire"
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    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
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    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
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    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
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    title: "Steve Whitmire"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
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    title: "Steve Whitmire"
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    title: "Steve Whitmire"
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    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
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    type:  "DATABASE"
  - url: "https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q34939"
    title: "Wikidata"
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    title: "Steve Whitmire"
    type:  "DATABASE"

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