Noel MacNeal

Personal Info

Know For

Acting

Gender

Male

Birthday

1961-09-15 (64 years old)

Place of Birth

Harlem, New York, USA

Noel MacNeal

Biography

Noel MacNeal (born September 15, 1961), sometimes credited as Noel McNeal or Edward Noel MacNeal, is an American puppeteer, actor, director and writer of children's television who has performed since the early 1980s. He was the voice and puppeteer of Bear on Bear in the Big Blue House. He also starred as Kako on Oobi, Leon MacNeal on The Puzzle Place and as Magellan on Eureeka's Castle. He is also the resident puppeteer for Last Week Tonight with John Oliver, portraying puppet characters such as "Mr. Nutterbutter". Description above from the Wikipedia article Noel MacNeal, licensed under CC-BY-SA, full list of contributors on Wikipedia.

Acting

1998

Sesame Street: Elmopalooza!

as Additional Muppet (voice)

1988

Jim Henson: Sing-Along, Dance-Along, Do-Along

as Additional Muppet Performer (voice)

2018

The Muppets Take The O2

as Additional Muppet Performer (voice)

1985

Follow That Bird

as Board of Birds (voice)

2008

A Muppets Christmas: Letters to Santa

as Sweetums / Additional Muppets (voice)

2009

Old Dogs

as Muppet

2007

Elmo's Christmas Countdown

as Additional Muppet Performer (voice)

2006

A Sesame Street Christmas Carol

as Additional Muppet Performer (voice) (archive footage)

2004

Sesame Street: What's the Name of That Song?

as Additional Muppet Performer

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