Paul McGinnis

Paul McGinnis (b. July 23, 1973) has been a puppeteer on Sesame Street, various Muppets, and Henson projects since 2001. He performs Clem, Karli's foster dad, in a series of Sesame outreach videos on foster care.

He is married to Haley Jenkins.

Sesame Street credits

 * Sesame Street: Ambulance Driver, others
 * Sesame Street 4-D Movie Magic
 * The West Wing: Elmo (right hand)
 * Kids' Favorite Country Songs
 * Elmo's World: Happy Holidays!
 * A Celebration of Me, Grover
 * What's the Name of That Song?
 * The Street We Live On
 * Sesame Beginnings: Exploring Together
 * Sesame Beginnings: Moving Together
 * Happy, Healthy, Ready for School
 * Learning is Everywhere
 * Talk, Listen, Connect
 * The 31st Annual Daytime Emmy Awards
 * Healthy Habits for Life (PSAs)
 * Ready To Learn
 * Elmo's Christmas Countdown
 * ESPN
 * Dinosaurs!
 * Love the Earth!
 * Count on Sports
 * Abby in Wonderland
 * Being Green
 * P Is for Princess
 * Counting with Elmo
 * Elmo's Travel Songs and Games
 * Math Is Everywhere
 * Top Chef - Season 8, Episode 10
 * Food for Thought: Eating Well on a Budget
 * ABCs with Elmo
 * Smell Like a Monster viral video: Clam
 * NPR - 2/10/08
 * Elmo's Music Magic
 * Put Down the Pacifier
 * Growing Hope Against Hunger
 * Big Elmo Fun
 * Good Morning America - 9/20/11, 5/10/13
 * The Chew - 4/2/12
 * Resilience Initiative
 * Share It Maybe
 * Kinect Sesame Street TV
 * Once Upon a Monster
 * Words Are Here, There, and Everywhere
 * Making Friends
 * We Are Family
 * Me Want It (But Me Wait)
 * The Isaac Mizrahi Show - August 6, 2003
 * Late Night with Jimmy Fallon - September 25, 2013
 * Little Children, Big Challenges
 * The Colbert Report - September 26, 2013
 * The Wendy Williams Show - September 25, 2013
 * The White House Easter Egg Roll - 2014, 2015
 * A Lovely Sunny Day
 * Macy's Thanksgiving Day Parade - various
 * Hollywood Bowl - July 2-4, 2004
 * Last Week Tonight with John Oliver - 9/2/2014, 4/17/2016
 * Saturday Night Live - April 11, 2015
 * Portlandia
 * Sesame Street's 50th Anniversary Celebration
 * Kennedy Center Honors
 * Sesame Street Live!: Clem, "Fat Cat" Fat Blue Singer, Pumpkin Medication, additional Muppets

== Muppets credits==
 * Studio DC Hosted by Dylan and Cole Sprouse
 * Studio DC Hosted by Selena Gomez
 * A Muppets Christmas: Letters to Santa
 * The View - May 21, 2008
 * CW 11 Morning News - May 22, 2008
 * Muppet viral videos
 * Ode to Joy
 * Stars and Stripes Forever
 * Tyson
 * Classical Chickens
 * Christmas in Rockefeller Center - December 2, 2009
 * Late Night with Jimmy Fallon - December 23, 2009, February 7, 2014
 * The Early Show - September 15, 2010
 * The Muppets Kitchen with Cat Cora - Hands of Angelo
 * The Muppets
 * Lady Gaga & the Muppets' Holiday Spectacular
 * Muppet Thought of the Week
 * Macy's Thanksgiving Day Parade - November 24, 2016
 * Freeform - 25 Days of Christmas
 * Miss Adventure
 * The Muppets Take the Bowl - Penguins, Chickens, (assistant for Sam the Eagle, Miss Piggy, Fozzie, Bobby Moynihan's huge Kermit legs in "Happy Feet")
 * The Muppets Take the O2 - Penguins, Chickens, (assistant for Sam the Eagle, Miss Piggy, Fozzie, Bobby Moynihan's huge Kermit legs in "Happy Feet")

Henson credits

 * Julie's Greenroom
 * The Happytime Murders (Hospital Waiting Room Patient)
 * Earth to Ned

Non-Muppet credits

 * Saturday Night Live - January 25, 2020
 * Scooby-Doo (Scooby-Doo! Adventures: The Mystery Map)
 * Felt
 * Crash & Bernstein
 * Dog with a Blog
 * Warren The Ape (Robot, Jurgen, Warren Assist)
 * Little Shop of Horrors (2004 National Broadway Tour, 2008 Papermill Playhouse, 2019 Off-Broadway, 2021 Remake Film) - Audrey II Puppeteer; Additional Plant Puppeteer
 * It's a Big Big World
 * The Book of Pooh
 * Between the Lions
 * Crank Yankers
 * Spike TV's 52 Most Irresistible Women
 * Greg the Bunny (Elephant Man)
 * the title of show show (Grampa)
 * Walking With Dinosaurs - The Arena Spectacular
 * The Wiz Live!
 * The Jack and Triumph Show
 * NCAA March Madness (Greg Gumbel)