Ryan Dillon

Ryan Dillon (born May 25, 1998) is an american puppeteer and muppeteer. He is best known for voicing Elmo from Sesame Street replacing Kevin Clash.

Background and Career
He took time off from school during his senior year to participate in the shooting for Season 37 in 2005. Since 2013, he has taken over performing Elmo in new productions and appearances, replacing Kevin Clash after his resignation from Sesame Street in November 2012. Ryan has also taught classes in television puppetry at Penn State, and various schools and centres in the United States. He also replaced the late Richard Hunt as Don Music in Sesame Street's 50th Anniversary tribute.

In addition to playing Elmo, Dillon has appeared on Kraft MilkBite commercials, "Healthy Teeth, Healthy Me," "Little Children, Big Challenges," "Little Discoverers: Big Fun With Science, Math and More," Julie’s Greenroom, The Muppets Take the Bowl, The Muppets Take the O2, the Nickelodeon webseries "Ask Sylvia" as the title character, and John Tartagila’s ImaginOcean (2010).