Tim Lagasse

Timothy "Tim" Lagasse is an American puppeteer, puppet designer, actor, voice actor, singer, musician, comedian and filmmaker. He has worked on television programs and films for Sesame Workshop, Nickelodeon, Disney XD, and HBO.

Lagasse has been nominated for three Daytime Emmy Awards.[2] In 1991, he became the first individual to receive the Jim Henson Memorial Prize in Puppetry.[3] In 1993, he was presented with a Citation for Excellence by UNIMA.[4] Later in the same year, he received a Broadcast Design Silver Award for his series of short films, A Show of Hands.[5]

He most recently served as an additional Muppet performer for Sesame Street Live!, operating the Lavender Anything Muppet from "Fat Cat", puppeteering and assisting on background Muppets and standing in for some of the main performers on their characters; was credited as an "L.A. Muppet Performer" for Sesame Street: A Very Grouchy Halloween and an additional plant puppeteer in Little Shop of Horrors (2021); and Fraggle Rock: The Movie, notably puppeteering Boober Fraggle to the vocals of Dave Goelz.