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    Brian Henson

    1963-11-03 (61 years old) in New York City, New York, USA

    Brian Henson (born November 3, 1963) is an American puppeteer, filmmaker, actor and the chairman of The Jim Henson Company. He is the son of puppeteers Jim and Jane Henson. Henson was born on November 3, 1963, in New York City, the third child of Jane Henson (née Nebel; 1934–2013) and Jim Henson (1936–1990). He has four siblings: Lisa (born 1960), Cheryl(born 1961), John (1965–2014) and Heather Henson (born 1970). As a child, Henson appeared in some of the filmed segments that his father produced for the PBS children's series Sesame Street. As a teenager, he built the first Muppet penguin puppet for the opening "Lullaby of Broadway" segment of a Season 3 episode of The Muppet Show. During his summer break from high school at the age of 17, Henson assisted in the production of The Great Muppet Caper (1981); skilled in the use of marionette puppets, he helped create and operate a special rigging device that allowed the Muppets to appear to ride bicycles. Several years later, after performing marionette work in The Muppets Take Manhattan (1984) in the scene in which rats cook food in a diner, he specialized in managing complicated special effects. Henson performed Jack Pumpkinhead in Return to Oz (1985), operated special effects for Santa Claus: The Movie (1985) and was a principal performer for the Audrey II puppet in Little Shop of Horrors (1986), controlling mouth movement while others performed the lips and vines. He also performed the voice of Hoggle, one of the main characters in his father's film Labyrinth(1986), and the dog in both versions of The Storyteller (1988 and 1990). In 1992, Henson directed The Muppet Christmas Carol and directed the next film in the franchise, Muppet Treasure Island, in 1996. He performed the role of Dr. Phil van Neuter, the Muppet mad scientist character he performed on Muppets Tonight, in Muppets from Space(1999). In 2018, he directed and produced The Happytime Murders, a puppet crime-comedy film for adult audiences. Henson was the executive producer for several television series: Dinosaurs (1991–94), Aliens in the Family (1996), Bear in the Big Blue House (1997–2006) and Farscape (1999–2003). In addition to assuming an executive producer role, Henson served as the head judge on the 2014 reality television show Jim Henson's Creature Shop Challenge. He performed the roles of Janice and Scooter in the 2002 television film It's a Very Merry Muppet Christmas Movie. Henson returned to perform Sal Minella, a character he created for Muppets Tonight, in Muppets Haunted Mansion (2021). Henson is the cocreator, producer and performer for the adult-themed puppet-based variety show Puppet Up! and has played various characters from the show on the British program That Puppet Game Show. For The Muppet Show Live in 2001, Henson performed his Muppet characters and one of his father's characters, The Newsman, for the first time. He reprised the role for the 2003 video game Muppets Party Cruise. Henson married Ellis Flyte, costume designer for the 1986 fantasy adventure film Labyrinth, in November 1990. They divorced in 2002. In 2010, Henson married actress Mia Sara. They have one child, a daughter born in 2005. Description above from the Wikipedia article Brian Henson, licensed under CC-BY-SA, full list of contributors on Wikipedia.

    Movies

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    Jim Henson Idea Man
    78 %|May 18, 2024
    Documentary
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    Remembering Return to Oz
    0 %|Nov 19, 2021
    Documentary
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    Muppets Haunted Mansion
    64 %|Oct 8, 2021
    Comedy, Family, TV Movie
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    Street Gang: How We Got to Sesame Street
    74 %|Apr 23, 2021
    Documentary
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    Derek DelGaudio's In & of Itself
    75 %|Oct 24, 2020
    Drama, Documentary
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    The Happytime Murders
    58 %|Aug 22, 2018
    Action, Comedy, Crime
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    In Their Own Words: Jim Henson
    70 %|Sep 15, 2015
    Documentary
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    A Night at the Movies: Merry Christmas!
    81 %|Dec 6, 2011
    Documentary, TV Movie
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    Journey Through the Labyrinth
    10 %|Aug 1, 2007
    Documentary
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    Reflections of 'The Dark Crystal'
    58 %|Aug 1, 2007
    Documentary
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    Best Ever Muppet Moments
    60 %|Mar 11, 2006
    Comedy, Family
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    The Muppets' Wizard of Oz
    53 %|May 20, 2005
    Family, Adventure, Comedy, Music, Fantasy, TV Movie
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    It's a Very Merry Muppet Christmas Movie
    60 %|Dec 24, 2003
    Comedy, Family
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    I Love Muppets
    63.5 %|Mar 31, 2002
    Comedy, Family
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    Muppets from Space
    60 %|Jul 14, 1999
    Family, Science Fiction, Fantasy, Comedy
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    Muppet Treasure Island
    67 %|Feb 16, 1996
    Comedy, Adventure, Family, Action, Music
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    The World of Jim Henson
    73 %|Nov 23, 1994
    Documentary
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    Muppet Classic Theater
    69 %|Sep 27, 1994
    Music, Comedy, Family
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    Living with Dinosaurs
    75 %|Dec 30, 1990
    Family, Fantasy, Comedy
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    Inside the Labyrinth
    76.33 %|Dec 13, 1986
    Documentary
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    The Christmas Toy
    67.38000000000001 %|Dec 6, 1986
    Family, Fantasy, Music, TV Movie
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    Labyrinth
    73 %|Jun 27, 1986
    Adventure, Family, Fantasy
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    Return to Oz
    67 %|Jun 21, 1985
    Adventure, Family, Fantasy
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    The Muppets Take Manhattan
    65 %|Jun 27, 1984
    Romance, Comedy, Family
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    Henson's Place: The Man Behind the Muppets
    67 %|Jan 1, 1984
    Documentary, Family
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    Split Image
    61 %|Oct 3, 1982
    Drama
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    The Muppet Movie
    72 %|Jun 22, 1979
    Adventure, Music, Family, Comedy
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    Sesame Street Pitch Reel
    0 %|Sep 1, 1969
    Family, TV Movie, Comedy, Documentary
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    Wheels That Go
    62 %|Dec 31, 1967
    Family
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    The StoryTeller
    0 %|Invalid Date
    Drama, Fantasy, Family, Adventure, Horror

    Series

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    Prop Culture
    77 %|May 1, 2020
    Documentary
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    Eli Roth's History of Horror
    65 %|Oct 14, 2018
    Documentary
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    Jim Henson's Creature Shop Challenge
    79 %|Mar 25, 2014
    Reality
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    Jack and the Beanstalk: The Real Story
    68.33 %|Dec 2, 2001
    Action & Adventure, Sci-Fi & Fantasy, Drama
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    Muppets Tonight
    74 %|Mar 8, 1996
    Comedy, Family
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    The Storyteller: Greek Myths
    80.63000000000001 %|Dec 1, 1991
    Drama, Sci-Fi & Fantasy
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    Dinosaurs
    77.69999999999999 %|Apr 26, 1991
    Sci-Fi & Fantasy, Comedy, Family
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    Dinosaurs
    77.69999999999999 %|Apr 26, 1991
    Sci-Fi & Fantasy, Comedy, Family
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    The Jim Henson Hour
    90 %|Apr 14, 1989
    Family, Comedy
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    The Storyteller
    81.1 %|May 15, 1988
    Action & Adventure, Family, Sci-Fi & Fantasy, Drama
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    The Storyteller
    81.1 %|May 15, 1988
    Action & Adventure, Family, Sci-Fi & Fantasy, Drama
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    Going Live!
    60 %|Sep 26, 1987