Ryan Dillon | |
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Born | Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, U.S. | May 25, 1988
Occupation | Puppeteer |
Years active | 2005–present |
Employer | The Jim Henson Company |
Known for | The voice of Elmo |
Ryan Dillon (born May 25, 1988) is an American puppeteer. He has played Elmo on Sesame Street since 2013. Dillon has worked as an ensemble muppeteer for the Jim Henson Company since 2005.[1] He also played Cooper and Paul Ball for the interactive series Sesame Street TV for Xbox Kinect, and appeared on all four seasons of the new CBeebies and co-productions of Sesame Street, The Furchester Hotel, and The Not-Too-Late Show with Elmo as Elmo.[2] In March 2017, Dillon was nominated for the Daytime Emmy Award for Outstanding Performer in Children's Programming.[3][4]