Martin P. Robinson

Actor · Born March 9, 1954 (72) · Dearborn, Michigan, USA

Martin P. Robinson (born March 9, 1954) is a puppeteer for the Jim Henson Company. He originally built, designed, and performed the puppets for Little Shop of Horrors. He is perhaps best known for his work on Sesame Street. He has performed the characters of Telly Monster, Slimey the Worm, Mr. Snuffleupagus, and Tony The Turtle on the show for more than 20 years. He also performed the character Riff on Allegra's Window, and was an animatronic puppeteer for Leonardo in Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles. He is the puppeteer responsible for training the puppeteers on Sesame Tree. He was born on March 9, 1954 in Dearborn, Michigan. Graduated from Brookfield East High School, in Brookfield, Wisconsin, suburb of Milwaukee. He was married to Annie Evans on August 9, 2008 on the set of Sesame Street, in the Kaufman Astoria Studios in Queens, NY. Description above from the Wikipedia article Martin P. Robinson, licensed under CC-BY-SA, full list of contributors on Wikipedia

Biography from TMDB.

Born: March 9, 1954 (72)
From: Dearborn, Michigan, USA
Works as: Actor
Titles: 37 on MovieCove · 93 credits in all
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Known for

TMDB popularity, last 65 days to Oct 28Down 55% in 30 days

What are Martin P. Robinson's films like?

Across their 18 MovieCove titles with a thematic analysis, their films lean Bonds and Society.

Genres

Family5 titles54^th

Short4 titles42^nd

Comedy3 titles78^th

Animation2 titles77^th

Their MovieCove films by primary genre. The badge is the typical Midcredits score of the genre's films, the median percentile; an up arrow marks a genre at or above their average across these genres.

Themes

share of theme weight

Bonds

36%

Society

34%

Ideas

18%

Self

12%

Community11 Friendship11 Hope6 Self-worth3 Art2 Family bonds2

What they feel like to watch

their average across 15 films

ToneFeelDemandtheir average · filled zone: the category

Earnest

Tone · Sincerity

ironicearnest

Ironic 0 · Wry 0 · Earnest 15

Light

Tone · Weight

lightdark

Light 15 · Serious 0 · Dark 0

Stylized

Tone · Style

naturalisticheightened

Grounded 7 · Stylized 7 · Heightened 1

Gentle

Feel · Intensity

gentleintense

Gentle 15 · Charged 0 · Intense 0

Steady

Feel · Swings

steadyswings

Steady 14 · Shifting 1 · Whiplash 0

Some laughs

Feel · Humor

noneconstant

Straight-faced 0 · Some laughs 13 · Funny 2

Slow burn

Demand · Pace

slowrelentless

Slow burn 14 · Even-paced 1 · Relentless 0

Casual

Demand · Attention

casualfull focus

Casual 15 · Engaged 0 · Full focus 0

Easy watch

Demand · Emotional cost

easyheavy

Easy watch 15 · Affecting 0 · Heavy 0

Resolved

Demand · Resolution

resolvedambiguous

Resolved 15 · Open-ended 0 · Ambiguous 0

Roles they play

7 analyzed roles

Usually the Ally: 6 of 7 analyzed roles.

Ally

6 of 7

Hero

1 of 7

Show the 7 roles

Allyas Mr. Snuffleupagus in Don't Eat the Pictures: Sesame Street at the Metropolitan Museum of Art (1983)
Allyas Telly Monster in Sesame Street Jam: A Musical Celebration (1993)
Heroas The Cat in the Hat in The Wubbulous World of Dr. Seuss (1996)
Allyas Telly in Sesame Street: Kids' Favorite Songs (1999)
Allyas Telly in Sesame Street: Elmo's Magic Cookbook (2001)
Allyas Telly Monster in Elmo's World: Happy Holidays! (2002)
Allyas Mr. Primm in Helpsters (2019)

Moods and endings

endings are an aggregate; no title is named

Dominant moods · mentions across their titles

Joyful

Warm

Hopeful

Absurd

Melancholic

Other

How their films linger

Feel-good18 Fun7 Hopeful6 Cozy6

How their films end

Happy16
Bittersweet1
Cyclical1

AI-generated from each title's plot synopsis and cast list, with extra plot summaries, reviews and Parents Guide notes for titles the model may not know, and the model's own knowledge of the ones it recognizes. Only analyzed titles count, so this covers part of the filmography; the feel axes count films only for now.

Where can I watch Martin P. Robinson's films?

As of October 24, 2026, 10 of their 37 MovieCove titles stream on a subscription or free service.

Also on these channels

Kidstream2 titles, show their 2 titles on Kidstream
Howdy1 title, show their title on Howdy
Sensical1 title, show their title on Sensical
Sony Pictures Core1 title, show their title on Sony Pictures Core
Yippee1 title, show their title on Yippee

Subscription and free streaming for Martin P. Robinson's titles on MovieCove; rent and buy are not counted. Titles are listed by Midcredits score, highest first, at most 12 per service; a dashed chip is a producer credit or a minor one, such as a thanks. A service opens the browse page, which counts movies only, so its number can differ.

Filmography

93 credits, 37 with a MovieCove page; 6 appearances as themselves are hidden until asked for.

The Muppet Show(2026)
as Supporting Muppet Performer
Midcredits score: 97th percentile of all films
Elmo and Mark Rober's Merry Giftmas(2025)
as Assistant Puppet Captain
Midcredits score: 24th percentile of all films
Cookie Monster's Bake Sale: Back to School (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(2024)
as Mr. Snuffleupagus / Telly Monster
Oscar's Handmade Halloween (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(2023)
as Sesame Street Puppet Performer / Puppet Captain
Elmo's Mindfulness Spectacular (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(2023)
as Telly Monster
Jerry Nelson: A Celebratory Birthday Animatic (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(2022)
as Telly Monster (voice)
Law & Order: Organized Crime(2021)
Show 1 episode · as Octopus Puppeteer #1
Midcredits score: 84th percentile of all shows
Sesame Street: Elmo's Playdate(2020)
as Telly Monster (voice)
Midcredits score: 29th percentile of all films (provisional, few ratings)
Helpsters(2019)
Show 40 episodes · as Mr. Primm (voice)
Midcredits score: 25th percentile of all shows
When You Wish Upon a Pickle: A Sesame Street Special(2018)
Actor
Midcredits score: 26th percentile of all films
Once Upon a Sesame Street Christmas(2016)
as Hot Pink Muppet Elf (voice)
Midcredits score: 65th percentile of all films
The Adventures of Liverwurst Girl (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(2015)
Director
Sesame Street: M is for Mystery (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(2014)
as Telly
Sesame Street: Elmo's Magic Numbers(2012)
as Fluffy
Midcredits score: 1st percentile of all films (provisional, few ratings)
Sesame Street: Elmo's Shape Adventure (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(2011)
as Telly (voice)
Sesame Street: Wild Words and Outdoor Adventures(2011)
Actor
Midcredits score: 38th percentile of all films (provisional, few ratings)
Sesame Street: The Best Pet in the World (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(2010)
as Telly Monster
Sesame Street: Elmo and Friends: The Letter Quest and Other Magical Tales (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(2009)
Actor
Sesame Street: Bedtime with Elmo (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(2009)
as Telly Monster (voice)
Sesame Street: Being Green (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(2009)
as Telly (voice)
A Muppets Christmas: Letters to Santa(2008)
as Sweetums / Additional Muppets (voice)
Midcredits score: 52nd percentile of all films
Abby in Wonderland(2008)
as Additional Muppet Performer (voice)
Midcredits score: 54th percentile of all films (provisional, few ratings)
Sesame Street: Elmo's World: Summer Vacation (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(2008)
as Slimey
Sesame Street: Elmo's World: Opposites (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(2008)
Actor
Elmo's Christmas Countdown(2007)
as Mr. Snuffleupagus / Telly Monster (voice)
Midcredits score: 67th percentile of all films
Sesame Street: Kids' Favorite Country Songs (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(2007)
as Telly
A Sesame Street Christmas Carol(2006)
as Snuffy (voice) (archive footage)
Midcredits score: 48th percentile of all films
Sesame Street: Big Bird Sings! (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(2005)
as Snuffy (voice)
Sesame Street: A Magical Halloween Adventure(2004)
Actor
Midcredits score: 91st percentile of all films (provisional, few ratings)
Sesame Street: Elmo's World: The Street We Live On! (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(2004)
as Telly / Mr. Snuffleupagus / Slimey (voice)
Sesame Street: What's the Name of That Song?(2004)
as Additional Muppet Performer
Midcredits score: 54th percentile of all films (provisional, few ratings)
Sesame Street: Cookie Monster's Best Bites (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(2004)
as Telly Monster (voice)
Elmo's World: Family Feature (Starring Elmo and Friends!) (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(2003)
as Book/Snuffy
Sesame Street: Sesame Sings Karaoke (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(2003)
as Telly
Sesame Street: Three Bears and a New Baby (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(2003)
as Telly Monster (voice)
Big Bird Gets Lost(1998)
as Snuffy / Telly (voice)
Midcredits score: 71st percentile of all films (provisional, few ratings)
Sesame Street: Elmo's World: Head to Toe with Elmo! (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(2003)
as Snuffy (voice)
Sesame Street: Let's Eat! Funny Food Songs(1999)
as Telly Monster (voice)
Midcredits score: 85th percentile of all films (provisional, few ratings)
Elmo's World: Happy Holidays!(2002)
Actor
Midcredits score: 53rd percentile of all films (provisional, few ratings)
Elmo's World: Family Feature (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(2002)
as Picture Book / Dragon / Snuffy / Telly
Sesame Street: Elmo's World: Wake Up with Elmo! (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(2002)
as Slimey / Book
Sesame Street: Elmo's World: Wild Wild West! (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(2001)
as Mr. Snuffleupagus
Sesame Street: Kids' Favorite Songs 2 (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(2001)
as Snuffy / Telly (Hero Guy segment) (voice)
Elmo's Musical Adventure: Peter and the Wolf(2000)
as Telly (voice)
Midcredits score: 58th percentile of all films (provisional, few ratings)
Sesame Street: Elmo's Magic Cookbook(2001)
as Telly
Midcredits score: 86th percentile of all films (provisional, few ratings)
Sesame Street: Elmo's World: Flowers, Bananas & More! (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(2000)
as Slimey
Sesame Street: Elmo's World: Singing, Drawing & More! (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(2000)
as Snuffy
Sesame Street: Let's Make Music (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(2000)
as Telly
Sesame Street: Elmo's World (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(2000)
as Picture Book / Dragon ("Books" segment)
The Adventures of Elmo in Grouchland(1999)
as Telly / Pestie / Laundromad Guy (voice)
Midcredits score: 48th percentile of all films
The Adventures of Elmo in Grouchland: Sing and Play (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1999)
as grey Grouch/purple Pestie
Sesame Street: Kids' Favorite Songs(1999)
as Telly / Snuffy (voice)
Midcredits score: 55th percentile of all films (provisional, few ratings)
Sesame Unpaved (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1999)
Show 67 episodes · Actor
Sesame Street: CinderElmo(1999)
as Telly Monster / Aloysius 'Snuffy' Snuffleupagus (voice)
Midcredits score: 54th percentile of all films
Elmopalooza!(1998)
as Telly / Mr. Snuffleupagus / Slimey / Yip-Yip (voice)
Midcredits score: 62nd percentile of all films
Sesame Street: The Alphabet Jungle Game (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1998)
as Telly Monster (voice)
Sesame Street: The Great Numbers Game (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1998)
as Telly
Sesame Street: Fiesta! (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1997)
as "Numero Comparsa" Singer / Telly Monster (voice)
Sesame Street: Elmo Says BOO! (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1997)
as Telly
Sesame Street: Quiet Time (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1997)
as Telly Monster (voice)
Sesame Street: Sing Yourself Sillier at the Movies (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1997)
as Telly Monster / Monty (voice)
Sesame Street: Kids' Guide to Life: Telling the Truth (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1997)
as Telly Monster (voice)
Sesame Street: Elmo Saves Christmas(1996)
as Telly Monster (voice)
Midcredits score: 66th percentile of all films
The Wubbulous World of Dr. Seuss(1996)
Show 1 episode · Actor
Midcredits score: 41st percentile of all shows
Muppet Sing Alongs: Treasure Island (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1996)
as Shark / Big Snort (voice)
Sesame Street: Elmocize (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1996)
as Monty (voice)
Sesame Street: Imagine That! (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1996)
as Telly Monster (voice)
Allegra's Window(1994)
Show 18 episodes · Actor
Midcredits score: 43rd percentile of all shows
All-Star 25th Birthday: Stars and Street Forever!(1994)
as Telly Monster (voice)
Midcredits score: 33rd percentile of all films
Sesame Street: The Best of Elmo (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1994)
as Announcer/Telly Monster/Snuffy (voice) (archive footage)
Sesame Street Stays Up Late!(1993)
as Telly Monster/Mrs. Grouch/Mr. Snuffleupagus(voice)
Midcredits score: 79th percentile of all films (provisional, few ratings)
Sesame Street Jam: A Musical Celebration(1993)
as Telly Monster (voice)
Midcredits score: 76th percentile of all films
Sesame Street: 25 Wonderful Years: A Musical Celebration! (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1993)
as Telly Monster
Getting Ready to Read (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1992)
as Old MacDougal / Rocky (voice)
Sesame Street: Sing, Hoot & Howl with the Sesame Street Animals (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1991)
as Buster the Horse / Sheep / Fish (voice)
The Muppets Celebrate Jim Henson(1990)
as Additional Muppet Performer
Midcredits score: 97th percentile of all films
Jim Henson's Memorial Service (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1990)
Actor
Sesame Street: Sing Yourself Silly! (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1990)
as Dinger (archive footage)
Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles(1990)
as Leonardo
Midcredits score: 74th percentile of all films
Sesame Street: Monster Hits! (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1990)
as Herry's Father (voice)
Sesame Street: Put Down the Duckie(1988)
as Telly Monster/Manolo (voice)
Midcredits score: 78th percentile of all films
Jim Henson: Sing-Along, Dance-Along, Do-Along (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1988)
as Additional Muppet Performer (voice)
Sesame Street: Learning About Letters (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1986)
as Snuffy/Telly Monster/Buster the Horse/Irvine the Grouch (voice)
The Tale of the Bunny Picnic (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1986)
as Farmer (voice)
Sesame Street: Learning About Numbers (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1986)
as Honker
Sesame Street: Sleepytime Songs & Stories (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1986)
as Telly Monster / Snuffy / Buster the Horse (voice)
Follow That Bird(1985)
as Mr. Snuffleupagus / Telly Monster / Board of Birds / Grouch Diner Patron (voice)
Midcredits score: 72nd percentile of all films
The Muppets Take Manhattan(1984)
as Additional Muppet Performer / College Student in Audience / Bear
Midcredits score: 78th percentile of all films
Spitting Image (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1984)
Show 132 episodes · Actor
Don't Eat the Pictures: Sesame Street at the Metropolitan Museum of Art(1983)
as Mr. Snuffleupagus (voice)
Midcredits score: 91st percentile of all films
Big Bird in China (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1983)
as Telly Monster (voice)
Sesame Street(1969)
Show 3,551 episodes · as Irvine · as Telly Monster / Aloysius Snuffleupagus / Irvine / Slimey (voice)
Midcredits score: 60th percentile of all shows
Sesame Street 1986 Wrap Party (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)
as Mugger / Telly

Career shape

Star power in the 80^th percentile of 239,109 people with a billed film role, over a full career of 92 titles, 91 of them dated from 1969 to 2026; peak year 1990.

Highest rated

Sesame Street: Elmo Saves Christmas (1996)

Midcredits 66^th

Film career

19692026

Peak 1990 · fewer prominent film roles lately. Film roles by billing, audience size and rating; 25+ votes. A show carries a single first-air date, so shows are not on the curve.

1969Screen debut· Sesame Street
1990First film· Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles

By role

only this rolewith another role

Acting91 of 92 · 59^thDirecting1 of 92

By decade

1960s1 · acting1980s11 · acting1990s31 · acting2000s31 · acting2010s10 · 9 acting · 1 crew2020s7 · acting

Counts from TMDB across their full career, self appearances out; a title counts in every role they held on it. The ring is the typical Midcredits score (the median percentile) of the role's titles that are on MovieCove, shown from 5 scored.

How do Martin P. Robinson's films land?

Their typical MovieCove film has a Midcredits score in the 64^th percentile, the median of all 32; across their 15 films with reception data, the typical film sits in the 66^th percentile for acclaim.

Acclaim · how much people like their films

66^thpercentile

Typical film, the median of 15

Approval · how many liked their films

63^rdpercentile

Typical film, the median of 15

Reach · how many have seen their films

24^thpercentile

Typical film, the median of 15

Midcredits score across 37 titles, by percentile

75^th and up11
50^th to 74^th15
25^th to 49^th9
Below 25^th2

Shape of the crowd

10 of their 37 titles are Divisive.

Universally Loved1
Loved with Detractors2
Divisive10
Cult Classic7
Crowd Pleaser10
Mixed7

Most divisive · actor

Sesame Street: What's the Name of That Song? (2004)

97^th percentile spread · 44% rated it 4 or lower

Most loved · actor

The Muppets Celebrate Jim Henson (1990)

Midcredits 97^th · 87% liked

Reviewers score the acting 56/100 in their films, across 4 reviewed titles; fans 63, detractors 30. The element that speaks to their work as an actor.

Percentiles are each film's standing among all films on MovieCove; the typical film is the median, so one outlier cannot drag it. Percentiles and reviewer scores count the films IMDb credits them on, for now; the Midcredits score bands, the shape of the crowd and the two cards count their MovieCove titles, shows included (a show ranked among shows), appearances as themselves left out. A descriptor is the shape of a title's IMDb rating distribution against the catalog; "most divisive" needs a spread wider than half of all titles, and a card names only a principal credit: a craft role, and on a show a crew role or a run of episodes, never a courtesy credit or a one-off guest spot.