ACTOR

Steve Whitmire

1959 - Today

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Steven Lawrence Whitmire (born September 24, 1959) is an American puppeteer and voice actor, known primarily for his work on The Muppets and Sesame Street. Beginning his involvement with the Muppets in 1978, Whitmire inherited the roles of Ernie and Kermit the Frog after Jim Henson's death in 1990; he performed the characters until 2014 and 2016, respectively. Read more on Wikipedia

Since 2007, the English Wikipedia page of Steve Whitmire has received more than 1,367,930 page views. His biography is available in 20 different languages on Wikipedia (up from 18 in 2019). Steve Whitmire is the 10,843rd most popular actor (down from 10,476th in 2019), the 15,719th most popular biography from United States (down from 15,196th in 2019) and the 5,106th most popular American Actor.

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  • 1.4M

    Page Views (PV)

  • 43.67

    Historical Popularity Index (HPI)

  • 20

    Languages Editions (L)

  • 1.56

    Effective Languages (L*)

  • 3.88

    Coefficient of Variation (CV)

Among ACTORS

Among actors, Steve Whitmire ranks 10,843 out of 13,578Before him are Amybeth McNulty, Rune Temte, Trevor Morgan, Luke Kirby, Sean Maguire, and Susan Misner. After him are Paula Garcés, Jake T. Austin, Harry Treadaway, Andrzej Piaseczny, Sam Jones III, and Andrew Koenig.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1959, Steve Whitmire ranks 741Before him are Denise Curry, Stan Van Gundy, Laura Lippman, Chrissy Amphlett, René Marsiglia, and Soumya Swaminathan. After him are Lesley Thompson, Hugo Rodríguez, Timothy Creamer, Joseph R. Gannascoli, José Guirao, and Hagen Melzer.

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In United States

Among people born in United States, Steve Whitmire ranks 15,719 out of 20,380Before him are Chris Stapleton (1978), Leah Dizon (1986), Harry F. Byrd Jr. (1914), Trevor Morgan (1986), Sheila Ingram (1957), and Susan Misner (1971). After him are Mark White (1940), Luke Jensen (1966), Jake T. Austin (1994), Sam Jones III (1983), Danny Everett (1966), and Joel Madden (1979).

Among ACTORS In United States

Among actors born in United States, Steve Whitmire ranks 5,106Before him are Jake McDorman (1986), Christa Campbell (1972), Lark Voorhies (1974), John Benjamin Hickey (1963), Trevor Morgan (1986), and Susan Misner (1971). After him are Jake T. Austin (1994), Sam Jones III (1983), Andrew Koenig (1968), Peggy Knudsen (1923), Mackenzie Rosman (1989), and Deanna Russo (1979).