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Steve Whitmire (born September 24 1959) is a
puppeteer. 

He is currently the voice of the famous Sesame
Street Muppets, Kermit the Frog and Ernie, which
were originally voiced by Jim Henson.
Muppets that have always been performed by
Whitmire include Rizzo the Rat, Foo-Foo, Fraggle
Rock|Wembley Fraggle, and Bean Bunny.

Born near Atlanta, Georgia (U.S. state)|Georgia,
he became interested in puppetry in his childhood.
While in high school, Whitmire swore to his
classmates that he would one day be Kermit the
Frog.  He worked with puppets after he graduated
from high school, and eventually got a job working
on The Muppet Show in 1978. Whitmire performed in
the films The Great Muppet Caper, The Muppets Take
Manhattan, The Dark Crystal, Labyrinth, The Muppet
Christmas Carol, A Muppet Family Christmas,
Muppets From Space, It's a Very Merry Muppet
Christmas Movie, Muppet Treasure Island , The
Muppets' Wizard of Oz,  and several Elmo-themed
videos, then on the television shows Fraggle Rock
and Dinosaurs.  After Jim Henson died in 1990,
Whitmire became the new voice of Kermit the Frog
and Ernie.