Paul Haenen

Paul Haenen does the voices of Bert and Grover on Sesamstraat, the Dutch co-production of Sesame Street.

Paul Haenen is a well known Dutch comedian who plays many different characters. He also translates a lot of the American Sesame Street songs to Dutch.

Paul Haenen has been doing Bert since Sesamstraat's first season in 1976, with Wim T. Schippers as Ernie. The Dutch Bert and Ernie are extremely popular and funny. Jim Henson was so impressed by Paul and Wim's performances, that they're the only Bert and Ernie in the world who are allowed to make their own material. Paul and Wim have recorded a whole series of selfwritten Bert and Ernie record albums, and they also appear as Bert and Ernie in interviews.