Ben Durocher is the body performer for Junior Gorg in Fraggle Rock: Back to the Rock. He has also been a puppet builder and wrangler for Sesame Street since season 46. In the latter position, he shared a 2020 Daytime Emmy Award.
Durocher's theatre credits include playing Princeton and Rod for two years in Avenue Q at New World Stages, and puppet fabrication for stage productions of Charlie and the Chocolate Factory and The Very Hungry Caterpillar. He has also puppeteered for the SpongeBob SquarePants short-form puppet series As Told By and Pineapple Playhouse.
Muppet/Henson Credits[]
- The Furchester Hotel
- Sesame Street (season 46-present)
- Once Upon a Sesame Street Christmas
- Puppet Up!
- The Happytime Murders
- Our Street Is Sesame Street - built Carmen
- Sesame Street's 50th Anniversary Celebration
- The Not-Too-Late Show with Elmo
- Elmo's Playdate: Scavenger Hunt
- Fraggle Rock: Back to the Rock - Junior Gorg body performer, puppet wrangler, performer of Repeatee Bird in episode 204