Big Bird filmography

A filmography for Big Bird.

TV Shows

• Sesame Street
• Sesamstrasse - Folge 0750, Folge 1000
• Zhima Jie
• Sesame Street (Japan)
• Zhima Jie: Da Niao Kan Shijie
• The Furchester Hotel
  • Episode 201: A Big Bird Surprise
  • Episode 216: A Furchester Christmas
• The Not-Too-Late Show with Elmo
  • Episode 112: Olivia Wilde / Sara Bareilles
  • Episode 202: Seth Meyers / Kelly Rowland
  • Episode 208: Rohan Chand / Kane Brown
  • Episode 215: Big Bird / Kelvin Dukes

TV Specials

• Julie on Sesame Street (1973)
• Out to Lunch (1974)
• Christmas Eve on Sesame Street (1978)
• A Special Sesame Street Christmas (1978)
• A Walking Tour of Sesame Street (1979)
• Don't Eat the Pictures (1983)
• Big Bird in China (1983)
• Henson's Place (1984)
• The Muppets: A Celebration of 30 Years (1986)
• A Muppet Family Christmas (1987)
• Sesame Street, Special (1988)
• Big Bird in Japan (1988)
• Sesame Street: 20 and Still Counting (1989)
• The Muppets Celebrate Jim Henson (1990)
• Big Bird's Birthday or Let Me Eat Cake (1991)
• Sesame Street: 25 Wonderful Years (1993)
• Sesame Street Stays Up Late (1993)
• Sesame Street Jam: A Musical Celebration (1994)
• Stars and Street Forever (1994)
• Elmo Saves Christmas (1996)
• Elmopalooza (1998)
• CinderElmo (1999)
• The Street We Live On (2004)
• Elmo's Christmas Countdown (2007)
• Once Upon a Sesame Street Christmas (2016)
• The Magical Wand Chase (2017)
• When You Wish Upon a Pickle (2018)
• Sesame Street's 50th Anniversary Celebration (2019)
• Elmo's Playdate (2020)
• Elmo's Playdate: Scavenger Hunt (2020)
• Elmo's Mindfulness Spectacular (2023)

Guest Appearances

• The Ed Sullivan Show - December 14, 1969
• Emmy Awards (1970, 1976, 1982, 1994, 2003, 2009)
• Sesame Street in San Francisco (1970)
• The Flip Wilson Show
  • Episode #1 (September 17, 1970)
  • Episode #5 (October 15, 1970)
• Children's Christmas at the White House (1970)
• Evening at Pops (1971)
• The Dick Cavett Show - November 25, 1971
• The Electric Company - Episode 131
• What's My Line? (1973)
• Good Evening, Good Morning - June 20, 1974
• Macy's Thanksgiving Day Parade
• Peter Alexander präsentiert Spezialitäten #10 (1975)
• Wissen Sie wo Ernie wohnt? (1975)
• Hollywood Squares (1976, 1977, 2000, 2001)
• Bob Hope's World of Comedy (1976)
• Numéro un - Mireille Mathieu (March 26, 1977)
• Donny & Marie (1977)
• I Love You (1977)
• Storybook Squares (December 19, 1977)
• Dinah! (December 29, 1977)
• Pau Hana Years
• NBC Salutes the 25th Anniversary of the Wonderful World of Disney (1978)
• Tomorrow's Stars (1978)
• The Muppet Show - Episode 318: Leslie Uggams
• Presenting Susan Anton (1979)
• The Road to China (1979)
• TV Week Logie Awards (1980)
• Mister Rogers' Neighborhood
  • Episode #1482: "Mister Rogers Visits An Art Museum"
  • Episode #1483: "Mister Rogers Talks About Competition"
• Hee Haw (1981)
• Starfest Finale (1981)
• Country Top 20 (November 21, 1981)
• Toronto Santa Claus Parade (1981)
• I Love Liberty (1982)
• Live from the Metropolitan Opera (1982)
• The Richard Simmons Show - March 25, 1983
• The Mike Walsh Show - March 14, 1984
• Big Bird in Australia (1984)
• Night of 100 Stars (1985)
• Midday (1985)
• Today
  • July 24, 1985
  • November 14, 1988
  • March 2001
  • December 28, 2005
  • May 6, 2015
  • November 30, 2015
  • January 5, 2017
  • February 13, 2017
  • November 8, 2017
  • November 8, 2018
  • November 10, 2023
• Kids Like These (1987)
• The Television Academy Hall of Fame (1987)
• Rapid T. Rabbit and Friends (1991, 2003)
• You Bet Your Life (1992)
• The Pig Attraction (1993)
• The Phil Donahue Show (1993)
• A Busch Gardens/Sea World Summer Celebration (1994)
• Live! (1994)
• Hey Hey It's Saturday - April 29, 1995
• Kathie Lee Gifford's Lullabies for Little Ones (1996)
• The Oprah Winfrey Show
  • 1997
  • November 19, 1998
  • May 19, 2003
• Soul Man - "The Stan Plan"
• The Rosie O'Donnell Show on Sesame Street (1998)
• TV Guide Awards (1999)
• People Profiles: Jim Henson (1999)
• Jerry Nelson: A 65th Birthday Celebration (1999)
• Between the Lions - "Tweet, Tweet"
• Evening at Pops (2000)
• The Rosie O'Donnell Show (2002)
• "We Are Family" music video (2002)
• Animal Planet's 50 Greatest TV Animals (2003)
• The West Wing - "Eppur Si Muove"
• The View - February 2006
• Jeopardy! - April 4, 2006
• Access Hollywood - October 13, 2006
• Deal or No Deal - December 25, 2006
• The Sunny Side Up Show (2007)
• Macy's 150th Birthday Gala (2008)
• A Capitol Fourth (2009)
• Food Network Challenge (2009)
• Jimmy Kimmel Live (2009)
• Five Minutes with - November 6, 2009
• InFANity - November 9, 2009
• Martha (2010)
• Fox News - October 2011
• Extreme Makeover: Home Edition (2011)
• The Early Show (2011)
• Good Morning America
  • September 19, 2012
  • September 13, 2013
  • January 15, 2016
  • October 2017
• The Wendy Williams Show - September 21, 2012
• Saturday Night Live
  • October 6, 2012 (Daniel Craig / Muse)
  • April 11, 2015 (Taraji P. Henson / Mumford & Sons)
• Late Night with Jimmy Fallon - September 25, 2013
• The Colbert Report
  • September 26th, 2013
  • December 18, 2014
• The Tonight Show Starring Jimmy Fallon
  • September 11, 2014
  • August 14, 2015
  • January 14, 2016
  • February 11, 2019
  • December 19, 2019
• CNN - October 14, 2014
• Christmas with the Mormon Tabernacle Choir (2014)
• YouTube Rewind: 2014
• Mashable "Big Birdman" - February 19, 2015
• Billy on the Street (2015)
• "Big Bird Interns at Funny or Die" (2015)
• Let's Celebrate Chinese New Year (2016)
• Super Bowl 50 (2016)
• Youtube Brandcast - May 5, 2016
• CBeebies Bedtime Stories - November 1, 2016
• Wired (2017)
• Vanity Fair (2017, 2019)
• 60 Minutes (2017)
• The Metrograph (2017)
• Entertainment Tonight - November 13, 2017
• CBS Sunday Morning - February 3, 2019
• The Hollywood Reporter - February 6, 2019
• InStyle - February 27, 2019
• 60 Minutes (Australia) - February 2019
• Meet the Peetes - "A Stroll Down Memory Lane" (2019)
• Lip Sync Battle - May 30, 2019
• 7News DC - June 7, 2019
• Tiny Desk Concerts - June 10, 2019
• Kennedy Center Honors (2019)
• The Kelly Clarkson Show - September 9, 2019
• The Late Late Show with James Corden - November 8, 2019
• ellentube - December 3, 2019
• The New Yorker - December 5, 2019
• CBS This Morning
  • December 10, 2019
  • April 14, 2020
• The ABCs of COVID-19 (2020)
• News Breakfast - May 28, 2020
• Dear... (2020)
• Coming Together: Standing Up to Racism (2020)
• The ABCs of Back to School (2020)
• The Drew Barrymore Show - November 13, 2020
• The ABCs of COVID Vaccines (2021)
• Kennedy Center Honors (2022)
• The Masked Singer episode #905 (2023)
• The Happiness Lab - December 2023
• "Blippi and Meekah’s ROARing Dino Day" - June 1, 2024

Movies

• The Muppet Movie (1979)
• The Muppets Take Manhattan (1984)
• Sesame Street Presents: Follow That Bird (1985)
• The Adventures of Elmo in Grouchland (1999)

Direct-to-video

• Learning About Letters (1986)
• Learning About Numbers (1986)
• Getting Ready to Read (1986)
• I'm Glad I'm Me (1986)
• Play-Along Games & Songs (1986)
• Bedtime Stories & Songs (1986)
• Learning to Add and Subtract (1987)
• Big Bird's Storytime (1987)
• Sing-Along (1987)
• Getting Ready for School (1987)
• Big Bird's Favorite Party Games (1988)
• Count it Higher: Great Music Videos from Sesame Street (1988)
• The Alphabet Game (1988)
• The Best of Ernie and Bert (1988)
• Dance Along! (1990)
• Sing Yourself Silly (1990)
• Sesame Street Visits the Hospital (1990)
• Sesame Street Visits the Firehouse (1990)
• Sing, Hoot & Howl with the Sesame Street Animals (1991)
• Big Bird Sings (1995)
• Do the Alphabet (1996)
• Learning to Share (1996)
• Quiet Time (1997)
• Get Up and Dance (1997)
• Big Bird Gets Lost (1998)
• Kids' Favorite Songs (1999)
• Let's Make Music (2000)
• Music Works Wonders (2001)
• Elmo's Musical Adventure: Peter and the Wolf (2001)
• What's the Name of That Song? (2004)
• A Celebration of Me, Grover (2004)
• Sesame Beginnings (2006-2007) (as Baby Big Bird)

Resource Videos

• Sesame Street Skills for Growing (1976)
• Sesame Street Goes to the Doctor (1999)
• Language to Literacy (2000)
• Music Works Wonders (2001)
• You Can Ask! (2002)
• The Adventures of Kami and Big Bird (2009)

Theme park

• Sesame Street 4-D Movie Magic
• Spaghetti Space Chase
• Street Mission

Video games

• Big Bird's Egg Catch
• Alphabet Avenue
• Baby & Me
• Elmo's Letter Adventure
• Sesame Street Sports

Commercials, promos, interstitials

• PBS promos
• Sesame Street Child Immunization Campaign PSAs
• UNICEF
• American Express
• Sony PSA
• Don't Forget to Watch the Movie
• A Brief History of Motion Pictures
• Xerox
• Kmart
• Ford
• The Ad Council "Car Seats" PSA
• DION
• NBA "1,000 Reasons Why I Love This Game"
• Yamazaki
• TV Land
• Let's Move! PSAs (with Michelle Obama)
• Kindness Counts
• AT&T
• IBM
• HBO promos
• Chrysler
• Common Sense Media
• DoorDash