Justin Timberlake (b. 1981) is a Grammy Award-winning singer and actor who found global fame as a member of the boy band *NSYNC, which appeared on Sesame Street during season 31. He subsequently embarked on a successful solo career.
In the early/mid-1990s, Timberlake was a Mouseketeer on The Mickey Mouse Club, and he competed on Star Search. His later acting work includes the live-action films The Love Guru (with Mike Myers), The Social Network (with Andrew Garfield), and Bad Teacher (with Cameron Diaz). He's lent his voice to The Simpsons, Shrek the Third, Yogi Bear, and the Trolls franchise. In addition, Timberlake has performed the Super Bowl halftime show and hosted and performed on Saturday Night Live.
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- Timberlake appears on CDE's chart of top 100 pop culture influences in The Muppets.
- Timberlake is among the celebrities the Muppets consider as a potential date for Miss Piggy in The Muppets episode "Hostile Makeover."
- In a 2016 video for On Demand Entertainment, Cookie Monster dances and sings along to Timberlake's "Can't Stop the Feeling!" (YouTube)