McGinnis (far left) puppeteering on Sesame Street
Matt Vogel, Tyler Bunch, Paul McGinnis, Joey Mazzarino, Frank Oz, and John Kennedy filming the Mad Men spoof for Sesame Street
Steve Whitmire and Paul McGinnis performing Ernie
McGinnis appearing on-camera in "A Lovely Sunny Day."
Happy Feet performed at The Muppets Take The Bowl. Kermit performed by Matt Vogel, Alice Dinnean, and Drew Massey. Bobby Moynihan. Bobby Moynihan's huge Kermit legs performed by Paul McGinnis.
Paul McGinnis (b. July 23, 1973) has been a puppeteer on Sesame Street and on various Muppets and Henson projects since 2001. He performs Clem, Karli's foster dad, in a series of Sesame outreach videos on foster care.
He is married to Haley Jenkins.
Sesame Street credits[]
- Sesame Street: Ambulance Driver, others
- Sesame Street 4-D Movie Magic
- The West Wing: Elmo (right hand)
- Kids' Favorite Country Songs
- Elmo's World: Happy Holidays!
- A Celebration of Me, Grover
- What's the Name of That Song?
- The Street We Live On
- Sesame Beginnings: Exploring Together
- Sesame Beginnings: Moving Together
- Happy, Healthy, Ready for School
- Learning is Everywhere
- Talk, Listen, Connect
- The 31st Annual Daytime Emmy Awards
- Healthy Habits for Life (PSAs)
- Ready To Learn
- Elmo's Christmas Countdown
- ESPN
- Dinosaurs!
- Love the Earth!
- Count on Sports
- Abby in Wonderland
- Being Green
- P Is for Princess
- Counting with Elmo
- Elmo's Travel Songs and Games
- Math Is Everywhere
- Top Chef - Season 8, Episode 10
- Food for Thought: Eating Well on a Budget
- ABCs with Elmo
- Smell Like a Monster viral video: Clam
- NPR - 2/10/08
- 3, 2, 1 Let's Go
- Elmo's Music Magic
- Put Down the Pacifier
- Growing Hope Against Hunger
- Big Elmo Fun
- Good Morning America - 9/20/11, 5/10/13
- The Chew - 4/2/12
- Resilience Initiative
- Share It Maybe
- Kinect Sesame Street TV
- Once Upon a Monster
- Words Are Here, There, and Everywhere
- Making Friends
- We Are Family
- Me Want It (But Me Wait)
- The Isaac Mizrahi Show - August 6, 2003
- Late Night with Jimmy Fallon - September 25, 2013
- Little Children, Big Challenges
- The Colbert Report - September 26, 2013
- The Wendy Williams Show - September 25, 2013
- The White House Easter Egg Roll - 2014, 2015
- A Lovely Sunny Day
- Macy's Thanksgiving Day Parade - various
- Hollywood Bowl - July 2-4, 2004
- Last Week Tonight with John Oliver - 9/2/2014, 4/17/2016
- Saturday Night Live - April 11, 2015
- Portlandia
- Sesame Street's 50th Anniversary Celebration: Letter B[1]
- Kennedy Center Honors
Muppets credits[]
- Studio DC Hosted by Dylan and Cole Sprouse
- Studio DC Hosted by Selena Gomez
- A Muppets Christmas: Letters to Santa
- The View - May 21, 2008
- CW 11 Morning News - May 22, 2008
- Muppet viral videos
- Christmas in Rockefeller Center - December 2, 2009
- Late Night with Jimmy Fallon - December 23, 2009, February 7, 2014
- The Early Show - September 15, 2010
- The Muppets Kitchen with Cat Cora - Hands of Angelo
- The Muppets
- Lady Gaga & the Muppets' Holiday Spectacular
- Muppet Thought of the Week
- Macy's Thanksgiving Day Parade - November 24, 2016
- Freeform - 25 Days of Christmas
- Miss Adventure
- The Muppets Take the Bowl - Penguins, Chickens, (assistant for Sam the Eagle, Miss Piggy, Fozzie Bear, Bobby Moynihan's huge Kermit legs in "Happy Feet")
- The Muppets Take the O2 - Penguins, Chickens, (assistant for Sam the Eagle, Miss Piggy, Fozzie Bear, Bobby Moynihan's huge Kermit legs in "Happy Feet")
Henson credits[]
- Julie's Greenroom
- The Happytime Murders (Hospital Waiting Room Patient)
- Earth to Ned
Non-Muppet credits[]
- Saturday Night Live - January 25, 2020
- Scooby-Doo (Scooby-Doo! Adventures: The Mystery Map)
- Felt
- Crash & Bernstein
- Dog with a Blog
- Warren The Ape (Robot, Jurgen, Warren Assist)
- Little Shop of Horrors (2004 National Broadway Tour, 2008 Papermill Playhouse, 2019 Off-Broadway) Audrey II Puppeteer
- It's a Big Big World
- The Book of Pooh
- Between the Lions
- Crank Yankers
- Spike TV's 52 Most Irresistible Women
- Greg the Bunny (Elephant Man)
- the title of show show (Grampa)
- Walking With Dinosaurs - The Arena Spectacular
- The Wiz Live!
- The Jack and Triumph Show
- NCAA March Madness (Greg Gumbel)