Victor Yerrid

Victor Yerrid and Hup from The Dark Crystal: Age of Resistance

Victor Yerrid and Squacky from Jim Henson's Pajanimals

Victor Yerrid in The Crystal Calls: Making the Dark Crystal: Age of Resistance

Victor Yerrid (b. November 13) is best known in the Muppet world for his work on the movies.com online series, From the Balcony in which he performed Waldorf along with an assortment of other new and old characters. He also performed Hup in The Dark Crystal: Age of Resistance.

Yerrid started out as an intern for the Jim Henson Company, and later worked for a time at the Muppet Workshop in New York advising interns of his own. He was a shipping coordinator for Muppets from Space and an assistant to the Workshop Director, Ed Christie. He also contributed to The Muppets Big Book of Crafts.

For The Jim Henson Company, Yerrid had lead roles in Sid the Science Kid, Pajanimals, That Puppet Game Show, No, You Shut Up!, The Happytime Murders, and Puppet Up!

Yerrid has frequently teamed with Drew Massey for a number of projects, which he commented on in an interview with fansite The Muppet Newsflash:

“He and I have partnered up on lots of projects in the last several years and I think we’ve developed a good chemistry as performers. For "From the Balcony", we did about ninety-five percent of the puppeteering so we worked on just about every scene together. We were also involved in the creative meetings and got to pitch characters and segment ideas. He’s a terrific guy to work with.”

Although both had worked for the Henson Company beforehand, Yerrid and Massey didn't meet until working on Greg the Bunny, where Yerrid played Tardy Turtle and Cranky.

Outside of Henson, Yerrid has puppeteered on the Greg the Bunny spin-off Warren the Ape, Angel (as Polo in the puppet episode "Smile Time"), Crank Yankers, The Book of Pooh, and the remake of Sigmund and the Sea Monsters (as Slurp). An active voice-over artist, Yerrid has been heard on Robot Chicken and MAD (often doing Muppet impersonations on both) as well as Drawn Together, The Simpsons, Family Guy, and various video games. He worked on the "Weird Al" Yankovic music videos "Polka Face" and "Polkamania" (producing the puppet scenes, as well as performing).

Muppet credits

• Bear in the Big Blue House: Whiner, Long John Tutter
• Sesame Street: A Brief History of Motion Pictures
• Family Feud: Sweetums
• MuppetFest
• "Keep Fishin'" music video: Fozzie Bear (assistant), Penguin, Dr. Bunsen Honeydew (puppetry)
• From the Balcony (pilot, episodes 9-34): Waldorf, Billy, Detective, Hugo, Larry, Lester Possum, Loni Dunne, Louie, The State of Indiana and others
• Reel Classics Extra: Waldorf
• Muppets Ahoy!: Waldorf, Miss Piggy, Fozzie Bear
• Hannah Montana: Pancake
• "Do It Anyway" music video: Gobo Fraggle and Uncle Traveling Matt (puppetry only)

Henson Company credits

• Defend Your Planet! (unreleased pilot)
• Farscape: The Peacekeeper Wars: Bishan (puppetry only)
• The Producers: Lead Puppeteer, Pigeons
• Puppet Up!
• Sid the Science Kid: Mort, Gerald
• The Skrumps: Wishbone
• The Hangover: tiger
• Late Night Liars: The Weasel
• Forgetting Sarah Marshall (right hand for Van Helsing)
• The Sam Plenty Cavalcade of Action! Show Plus Singing!: Bob Choppy (credited as Ketch Erd)
• Neil's Puppet Dreams
• Pajanimals: Squacky, Jerry Bear
• Teeny Tiny Dogs (unreleased pilot)
• Hotdog TV
• Jim Henson's Creature Shop Challenge: puppeteer
• No, You Shut Up!: Yerd Nerp, Haardvark, Hot Dog, Joe Lunchpail, Ned Cooper the Science Grouper, and others
• That Puppet Game Show: Jake Hamilton-Jones and Clyde Stravinsky
• Splash and Bubbles: Mac, Dorsal, Wart, and others
• The Happytime Murders: Larry Phillips, Old Man
• The Dark Crystal: Age of Resistance: Hup, Kylan (puppetry only), Mitjan (puppetry only), Ritual Master (puppetry only)
• Earth to Ned: Clods
• Word Party: Bailey
• Duff's Happy Fun Bake Time: S'Later
• Slumberkins: Bigfoot (puppetry only), Fox Dad (puppetry only), Yak Babies (puppetry only)

External links

• Victor Yerrid on the Henson Alternative Wiki
• Victor Yerrid on the Henson Digital Puppetry Wiki
• Official Site