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	Dillon was born in ]. As a young puppeteer, Dillon came to the attention of '']'' producers when he went to an audition as a high school student.		Dillon was born in ]. As a young puppeteer, Dillon came to the attention of '']'' producers when he went to an audition as a high school student.

	He took time off from school during his senior year, to participate in the shooting for Season 37 in 2005. Since 2013, he has taken over performing Elmo in new productions and appearances, replacing ] after his resignation from '']'' in November 2012. Ryan has also taught classes in television puppetry at ], and various schools and centres in the ].<ref>{{cite web\|title=Ryan Dillon Resume\|url=http://www.dillypuppets.com/resume.html\|website=DillyPuppets.com\|access-date=8 April 2018\|url-status=dead\|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20100423113705/http://www.dillypuppets.com/resume.html\|archive-date=23 April 2010}}</ref>		He took time off from school during his senior year to participate in the shooting for Season 37 in 2005. Since 2013, he has taken over performing Elmo in new productions and appearances, replacing ] after his resignation from '']'' in November 2012. Ryan has also taught classes in television puppetry at ], and various schools and centres in the ].<ref>{{cite web\|title=Ryan Dillon Resume\|url=http://www.dillypuppets.com/resume.html\|website=DillyPuppets.com\|access-date=8 April 2018\|url-status=dead\|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20100423113705/http://www.dillypuppets.com/resume.html\|archive-date=23 April 2010}}</ref>

	In addition to playing Elmo, Dillon has appeared on ] commercials, "Healthy Teeth, Healthy Me," "Little Children, Big Challenges," "Little Discoverers: Big Fun With Science, Math and More," '']'', '']'', the ] ] "Ask Sylvia" as the title character, and '']'' (2010)		In addition to playing Elmo, Dillon has appeared on ] commercials, "Healthy Teeth, Healthy Me," "Little Children, Big Challenges," "Little Discoverers: Big Fun With Science, Math and More," '']'', '']'', the ] ] "Ask Sylvia" as the title character, and '']'' (2010).

	==References==		==References==

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American puppeteer

Ryan Dillon
Born	(1988-05-28) May 28, 1988 (age 36) Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, U.S.
Occupation	Puppeteer
Years active	2005–present

Ryan Dillon (born May 28, 1988) is an American puppeteer who has played Elmo since 2013 replacing Kevin Clash. Dillon had previously worked as an ensemble muppeteer for the Jim Henson Company since 2005. Dillon also played Cooper Monster, for the interactive series Sesame Street TV for Xbox Kinect, and appears on all four seasons of the new CBeebies and co production of Sesame Street, The Furchester Hotel, as Elmo.

In March 2017, Dillon was nominated for the Daytime Emmy Award for Outstanding Performer in Children's Programming.

Background and career

Dillon was born in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania. As a young puppeteer, Dillon came to the attention of Sesame Street producers when he went to an audition as a high school student.

He took time off from school during his senior year to participate in the shooting for Season 37 in 2005. Since 2013, he has taken over performing Elmo in new productions and appearances, replacing Kevin Clash after his resignation from Sesame Street in November 2012. Ryan has also taught classes in television puppetry at Penn State, and various schools and centres in the United States.

In addition to playing Elmo, Dillon has appeared on Kraft MilkBite commercials, "Healthy Teeth, Healthy Me," "Little Children, Big Challenges," "Little Discoverers: Big Fun With Science, Math and More," Julie's Greenroom, The Muppets Take the Bowl, the Nickelodeon webseries "Ask Sylvia" as the title character, and John Tartaglia's ImaginOcean (2010).

References

Ng, Gwendolyn (5 October 2017). "Meet Ryan Dillon, the new man behind Sesame Street puppet Elmo". Star2.com. Retrieved 8 April 2018.
"Ryan Dillon". Puppeteer Bios. Sesame Street. Retrieved 8 April 2018.
"Ryan and Elmo Red Carpet Interview". DailyMotion. Retrieved 8 April 2018.
Nordyke, Kimberly (22 March 2017). "Daytime Emmy Nominations: 'Young and the Restless' Tops List; THR Scores Nom". The Hollywood Reporter. Retrieved 8 April 2018.
"Ryan Dillon Resume". DillyPuppets.com. Archived from the original on 23 April 2010. Retrieved 8 April 2018.

External links

Ryan Dillon at IMDb

Preceded byKevin Clash

Elmo performer
2013 – Present

Succeeded byNone

Preceded byRichard Hunt

Don Music performer
2019 – Present

Succeeded byNone

The Muppets

Characters

Television

Series	Sam and Friends (1955–1961) The Muppet Show (1976–1981) (episodes) Muppet Babies (1984–1991) (episodes) Little Muppet Monsters (1985) The Jim Henson Hour (1989) Muppets Tonight (1996–1998) The Muppets (2015–2016) Muppet Babies (2018–2022) (episodes) Muppets Now (2020) The Muppets Mayhem (2023)
Segments	The Jimmy Dean Show ("Rowlf the Dog", 1963–1965) The Mike Douglas Show (1966–1979) The Ed Sullivan Show (including The Great Santa Claus Switch, 1966–1971) NBC's Saturday Night (The Land of Gorch, 1975–1976)
Specials	Hey, Cinderella! (1969) The Muppets on Puppets (1970) The Great Santa Claus Switch (1970) The Frog Prince (1971) The Muppet Musicians of Bremen (1972) The Muppets Valentine Show (1974) The Muppet Show: Sex and Violence (1975) John Denver and the Muppets: A Christmas Together (1979) The Muppets Go Hollywood (1979) The Muppets Go to the Movies (1981) The Fantastic Miss Piggy Show (1982) Rocky Mountain Holiday (1983) The Muppets: A Celebration of 30 Years (1986) A Muppet Family Christmas (1987) Cartoon All-Stars to the Rescue (1990) The Earth Day Special (1990) The Muppets at Walt Disney World (1990) The Muppets Celebrate Jim Henson (1990) Mr. Willowby's Christmas Tree (1995) Studio DC: Almost Live (2008) A Muppets Christmas: Letters to Santa (2008) Lady Gaga and the Muppets Holiday Spectacular (2013) Muppets Haunted Mansion (2021)

Films

Theatrical	The Muppet Movie (1979) The Great Muppet Caper (1981) The Muppets Take Manhattan (1984) The Muppet Christmas Carol (1992) Muppet Treasure Island (1996) Muppets from Space (1999) The Muppets (2011) Muppets Most Wanted (2014)
Television	Emmet Otter's Jug-Band Christmas (1977) The Tale of the Bunny Picnic (1986) The Christmas Toy (1986) It's a Very Merry Muppet Christmas Movie (2002) The Muppets' Wizard of Oz (2005)
Direct-to- video	Muppet Classic Theater (1994) Kermit's Swamp Years (2002)

Music

Albums	The Muppet Show (1977) The Muppet Show 2 (1978) The Muppet Movie (1979) Ol' Brown Ears Is Back (1993) Muppet Beach Party (1993) Kermit Unpigged (1994) The Muppet Show: Music, Mayhem, and More (2002) A Green and Red Christmas (2006) The Green Album (2011) The Muppets (2011) Muppets Most Wanted (2014) The Electric Mayhem (2023)
Songs	"Rainbow Connection" "Bein' Green" "Mahna Mahna" "When the River Meets the Sea" "Bohemian Rhapsody" "Man or Muppet"