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Drew Massey
Born	United States
Nationality	American
Other names	Drew Massy Drew Masey Drew Masy
Occupation(s)	Stand-up comedian, actor, director, producer, writer, singer, musician, puppeteer, voice artist, comedian

Drew Massey is an American actor and puppeteer for the Jim Henson Company for the Muppets and has performed in many films, television series, and commercials. He also lends his voice for commercials and video games.

Early life

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Career

Massey's film credits include Men in Black (1997), Dr. Dolittle (1998), Cats & Dogs (2001), Men in Black II (2002), The Muppets' Wizard of Oz (2005), and The Producers (2005). Massey has also performed on television in Greg the Bunny, Angel, Malcolm in the Middle, Muppets Tonight, Cousin Skeeter, Lost on Earth, and Crank Yankers; and in television advertisements for Foster Farms (as the driver chicken), Sony (the blue guy), and Levi's (as Flat Eric). In the Over the Hedge video game, Massey voiced Verne and other characters. In the Kung Fu Panda video games, he voiced Crane and other characters. He is the star of The Sam Plenty Cavalcade of Action Show Plus Singing!, playing Sam Plenty. He is also a performer on No, You Shut Up and Spontaneanation with Paul F. Tompkins.

Personal life

Not much is known about Massey's personal life, though it has been stated that he draws very well and is an animal lover.

Filmography

Mutt & Stuff: Stuff, Davenport
Community: Puppet Abed
Sid the Science Kid: Sid
Neil's Puppet Dreams: Puppeteer
Forgetting Sarah Marshall: Puppeteer Dracula
The Darjeeling Limited: Puppeteer Tiger
The Sam Plenty Cavalcade of Action Show Plus Singing!: Actor (Sam Plenty)
Crank Yankers: Puppeteer
Robot Chicken: Voices
Greg the Bunny: Puppeteer (Count Blah and others)
Angel: Puppet Angel
Weezer's music video for "Keep Fishin'": Puppeteer
Statler and Waldorf: From the Balcony: Puppeteer (Statler)
The Producers: Lead Puppeteer (pigeons)
Men in Black: Puppeteer
Puppet Up!: Puppeteer
Foster Farms Chickens: Actor (Driver Chicken, Tom)
Over the Hedge: Voices

Television

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Video games

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References

"Drew Massey". August 28, 2006. ISSN 0190-8286. Retrieved April 3, 2016.

External links

Drew Massey at IMDb
Man or Muppet article from Scotland's Edinburgh Fringe Festival
Interview with Drew Massey for the Mutant Season podcast

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"

Web series

Statler and Waldorf: From the Balcony (2005–06)
The Muppets Kitchen with Cat Cora (2010)

Video games

Pigs in Space (1983)
Muppet Adventure: Chaos at the Carnival (1989)
Muppets Inside (1996)
Muppet Treasure Island (1996)
Muppet Kids (1997)
Jim Henson's Muppets (2000)
Muppet RaceMania (2000)
Muppet Monster Adventure (2000)
Muppet Pinball Mayhem (2002)
Spy Muppets: License to Croak (2003)
Muppets Party Cruise (2003)
The Muppets Movie Adventures (2014)
Disney Mirrorverse (2022)
Disney Magic Kingdoms (2023)
Disney Speedstorm (2024)

Other media

Muppet*Vision 3D (1991–present)
Muppet Mobile Lab (2007–2016)
The Muppets Present...Great Moments in American History (2016–2020)
Comics series
Before You Leap

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