Peter Linz has been
playing with
puppets since the age of three and
has
wanted to work in children's television since
age ten. After a short
detour, during which he earned a degree in psychology from the
Univerisity of Georgia,
his dream was realized when he was hired to be
a puppeteer with the Jim Henson Company. His puppet characters can be
seen on
Sesame
Street,
Bear in the Big Blue House
(Tutter, Pip),
Blue's Room
(Polka Dots, Doodle Board),
The
Book
of Pooh (Pooh),
Lomax:
The Hound of
Music (Lomax) and
It's A
Big Big World in which
he stars as "Snook" the Sloth.
Peter's feature film credits include the recent remake of "
The
Producers" as well as "
Muppets
From Space" and "
Men in Black".
He has created and led workshops in television puppetry under the
auspices of
The Jim Henson Company and Sesame Street in Germany, China,
Mexico and the United States.
Peter is an original cast member of the Tony Award-winnning musical, "
Avenue Q" and
continues to be the
'Puppet Coach' for the Broadway, London and touring
productions. He has recently wrapped production on
Season 10 of
Between
the Lions in which he
performs Theo, Announcer Bunny and Gawain.