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
  • Ode to Joy
  • Stars and Stripes Forever
  • Tyson
  • Classical Chickens
• 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)

External links[]

• IMDb

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