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Noel MacNeal

  • Actor
  • Puppetry
  • Additional Crew
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Tyler Bunch, Vicki Eibner, Peter Linz, and Noel MacNeal in Bear in the Big Blue House (1997)
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Noel MacNeal is a puppeteer and singer from Harlem who is well-known for portraying Bear from Bear in the Big Blue House. He has also portrayed Bear in video games, a spin-off show and a live show at Disney theme parks. He also did puppetry for The Puzzle Place, Sesame Street and many more.
BornSeptember 15, 1961
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BornSeptember 15, 1961
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    • Awards
      • 2 wins & 2 nominations total

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    Known for

    Tyler Bunch, Vicki Eibner, Peter Linz, and Noel MacNeal in Bear in the Big Blue House (1997)
    Bear in the Big Blue House
    6.9
    TV Series
    • Bear
    • Moss
    Noel MacNeal and Carmen Osbahr in The Puzzle Place (1994)
    The Puzzle Place
    8.1
    TV Series
    • Leon MacNeal
    • Place Police
    • French Waiter
    Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles III (1993)
    Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles III
    4.8
    • Puppetry
    • 1993
    John Travolta and Robin Williams in Old Dogs (2009)
    Old Dogs
    5.3
    • Muppet(as Edward Noel MacNeal)
    • 2009

    Credits

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    Actor

    • Live Long
      • Ivy
      • Completed
      • Short
      • 2025
    • Fred Tatasciore, Libe Barer, and Diamond White in Moon Girl and Devil Dinosaur (2023)
      Moon Girl and Devil Dinosaur
      7.4
      TV Series
      • Dr. Madness (voice)
      • 2025
    • Stephen Colbert in The Late Show with Stephen Colbert (2015)
      The Late Show with Stephen Colbert
      7.2
      TV Series
      • Steamboat Willie
      • 2024
    • Albie's Elevator (2023)
      Albie's Elevator
      8.6
      TV Series
      • Moth
      • 2023
    • Sam Jay in Pause with Sam Jay (2021)
      Pause with Sam Jay
      6.0
      TV Series
      • Puppeteer
      • 2022
    • John Oliver in Last Week Tonight with John Oliver (2014)
      Last Week Tonight with John Oliver
      8.8
      TV Series
      • Puppeteer
      • Unicorn Puppeteer
      • Mr. Nutterbutter ...
      • 2014–2021
    • Sesame Street: Cool Counting Collection (2021)
      Sesame Street: Cool Counting Collection
      Video
      • Elmo (assistant) (voice)
      • 2021
    • Thomas and the Magic Railroad: 20th Anniversary Celebration (2020)
      Thomas and the Magic Railroad: 20th Anniversary Celebration
      3.4
      Video
      • Edward
      • 2020
    • Sesame Street (1969)
      Sesame Street
      8.1
      TV Series
      • Muppet
      • Muppet Performer
      • Additional Muppet Performer ...
      • 1983–2020
    • IncrediChat
      TV Series
      • Guest
      • 2020
    • Alison Bartlett, Linda Bove, Fran Brill, Tyler Bunch, Leslie Carrara-Rudolph, Emilio Delgado, Olamide Faison, Joseph Gordon-Levitt, Chris Knowings, Patti LaBelle, Peter Linz, Loretta Long, Sonia Manzano, Bob McGrath, Roscoe Orman, Carmen Osbahr, Itzhak Perlman, Martin P. Robinson, David Rudman, Matt Vogel, Eric Jacobson, Jennifer Barnhart, Alan Muraoka, Big Bird, Warrick Brownlow-Pike, Ryan Dillon, Elmo, Nitya Vidyasagar, Abby Cadabby, Chris Thomas Hayes, Stacey Gordon, and Suki Lopez in Sesame Street's 50th Anniversary Celebration (2019)
      Sesame Street's 50th Anniversary Celebration
      8.7
      TV Special
      • Additional Muppets (voice)
      • 2019
    • The Muppets Take the O2 (2018)
      The Muppets Take the O2
      8.0
      Video
      • Additional Muppet Performer
      • Self (voice)
      • 2018
    • Trick or Treat on Sesame Street (2017)
      Trick or Treat on Sesame Street
      Video
      • Muppet People (voice)
      • 2017
    • The Characters (2016)
      The Characters
      5.5
      TV Series
      • Waggoo
      • 2016
    • The Tonight Show Starring Jimmy Fallon (2014)
      The Tonight Show Starring Jimmy Fallon
      7.0
      TV Series
      • Big Bird (uncredited)
      • 2015
    • Ellie Kemper in Unbreakable Kimmy Schmidt (2015)
      Unbreakable Kimmy Schmidt
      7.5
      TV Series
      • Puppeteer #1
      • 2015

    Puppetry

    • Albie's Elevator (2023)
      Albie's Elevator
      8.6
      TV Series
      • puppeteer
      • 2023
    • John Oliver in Last Week Tonight with John Oliver (2014)
      Last Week Tonight with John Oliver
      8.8
      TV Series
      • puppeteer
      • 2014
    • Tyler Bunch, Vicki Eibner, Peter Linz, and Noel MacNeal in Bear in the Big Blue House (1997)
      Bear in the Big Blue House
      6.9
      TV Series
      • puppeteer
      • 1997–2006
    • Dave Chappelle in Chappelle's Show (2003)
      Chappelle's Show
      8.8
      TV Series
      • puppeteer (segment "Knee High Park", as Noel Mac Neil)
      • 2004
    • Stefán Karl Stefánsson, Magnús Scheving, and Julianna Rose Mauriello in LazyTown (2002)
      LazyTown
      6.1
      TV Series
      • puppeteer
      • 2002–2014
    • Jim Cummings and John Fiedler in The Book of Pooh (2001)
      The Book of Pooh
      6.3
      TV Series
      • puppeteer
      • 2002
    • Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles III (1993)
      Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles III
      4.8
      • animatronic puppeteer: Raphael
      • 1993
    • Sesame Street (1969)
      Sesame Street
      8.1
      TV Series
      • assistant puppeteer (uncredited)
      • 1987

    Additional Crew

    • Chevy Chase, Frank Oz, Sandra Bernhard, John Candy, Jim Henson, Joe Flaherty, Richard Hunt, Waylon Jennings, Jerry Nelson, Martin P. Robinson, Caroll Spinney, and Dave Thomas in Follow That Bird (1985)
      Follow That Bird
      6.8
      • muppet designer: Toronto unit
      • 1985
    • Sesame Street (1969)
      Sesame Street
      8.1
      TV Series
      • muppet designer
      • 1984–1985
    • Frank Oz and Cookie Monster in Don't Eat the Pictures: Sesame Street at the Metropolitan Museum of Art (1983)
      Don't Eat the Pictures: Sesame Street at the Metropolitan Museum of Art
      7.9
      TV Movie
      • muppet designer
      • 1983
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    Videos15

    Video!
    Clip 1:25
    Video!
    Season 10 Official Trailer
    Trailer 1:49
    Season 10 Official Trailer
    Season 10 Official Trailer
    Trailer 1:49
    Season 10 Official Trailer
    Sesame Street: Follow That Bird
    Trailer 0:32
    Sesame Street: Follow That Bird
    Bear in the Big Blue House
    Trailer 0:58
    Bear in the Big Blue House
    Sesame Street: Elmo's Musical Adventure
    Trailer 0:18
    Sesame Street: Elmo's Musical Adventure
    Bear in the Big Blue House Collection
    Trailer 0:34
    Bear in the Big Blue House Collection

    Personal details

    • Official sites
      • Cameo
      • Facebook
    • Alternative names
      • Bear in the Big Blue House
    • Born
      • September 15, 1961
      • Harlem, New York, USA
    • Spouse
      • Susan Elia MacNealNovember 6, 1999 - present (1 child)
    • Children
      • Matthew MacNeal
    • Other works
      (November 16-30, 2001) Stage: Appeared (As "Turkey") In "Honk!" At Murat Theatre In Indianapolis, Indiana.

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      Known for playing Bear.

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