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Frankie Cordero

  • Actor
  • Puppetry
  • Director
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Donkey Hodie
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Donkey Hodie (2021– )
Frankie Cordero was born on 15 February 1982 in Chicago, Illinois, USA. He is an actor and director, known for Donkey Hodie (2021), The Tick (2016) and IRL Files: A Text in the Night (2010). He has been married to Marea Judilla since 2 September 2017. They have one child.
BornFebruary 15, 1982
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    • Awards
      • 3 nominations total

    Known for

    Donkey Hodie (2021)
    Donkey Hodie
    7.1
    TV Series
    • Purple Panda
    • Purple Panda (2021)
    • Penguin Referee
    Peter Serafinowicz in The Tick (2016)
    The Tick
    7.4
    TV Series
    • Puppetry
    IRL Files: A Text in the Night
    Video
    • Director
    • 2010
    IRL Files: Scare Tactics
    Video
    • Director
    • 2010

    Credits

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    Actor

    • Storm on Sesame Street (2026)
      Storm on Sesame Street
      6.6
      TV Special
      • Rudy (voice)
      • 2026
    • Seth Rogen, Maya Rudolph, and Sabrina Carpenter in The Muppet Show (2026)
      The Muppet Show
      8.0
      TV Special
      • Supporting Muppet Performer (voice)
      • 2026
    • Sesame Street (1969)
      Sesame Street
      8.1
      TV Series
      • Rudy
      • Banana
      • Letter N ...
      • 2017–2025
    • Cookie Monster's Bake Sale: Block Party (2025)
      Cookie Monster's Bake Sale: Block Party
      TV Special
      • Muppet Performer (voice)
      • 2025
    • Donkey Hodie (2021)
      Donkey Hodie
      7.1
      TV Series
      • Purple Panda
      • Purple Panda (2021)
      • Penguin Referee
      • 2021–2025
    • Cookie Monster's Bake Sale: Back to School (2024)
      Cookie Monster's Bake Sale: Back to School
      TV Special
      • Muppet Performer (voice)
      • 2024
    • Paul F. Tompkins, Fred Armisen, Leslie Carrara-Rudolph, Stephanie D'Abruzzo, Rachel Dratch, Taran Killam, Chris Knowings, Bobby Lee, Joey Mazzarino, Kate McKinnon, Chris Parnell, David Rudman, Dennis Singletary, Kenan Thompson, Adam Rudman, Cobie Smulders, Bobby Moynihan, Todd Hannert, Jeanne Fishman, Kate Micucci, Tom Blandford, James Monroe Iglehart, Joey Rudman, Jack Shulruff, and Richard Traub in Nature Cat (2015)
      Nature Cat
      7.3
      TV Series
      • (voice)
      • 2019–2023
    • Sesame Street: Wonderful World of Friends! (2021)
      Sesame Street: Wonderful World of Friends!
      Video
      • Additional Muppet Performer (voice, as Frank Cordero)
      • 2021
    • Sesame Street: Cool Counting Collection (2021)
      Sesame Street: Cool Counting Collection
      Video
      • Additional Muppet Performer (voice, as Frank Cordero)
      • 2021
    • Abby's Amazing Adventures (2018)
      Abby's Amazing Adventures
      TV Series
      • Rudy
      • 2018–2021
    • Monster Hits: Rock & Rhyme with Elmo (2020)
      Monster Hits: Rock & Rhyme with Elmo
      Video
      • Chicken #2 (voice, as Frank Cordero)
      • 2020
    • Ryan Dillon in The Not Too Late Show with Elmo (2020)
      The Not Too Late Show with Elmo
      7.3
      TV Series
      • (voice)
      • 2020
    • Fraggle Rock: Rock On! (2020)
      Fraggle Rock: Rock On!
      6.5
      TV Series
      • Wembley Fraggle (voice)
      • 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
      • Rudy (voice)
      • 2019
    • Sesame Street: Dance Party! (2019)
      Sesame Street: Dance Party!
      Video
      • Additional Muppet Performer (voice, as Frank Cordero)
      • 2019

    Puppetry

    • Saturday Night Live (1975)
      Saturday Night Live
      8.0
      TV Series
      • puppeteer (uncredited)
      • 2026
    • Donkey Hodie (2021)
      Donkey Hodie
      7.1
      TV Series
      • puppet builder
      • puppeteer
      • 2021
    • Peter Serafinowicz in The Tick (2016)
      The Tick
      7.4
      TV Series
      • puppeteer
      • 2019
    • Tyler Bunch, James Godwin, Peter Linz, Jay Simon, Aymee Garcia, Tim Lagasse, and Melissa Creighton in It's a Big Big World (2006)
      It's a Big Big World
      6.7
      TV Series
      • puppet wrangler
      • 2007–2010
    • Jill Scott, Mark Gale, Eric Wright, David Fino, Lindsey Z. Briggs, Rafael Rodriguez, Sarah Frechette, Carole Simms D'Agostino, Kenneth Mark Berman, Carole D'Agostino, Logan Kulick, David Stephens, Megan DeCristoforo, Michael Carolan, Abby Roderick, and Laurie Green in SeeMore's Playhouse (2006)
      SeeMore's Playhouse
      8.5
      TV Series
      • puppet coordinator
      • puppet builder: Dramaton Designs
      • 2006–2008
    • Jack's Big Music Show (2005)
      Jack's Big Music Show
      7.3
      TV Series
      • puppeteer
      • 2005–2007

    Director

    • IRL Files: Scare Tactics
      Video
      • Director
      • 2010
    • IRL Files: A Text in the Night
      Video
      • Director
      • 2010

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    Donkey Hodie
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    Donkey Hodie

    Personal details

    • Alternative name
      • Frank Cordero
    • Born
      • February 15, 1982
      • Chicago, Illinois, USA
    • Spouse
      • Marea JudillaSeptember 2, 2017 - present (1 child)

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    • Trivia
      Has worked professionally as a hand model.
    • Trademark
      Artistic gestures and hand motions.

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