MIKE QUINN
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Mike is currently enjoying almost four decades in the entertainment industry as Puppeteer,
Creature Performer, Animator, Actor, Producer, Writer and Director.
At 16 years of age, Mike was chosen and mentored by Jim Henson to work as a Muppet
Performer on many Muppet film and television projects, including The Great Muppet Caper, The
Dark Crystal, Labyrinth, Fraggle Rock, The Storyteller, Dreamchild, Muppet Christmas Carol,
Muppet Treasure Island and the more recent Muppet films, The Muppets and its follow-up Muppets
Most Wanted. He also assisted Kermit and friends on the recent ABC series The Muppets for
prime-time television and multiple live Muppet performances at the Hollywood Bowl in California
and the 02 Arena in London.
Possibly his most famous role is the character Nien Nunb, the copilot next to Lando Calrissian, of
the Millennium Falcon, who flew into and blew up the second Death Star in Star Wars Return Of
The Jedi. Furthermore, in Jedi he assisted performing Yoda with Frank Oz and many other
creatures. Now considered an official Star Wars Legacy character, fan favorite Nien Nunb can also
be seen in The Force Awakens, The Last Jedi and the upcoming The Rise Of Skywalker and The
Rise of The Resistance ride and Disneyland and Walt Disney World.
Other feature films and shows include Who Framed Roger Rabbit?, Little Shop Of Horrors, How To
Get Ahead In Advertising and the hit Jim Carrey series Kidding.
Wishing to straddle the analogue and digital worlds, Mike became a CG character animator for Pixar
on A Bug’s Life and Toy Story 2 and at ILM Lucasfilm to animate dinosaurs in Jurassic Park 3 and
creatures in Star Wars Attack Of The Clones.
When not working for the Muppets and others, Mike keeps busy with his production company
QuinnZone Studios where he is developing projects for film, television, games and the web. He
also recently launched the world’s first fully comprehensive online training academy for Film and
TV hand puppetry at academy.secretsofpuppetry.com and is writing his autobiography titled “Talk
To The Hand”. He currently splits his time between his country of birth, the UK and California.
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