Brian Henson
Brian Henson (born November 3, 1963) is an American puppeteer, filmmaker, actor and the chairman of The Jim Henson Company. He is the son of puppeteers Jim and Jane Henson. Henson was born on November 3, 1963, in New York City, the third child of Jane Henson (née Nebel; 1934–2013) and Jim Henson (1936–1990). He has four siblings: Lisa (born 1960), Cheryl(born 1961), John (1965–2014) and Heather Henson (born 1970). As a child, Henson appeared in some of the filmed segments that his father produced for the PBS children's series Sesame Street. As a teenager, he built the first Muppet penguin puppet for the opening "Lullaby of Broadway" segment of a Season 3 episode of The Muppet Show. During his summer break from high school at the age of 17, Henson assisted in the production of The Great Muppet Caper (1981); skilled in the use of marionette puppets, he helped create and operate a special rigging device that allowed the Muppets to appear to ride bicycles. Several years later, after performing marionette work in The Muppets Take Manhattan (1984) in the scene in which rats cook food in a diner, he specialized in managing complicated special effects. Henson performed Jack Pumpkinhead in Return to Oz (1985), operated special effects for Santa Claus: The Movie (1985) and was a principal performer for the Audrey II puppet in Little Shop of Horrors (1986), controlling mouth movement while others performed the lips and vines. He also performed the voice of Hoggle, one of the main characters in his father's film Labyrinth(1986), and the dog in both versions of The Storyteller (1988 and 1990). In 1992, Henson directed The Muppet Christmas Carol and directed the next film in the franchise, Muppet Treasure Island, in 1996. He performed the role of Dr. Phil van Neuter, the Muppet mad scientist character he performed on Muppets Tonight, in Muppets from Space(1999). In 2018, he directed and produced The Happytime Murders, a puppet crime-comedy film for adult audiences. Henson was the executive producer for several television series: Dinosaurs (1991–94), Aliens in the Family (1996), Bear in the Big Blue House (1997–2006) and Farscape (1999–2003). In addition to assuming an executive producer role, Henson served as the head judge on the 2014 reality television show Jim Henson's Creature Shop Challenge. He performed the roles of Janice and Scooter in the 2002 television film It's a Very Merry Muppet Christmas Movie. Henson returned to perform Sal Minella, a character he created for Muppets Tonight, in Muppets Haunted Mansion (2021). Henson is the cocreator, producer and performer for the adult-themed puppet-based variety show Puppet Up! and has played various characters from the show on the British program That Puppet Game Show. For The Muppet Show Live in 2001, Henson performed his Muppet characters and one of his father's characters, The Newsman, for the first time. He reprised the role for the 2003 video game Muppets Party Cruise. Henson married Ellis Flyte, costume designer for the 1986 fantasy adventure film Labyrinth, in November 1990. They divorced in 2002. In 2010, Henson married actress Mia Sara. They have one child, a daughter born in 2005. Description above from the Wikipedia article Brian Henson, licensed under CC-BY-SA, full list of contributors on Wikipedia.
Remembering Return to Oz
(Self)
Muppets Haunted Mansion
(Sal Minella)
Return to Oz
(Jack Pumpkinhead (voice))
Henson's Place: The Man Behind the Muppets
(Brian Henson (self))
The Christmas Toy
(Cruiser (voice))
Inside the Labyrinth
(Self)
Journey Through the Labyrinth
(Self)
Reflections of 'The Dark Crystal'
(Himself)
Wheels That Go
(Boy)
Best Ever Muppet Moments
(Self)
Labyrinth
(Hoggle / Goblin (voice))
Sesame Street Pitch Reel
(Self)
Split Image
(Jerry)
In Their Own Words: Jim Henson
(Self - Son)
Jim Henson Idea Man
(Self)
A Night at the Movies: Merry Christmas!
(Self - Interviewee)
The Muppets' Wizard of Oz
(Sal (voice))
It's a Very Merry Muppet Christmas Movie
(Scooter / Janice / Sal Minella (voice))
Living with Dinosaurs
(Dog(voice))
Muppet Classic Theater
(Andy Pig / Mink in 'Gotta Get That Name' (voice))
The Happytime Murders
(Crab)
The Muppets Take Manhattan
(Additional Muppet Performer (voice))
The Muppet Movie
(Additional Muppet Performer)
I Love Muppets
(Self)
The World of Jim Henson
(Self)
Muppets from Space
(Dr. Phil Van Neuter / Sal Minella (voice))
Muppet Treasure Island
((voice) (uncredited))
Derek DelGaudio's In & of Itself
(Self - audience member (uncredited))
Street Gang: How We Got to Sesame Street
(Self)
The StoryTeller
(Storyteller's Dog/ Devil/ Griffin)
Jim Henson's Memorial Service
Dinosaurs
(Arthur Rizzic (voice))
Muppets Tonight
(Sal Minella / Seymour / Dr. Phil Van Neuter)
The Storyteller
(Griffin)
The Jim Henson Hour
Jim Henson's Creature Shop Challenge
(Himself - Lead Judge)
The Storyteller
(Dog)
Jack and the Beanstalk: The Real Story
(Galaga (voice))
Eli Roth's History of Horror
(Self)
Going Live!
(Self)
Dinosaurs
(Aubrey Molehill (voice))
The Storyteller: Greek Myths
(The Dog)
Prop Culture
(Himself)
The Muppet Christmas Carol
(Producer)
The Muppet Christmas Carol
(Director)
Muppet Treasure Island
(Director)
Muppet Treasure Island
(Producer)
The Doubtful Guest
(Producer)
Which Witch?
(Director)
Muppet Sing Alongs: Muppet Treasure Island
(Executive Producer)
The Adventures of Elmo in Grouchland
(Executive Producer)
Muppet Sing Alongs: Billy Bunny's Animal Songs
(Executive Producer)
The Happytime Murders
(Director)
The Star
(Executive Producer)
Tall Poppy
(Director)
The Muppets' Wizard of Oz
(Executive Producer)
Grendel
(Producer)
Muppets from Space
(Producer)
The Happytime Murders
(Producer)
Jim Henson Idea Man
(Thanks)
Muppet Sing Alongs: It's Not Easy Being Green
(Executive Producer)
It's a Very Merry Muppet Christmas Movie
(Executive Producer)
Untitled Labyrinth Sequel
(Executive Producer)
Buddy
(Executive Producer)
Rat
(Executive Producer)
The Wubbulous World of Dr. Seuss
(Executive Producer)
Muppets Tonight
(Director)
Muppets Tonight
(Executive Producer)
Dolphin Cove
(Producer)
Bunnytown
(Producer)
Sid the Science Kid
(Executive Producer)
Dinosaurs
(Director)
Dinosaurs
(Producer)
Aliens in the Family
(Producer)
Farscape
(Director)
Farscape
(Producer)
Gulliver's Travels
(Executive Producer)
CityKids
(Producer)
Mother Goose Stories
(Director)
Mother Goose Stories
(Producer)
Dinosaur Train
(Executive Producer)
Farscape
(Executive Producer)
Aliens in the Family
(Executive Producer)
Earth to Ned
(Executive Producer)
Nightmares & Dreamscapes: From the Stories of Stephen King
(Director)
Pajanimals
(Executive Producer)
No, You Shut Up!
(Executive Producer)
Jim Henson's Animal Show with Stinky and Jake
(Executive Producer)
Bear in the Big Blue House
(Executive Producer)
Dog City
(Executive Producer)
Farscape: The Peacekeeper Wars
(Director)
Construction Site
(Executive Producer)
Jack and the Beanstalk: The Real Story
(Teleplay)
Jack and the Beanstalk: The Real Story
(Story)
Jack and the Beanstalk: The Real Story
(Director)
Jack and the Beanstalk: The Real Story
(Executive Producer)
Brats of the Lost Nebula
(Executive Producer)
Jack and the Beanstalk: The Real Story
(Creator)