Chris Thomas Hayes (Hoots, Elijah)
Chris Thomas Hayes is an actor, writer, improviser, and puppeteer hailing from Hartford, CT.
Chris Thomas Hayes is an actor, writer, improviser, and puppeteer hailing from Hartford, CT.
Hayes was first welcomed onto his favorite street in Season 46 and now serves as the Sesame Street Muppet Performer for Hoots the Owl and Elijah Walker.
Hayes has had the pleasure of performing on stages all over the nation in front of family and adult audiences. He has also been seen on big and little screens with and without a puppet attached to his hand.
Credits: Teen Wolf (MTV), Doom Patrol (HBO), Sesame Street (HBO), Vampire Diaries (CW), Woke (Hulu), The Curse of Bridge Hollow (Netflix), A Swingin’ Sesame Celebration (PBS), Sesame in Communities (Sesame Workshop), Eric (Netflix), Today (NBC), Jazz Night in America (NPR), and Sesame Street’s 50th Anniversary Celebration (HBO).
Hayes is an alumnus of Berea College in Berea, Kentucky. He lives in Atlanta, GA with his wife and kids.
