David Rudman (Baby Bear, Cookie Monster)
Emmy® Award-nominated producer, writer, and puppeteer David Rudman is co-founder of Spiffy Pictures.
Emmy® Award-nominated producer, writer, and puppeteer David Rudman is co-founder of Spiffy Pictures.
As a Muppet performer, Rudman is the puppeteer for Sesame Street’s Cookie Monster, Baby Bear and The Two-Headed Monster, and The Muppets’ Scooter, Janice, and Beaker. In his role with Spiffy Pictures, Rudman currently serves as co-creator, executive producer, director, writer, puppeteer and character designer on PBS Kids’ Donkey Hodie. He recently received an Emmy Award-nomination for Character Design and a Writers Guild Award nomination for his work on the show. Rudman is also co-creator, executive producer, director and character designer for the Emmy Award-nominated and Environmental Media Award-winning animated series Nature Cat for PBS KIDS. His additional credits include co-creator, executive producer, director and performer on Nick Jr.’s Emmy Award-nominated Jack’s Big Music Show, Disney’s Emmy Award-nominated Bunnytown, Nick Jr.’s Curious Buddies, and Nick Jr. Global’s Frankie and Frank. He also was a producer, director, and performed Scooby-Doo in Scooby-Doo!: The Mystery Map. Rudman’s most recent television credits as a Muppet performer include Muppets Mayhemon Disney+ and voicing Mecha Cookie Monster in HBO Max’s Mecha Builders. His film credits include Muppets Take Manhattan, Labyrinth, Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles, The Muppet Christmas Carol, Elmo in Grouchland, The Muppets, and Muppets Most Wanted.
