Brian Henson
| Brian Henson | |
|---|---|
| Born |
November 3, 1963 New York City, New York, U.S. |
| Occupation | Puppeteer, director, producer, technician |
| Years active | 1979–present |
| Spouse(s) | Mia Sara (m. 2010) |
| Children | 1 |
| Parent(s) |
Jim Henson (1936–1990) Jane Henson (1934–2013) |
| Relatives |
Lisa Henson (born 1960) Cheryl Henson (born 1961) John Henson (1965–2014) Heather Henson (born 1970) |
Brian Henson (born November 3, 1963, in New York City) is an American puppeteer, director, producer, technician, and the chairman of The Jim Henson Company. He is the son of puppeteers, Jim and Jane Henson.
Brian Henson was the middle child and first born son of Jane Henson and Jim Henson. As a child, he made several cameo appearances in some of the filmed segments his father produced for the PBS children's series Sesame Street, most notably in various segments of the "Number Song Series." As he got older, he built the very first Muppet penguin puppet for the opening "Lullaby of Broadway" segment of a season three episode of The Muppet Show, guest starring Gilda Radner. During his summer break from high school in 1980, he assisted in the bicycle sequence from The Great Muppet Caper (1981). He helped create and operate a special rigging device that was created to allow the Muppets to ride bicycles since he was skilled in the use of marionette puppets. A few years later, he similarly operated a marionette of Scooter riding a bicycle in The Muppets Take Manhattan (1984).
During the 1980s, 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. In addition, 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).
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