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David Rudman
David Rudman at SXSW in 2015
Born	(1963-06-01) June 1, 1963 (age 53) Chicago, Illinois, United States
Occupation	Puppeteer, writer, director, producer, musician
Years active	1981–present
Known for	Current performer of Baby Bear, Cookie Monster, Scooter and Janice
Notable work	Sesame Street The Muppets

David Rudman (born June 1, 1963) is an American puppeteer, writer, director, producer and musician, best known as a performer of many of Sesame Street's Muppets.

He originated the role of Baby Bear and has been nominated for four Emmy Awards for his work replacing Frank Oz in the role of Cookie Monster. However, Oz still comes in to record new material with Cookie Monster occasionally, as well as Grover and Bert.

Rudman also took over as Richard Hunt's half of the Two-Headed Monster after his death, along with Sonny Friendly, and also he took over for Sully to Jerry Nelson's Biff, the construction workers. He has also taken over two roles once held by Richard Hunt: Scooter, and Janice of Dr. Teeth and The Electric Mayhem.

He was the executive producer of Jack's Big Music Show and performed the voice of Jack (which has since been canceled.) Rudman is also the executive producer, co-creator, and director of Bunnytown and the creator, executive producer, character designer, director and voice director of Nature Cat and provides the voices of several characters including Leo the Mammoth, Prospector Jones, Nevin and the Seeker.

Rudman has also written for Hocle and Stoty and Curious Buddies.