Christopher Hayes

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Christopher Hayes is a puppeteer, actor, and writer, who served as a performer on Sesame Street since doing the workshop in 2014. His two main characters on the show are Hoots the Owl (since 2019) and Elijah (Wes' father). Christopher started out as an uncredited assistant for its 46th season but soon got credited in the Christmas special Once Upon a Sesame Street Christmas. Hayes later returned in 2019 to perform for the 50th Anniversary of Sesame Street. Starting in 2019, he was cast as the new performer of Hoots the Owl, performing him in the 50th anniversary special and the jazz concert called A Swingin' Sesame Street Celebration. He subsequently performed Hoots on the show in its 51st season and other appearances since. In 2021, Christopher Hayes was cast as the performer of Elijah who was introduced in the "Coming Together" outreach initiative and will appear on the show proper pretty soon. Outside of Sesame Street, he's done more acting than puppeteering, with some exceptions of course. Other than that, he only did minor roles on Teen Wolf and The Vampire Diaries. Despite Christopher's small TV work, he did other puppetry on stage shows with Madcap Puppets and at the Center for Puppetry Arts among other Muppet performers. In addition to his two characters, Hayes did various other characters on a 2019 Today appearance, My Sesame Street Friends episodes, and in a special. It would appear that he's now an official Muppet performer. Christopher Hayes, you accomplished the task of becoming a part of Sesame Street as both Hoots the Owl and Elijah. Bradley Freeman Jr. is a great partner for you since he does Wes. Keep working on Sesame Street and being one of the many black performers, like Megan Piphus, Jimmica Collins, and Latoryah Alexander. Have pride Christopher. Peace Hayes!

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