Michael Oosterom

Michael Oosterom is an improv actor, puppeteer, and puppet builder who has mostly performed in a variety of Henson Alternative projects. He performed as a member of Puppet Up - Uncensored and Stuffed and Unstrung improv troupe for many years. Michael also performed in Alt/Reality, Hot Dog TV, Simian Undercover Detective Squad, and No You Shut Up. For the Muppets, Oosterom served as an additional puppeteer for The Muppets, Muppets Most Wanted, and The Muppets Mayhem. He also worked on related Muppet appearances and video shorts. It would appear that he is more familiar with performing puppets for adults rather than for everybody (including kids). Outside Michael Oosterom's puppetry is limited to a few projects with puppets made by the Creature Shop but not affiliated. He did Pidge for an episode of Pushing Daisies and did Spanky face/voice in an episode of The Middleman. He has also served as production supervisor/puppeteer for the puppet sequences within the Jason Segel film Forgetting Sarah Marshall, and puppeteered one of the owls in Where the Wild Things Are. How come Michael does more puppetry for adults rather than families? Apart from puppeteering, Oosterom has also acted on-screen for The Amanda Show, The District, and Help Me Help You. He also performed for stage too as seen within the American Conservatory Theater, The California Shakespeare Festival, The San Francisco Mime Troupe, and more. His latest Henson stuff includes The Happytime Murders, The Curious Creations of Christine McConnell, and Earth to Ned (as Cornelius). Michael Oosterom, you're hilarious and artistic when it comes to either puppetry or improv acting on stage. I hope you keep on working with Henson Alternative and the Muppets. Someday your Muppet Wiki page will be moved into the Muppet Performer category. Until then, keep working Michael. So dramatic Oosterom!

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