Mal Heap

Mal Heap is an Australian puppeteer and suit performer who performs Ollie on Nick Jr. interstitials called Play Along with Ollie. He won the role after Kevin Clash auditioned and trained him. I don't know why Mal doesn't receive the credit of a Muppet performer since he did an international Sesame Street character. Heap should have also done Babe and Farscape since both Creature Shop productions were filmed in Australia where he lives. Outside of Ollie, his other projects have included Bananas in Pyjamas, Modigliana on The Ferals and Creature Features, and Russell Kangaroo within The Hooley Dooleys, to name a few. He had a chance to make some puppeteer friends such as David Collins, Emma de Vries, and Terry Ryan, since all 4 of them make up The Ferals. Still for Ollie, Mal Heap should be a Muppet performer since he technically played a Muppet character. His latest work was on Jay's Jungle in which he worked alongside de Vries and Mat McCoy as some monkeys. I wish he would have also done Bambaloo since it's a Henson show and the puppeteers received credit as Muppet performers on the Wiki. The Muppets should do a project in Australia, that way Mal can both assist them and meet the famous Muppet performers. Personally, I think Heap will have his chance to work with the Muppets or the Henson Company on a project one day. I hope he is doing okay right now because nobody has seen nor heard from him for a while now. He may not have done Creature Shop, but he did an international Sesame Street series. Mal Heap, you put the up in the puppet whenever you puppeteer on television for kids. Someday you will become a Muppet performer. Keep on puppeteering and soon you will get a chance to meet the Muppets. Until then, stay happy and healthy Mal. You're the cat's meow Heap!