Guðmundur Þór Kárason

Guðmundur Þór Kárason is an Icelandic puppeteer, puppet builder, producer, and creative director who is best known for performing Ziggy on LazyTown. His goal of building puppets and creatures that come alive with character came true within his adulthood. Guðmundur joined LazyTown Entertainment back in 1998 as a creative director involved in everything before the LazyTown became a series. Kárason was not only the performer of Ziggy on the series, but he also produced and designed the puppets for Neal Scanlan Studios to build. I've read that he attended two workshops by Jim Henson Productions in 1996 and 1999 while also attending a workshop for the Creature Shop in the latter. He's done a good job of working at LazyTown Entertainment, Icelandic production company dedicated to children's health & well-being. But LazyTown can't be the only show Guðmundur Þór Kárason worked on since his goal states any kinds of puppets and creatures. Other puppeteers he performed with include Ronald Binion, Sarah Burgess, David Matthew Feldman, and Julie Westwood, to name a few. I wonder what happened to him after 2012 when the LazyTown series ended production. Let's hope Guðmundur is still alive and doing puppetry today, maybe running into some old friends. At least Kárason worked with puppeteers that have worked with the Muppets, Henson Company, and Sesame Street. Maybe someday there'll be a Muppet project filmed in Iceland and maybe the performers will ask him to assist them. It's just an idea though, it might not happen. Guðmundur Þór Kárason, you've done wonderful helping children across the world stay healthy with LazyTown. I hope you'll come out of hiding someday and do another show involving puppets. Until the day comes when an old friend runs into you, keep building and performing puppets for children and even adults to see worldwide. Well done Guðmundur. Stay healthy Kárason!