Martin Reinl

Martin Reinl is a German puppeteer, comedian, and writer who is perhaps best known for performing Elmo, Grover, and Wolf on the German co-production of Sesame Street, Sesamstrasse. He first joined the show in 2008 as an additional performer before gaining his characters later. Martin also dubs Elmo in all US scenes and projects since 2012. Reinl should be proud to perform an international version of such an iconic character, whether on the show, it's spinoff, etc. Outside of Sesamstrasse, he has his own production company known as bigSmile-Entertainment, producing various television puppetry shows and what-not. Some of the shows he performed on include Jan & Henry, Woozle Goozle, and Wiwaldi Show, just to name a few. In addition to performing, Martin Reinl also co-hosts the German language puppet podcast Puppkultur where they discuss Muppets, Dinosaurs, and many other puppet productions and characters, Henson-related or not. He also does voice acting like dubbing the title character of the cartoon show Mr. Bean and voice acting in the German animated film Laura's Star. Other Sesamstrasse performers he worked with over the years include Susi Claus, Charlie Kaiser, and Iris Schleuss. It's cool how Martin did so much in his career from being an assistant performer to a master performer, with a few years of training of course. Reinl will go down in history as one of the greatest German performers at this rate. Until that happens, he should keep performing and writing so that everyone will recognize him for what he's known for, in Germany and around the world. Now that's what I call impressive, not forgetting all the other German puppeteers who put Sesamstrasse together. Martin Reinl, you're doing an excellent job performing Elmo, Grover, and other assorted characters on Sesamstrasse. Keep up the fantastic work because you're famous across Germany. And I hope bigSmile-Entertainment will remain one of your biggest achievements in your life. You're so masterful Martin. You're a real pro Reinl!

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