Noel MacNeal
Biography
Noel MacNeal (born September 15, 1961), sometimes credited as Noel McNeal or Edward Noel MacNeal, is an American puppeteer, actor, director and writer of children's television who has performed since the early 1980s. He was the voice and puppeteer of Bear on Bear in the Big Blue House. He also starred as Kako on Oobi, Leon MacNeal on The Puzzle Place and as Magellan on Eureeka's Castle. He is also the resident puppeteer for Last Week Tonight with John Oliver, portraying puppet characters such as "Mr. Nutterbutter". Description above from the Wikipedia article Noel MacNeal, licensed under CC-BY-SA, full list of contributors on Wikipedia.
Movie Appearances
Bear in the Big Blue House Heroes of Woodland Valley
as Bear
2001
Bear in the Big Blue House: A Berry Bear Christmas
as Bear
2000
Sesame Street: Elmo Saves Christmas
as Elf (voice)
1996
Sesame Street: Elmopalooza!
as Additional Muppet (voice)
1998
Bear in the Big Blue House - Party Time with Bear
as Bear (voice)
2001
Bear in the Big Blue House: Everybody's Special
as Bear (voice)
2002
Jim Henson: Sing-Along, Dance-Along, Do-Along
as Additional Muppet Performer (voice)
1988
Bear in the Big Blue House: Potty Time With Bear
as Bear
2004
The Muppets Take The O2
as Additional Muppet Performer (voice)
2018
Follow That Bird
as Board of Birds (voice)
1985
A Muppets Christmas: Letters to Santa
as Sweetums / Additional Muppets (voice)
2008
Bear in the Big Blue House LIVE! - Surprise Party
as Bear
2002
Old Dogs
as Muppet
2009
Sesame Street: Sing Yourself Silly!
as (voice)
1990
Elmo's Christmas Countdown
as Additional Muppet Performer (voice)
2007
A Sesame Street Christmas Carol
as Additional Muppet Performer (voice) (archive footage)
2006
Sesame Street: Elmo's Musical Adventure: The Story of Peter and the Wolf
as The Wolf (voice)
2001
Sesame Street: What's the Name of That Song?
as Additional Muppet Performer
2004
Sesame Street Jam: A Musical Celebration
as Muppet Performer (voice)
1993
Sesame Street: Singing with the Stars
2012
TV Appearances
Bear in the Big Blue House
as Bear
1997
Eureeka's Castle
as Magellan, Webster
1989
The Cosby Show
as Cheese (voice)
1984
Last Week Tonight with John Oliver
as Totes McGoats
2014
Cosby
1996
Blue's Room
2004
Last Week Tonight with John Oliver
as Unicorn Puppeteer
2014
The Great Space Coaster
TBA
Jim Henson's Little Muppet Monsters
1985
Last Week Tonight with John Oliver
as Puppeteer
2014
Last Week Tonight with John Oliver
as Puppeteer / Voice Over (voice)
2014
Last Week Tonight with John Oliver
as Jeff
2014