David Rudman

From Wikipedia the free encyclopedia David Rudman born June 1st 1964 is a puppeteer voice actor and producer best known as a performer of many Sesame Street Muppet characters He originated the role of Baby Bear and has been nominated for two Emmy Awards for his work replacing Frank Oz in the role of Cookie Monster However Oz still comes in to record new material with Cookie Monster occasionally Rudman also took over as Richard Hunts half of The Two Headed Monster after his death His first production was RankinBass productions such as Rudolphs Shiny New Year He is currently the executive producer of Jacks Big Music Show on cable TVs Nick Jr channel and performs the voice of Jack the lead character He is also the executive producer cocreator and director of Bunnytown on cable TVs Playhouse Disney Rudman was the speaker at the 2005 graduation ceremony for the Illinois Institute of ArtChicago  He attended Highland Park High School and graduated in 1981 He has been a speaker at the schools biennial Focus on the Arts program since 2003 He attended college at the University of Connecticut in Storrs CT He continues to reside in Highland Park with his wife and three children He will also take over two roles once held by Richard Hunt Scooter and Janice Description above from the Wikipedia article David Rudman licensed under CCBYSA full list of contributors on Wikipedia