Michelan Sisti

Michelan Sisti
Born (1949-05-27) May 27, 1949 (age 75)
San Juan, Puerto Rico
Nationality
  • Italian
  • American
Occupations
  • Actor
  • puppeteer
  • director
  • musician
Years active1971–present

Michelan Sisti (born May 27, 1949) is an Italian/American actor born Michael Alan Sisti to parents, Mildred and Frank. He was born in San Juan, Puerto Rico while his father and family were stationed there for the US Army. He is also a puppeteer, director and musician who played Michelangelo in Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles and its sequel Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles II: The Secret of the Ooze.[1] He previously had a twenty-year theatrical career including three Broadway shows: Motel the tailor in the 1981 revival of Fiddler on the Roof, Panda in Raggedy Ann (1986), and Bobby and understudy for the Emcee in the 1987 Cabaret revival.[2] While understudying Joel Grey in the pre-Broadway tour of Cabaret, Grey lost his voice, and Sisti sang and spoke the role from off-stage while Grey performed onstage.[3]

Since TMNT, Sisti moved from New York City to Los Angeles and has continued to work with The Jim Henson Company, Walt Disney Studios, and many other movie and television productions. From September 8–10, 2017, he was an additional Muppet performer for a live show at the Hollywood Bowl titled The Muppets Take the Bowl and again, in London, for The Muppets Take the O2 show from July 13–14, 2018.

  1. ^ Jacobs, Tom (March 30, 1991). "Actors Come Out of Their Turtle Shells". Fort Lauderdale Sun-Sentinel. p. 1D. ProQuest 389139789. Retrieved 19 July 2020.
  2. ^ "Michelan Sisti – Broadway Cast & Staff | IBDB". www.ibdb.com. Retrieved 2023-03-10.
  3. ^ Boasberg, Leonard W. (April 3, 1987). "The Star Is Silent But the Show Goes On". Philadelphia Inquirer. p. C1. ProQuest 1831215029. Retrieved 19 July 2020.