Tim Lagasse

Tim Lagasse
Lagasse on the set of Oobi in 2004
Born
Timothy Lagasse

1968 or 1969 (age 55–56)[1]
Milford, Connecticut, U.S.
EducationUniversity of Connecticut (BFA)
Occupations
  • Puppeteer
  • puppet designer
  • actor
  • director
Years active1991–present
Websitetimlagasse.com

Tim Lagasse (born 1968/1969)[1] is an American puppeteer, puppet designer, actor and director. He has worked on films and television programs for Sesame Workshop, Nickelodeon, Disney XD, and HBO. He is known for playing the title character on Noggin's Oobi,[2] and Crash on Disney XD's Crash & Bernstein.[3]

Lagasse has been nominated for three Daytime Emmy Awards.[4] In 1991, he became the first recipient of the Jim Henson Memorial Prize in Puppetry.[5] In 1993 he was presented with a Citation for Excellence by UNIMA;[6] and later that year, received a Broadcast Design Silver Award for his series of short films, A Show of Hands.[7]

  1. ^ a b Cite error: The named reference NHRegister was invoked but never defined (see the help page).
  2. ^ "Oobi Does It". Newsweek. October 1, 2004.
  3. ^ "Puppeteer Lagasse lends a hand on Disney XD's hit Crash & Bernstein". New York. May 6, 2013.
  4. ^ "UConn to Host National Puppetry Festival". Hartford Courant. August 3, 2015.
  5. ^ "UConn Puppet Arts Timeline" (PDF). Eugene O'Neill Theatre. July 1, 2015.
  6. ^ "41 Years of Citations – UNIMA". Union Internationale de la Marionette.
  7. ^ Lagasse, Timothy. "Tim Lagasse Credits". Archived from the original on July 17, 2011.