Chuck Chesney

Chuck Chesney (born August 17, 1964) is a American puppeteer, puppet maker/designer, actor and voice actor. He was born in and is currently based in,.

Biography
Chuck Chesney was born August 17, 1964 in, the son of marionette performer Neil Chesney. His brother Adam Chesney also works with the Muppets. Adam was briefly suspended from The Jim Henson Company in 2002 over an incident where he punched professor Heather Hendershot in the face over critical statements regarding Sesame Street in her book Saturday Morning Censors.

In 1987 at the age of 22, he crossed paths with through his professor at. Jim assigned Chuck to perform the character of Cordial in the television film The Muppets & The Hunchback of Notre Dame, and a year later in 1988 he performed additional characters in the Kermit's Magic Hour pilot. Both projects were made for at  in, ,.

Chuck later performed in multiple Muppet projects throughout the 1990s, including performing Kermit the Frog to a vocal track recorded by in the 1996 Muppet USA Mall Tour and performing full-body Muppet characters such as Plaza Sésamo ' s Abelardo Montoya in his guest appearance in Kids for Character: Clubhouse Tunes. In addition to his Muppet work, Chuck remained active as a freelancer, performing Gary in SpongeBob SquarePants Live! The Flying Dutchman's Treasure Tour and Spike in The Land Before Time Live!, as well as performing the body costume of Barney the Dinosaur on a few occasions in the early 2000s (including his appearance in Kids for Character: We Are Family). He also provided the voice of Wilbur in The Rescuers on the Case (taking over the role from the late ) and programmed animatronic heads for Fuse Special Effects's costumes for Redwall live shows.

Currently, Chuck does various puppetry work as well as working at in  and Freelance Puppets NYC in  as a puppet designer & maker. He designed "Devino", the New York Creature Shop-created, Muppet-like mascot of MatsuMedia. Chuck mainly specializes in full-body Muppet characters.

Trivia

 * He is credited as "Charles Chesney" in The Muppets & The Hunchback of Notre Dame, Kermit's Magic Hour and Barney: Let's Go to the Amusement Park.
 * Chesney has been a member of the since his childhood.