Caroll Edwin Spinney (sometimes credited as Carroll Spinney or Ed Spinney; December 26, 1933 – December 9, 2019) was an American puppeteer most famous for playing Big Bird and Oscar the Grouch on the children's television show Sesame Street.

Filmography

• 2022Jerry Nelson: A Celebratory Birthday Animatic — Big Bird (voice) / Oscar the Grouch (voice)
• 2019Sesame Street: 50 Years and Counting — Big Bird / Various Characters
• 2016Once Upon a Sesame Street Christmas — Big Bird / Oscar the Grouch (voice)
• 2015I Am Big Bird: The Caroll Spinney Story — Big Bird / Oscar the Grouch / Self
• 2015Sesame Street: Play All Day with Elmo! — Big Bird/Oscar
• 2012Sesame Street: Elmo's Magic Numbers — Big Bird
• 2012Sesame Street: Singing with the Stars — Big Bird (voice)
• 2011Michael Bublé: A Michael Bublé Christmas — Oscar the Grouch
• Portlandia — Oscar the Grouch (voice)
• 2011Sesame Street: Wild Words and Outdoor Adventures — Big Bird
• 2010Sesame Street: The Best Pet in the World — Big Bird
• 2009Jim Henson: His Sesame Street Story
• 2009Night at the Museum: Battle of the Smithsonian — Oscar the Grouch (voice)
• 2009Sesame Street: Bedtime with Elmo — Oscar the Grouch (voice)
• 2009Sesame Street: Being Green — Oscar the Grouch (voice)
• 2009Sesame Street: Elmo and Friends: The Letter Quest and Other Magical Tales — Big Bird
• 2009Sesame Street: Elmo's World: All About Faces — Oscar The Grouch (voice)
• 2008One World, One Sky: Big Bird’s Adventure — Big Bird
• 2008Sesame Street: Abby in Wonderland — Oscar the Grouch as the Grouch of Hearts (voice)
• 2008Sesame Street: Elmo's World: Summer Vacation — Big Bird / Oscar the Grouch (voice)
• 2008Sesame Street: Old School Vol. 1 (1969-1974) — Big Bird
• 2008Sesame Street: Old School Vol. 2 (1974-1979) — Big Bird
• 2008Sesame Street: Old School Vol. 3 (1979-1984) — Big Bird
• 2007Elmo's Christmas Countdown — Big Bird / Oscar the Grouch (voice)
• 2007Sesame Street: Elmo's World: What Makes You Happy? — Big Bird
• 1 vs. 100 — Oscar the Grouch
• 2006A Sesame Street Christmas Carol — Oscar the Grouch / Big Bird (voice)
• 2005Sesame Street: Big Bird Sings! — Big Bird (voice)
• The Colbert Report — Big Bird (uncredited)
• 2004Sesame Street: A Celebration of Me, Grover — Big Bird / Oscar (voice)
• 2004Sesame Street: Cookie Monster's Best Bites — Big Bird (voice)
• 2004Sesame Street: Elmo's World: The Street We Live On! — Big Bird / Oscar the Grouch (voice)
• 2004Sesame Street: What's the Name of That Song? — Big Bird / Oscar
• 2003Sesame Street: Kid's Guide to Life: Big Bird Gets Lost — Big Bird / Oscar (voice)
• 2003Sesame Street: Sesame Sings Karaoke — Big Bird, Oscar the Grouch
• 2002Sesame Street: Bert & Ernie's Word Play — Oscar the Grouch (voice) (archive footage)
• 2002Sesame Street: Elmo Visits the Firehouse — Oscar The Grouch (voice)
• 2002Sesame Street: Elmo's World: Happy Holidays!
• Scrubs — Oscar the Grouch (voice)
• 2001Sesame Street: Elmo's Musical Adventure: The Story of Peter and the Wolf — Big Bird / Oscar the Grouch (voice)
• 2001Sesame Street: Kids' Favorite Songs 2 — Big Bird (voice)
• 2000Sesame Street: Elmo's World — Big Bird / Oscar the Grouch ("Music" segment)
• 2000Sesame Street: Let's Make Music — Big Bird / Oscar
• 1999CinderElmo — Big Bird (voice)
• 1999Sesame Street: Kids' Favorite Songs — Big Bird (voice)
• Sesame Unpaved
• 1999The Adventures of Elmo in Grouchland — Big Bird / Oscar the Grouch (voice)
• 1999The Adventures of Elmo in Grouchland: Sing and Play — Big Bird/Oscar the Grouch (archive footage)
• The West Wing — Big Bird (voice)
• 1998Sesame Street: Elmopalooza! — Big Bird / Oscar the Grouch (voice)
• 1997Sesame Street: Fiesta! — Oscar the Grouch (voice)
• 1997Sesame Street: Get Up and Dance — Big Bird / Oscar (voice)
• 1997Sesame Street: Quiet Time — Big Bird / Oscar the Grouch (voice)
• 1997Sesame Street: Sing Yourself Sillier at the Movies — Oscar the Grouch (voice)
• 1996Sesame Street: Do the Alphabet — Big Bird (voice)
• 1996Sesame Street: Elmo Saves Christmas — Big Bird (voice)
• 1996Sesame Street: Elmocize — Big Bird (voice)
• 1996Sesame Street: Imagine That! — Oscar the Grouch (voice)
• 1996Sesame Street: Kid's Guide to Life: Learning to Share — Big Bird / Oscar the Grouch
• 1994Sesame Street | All-Star 25th Birthday: Stars and Street Forever! — Big Bird / Oscar the Grouch (voice)
• 1993Homeward Bound: The Incredible Journey — Dog in Pound (uncredited)
• 1993Sesame Street Stays Up Late! — Big Bird / Oscar the Grouch (voice)
• 1993Sesame Street's 25th Birthday: A Musical Celebration — Big Bird / Oscar the Grouch (voice)
• 1993Sesame Street: 25 Wonderful Years: A Musical Celebration! — Big Bird and Oscar
• 1992Getting Ready to Read — Big Bird / Oscar (voice)
• 1991Sesame Street: Sing, Hoot & Howl with the Sesame Street Animals — Big Bird (voice)
• 1990Jim Henson's Memorial Service
• 1990Sesame Street: Monster Hits! — Oscar the Grouch (voice)
• 1990Sesame Street: Sing Yourself Silly! — Big Bird / Oscar the Grouch (voice)
• 1990The Muppets Celebrate Jim Henson — Big Bird (voice)
• 1988Big Bird in Japan — Big Bird (voice)
• 1988Sesame Street: Put Down the Duckie — Big Bird / Oscar the Grouch / Bruno the Trashman (voice)
• 1988Wow, You're A Cartoonist! — Picklepuss / Pop
• 1987A Muppet Family Christmas — Big Bird / Oscar the Grouch (voice)
• 1987Sesame Street: Big Bird's Story Time — Big Bird
• 1987Sesame Street: Sing Along — Big Bird and Oscar
• 1986Sesame Street: Learning About Letters — Big Bird/Oscar the Grouch (voice)
• 1986Sesame Street: Learning About Numbers — Big Bird (voice)
• 1986Sesame Street: Sleepytime Songs & Stories — Big Bird (voice)
• 1986The Muppets: A Celebration of 30 Years — Big Bird / Oscar the Grouch (voice)
• 1985Follow That Bird — Big Bird / Oscar the Grouch / Bruno the Trashman (voice)
• 1985Night of 100 Stars II — Big Bird
• 1983Big Bird in China — Big Bird / Oscar the Grouch (voice), Story
• 1983Don't Eat the Pictures: Sesame Street at the Metropolitan Museum of Art — Big Bird / Oscar the Grouch (voice)
• 1981The Great Muppet Caper — Oscar the Grouch (voice)
• 1979A Walking Tour of Sesame Street — Big Bird / Oscar the Grouch (voice)
• Presenting Susan Anton
• 1979The Muppet Movie — Big Bird (voice)
• 1978A Special Sesame Street Christmas — Big Bird / Oscar the Grouch (voice)
• 1978Christmas Eve on Sesame Street — Big Bird / Oscar the Grouch (voice)
• 1978NBC Salutes the 25th Anniversary of the Wonderful World of Disney — Big Bird
• The Muppet Show — Big Bird
• 1974Out to Lunch — Big Bird / Oscar the Grouch (voice)
• 1973Julie on Sesame Street — Big Bird/ Oscar the Grouch (voice)
• Sesame Street — Big Bird, Oscar the Grouch, Bennett Snerf, Sam the Robot, Cookie Monster
• 1969This Way to Sesame Street — Big Bird
• Sesame Street 1986 Wrap Party — Big Bird / Oscar the Grouch
• Sesame Street: Big Bird's Favorite Party Games — Big Bird
• Sesame Street: Ernie's Little Lie — Big Bird

Appearances as themselves (15)

• 2021Street Gang: How We Got to Sesame Street — Self
• 2019Sesame Street's 50th Anniversary Celebration — Self / Big Bird
• 2018Mister Rogers: It's You I Like — Self
• 2015In Their Own Words: Jim Henson — Self - Muppet Performer
• 2013Drew: The Man Behind the Poster — Self
• 2011Being Elmo: A Puppeteer's Journey — Self
• 1994The World of Jim Henson — Self / Big Bird (archive footage)
• 1989Sesame Street: 20 Years & Still Counting! 1969-1989 — Self – Big Bird / Oscar the Grouch
• 1984Henson's Place: The Man Behind the Muppets — Self
• 1979Bob Hope on the Road to China — Self - Big Bird (voice)
• 1976Bob Hope's World of Comedy — Self
• Saturday Night Live — Self - Cameo (uncredited)
• 1975Sesame Street- Do you know where Ernie lives? — Self
• Peter Alexander präsentiert Spezialitäten — Self
• The Dick Cavett Show — Self - Guest