Noel MacNeal Wiki: Salary, Married, Wedding, Spouse, Family
Noel MacNeal (born September 15, 1961) is an African American puppeteer, writer, and director of children's television, best known as the voice and puppeteer of Bear in Bear in the Big Blue House and Breakfast with Bear. He first came to public attention in the early 1980s.On November 6, 1999, he married author Susan Elia at Manhattan's Union Theological Seminary. Their son, Matthew, was born in 2005.Noel portrays the environmentally friendly character ZoZo a mascot for safer streets, green transportation and useful public spaces. This Jim Henson designed and created walk around puppet is used by Livable Streets Education to talk about these issues with young children and families.Among his characters are Bear, Mrs. (Mommy) Snuffleupagus and various Snuffleupagus relatives on Sesame Street. He has also been Magellan, a baby dragon, on the ACE Award winning series Eureeka's Castle on Nick Jr, Leon MacNeal in The Puzzle Place; Raphael in Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles III and Madame Chairbird in the Sesame Street film Follow That Bird.
Net Worth
$19 Million
Date Of Birth
1961-09-15
Occupation
Puppeteer, Writer, Actor, Television director
Profession
American puppeteer, writer and director
Nicknames
Noel MacNeal, Macneal, Noel, Noel Macneal
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Fact
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Has a son named Matthew.
Actor
Title
Year
Status
Character
Sesame Street Jam: A Musical Celebration
1994
TV Movie
Muppet Performer (voice)
Sesame Songs: Sing-Along Earth Songs
1993
Video short voice
Dog City
1992
TV Series
Additional Muppet Performer
Dinosaurs
1992
TV Series
Additional Dinosaur Performer
Eureeka's Castle
1991
TV Series
Magellan / Webbster
Sing Yourself Silly!
1990
Video short voice
The Cosby Show
1990
TV Series
Cheese
Jim Henson's Little Muppet Monsters
1985
TV Series
Rat
Sesame Street Presents: Follow that Bird
1985
Board of Birds (voice)
The Great Space Coaster
1981
TV Series
Knock Knock the bird #2
Last Week Tonight with John Oliver
2014-2015
TV Series
Puppeteer / Unicorn Puppeteer / Mascot
Unbreakable Kimmy Schmidt
2015
TV Series
Puppeteer #1
Captain Cornelius Cartoon's Cartoon Lagoon
2012
Video
Captain Cornelius Cartoon
30 Rock
2010
TV Series
Puppeteer #2
Old Dogs
2009/I
Muppet (as Edward Noel MacNeal)
Coming Home: Military Families Cope with Change
2009
TV Movie
Additional Muppet Performer
A Muppets Christmas: Letters to Santa
2008
TV Movie
Sweetums / Additional Muppets (voice, as Edward Noel MacNeal)
Elmo's Christmas Countdown
2007
TV Movie
Additional Muppet Performer (voice)
Sesame Street
1988-2007
TV Series
Muppet / Oscar in 'Do De Rubber Duck' (Assistant) / Additional Anything Muppets / ...
Apartment 413
2007
TV Short
Mr. Martin
Ready for School
2007
Video
Guess That Shape and Color
2006
Video short
Elmo's World: Reach for the Sky
2006
Video
Elmo Visits the Doctor
2005
Video
The Good Night Show
2005
TV Series
Leo
Oobi
2003
TV Series
Kako
The Book of Pooh
2001
TV Series
Puppeteer (Rabbit)
Elmo's Musical Adventure: Peter and the Wolf
2001
Video
The Wolf (voice)
Bear in the Big Blue House
1997-1999
TV Series
Bear
123 Count with Me
1997
Video short voice
Elmo Saves Christmas
1996
Video
Elf (voice)
Kids' Guide to Life: Learning to Share
1996
Video short voice
The Puzzle Place
1994-1996
TV Series
Leon MacNeal (puppet) / Leon MacNeal
Miscellaneous
Title
Year
Status
Character
Last Week Tonight with John Oliver
2014
TV Series puppeteer - 1 episode
LazyTown
2004
TV Series puppeteer
Chappelle's Show
2004
TV Series puppeteer - 1 episode
Don't Eat the Pictures: Sesame Street at the Metropolitan Museum of Art
Daniel Rodriguez 
$19 Million
