Rick Lyon Net Worth

Rick Lyon Net Worth is
$1.4 Million

Rick Lyon Bio/Wiki, Net Worth, Married 2018

Rick Lyon is a puppeteer, actor, and puppet designer and builder originally from Rochester, New York, who has worked for the Jim Henson Company as one of the operators of Big Bird. He appeared on Broadway originating the roles of Trekkie Monster, Nicky, the blue Bad Idea Bear, and other characters in the Tony Award-winning musical Avenue Q, a musical for which he designed and created all of the puppets. In the fall of 2005 he reprised his roles in the production of the show in Las Vegas for eight months before returning to the Broadway cast. Rick was a puppeteer on Sesame Street for 15 seasons, from 1987 to 2002. He also worked with Nickelodeon on the Stick Stickly project. He was a lead puppeteer for the first season of Comedy Central's television program Crank Yankers. Lyon's company The Lyon Puppets, maintains a large permanent workshop outside New York City in New Jersey. In addition to building all of the Broadway and Las Vegas Avenue Q puppets, the company has built puppets for the original West End production of Avenue Q in London, the US national tour, and international productions in Brazil, Mexico, Australia, Switzerland and Germany, and Paris, France. Rick frequently coaches actors in puppetry for productions of Avenue Q for which he provides puppets.He studied theater at Penn State University and puppetry at the Institute of Professional Puppetry Arts in Connecticut and the Institut International de la Marionnette in France.He is married to actress Tonya Dixon, who played opposite him as Gary Coleman in the Las Vegas cast. Lyon and Dixon were married at The Wynn Casino. They have one daughter.

Date Of Birth1958-02-25
Place Of BirthRochester, NY
ProfessionActor, Miscellaneous Crew, Soundtrack
SpouseTonya Dixon
#Fact
1He was awarded the 2007 Los Angeles Drama Critics Circle Award for Puppet Design for "Avenue Q" at the Ahmanson Theatre in Los Angeles, California.
2Making his Broadway debut in the new comedy/musical "Avenue Q" as a singer/puppeteer voicing the roles of "Nicky", "Trekkie Monster" and others. [July 2003]

Actor

TitleYearStatusCharacter
Russian Broadway Shut Down2014ShortAvenue Q - Nicky
Law & Order: Special Victims Unit2013TV SeriesMO-MO
Elmo's World: Pets!2006Video
Guess That Shape and Color2006Video short
Elmo's World: Reach for the Sky2006Video
Elmo Visits the Doctor2005Video
Sesame Street: All-Star Alphabet2005Video
Sesame Street: Friends to the Rescue2005Video
Corn2004Puppeteer
Crank Yankers2003TV SeriesPuppeteer
Elmo's World: Wake Up with Elmo2002Video voice
Elmo's World: The Wild Wild West2001Video
ABC Weekend Specials1995TV SeriesVoice of Crash
Sesame Street1989-1991TV SeriesCookie Monster in 'Conga' / Blue Bird / Cookie Monster in 'Hand Talk' / ...
Muppet*vision 3-D1991ShortAdditional Muppet Performer (voice)
Sesame Street Home Video Visits the Hospital1990Video short voice
Walt Disney's Wonderful World of Color1990TV SeriesDog / Frog / Rat / ...
The Jim Henson Hour1989TV SeriesAdditional Muppet Performer
Inner Tube1987TV Short voice

Miscellaneous

TitleYearStatusCharacter
Sesame Street2012TV Series puppetry - 1 episode
The Book of Pooh2001TV Series puppetry
Bear in the Big Blue House1997TV Series stand-in: "Bear"
Men in Black1997puppeteer - uncredited
The Neverending Story III1994puppetry
Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles III1993animatronic puppeteer: "Donatello"
Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles II: The Secret of the Ooze1991animatronic puppeteer: "Tokka"

Soundtrack

TitleYearStatusCharacter
ShowBusiness: The Road to Broadway2007Documentary performer: "If You Were Gay", "The Internet Is For Porn", "You Can Be as Loud as the Hell You Want When You're Making Love"
The 58th Annual Tony Awards2004TV Special performer: "It Sucks to Be Me"
Sesame Songs: Sing-Along Earth Songs1993Video short performer: "Keep the Park Clean for the Pigeons" 1989 - uncredited

Special Effects

TitleYearStatusCharacter
Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles III1993animatronic puppeteer: Donatello
Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles II: The Secret of the Ooze1991animatronic puppeteer: Tokka

Self

TitleYearStatusCharacter
The Broadway.com Show2013TV SeriesHimself
Working in the Theatre2004TV Series documentaryHimself
The 58th Annual Tony Awards2004TV SpecialHimself - Performer
Elmopalooza!1998TV SpecialAdditional Muppet Performer (voice)
All-Star 25th Birthday: Stars and Street Forever!1994TV SpecialAdditional Muppet Performer (voice)
Sesame Street Stays Up Late!1993TV SpecialAdditional Muppet Performer (voice)
The Muppets Celebrate Jim Henson1990TV Movie documentaryMuppet Performer (unconfirmed)

Archive Footage

TitleYearStatusCharacter
Sesame Street: Computer Caper2002VideoMuppet Performer
Sing Yourself Sillier at the Movies1997Video short
Sesame Street1994TV SeriesCookie Monster in 'Hand Talk' / Oscar in 'Hand Talk'
Sesame Songs: Rock & Roll1990Video shortCookie Monster / Oscar

Known for movies

Source
IMDB Wikipedia

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