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John Tartaglia (John Nicholas Tartaglia) was born on 16 February, 1978 in Maple Shade Township, New Jersey, U.S., is an American puppeteer, actor, and singer. Discover John Tartaglia's Biography, Age, Height, Physical Stats, Dating/Affairs, Family and career updates. Learn How rich is he in this year and how he spends money? Also learn how he earned most of networth at the age of 46 years old?

Popular As John Nicholas Tartaglia
Occupation Puppeteer · actor · singer
Age 46 years old
Zodiac Sign Aquarius
Born 16 February 1978
Birthday 16 February
Birthplace Maple Shade Township, New Jersey, U.S.
Nationality United States

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1978

John Nicholas Tartaglia (born February 16, 1978) is an American puppeteer, actor, and singer.

1996

Tartaglia was born in Maple Shade Township, New Jersey, and graduated from Upper Dublin High School in Fort Washington, Pennsylvania, in 1996.

Tartaglia joined Sesame Street's puppetry team in a part-time capacity at the age of 16, making him one of the youngest Sesame Street puppeteers in the show's history.

He performed as a right hand and many minor characters, including Phoebe, and was the understudy for Kevin Clash's Elmo.

He performed as Ernie for the second season of Play with Me Sesame and as Oscar The Grouch for Sesame Street 4D.

Tartaglia was also a digital puppeteer for the "Elmo's World" segments and performed the character Tingo on Sesame English.

He became a full-time part of Sesame Street at the age of 18.

2003

In 2003, he performed DJ 2 in Animal Jam.

Tartaglia created and puppeteered the roles of Princeton (the recent college grad) and Rod (the closeted Republican investment banker) in the Tony Award-winning Broadway musical Avenue Q, which opened July 31, 2003.

2004

For the roles, he was nominated for the Tony Award for Best Actor in a Musical in 2004.

Tartaglia appeared in 2004 at the 14th annual Broadway Bares, which raised $525,000 to benefit Broadway Cares/Equity Fights AIDS.

In 2004, he helped to raise $525,000 for Broadway Cares/Equity Fights AIDS.

2005

He left the cast on January 30, 2005.

Tartaglia reprised his roles as Princeton and Rod in the Las Vegas sit-down production of Avenue Q, starting in August 2005

until December 11, 2005.

2006

He then appeared in the musical Newsical 2006: The Next Edition in New York City, in a limited engagement in December 2005.

Tartaglia joined the cast of Beauty and the Beast as Lumière on November 21, 2006, until early June 2007.

He appeared in his own television series for Playhouse Disney called Johnny and the Sprites as creator, executive producer, and star.

2007

While the episodes began as only 5-minute interstitials, the show began a full 30-minute series on January 13, 2007.

The show began filming Season 2 during mid-2007.

In 2007, Tartaglia provided the voice for Mr. Bluelight in Kmart commercials.

He played the roles of Pinocchio, Puss in Boots, and the Magic Mirror and puppeteered the dragon in Shrek The Musical.

2008

After a try-out in Seattle, the show opened on Broadway at The Broadway Theatre on December 14, 2008.

2009

Tartaglia performed in the show until August 16, 2009, and was replaced by Robb Sapp.

He returned on December 14, 2009, and stayed until the production closed on January 3, 2010.

2010

Tartaglia created and wrote John Tartaglia's ImaginOcean which was produced Off-Broadway at New World Stages, running from March 31, 2010, to September 4, 2011.

The show has music and lyrics by William Wade, with puppets designed and built by The Puppet Kitchen and the set design by Robert Kovach.

ImaginOcean is a puppet show about fish intended for audiences between the ages of 2 and 8.

The puppets glow in the dark while the actors are in black, giving the effect that the puppets are floating.

The show was nominated for the 2010 Drama Desk Award for Unique Theatrical Experience.

2011

Tartaglia performed in Los Angeles in the Blank Theatre Company production of The Temperamentals, running from April 9 to May 22, 2011, at the 2nd Stage Theatre.

In 2011, Tartaglia was named a "Givenik Ambassador" by the Broadway/charity site Givenik.

Tartaglia hosts a radio show on Sirius XM On Broadway called Sunday Funday with John Tartaglia.

2012

He played Genie in the production of Aladdin in St. Louis at The Muny from July 5–13, 2012.

2016

In 2016, he created the series Splash and Bubbles for PBS Kids, in which he voices Splash and other recurring characters.

2017

In 2017, he performed Hank in Julie's Greenroom.

In January 2024, it was announced that Tartaglia had joined The Jim Henson Company's development team as creative supervisor of future Fraggle Rock projects, in addition to contributing to the development and production of new television and live show projects for the company.

Tartaglia is openly gay.

Regarding the matter, he has stated "I'm less worried about being a positive role model as a gay person than making sure there are no negative stereotypes of any sort."

He considers "nothing more addictive than the sound of an audience laughing" and, regarding the possibility of being "pigeonholed" as a children's entertainer, stated, "If I get pigeonholed, I get pigeonholed. When I do my dark, one-hour miniseries on Lifetime, you'll know!"