Name Mike Quinn | Role Actor | |
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Spouse Jerri Quinn (m. 2005), Karen Prell (m. 1987–2004) Movies and TV shows Star Wars: Episode VI ‑ Return o, The Muppet Christma, The Great Muppet Caper, The Muppets, Jim Henson's Animal S Similar People Karen Prell, Frank Oz, Brian Henson, Paul Williams, Jim Henson | ||
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Mike Quinn (born in 1964) is an English actor, animator, and puppeteer. He is also known as Mike Quinby, Michael E. Quinn, and Michael Quinn.
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- D23 star wars preview star wars adventures first look nien nunb puppeteer mike quinn
- Interview with mike quinn part 2 of 4
- Early life and career
- Personal life
- Crew
- References
Interview with mike quinn part 2 of 4
Early life and career
Quinn, who hails from London, began puppeteering at age eight, with a magic act for his family.
In 1977, Quinn regularly visited the set of The Muppet Show with his homemade puppets, eventually meeting Jim Henson. Through his visits, he learned more about puppeteering and received encouragement from Jim Henson and his co-workers.
After leaving school in 1980, Quinn joined The Jim Henson Company and worked on the 1981 film The Great Muppet Caper puppeteering in crowd scenes and acting as a double for various main Muppet characters. Quinn later designed and built the Podlings for The Dark Crystal, where he also performed the Skeksis Slave Master SkekNa (who was voiced by David Buck).
During the filming of Return of the Jedi, Quinn (and Kathryn Mullen) were assistant puppeteers to Frank Oz in his performance of Yoda . He also performed the role of Nien Nunb in Return Of the Jedi. Between the late 1980s and early 1990s, Quinn joined forces with fellow puppeter David Barclay, creating Ultimate Animates, a production company specializing in new building and performing techniques for internal and external puppet productions.
Quinn was present at Jim Henson's memorial and joined other puppeteers in a performance of "Just One Person", operating one of the Penguins from The Muppet Show.
Quinn joined George Lucas's Industrial Light and Magic as an animator, first working on Jurassic Park III and then Star Wars: Episode II – Attack of the Clones.
He reprised his role as Nien Nunb in Star Wars: The Force Awakens and will reprise his role in Star Wars: The Last Jedi.
Personal life
From 1987 to 2004, Mike Quinn was engaged to fellow puppeteer Karen Prell. He is also a relative of Mia Farrow since Mike's grandmother was the first cousin of Mia Farrow's mother Maureen O'Sullivan.