Nigel Plaskitt (b. 1950) is a British puppeteer who has performed on various Muppet and Creature Shop projects, notably as Mew on The Secret Life of Toys. He has also served as consultant or workshop leader on various international Sesame Street programs, and on the French Muppets TV series.
Plaskitt learned his puppeteering craft on the TV series Pipkins. In his early performing days, he also appeared as an actor, most notably as Malcolm in the Vicks Sinex advertisements and in such series as Doctor Who. Plaskitt was hired for the second series of Spitting Image as a principal puppeteer and worked on all the subsequent series. He is also a television and theatre director, directing Louise Gold's cabaret act amongst others, and serving as puppeteering consultant for the London production of Avenue Q. Outside of Muppet/Creature Shop projects, Plaskitt's film credits include Little Shop of Horrors as an additional plant puppeteer.
Muppet/Henson Credits[]
for a complete character gallery, see Nigel Plaskitt characters
- The Tale of the Bunny Picnic
- Labyrinth: Goblins (puppeteer only)
- The Muppet Christmas Carol
- The Secret Life of Toys: Mew and others
- The Animal Show: Opening titles puppeteer
- Muppet Treasure Island
- Muppet CD-ROM: The Muppets Inside
- Lost in Space: The Robot team
- Doctor Dolittle: Animation Director
- Mopatop's Shop: Moosey Mouse, Lamont the Sloth, and others...
- Alice in Wonderland: The Dormouse and The Baby
- ITV Digital: Monkey
- Virgin Atlantic: Miss Piggy (puppeteer only)
- Renault Clio: Animal
- The Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy: Vogon Councillor
- An Audience with Joe Pasquale: Kevin
- Five Minutes More: Faraway
- Muppets TV
- Panwapa: Tungar the Tiger (voice)
- That Puppet Game Show: Udders McGhee and others
- Muppets Most Wanted: Flying Zucchini Brothers, Leprechaun