Rob Tygner

Robert Tygner working on Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles II

Rob Tygner is a British puppeteer who has performed in many Jim Henson's Creature Shop productions (and the occasional Muppet project) for over twenty years. He was also a principal puppeteer on the Frank Oz film Little Shop of Horrors and puppeteered on Spitting Image.

In more recent years, Tygner has worked heavily with the Creature Shop in the area of digital puppeteering and animation.

Credits

• Labyrinth: Goblins (puppeteer)
• The Bear: facial expressions for bear
• The StoryTeller: Birds ("Sapsorrow"), Squirrel ("Sapsorrow"), Bird ("The Heartless Giant"), The Thought Lion ("The True Bride")
• Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles: Splinter (assistant)
• The Witches: Mice
• Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles II: The Secret of the Ooze: Leonardo (face)
• The Polar Bear King
• The Muppet Christmas Carol: Ghost of Christmas Past, Ghost of Christmas Yet to Come
• The Flintstones
• Muppet Treasure Island: Additional Muppet performer
• The Adventures of Pinocchio: Principal Pinocchio puppeteer
• Loch Ness: Performance puppeteer supervisor
• The Neverending Story III: Puppeteer coordinator
• Buddy: Buddy puppeteer
• George of the Jungle: An Ape Named Ape (face)
• Alice in Wonderland: The March Hare, The Gryphon
• Jack and the Beanstalk: The Real Story
• Jason and the Argonauts: character animator (harpies)
• Sesame Street 4-D Movie Magic: Animation director/digital puppeteer
• Five Children and It: It puppeteer/performance animator
• The Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy: Puppeteer
• The Muppets Most Wanted: Additional UK Muppet performer