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Drew Massey
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Drew Massey is an American artist who brings characters to life! He is a talented voice actor, a puppeteer, and a director. He has worked with famous companies like Nickelodeon and The Jim Henson Company, which is known for creating the Muppets. Drew has helped create many movies, TV shows, and commercials. He also uses his voice for video games.
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Drew Massey's Career Highlights
Drew Massey is a very creative person. He helped create, write, and produce the Nickelodeon show The Barbarian and the Troll, where he also starred.
Working in Movies and TV Shows
Drew has been involved in many popular films. Some of his movie work includes Men in Black (1997), Dr. Dolittle (1998), Cats & Dogs (2001), and Men in Black II (2002). He also worked on The Muppets' Wizard of Oz (2005).
On television, Drew has performed in shows like Earth to Ned, Greg the Bunny, Malcolm in the Middle, Muppets Tonight, and Cousin Skeeter. He also helped with commercials for Foster Farms (as the driver chicken), Sony (the blue guy), and Levi's (as Flat Eric).
Voice Acting in Video Games
Drew Massey has lent his voice to several video games. In the Over the Hedge video game, he voiced the character Verne and others. For the Kung Fu Panda video games, he voiced Crane and other characters. He also voiced Minion and other characters in the Megamind video game.
Directing and Other Projects
Besides performing, Drew Massey has also directed. He directed six episodes of Splash and Bubbles for the Jim Henson Company. He also directed over 50 short videos for the DreamWorksTV and Peacock Kids YouTube channels. These shorts featured popular characters like Po from Kung Fu Panda, Puss in Boots, Shrek, Donkey, and King Julien.
Drew Massey also starred in The Sam Plenty Cavalcade of Action Show Plus Singing!, playing the main character, Sam Plenty.
Drew Massey's Filmography
Here are some of the projects Drew Massey has worked on:
- The Barbarian and the Troll: Evan
- Earth to Ned: Cornelius’ eyes, Clods
- Sigmund and the Sea Monsters: Sigmund Ooze
- The Muppets Take the Bowl: Additional Muppet Performer (live show)
- The Muppets Take the O2: Additional Muppet Performer (live show)
- Mutt & Stuff: Stuff, Davenport, Sid the tree
- Community: Puppet Abed
- Sid the Science Kid: Sid
- Neil's Puppet Dreams: Puppeteer
- The Darjeeling Limited: Puppeteer Tiger
- The Sam Plenty Cavalcade of Action Show Plus Singing!: Actor (Sam Plenty)
- Yo Gabba Gabba!: Puppeteer
- Robot Chicken: Voices (Fozzie Bear, Gonzo, Wembley Fraggle, Boober Fraggle, Emmet Otter, Ebenezer Scrooge)
- Greg the Bunny: Puppeteer (Count Blah and others)
- Weezer's music video for "Keep Fishin'": Puppeteer
- Sesame Street: Various Muppets
- Statler and Waldorf: From the Balcony: Puppeteer (Statler)
- Men in Black: Worm Guy Sleeble
- Lost on Earth: Raleigh
- The Puzzle Place: Kyle O'Connor
- Puppet Up!: Puppeteer
- Foster Farms Chickens: Actor (Driver Chicken)
- Over the Hedge: Verne
- Ryan's Mystery Playdate: Puppeteer
- Muppet Babies Play Date - Gonzo (baby) (puppeteer only)