Ernie (Sesame Street)

Ernie
Ernie
Sesame Street character
	Ernie (pictured on left) with his rubber duckie alongside Bert on Sesame Street in 1978.
First appearance	Sesame Street Test Pilot 1 (July 21, 1969)
Performed by	Jim Henson (1969–1990); Steve Whitmire (1993–2014); John Tartaglia (2003); Billy Barkhurst (2014–2017); Peter Linz (2017–present)
Birthday	January 28
In-universe information
Alias	Caveman Ernie, Sir Ernie, John Adams, Old King Cole, Robin Hood, Tweedle Dum, etc.
Species	Human Muppet
Gender	Male

Ernie is an orange Muppet character created and originally performed by Jim Henson for the children's television show Sesame Street. He and his roommate Bert form the comic duo Bert and Ernie, one of the program's centerpieces, with Ernie acting the role of the naïve troublemaker, and Bert the world-weary foil.

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