Andrew James Spooner

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Andrew is a puppeteer, actor and voiceover artist who performed on Muppet Treasure Island, Muppet CD-ROM: The Muppets Inside, Muppet Treasure Island CD-ROM, Jim Henson’s Animal Show, The Hoobs,101 Dalmatians, That Puppet Game Show, Muppets Most Wanted and The Furchester Hotel as Furgus Fuzz. He also worked on a number of commercials for Jim Henson’s Creature Shop.

Andrew trained at the Guildford School of Acting and upon graduation attended a workshop at Jim Henson Creature Shop run by Nigel Plaskitt, Rob Tygner and Kevin Clash. He has performed puppet characters for the BBC, Channel 4, Sky and a number of independent production companies. His first puppeteering job was on Spitting Image in the mid 90’s.

Andrew has appeared as an actor on a number of British TV shows including The Bill, The Knock and Inspector Morse. He has also appeared on the stage in various productions including Romeo and Juliet for Theatre Clwyd and Love’s Labours Lost at the Comedy Theatre.

Recently Andrew was lead puppeteer and puppet coordinator on the music video “Chunky” for Format:B and The Ministry Of Sound.

In 2016 he was puppet coordinator and lead puppeteer on a pilot for Disney Maker Studios, puppet coordinator on Gerry Anderson’s Firestorm, shot seasons 3 & 4 of The Furchester Hotel for Cbeebies and Sesame Street, and was principle puppeteer and coordinator on The Truffles. A pilot shot in The Netherlands.

So far in 2017 he has helped put together The Furchester Live, which is now running at Alton Towers, completed a viral campaign for Cheetos, started work on a new web series, and continued prep for Gerry Anderson’s Firestorm.

As a voiceover artist he has lent his voice to characters for television, the Internet, and video games.