Kevin Sorbo

He married actress Sandra Jenkins in 1998. After Jim Henson died in 1990, Whitmire became the new voice of Kermit the Frog and Ernie. He has been considered for and lost out on a number of major roles including Lois and Clark: The New Adventures of Superman and The X-Files. Whitmire performed in the films The Great Muppet Caper and The Dark Crystal, then on the television show Fraggle Rock. Since the cancellation of Hercules, he has been playing the starring role of Captain Dylan Hunt in Gene Roddenberry's Andromeda. He worked with puppets after he graduated from high school, and eventually got a job working on The Muppet Show in 1978. Born in Mound, Minnesota and educated at then-Moorhead State University he worked as a model for print and television advertising before landing the role of Hercules in Hercules: The Legendary Journeys. Born near Atlanta, Georgia, he became interested in puppetry in his childhood.

Kevin Sorbo (born September 24, 1958) is an American actor. He is currently the voice of the famous Sesame Street Muppets, Kermit the Frog and Ernie, which were originally voiced by Jim Henson. Steve Whitmire (born September 24, 1959) is a puppeteer.