List of Famous people with last name Henson
Taraji P. Henson
Taraji Penda Henson is an American actress. She studied acting at Howard University and began her Hollywood career in guest roles on several television shows before making her breakthrough in Baby Boy (2001). She received praise for her performances as a prostitute in Hustle & Flow (2005), for which she received a Screen Actors Guild Award for Outstanding Performance by a Cast in a Motion Picture nomination; and as a single mother of a disabled child in David Fincher's The Curious Case of Benjamin Button (2008), for which she received Academy Award, SAG Award and Critics Choice Award nominations for Best Supporting Actress. In 2010, she appeared in the action comedy Date Night, and co-starred in the remake of The Karate Kid.
Jim Henson
James Maury Henson was an American puppeteer, animator, cartoonist, actor, inventor, composer, filmmaker and screenwriter, who achieved worldwide notice as the creator of The Muppets (1955–present) and Fraggle Rock (1983–1987); and as the director of The Dark Crystal (1982) and Labyrinth (1986). He was born in Greenville, Mississippi, and raised in Leland, Mississippi, and University Park, Maryland.
Nicky Henson
Nicholas Victor Leslie Henson was a British actor.
Elden Henson
Elden Henson is an American actor. He is best known for playing Fulton Reed in The Mighty Ducks trilogy (1992–1996), Foggy Nelson in Daredevil (2015–2018) and the wider Marvel Cinematic Universe, and Pollux in The Hunger Games: Mockingjay - Part 1 (2014) and Part 2 (2015).
Christian Henson
Christian Henson is a British composer, primarily working on television and film soundtracks. He has also soundtracked video games, and is the co-founder of Spitfire Audio with fellow composer Paul Thomson. Henson has been nominated for a BAFTA and an Ivor Novello Award for his music.
John Henson
John Morris Henson is an American comedian, actor, and talk show host. He was the co-host of ABC's Wipeout with John Anderson, a prime-time game show that ran for 7 seasons.
Brian Henson
Brian David Henson is an American puppeteer, director, producer, technician, and the chairman of The Jim Henson Company. He is the son of puppeteers Jim and Jane Henson.
John Henson
John Paul Henson was an American puppeteer best known for his association with The Muppets.
Jane Henson
Jane Ann Henson was an American puppeteer and the wife of Jim Henson.
Lisa Henson
Lisa Marie Henson is an American television and movie producer and former actress who has been involved in television shows such as Sid the Science Kid.