Star Wars, The Dark Crystal, The Muppets
Confirmed At: Gold Coast 2025 Melbourne 2025
Appearance Notes
Mike looks forward to meeting all his fans in Melbourne in March, and on the Gold Coast in April 2025.
Mike will give a Q&A Panel, pose for Photo-Ops and sign Autographs across the weekend in both cities.
Further information on Mike’s panel and photo sessions will be released closer to the convention.
All guests appearing health and other commitments pending. Stay tuned to our Social Media channels for updates.
About Guest
Mike Quinn is well known for his role as Nien Nunb, Lando’s copilot for the Millennium Falcon in Return Of The Jedi, the final Star Wars trilogy and the epic Disney Theme Park ride Rise Of The Resistance.
Other characters he assisted with in Jedi were Yoda, Jabba, Baby Ewoks, Sy Snootles, Admiral Ackbar and Ree Yees. He is also a Lead Animatronic Puppeteer for CFX, Lucasfilm’s creature department in the UK. He recently provided animatronic lip-sync and his first Star Wars voice for Dewi in the Andor TV series and puppeteered on many creatures for The Acolyte on Disney+
His career for over four decades has seen him working on both sides of the camera as a Director, Producer, Actor, Writer, Character Animator, Puppet Builder, Puppeteer and Voice Over Actor.
He was personally chosen by Jim Henson and Frank Oz in 1980 to work on many Muppet projects including The Great Muppet Caper, The Dark Crystal, Fraggle Rock (UK and Europe), Labyrinth, Muppet Christmas Carol, Muppet Treasure Island, The Muppets, Muppets Most Wanted and the ABC TV series The Muppets and Muppets Now on Disney+
Other movies and TV shows he performed in include Beetlejuice Beetlejuice, Starve Acre, Who Framed Roger Rabbit?, Little Shop Of Horrors, How To Get Ahead In Advertising, The Storyteller, Glee, Lady Gaga and The Muppets, Good Luck Charlie, Shake It Up, Muppets Wizard Of Oz, The Secret Life Of Toys, The Ghost Of Faffner Hall, Jim Henson’s Mother Goose Stories, Jim Carrey’s Kidding and the recent Willow TV series.
Mike is also a character animator and has worked on Toy Story 2, A Bug’s Life at Pixar. Attack Of The Clones and Jurassic Park 3 at ILM and was lead animator at a few game companies.
Not content with just movies, TV shows and games, Mike has also performed live, acting a principle role in the play Rope, singing live with a couple of bands and even performing Muppets at The Hollywood Bowl, The O2 in London and Outside Lands music festival in San Francisco.
Guest Links
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NOTES
Autograph
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Photograph
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Studio Portrait
Disclaimer
This information is correct at the time of writing.
Please check the Event Programme for the final timetable, including time and location within the events.
Guest confirmed, health and other commitments pending.
Further information will be provided via social media should any of these factors impact the guest's ability to attend.
Panel rooms may be subject to venue capacity and safety requirements, and may reach maximum capacity.
Some panels will require patrons to queue for entry prior to the panel commencing. Please follow the directions of the staff.
Day and Weekend Pass holders are encouraged to arrive promptly to queue for any panels they wish to attend, as seating is not guaranteed
and is provided on a first-come-first-served basis, behind VIP, Supa-Q and Specialty Pass holders.
More information will be available in the lead up to Admission Ticket and Token sales,
please refer to Supanova's social media channels for all the latest announcements.
An additional service charge may apply to Photograph and Autograph Tokens pre-purchased online or at the event.
If you wish to have ten or more items signed by a single Supa-Star guest,
please speak with one of our friendly team members in our Guest Signing Area, and they will be happy to assist.
