Jim Martin is an American puppeteer and director, best known for his roles on Sesame Street.

He has been nominated multiple times, and won for "Outstanding Achievement in Costume Design/Styling" at the Emmys, also for Sesame Street.

Martin performed as one of the main puppet characters on the live-action/animated kids TV series The Great Space Coaster (1981–1986) as Gary Gnu - "This is Gary Gnu, your no-gnews gnews reporter" and as the villain M.T.

Martin was a producer and director on the show Johnny and the Sprites, and is the creator and owner of the Anybody Pupplets.

[citation needed] His present venture is called Costume Armour, Inc. [1] Martin was a Guest of Honor at Anthrocon 2010, the world's largest furry convention,[2] and also at Eurofurence 17, Europe's largest furry convention, in 2011.