Dillon was born on May 25, 1988, in
Philadelphia, Pennsylvania. As a young puppeteer, he came to the attention of
Sesame Street producers when he attended an audition as a high school student. In 2005, he took time away from school during his senior year to participate in the production of season 37. In 2013, he succeeded
Kevin Clash as the performer for Elmo following Clash's resignation from
Sesame Street in November 2012. Beginning in 2019, he succeeded
Richard Hunt as
Don Music. Dillon has taught classes in television puppetry at
Pennsylvania State University, and various schools and centers in the
United States. He has served as a puppet performer for
Kraft MilkBite commercials, ''
Julie's Greenroom, The Muppets Take the Bowl, The Muppets Take the O2
, the Nickelodeon webseries Ask Sylvia
, and John Tartaglia's ImaginOcean'' (2010). In March 2017, Dillon was nominated for the
Daytime Emmy Award for Outstanding Performer in Children's Programming. ==Filmography==