Mat McCoy is a puppeteer that has performed extensively within Australia and internationally. For a topic outline on this subject see List of basic Australia topics.
He performed as the on-set manipulator of Rygel and Performance team leader for Pilot (miniseries) for The Jim Henson Company production of Farscape as well as performing an extensive range of guest animatronic characters on the show. The Jim Henson Company is an American company founded in 1958 by puppeteer Jim Henson, creator of The Muppets. Farscape is an American science fiction television series filmed in Australia and produced for the Sci-Fi Channel. He is also head puppeteer (puppet, various other characters) on The Upside Down Show for The Childrens Television Workshop. The Upside Down Show is a Logie Award winning live action daytime children's Show featuring Shane Dundas and David Collins that airs
More recently Mat McCoy was the Head of Pupetry on Walking with Dinosaurs - The Live Event. The show enjoyed a highly successful tour in Australia during 2007. He is currently Head of Puppetry on the 2007 American tour.