Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles is a 1990 American superhero comedy film based on the comic book characters created by Kevin Eastman and Peter Laird. Directed by Steve Barron and written by Todd W. Lange
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Jim Henson on set with the suit actors. The film was released less than two months before Henson's death.
Judith Hoag 2005
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Judith Hoag is an American actress. She is known for playing April O'Neil in Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles and Gwen Cromwell Piper in the Disney Channel television film series Halloweentown, from 1998
Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles (1990 film)
…and adoptive father Splinter from his long-lost foe the Shredder and his Foot Clan of ninjas. They are aided by their new human allies April O'Neil (Judith Hoag) and Casey Jones (Elias Koteas). The film adapts the early Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles comics, with several elements taken from the animated series…
Hoag at Big Lick Comic Con in Roanoke, Virginia in 2026
Judith Hoag and TMNT creator Kevin Eastman talk to a fan at a convention in Washington state on June 22, 2025.
Hoag at GalaxyCon Raleigh in 2024.