Chris Gifford

Chris Gifford is an American writer and executive producer at Nickelodeon. He co-created the Peabody Award-winning children's series Dora the Explorer and its spin-offs Go, Diego, Go!, and Dora and Friends: Into the City!, and was the voice of some of the show's characters, including Big Red Chicken, the Grumpy Old Troll, and the Pirate Captain Pig. He was a cast member on the 1980s syndicated children's series The Great Space Coaster.