Chris Gifford is a 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 the shows' Big Red Chicken, the Grumpy Old Troll, the Pirate Captain Pig, etc. and its successful spin-off Go, Diego, Go!. He was a cast member (Danny) on the 1980s syndicated children's series The Great Space Coaster. Gifford attended the Browning School and is a resident of Montclair, New Jersey.