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Frank Oz

Acting · Born 1944-05-25 · Hereford, Herefordshire, England, UK

Frank Richard Oznowicz (born May 25, 1944), known professionally as Frank Oz, is a British-born American film director, actor, voice actor, and puppeteer. He is known for creating and performing the characters Miss Piggy and Fozzie Bear in The Muppet Show and for directing films, including the Little Shop Of Horrors remake and Dirty Rotten Scoundrels. He is also the operator and voice of Yoda in the Star Wars franchise.

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Credits · 172

Disney Legends Award Ceremony

2024 · Self - Honoree

2024 · Mind Cop Dave (voice)

Jim Henson Idea Man

STEVE! (martin) a documentary in 2 pieces

2024 · Self - Director

2023 · Executive Producer

2022 · Self - Yoda Puppeteer (archive footage)

2022 · Yoda (voice) (archive footage) (uncredited)

Street Gang: How We Got to Sesame Street

2021 · Self (archive footage)

Echoes of Violence

Derek DelGaudio's In & of Itself

2020 · Director

Jedi Temple Challenge

2020 · Yoda (voice)

Star Wars: The Rise of Skywalker

2019 · Yoda (voice)

2019 · Alan Stevens

Sesame Street: 50 Years and Counting

2019 · Grover / Cookie Monster / Various Characters

2018 · Self (archive footage)

The Director and the Jedi

Star Wars: The Last Jedi

2017 · Yoda (voice)

Muppet Guys Talking: Secrets Behind the Show the Whole World Watched

Star Wars: The Force Awakens

2015 · Yoda (archive sound) (uncredited)

The Great Gilly Hopkins

2015 · Cookie Monster (voice)

In Their Own Words: Jim Henson

2015 · Self - Friend & Muppet Performer

In Their Own Words

2015 · Subconscious Guard Dave (voice)

I Am Big Bird: The Caroll Spinney Story

StarTalk with Neil deGrasse Tyson

Star Wars Rebels

2014 · Yoda (voice)

Being Elmo: A Puppeteer's Journey

Jim Henson: His Sesame Street Story

Jim Henson: His Sesame Street Story

2008 · Director

Death at a Funeral

2007 · Director

Reflections of 'The Dark Crystal'

A Sesame Street Christmas Carol

2006 · Bert (voice) (archive footage)

Treasures Untold: The Making of Disney's 'The Little Mermaid'

Treasures Untold: The Making of Disney's 'The Little Mermaid'

Sesame Street: Elmo's Potty Time

2006 · Grover (voice)

Best Ever Muppet Moments

Zathura: A Space Adventure

2005 · Robot (voice)

Star Wars: Episode III - Revenge of the Sith

2005 · Yoda (voice)

Empire of Dreams: The Story of the Star Wars Trilogy

When Star Wars Ruled the World

The Story of Star Wars

2004 · Yoda (archive footage)

The Stepford Wives

2004 · Director

Sesame Street: Elmo's World: The Street We Live On!

2004 · Cookie Monster / Bert / Grover (voice)

Muppets Magic from 'The Ed Sullivan Show!'

2003 · Muppet Performer

Sesame Street: Let's Eat! Funny Food Songs

2003 · Grover / Cookie Monster (voice)

Films Are Not Released, They Escape

From Puppets to Pixels: The Making of Star Wars Episode II

2002 · Self / Yoda

The Funkhousers

The Funkhousers

2002 · Director

Sesame Street: Bert & Ernie's Word Play

2002 · Bert / Cookie Monster (credit song) / T-Shirt Salesman / Fat Blue Anything Muppet in Fat Cat (voice) (archive footage)

Star Wars: Episode II - Attack of the Clones

2002 · Yoda (voice)

Sesame Street: Play with Me Sesame

2001 · Jeff Fungus (voice)

The Beginning: The Making of Star Wars Episode I

2001 · Director

Sesame Street: Elmo's World: Flowers, Bananas & More!

2000 · Prince Charming (voice)

The Adventures of Elmo in Grouchland

1999 · Bert / Grover / Cookie Monster (voice)

1999 · Director

Muppets from Space

1999 · Miss Piggy / Fozzie Bear / Animal / Sam the Eagle (voice)

Star Wars: Episode I - The Phantom Menace

1999 · Yoda (voice)

The Very Best of the Muppet Show

1999 · Fozzie Bear / Miss Piggy / Animal / Sam the Eagle

The Very Best of the Muppet Show: Volume 2

1999 · Fozzie Bear / Miss Piggy / Animal / Sam the Eagle

1999 · Bert / Grover / Cookie Monster (voice)

The Stories Behind the Making of 'The Blues Brothers'

The Best of Kermit on Sesame Street

1998 · Grover (voice)

Sesame Street: Elmopalooza!

1998 · Grover / Cookie Monster / Bert (voice)

Blues Brothers 2000

1997 · Director

Sesame Street: Elmo Says BOO!

1997 · Bert (voice)

Sesame Street: Quiet Time

1997 · Bert ("Naptime") (voice)

Sesame Street: Elmo Saves Christmas

1996 · Cookie Monster (voice)

Muppets Tonight

1996 · Miss Piggy / Fozzie Bear / Animal / George the Janitor

Muppet Treasure Island

1996 · Miss Piggy / Fozzie Bear / Sam the Eagle / Animal (voice)

Sesame Street: Do the Alphabet

1996 · Cookie Monster / Green (voice) (archive footage)

Orson Welles: The One-Man Band

The Indian in the Cupboard

1995 · Director

The World of Jim Henson

1994 · Self / Miss Piggy / Fozzie Bear

Return of the Ewok

Muppet Classic Theater

1994 · Miss Piggy / Fozzie Bear (voice)

Sesame Street | All-Star 25th Birthday: Stars and Street Forever!

1994 · Bert / Grover (archive footage)

Sesame Street Stays Up Late!

1993 · Bert/Grover/Cookie Monster/Uncle Hank(voice)

Sesame Street: 25 Wonderful Years: A Musical Celebration!

Sesame Street's 25th Birthday: A Musical Celebration

1993 · Bert / Grover / Cookie Monster (voice)

Holiday Greetings from 'The Ed Sullivan Show'

Holiday Greetings from 'The Ed Sullivan Show'

1992 · Miss Piggy

The Muppet Christmas Carol

1992 · Miss Piggy as Emily Cratchit / Fozzie Bear as Fozziewig / Sam the Eagle as Headmaster of Junior High Graduates / Animal / George the Janitor / Horse and Carriage Driver / Vegetable Salesman (voice)

Home Alone 2: Lost in New York

1992 · Man Putting Money into Donation Bucket (uncredited)

1992 · Pathologist

1992 · Director

What About Bob?

1991 · Director

Sesame Street: Elmo's Sing-Along Guessing Game

1991 · Grover(voice)

The Muppets Celebrate Jim Henson

1990 · Self / Miss Piggy / Fozzie Bear / Animal / Bert / Sam the Eagle (voice)

Disneyland's 35th Anniversary Celebration

1990 · Miss Piggy (voice)

Jim Henson's Memorial Service

Sing! Sesame Street Remembers Joe Raposo and His Music

The Muppets at Walt Disney World

1990 · Miss Piggy / Fozzie Bear / Animal (voice)

Sesame Street: Sing Yourself Silly!

1990 · (archive footage) (voice)

Sesame Street: Monster Hits!

1990 · Cookie Monster (voice) / Grover (voice) / Clancy (voice)

50 Years of Television: A Golden Celebration

1989 · Miss Piggy

An Evening with Jim Henson and Frank Oz

The Jim Henson Hour

1989 · Fozzie Bear (voice)

Sesame Street: 20 Years & Still Counting! 1969-1989

1989 · Self – Bert / Grover / Cookie Monster

Free to Be... a Family

1988 · Miss Piggy (voice)

Dirty Rotten Scoundrels

1988 · Director

Sesame Street: Put Down the Duckie

1988 · Bert/Grover/Cookie Monster (voice)

The Best of Ernie and Bert

Hey, You're as Funny as Fozzie Bear

1988 · Fozzie Bear (voice)

A Muppet Family Christmas

1987 · Miss Piggy / Fozzy Bear / Animal / Sam the Eagle / Bert / Grover / Cookie Monster

Sesame Street: Sing Along

Little Shop of Horrors

1986 · Director

1986 · The Wiseman

Sesame Street: Learning About Letters

1986 · Cookie Monster/Bert/Grover/Princess Penelope (voice)

The Muppets: A Celebration of 30 Years

1986 · Fozzie Bear / Miss Piggy / Sam the Eagle / Bert / Animal / Grover / Cookie Monster / Marvin Suggs (voice)

Sesame Street: Learning About Numbers

1986 · Grover / Fat Blue Tarnish Brother (voice)

1985 · Test Monitor

Muppet Video: Rowlf's Rhapsodies with the Muppets

Muppet Video: Rowlf's Rhapsodies with the Muppets

1985 · Miss Piggy / Fozzie Bear (voice)

Jim Henson's Little Muppet Monsters

Follow That Bird

1985 · Cookie Monster / Bert / Grover / Additional Muppets (voice)

Muppet Treasures

1985 · Fozzie Bear / Miss Piggy / Animal

The Muppet Revue

1985 · Fozzie Bear / Miss Piggy (voice)

Muppet Video: The Kermit and Piggy Story

1985 · Miss Piggy (voice)

Children's Songs and Stories with the Muppets

1985 · Miss Piggy (voice)

The Muppets Take Manhattan

1984 · Miss Piggy / Fozzie / Animal / Bert / Cookie Monster / Ocean Breeze Soap Board Member / Sam the Eagle (voice)

Henson's Place: The Man Behind the Muppets

Classic Creatures: Return of the Jedi

Don't Eat the Pictures: Sesame Street at the Metropolitan Museum of Art

1983 · Bert / Cookie Monster / Grover (voice)

1983 · Corrupt Cop

Big Bird in China

1983 · Bert / Grover / Cookie Monster (voice)

Return of the Jedi

1983 · Yoda (voice)

Rocky Mountain Holiday with John Denver and the Muppets

1983 · Miss Piggy / Fozzie Bear / Animal / Gramps (voice)

The World of 'The Dark Crystal'

The Dark Crystal

1982 · Aughra, a Keeper of Secrets / Chamberlain

The Fantastic Miss Piggy Show

1982 · Miss Piggy / Fozzie Bear / Animal (voice)

Night of 100 Stars

1982 · Miss Piggy (voice)

Of Muppets & Men

An American Werewolf in London

1981 · Mr. Collins

The Great Muppet Caper

1981 · Miss Piggy / Fozzie Bear / Animal / Sam the Eagle / Gramps / Swedish Chef (voice)

The Muppets Go to the Movies

1981 · Miss Piggy / Fozzie Bear / Sam the Eagle (voice)

SP FX: The Empire Strikes Back

The Blues Brothers

1980 · Corrections Officer

The Empire Strikes Back

1980 · Yoda (Voice)

John Denver and the Muppets: A Christmas Together

1979 · Miss Piggy / Fozzie Bear / Animal (voice)

The Muppet Movie

1979 · Miss Piggy / Fozzie Bear / Animal / Sam the Eagle / Doc Hopper's Men / Marvin Suggs / Swedish Chef (hands) / Motorcycle Guy (voice)

The Muppets Go Hollywood

1979 · Miss Piggy / Fozzie Bear / Animal / Sam the Eagle (voice)

The Orson Welles Show

1979 · Self / Fozzie Bear / Animal / Sam Eagle (voice)

Christmas Eve on Sesame Street

1978 · Bert / Cookie Monster / Grover (voice)

Julie Andrews: One Step Into Spring

1978 · Miss Piggy / Fozzie Bear

An Audience with...

1978 · Miss Piggy

The Bob Hope All Star Christmas Comedy Special

The Bob Hope All Star Christmas Comedy Special

1977 · Miss Piggy / Fozzie Bear

Emmet Otter's Jug-Band Christmas

1977 · Chuck (voice)

The Muppet Show

1976 · Miss Piggy / Fozzie Bear / Animal / Sam Eagle / Marvin Suggs / George the Janitor (voice)

Saturday Night Live

1975 · The Mighty Favog (voice)

Muppet Picker Upper

1975 · Sam the Eagle (voice)

1974 · Bert / Cookie Monster / Grover (voice)

Julie on Sesame Street

1973 · Bert/ Cookie Monster/ Grover (voice)

The Muppet Musicians of Bremen

1972 · Rat (voice)

Tales from Muppetland: The Frog Prince

1971 · Gawain (voice)

Great Performances

The Great Santa Claus Switch

1970 · Thig / Skippity / Hoppity / Boppity / Snerf (voice)

The Muppets on Puppets

1970 · Self / Various Characters

Sesame Street Pitch Reel

1969 · Scoop / Beautiful Day Monster (voice)

Hey Cinderella!

1969 · Stepsister #1 / Splurge (voice)

Peter Alexander präsentiert Spezialitäten

Peter Alexander präsentiert Spezialitäten

The Dick Cavett Show

1968 · Self - Guest

The Paperwork Explosion

1965 · Director of Photography

1965 · Messenger Boy

The Mike Douglas Show

The Wonderful World of Disney

1954 · Miss Piggy (voice)

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