Frank Oz

Personal Info

Know For

Acting

Gender

Male

Birthday

1944-05-25 (81 years old)

Place of Birth

Hereford, Herefordshire, England, UK

Frank Oz

Biography

Frank Oz (born Richard Frank Oznowicz; May 25, 1944) is a British-born American film director, actor, voice actor, and puppetee. 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.

Acting

1980

The Blues Brothers

as Corrections Officer

2001

Monsters, Inc.

as Jeff Fungus (voice)

1983

Trading Places

as Corrupt Cop

1999

Muppets from Space

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

1980

1983

Return of the Jedi

as Yoda (voice)

1979

The Muppet Movie

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

2005

1984

The Muppets Take Manhattan

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

1981

1985

Spies Like Us

as Test Monitor

2006

A Sesame Street Christmas Carol

as Bert (voice) (archive footage)

1987

A Muppet Family Christmas

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

1992

Innocent Blood

as Pathologist

1990

The Muppets Celebrate Jim Henson

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

1982

I Love Liberty

as Miss Piggy / Fozzie Bear (voice)

1985

Follow That Bird

as Cookie Monster / Bert / Grover / Additional Muppets (voice)

1981

The Great Muppet Caper

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

1986

Sesame Street: Learning About Letters

as Cookie Monster/Bert/Grover/Princess Penelope (voice)

1985

The Muppet Revue

as Fozzie Bear / Miss Piggy (voice)

1985

Muppet Video: Rowlf's Rhapsodies with the Muppets

as Miss Piggy / Fozzie Bear (voice)

1985

Muppet Treasures

as Fozzie Bear / Miss Piggy / Animal

1990

The Muppets at Walt Disney World

as Miss Piggy / Fozzie Bear / Animal (voice)

1983

Rocky Mountain Holiday with John Denver and the Muppets

as Miss Piggy / Fozzie Bear / Animal / Gramps (voice)

1988

Free to Be... a Family

as Miss Piggy (voice)

1982

The Fantastic Miss Piggy Show

as Miss Piggy / Fozzie Bear / Animal (voice)

1979

The Muppets Go Hollywood

as Various Muppets

1970

The Great Santa Claus Switch

as Thig / Skippity / Hoppity / Boppity / Snerf (voice)

2018

Howard

as Self (archive footage)

2022

Jerry Nelson: A Celebratory Birthday Animatic

as Grover (voice) / Cookie Monster (voice) / others (voice)

1969

Sesame Street Pitch Reel

as Scoop / Beautiful Day Monster (voice)

1978

Hip Hip Parade!

as Fozzie Bear

1975

Muppet Picker Upper

as Sam the Eagle (voice)

1999

The Very Best of the Muppet Show

as Fozzie Bear / Miss Piggy / Animal / Sam the Eagle

1999

The Very Best of the Muppet Show: Volume 2

as Fozzie Bear / Miss Piggy / Animal / Sam the Eagle

2001

The Very Best of the Muppet Show: Volume 3

as Fozzie Bear / Miss Piggy / Sam the Eagle / Animal / Wolf

1996

Sesame Street: Do the Alphabet

as Cookie Monster / Green (voice) (archive footage)

2004

1998

Sesame Street: Elmopalooza!

as Grover / Cookie Monster / Bert (voice)

2024

Inside Out 2

as Mind Cop Dave (voice)

2015

In Their Own Words: Jim Henson

as Self - Friend & Muppet Performer

1965

Time Piece

as Messenger boy

2015

Inside Out

as Subconscious Guard Dave (voice)

1982

Return of the Ewok

as Yoda (voice)

2015

Star Wars: The Force Awakens

as Yoda (archive sound) (uncredited)

1999

The Adventures of Elmo in Grouchland

as Bert / Grover / Cookie Monster (voice)

1989

Miss Piggy's Hollywood

as Miss Piggy / Fozzie Bear

1996

Sesame Street: Elmo Saves Christmas

as Cookie Monster (voice)

1988

1978

Christmas Eve on Sesame Street

as Bert / Cookie Monster / Grover (voice)

1999

CinderElmo

as Bert / Grover / Cookie Monster (voice)

1974

Out to Lunch

as Bert / Cookie Monster / Grover (voice)

2004

The Story of Star Wars

as Yoda (archive footage)

1996

Muppet Treasure Island

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

2015

The Great Gilly Hopkins

as Cookie Monster (voice)

1990

Sesame Street: Monster Hits!

as Cookie Monster (voice) / Grover (voice) / Clancy (voice)

1994

Muppet Classic Theater

as Miss Piggy / Fozzie Bear (voice)

2017

1981

The Muppets Go to the Movies

as Miss Piggy / Fozzie Bear / Animal / Sam Eagle

1979

John Denver and the Muppets: A Christmas Together

as Miss Piggy / Fozzie Bear / Animal (voice)

1979

The Orson Welles Show

as Self / Fozzie Bear / Animal / Sam Eagle (voice)

2019

Knives Out

as Alan Stevens

1981

Muppet Side Splitter

as Grump (voice)

1986

Labyrinth

as The Wiseman

1969

Hey Cinderella!

as Stepsister #1 / Splurge (voice)

1983

Big Bird in China

as Bert / Grover / Cookie Monster (voice)

1986

The Muppets: A Celebration of 30 Years

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

2002

1994

The World of Jim Henson

as Self / Miss Piggy / Fozzie Bear

1998

1990

1992

The Muppet Christmas Carol

as 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)

2002

Sesame Street: Bert & Ernie's Word Play

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

1997

Sesame Street: Quiet Time

as Bert ("Naptime") (voice)

1986

Sesame Street: Sleepytime Songs & Stories

as Bert / Grover (Bedtime Stories and Songs) / Cookie Monster (Bedtime Stories and Songs) / Tallest and Smallest People (Bedtime Stories & Songs) (voice)

2003

Sesame Street: Let's Eat! Funny Food Songs

as Grover / Cookie Monster (voice)

1977

2021

2021

1982

The Dark Crystal

as Aughra, a Keeper of Secrets / Chamberlain

1982

Night of 100 Stars

as Miss Piggy (voice)

1979

Muppet Breaker Upper

as Grump / Quongo

1975

The Muppet Introduction

as Sam the Eagle

1975

Just a Few Announcements

as Sam the Eagle

1979

Meal Break

as Grump

1979

Grump Critic

as Grump

1979

A Walking Tour of Sesame Street

as Grover / Cookie Monster / Bert (archive footage)

2004

Sesame Street: A Celebration of Me, Grover

as Grover (voice) (archive footage)

1978

Julie Andrews: One Step Into Spring

as Miss Piggy / Fozzie Bear

1977

Sesame Street at Night?

as Grover / Cookie Monster / Bert (voice) (archive footage)

2025

The Muppet Script

as Self (archive footage)

2001

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Getting Ready to Read

as Jim Hensons Muppets

Production

1991

What About Bob?

as Director

1992

Housesitter

as Director

1992

The Muppet Christmas Carol

as Executive Producer

1986

1997

In & Out

as Director

1996

2007

1999

Bowfinger

as Director

2001

The Score

as Director

1982

The Dark Crystal

as Director

2004

1981

1965

Run, Run

as Director of Photography

2023

S.P.I.C.

as Executive Producer

1997

Eye of God

as Thanks

1979

The Muppet Movie

as Creative Consultant

1978

Christmas Eve on Sesame Street

as Creative Consultant

2023

Fuzzy Head

as Executive Producer

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