Frank Oz
Born in Hereford, Herefordshire, England, UK — May 25 1944
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Frank Oz (born Richard Frank Oznowicz; May 25, 1944) 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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Frank Oz's Credits
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Sesame Street
Bert
Great Performances
Self
Star Wars: The Last Jedi
Yoda (voice)
Leverage
Directing
Star Wars Rebels
Yoda (voice)
The Oscars
Self
Inside Out 2
Mind Cop Dave (voice)
Inside Out
Subconscious Guard Dave (voice)
Monsters, Inc.
Jeff Fungus (voice)
The Muppet Show
Miss Piggy / Fozzie Bear / Animal / Sam Eagle / Marvin Suggs / George the Janitor (voice)
Knives Out
Alan Stevens
The Empire Strikes Back
Yoda (Voice)
Star Wars: The Force Awakens
Yoda (archive sound) (uncredited)
Star Wars: The Rise of Skywalker
Yoda (voice)
Obi-Wan Kenobi
Yoda (voice) (archive footage) (uncredited)
Star Wars: Episode I - The Phantom Menace
Yoda (voice)
LIGHT & MAGIC
Self - Yoda Puppeteer (archive footage)
Home Alone 2: Lost in New York
Man putting money into donation bucket (uncredited)
Star Wars: Episode II - Attack of the Clones
Yoda (voice)
Muppets Tonight
Miss Piggy / Fozzie Bear / Animal / George the Janitor
Star Wars: Episode III - Revenge of the Sith
Yoda (voice)
Trading Places
Corrupt Cop
Return of the Jedi
Yoda (voice)
Labyrinth
The Wiseman
The Blues Brothers
Corrections Officer
Sesame Unpaved
Sesame Street: Play with Me Sesame
Zathura: A Space Adventure
Robot (voice)
An American Werewolf in London
Mr. Collins
STEVE! (martin) a documentary in 2 pieces
Self - Director
The Muppet Movie
Miss Piggy / Fozzie Bear / Animal / Sam the Eagle / Doc Hopper's Men / Marvin Suggs / Swedish Chef (hands) / Motorcycle Guy (voice)
The Jim Henson Hour
Little Shop of Horrors
Directing
The Muppets: A Celebration of 30 Years
Fozzie Bear / Miss Piggy / Sam the Eagle / Bert / Animal / Grover / Cookie Monster / Marvin Suggs (voice)
The Score
Directing
The Muppet Christmas Carol
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)
Dirty Rotten Scoundrels
Directing
Peter Alexander präsentiert Spezialitäten
Self
Bowfinger
Directing
The Dark Crystal
Aughra, a Keeper of Secrets / Chamberlain
Howard
Self (archive footage)
Jim Henson's Little Muppet Monsters
What About Bob?
Directing
The Great Muppet Caper
Miss Piggy / Fozzie Bear / Sam the Eagle / Animal (voice)
Jim Henson Idea Man
Self
Housesitter
Directing
Death at a Funeral
Directing
Night of 100 Stars
Miss Piggy (voice)
Muppets from Space
Miss Piggy / Fozzie Bear / Animal / Sam the Eagle (voice)
In Their Own Words
Self
In & Out
Directing
Eye of God
Crew
Jedi Temple Challenge
Yoda (voice)
The Great Gilly Hopkins
Cookie Monster (voice)
Sesame Street: Sing Yourself Silly!
(archive footage) (voice)
The Indian in the Cupboard
Directing
Innocent Blood
Pathologist
Blues Brothers 2000
Warden
The Director and the Jedi
Self
The Funkhousers
Directing
The Story of Star Wars
Yoda (archive footage)
Treasures Untold: The Making of Disney's 'The Little Mermaid'
Self
Spies Like Us
Test Monitor
The Muppets Take Manhattan
Miss Piggy / Fozzie / Animal / Bert / Cookie Monster / Ocean Breeze Soap Board Member / Sam the Eagle (voice)
The Muppets Go Hollywood
Various Muppets
Sesame Street | All-Star 25th Birthday: Stars and Street Forever!
Bert / Grover (archive footage)
The World of Jim Henson
Self / Miss Piggy / Fozzie Bear
Follow That Bird
Cookie Monster / Bert / Grover / Additional Muppets (voice)
The Beginning: Making Episode I
Self
Being Elmo: A Puppeteer's Journey
Self
I Love Muppets
Self
Sesame Street Jam: A Musical Celebration
Bert / Grover / Cookie Monster (voice)
Sesame Street: Elmopalooza!
Grover / Cookie Monster / Bert (voice)
The Very Best of the Muppet Show
Fozzie Bear / Miss Piggy / Animal / Sam the Eagle
Empire of Dreams: The Story of the Star Wars Trilogy
Self
CinderElmo
Bert / Grover / Cookie Monster (voice)
Out to Lunch
Bert / Cookie Monster / Grover (voice)
The Adventures of Elmo in Grouchland
Bert / Grover / Cookie Monster (voice)
A Muppet Family Christmas
Miss Piggy / Fozzy Bear / Animal / Sam the Eagle / Bert / Grover / Cookie Monster
The Muppets Celebrate Jim Henson
Self / Miss Piggy / Fozzie Bear / Animal / Bert / Sam the Eagle (voice)
Classic Creatures: Return of the Jedi
Self
Street Gang: How We Got to Sesame Street
Self (archive footage)
Hey Cinderella!
Stepsister #1 / Splurge (voice)
Sesame Street: Elmo Saves Christmas
Cookie Monster (voice)
Sesame Street: Quiet Time
Bert ("Naptime") (voice)
Muppet Classic Theater
Miss Piggy / Fozzie Bear (voice)
Sesame Street: Put Down the Duckie
Bert/Grover/Cookie Monster (voice)
Sesame Street: Let's Eat! Funny Food Songs
Grover / Cookie Monster (voice)
Muppet Treasure Island
Miss Piggy / Fozzie Bear / Sam the Eagle / Animal (voice)
I Love Liberty
Miss Piggy / Fozzie Bear (voice)
Derek DelGaudio's In & of Itself
Directing
The Stories Behind the Making of 'The Blues Brothers'
Self
Don't Eat the Pictures: Sesame Street at the Metropolitan Museum of Art
Bert / Cookie Monster / Grover (voice)
Sesame Street: Elmo Says BOO!
Bert (voice)
Best Ever Muppet Moments
Self
Disney Legends Awards Ceremony
Self
Disneyland's 35th Anniversary Special
Miss Piggy (voice)
Sesame Street: Play All Day with Elmo!
Jim Henson's Memorial Service
Sesame Street: Bert & Ernie's Word Play
Bert / Cookie Monster (credit song) / T-Shirt Salesman / Fat Blue Anything Muppet in Fat Cat (voice) (archive footage)
When Star Wars Ruled the World
Self
A Walking Tour of Sesame Street
Grover / Cookie Monster / Bert (archive footage)
I Am Big Bird: The Caroll Spinney Story
Self
SP FX: The Empire Strikes Back
Yoda
Holiday Greetings from 'The Ed Sullivan Show'
Miss Piggy
The Muppet Script
Self (archive footage)
Fuzzy Head
Production
Getting Ready to Read
Bert / Grover / Cookie Monster (voice)
In Their Own Words: Jim Henson
Self - Friend & Muppet Performer
Making "The Score"
Himself
The Great Santa Claus Switch
Thig / Skippity / Hoppity / Boppity / Snerf (voice)
The Very Best of the Muppet Show: Volume 3
Fozzie Bear / Miss Piggy / Sam the Eagle / Animal / Wolf
Free to Be... a Family
Miss Piggy (voice)
Muppet Treasures
Fozzie Bear / Miss Piggy / Animal
Muppet Music Moments
Self
Sesame Street: Monster Hits!
Cookie Monster (voice) / Grover (voice) / Clancy (voice)
The Muppets Go to the Movies
Miss Piggy / Fozzie Bear / Animal / Sam Eagle
Sing! Sesame Street Remembers Joe Raposo and His Music
Self
Of Muppets & Men
Self
The Fantastic Miss Piggy Show
Miss Piggy / Fozzie Bear / Animal (voice)
Julie Andrews: One Step Into Spring
Miss Piggy / Fozzie Bear
S.P.I.C.
Production
Christmas Eve on Sesame Street
Bert / Cookie Monster / Grover (voice)
Muppet History 101
Emmet Otter's Jug-Band Christmas
Chuck (voice)
Sesame Street Stays Up Late!
Bert/Grover/Cookie Monster/Uncle Hank(voice)
Time Piece
Messenger boy
Muppet Video: Rowlf's Rhapsodies with the Muppets
Miss Piggy / Fozzie Bear (voice)
Sesame Street: Learning About Letters
Cookie Monster/Bert/Grover/Princess Penelope (voice)
Kagayake! Gorō Mapetto Geba Geba 90-pun!
George the Janitor, Fozzie Bear
Jim Henson: His Sesame Street Story
A Sesame Street Christmas Carol
Bert (voice) (archive footage)
Julie on Sesame Street
The Bob Hope All Star Christmas Comedy Special
Miss Piggy / Fozzie Bear
The Muppets at Walt Disney World
Miss Piggy / Fozzie Bear / Animal (voice)
Sesame Street: Sing Along
Rocky Mountain Holiday with John Denver and the Muppets
Miss Piggy / Fozzie Bear / Animal / Gramps (voice)
The Orson Welles Show
Self / Fozzie Bear / Animal / Sam Eagle (voice)
The Muppet Musicians of Bremen
Rat (voice)
The Very Best of the Muppet Show: Volume 2
Fozzie Bear / Miss Piggy / Animal / Sam the Eagle
From Puppets to Pixels: Digital Characters in 'Episode II'
Self / Yoda
Tales from Muppetland: The Frog Prince
Gawain (voice)
Sesame Street: 50 Years and Counting
Cookie Monster
Children's Songs and Stories with the Muppets
Miss Piggy (voice)
Hip Hip Parade!
Fozzie Bear
Echoes of Violence
Dante
Henson's Place: The Man Behind the Muppets
Frank Oz (self)
Jim Henson: Behind the Seams
The Muppet Revue
Fozzie Bear / Miss Piggy (voice)
Sesame Street: 25 Wonderful Years: A Musical Celebration!
Grover
The Best of Ernie and Bert
Bert
Sesame Street: Elmo's Sing-Along Guessing Game
Grover(voice)
Sesame Street: Cookie Monster's Best Bites
Cookie Monster (voice)
Films Are Not Released, They Escape
Self
Jim Henson's Tales from Muppetland
Sesame Street: Do the Alphabet
Cookie Monster / Green (voice) (archive footage)
Muppet Side Splitter
Grump (voice)
Muppets Magic from 'The Ed Sullivan Show!'
Muppet Performer
Sesame Street: Kid's Guide to Life: Learning to Share
Cookie Monster
The Royal Variety Performance 1977
The Muppets on Puppets
Self
This Way to Sesame Street
Bert
John Denver and the Muppets: A Christmas Together
Miss Piggy / Fozzie Bear / Animal (voice)
Big Bird in China
Bert / Grover / Cookie Monster (voice)
Muppet Guys Talking: A Special Conversation to Honor Jim Henson
Self
Sesame Street: A Celebration of Me, Grover
Grover (voice) (archive footage)
The World of 'The Dark Crystal'
Self
Sesame Street: Sleepytime Songs & Stories
Bert / Grover (Bedtime Stories and Songs) / Cookie Monster (Bedtime Stories and Songs) / Tallest and Smallest People (Bedtime Stories & Songs) (voice)
Sesame Street: Elmo's Potty Time
Grover (voice)
Sesame Street Pitch Reel
Scoop / Beautiful Day Monster (voice)
Muppet Guys Talking: Secrets Behind the Show the Whole World Watched
Self
The Muppet Introduction
Sam the Eagle
The Best of Kermit on Sesame Street
Grover (voice)
Miss Piggy's Hollywood
Miss Piggy / Fozzie Bear
Muppet Video: The Kermit and Piggy Story
Miss Piggy (voice)
Muppet Picker Upper
Sam the Eagle (voice)
Run, Run
Camera
An Evening with Jim Henson and Frank Oz
Self
Jerry Nelson: A Celebratory Birthday Animatic
Grover (voice) / Cookie Monster (voice) / others (voice)
Hey, You're as Funny as Fozzie Bear
Fozzie Bear (voice)
Sesame Street: Learning About Numbers
Grover / Fat Blue Tarnish Brother (voice)
Jim Henson: Commercials and Experiments
The Paperwork Explosion
Reflections of 'The Dark Crystal'
Self
50 Years of Television: A Golden Celebration
Miss Piggy
Muppet Gimme a Break
Grump
Sesame Street- Do you know where Ernie lives?
Self
Muppet Breakthrough
Grump
Muppet Breaker Upper
Grump / Quongo
Meal Break
Grump
Just a Few Announcements
Sam the Eagle
fozzie descuido venga la alegría
Fozzie
The Vent Event
Fozzie Bear
The Muppets Take Scripthatten
Writing
Let's Have the Dam Break
Grump
Grump Critic
Grump