Frank Oz
From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia. Frank Oz (born Richard Frank Oznowicz; May 25, 1944) is a British-born American film director, actor, voice actor and puppeteer who is known for creating and performing the characters Miss Piggy and Fozzie Bear in The Muppet Show and for directing films, including the 1986 Little Shop Of Horrors remake and Dirty Rotten Scoundrels. He is also the operator and voice of Yoda in the Star Wars series. Description above from the Wikipedia article Frank Oz, licensed under CC-BY-SA, full list of contributors on Wikipedia .
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- Born:
- May 25, 1944 In Hereford, Herefordshire, England, United Kingdom
- Movie/TV Credits:
- 123
- First Appeared:
- In the series Sesame Street: Play with Me Sesame
- Latest Project:
- Movie The Muppet Script 2025-02-09
Known For
Filmography
| Series | Sesame Street: Play with Me Sesame | 2026 | |
| Movie | The Muppet Script | Self (archive footage) | 2025-02-09 |
| Movie | Jim Henson Idea Man | Self | 2024-05-18 |
| Movie | Echoes of Violence | Dante | 2021-03-20 |
| Movie | Street Gang: How We Got to Sesame Street | Self (archive footage) | 2021-04-23 |
| Series | Star Wars: Jedi Temple Challenge | Yoda (voice) | 2020-06-10 |
| Movie | Star Wars: The Rise of Skywalker | Yoda (voice) | 2019-12-18 |
| Movie | Knives Out | Alan Stevens | 2019-11-27 |
| Movie | The Director and the Jedi | Self | 2018-03-12 |
| Movie | Howard | Self (archive footage) | 2018-04-22 |
| Movie | Star Wars: The Last Jedi | Yoda (voice) | 2017-12-13 |
| Movie | Muppet Guys Talking: Secrets Behind the Show the Whole World Watched | Self | 2017-03-12 |
| Movie | I Am Big Bird: The Caroll Spinney Story | Self | 2015-05-06 |
| Movie | Inside Out | Subconscious Guard Dave (voice) | 2015-06-17 |
| Movie | The Great Gilly Hopkins | Cookie Monster (voice) | 2015-10-05 |
| Movie | Star Wars: The Force Awakens | Yoda (archive sound) (uncredited) | 2015-12-15 |
| Movie | In Their Own Words: Jim Henson | Self - Friend & Muppet Performer | 2015-09-15 |
| Movie | Jim Henson: Behind the Seams | 2014-06-21 | |
| Movie | Monsters University | Fungus (voice) | 2013-06-19 |
| Movie | Being Elmo: A Puppeteer's Journey | Self | 2011-10-21 |
| Movie | The Muppets | The Snowths (voice) (archive footage) | 2011-11-22 |
| Movie | Jim Henson's Tales from Muppetland | 2009-07-28 | |
| Movie | Jim Henson: His Sesame Street Story | 2009-12-12 | |
| Movie | Reflections of 'The Dark Crystal' | Himself | 2007-08-01 |
| Movie | Best Ever Muppet Moments | Self | 2006-03-11 |
| Movie | Sesame Street: Elmo's Potty Time | Grover (voice) | 2006-08-22 |
| Movie | Treasures Untold: The Making of Disney's 'The Little Mermaid' | Self | 2006-10-03 |
| Movie | A Sesame Street Christmas Carol | Bert (voice) (archive footage) | 2006-12-01 |
| Movie | Star Wars: Episode III - Revenge of the Sith | Yoda (voice) | 2005-05-17 |
| Movie | Zathura: A Space Adventure | Robot (voice) | 2005-11-06 |
| Movie | The Story of Star Wars | Yoda (archive footage) | 2004-08-18 |
| Movie | When Star Wars Ruled the World | Self | 2004-09-18 |
| Movie | Sesame Street: Cookie Monster's Best Bites | Cookie Monster (voice) | 2004-01-27 |
| Movie | Muppet History 101 | 2004-11-21 | |
| Movie | Muppet Music Moments | Self | 2004-11-20 |
| Movie | Jim Henson: Commercials and Experiments | 2004-11-20 | |
| Movie | Empire of Dreams: The Story of the Star Wars Trilogy | Self | 2004-09-20 |
| Movie | Sesame Street: Let's Eat! Funny Food Songs | Grover / Cookie Monster (voice) | 2003-01-01 |
| Movie | I Love Muppets | Self | 2002-03-31 |
| Movie | Star Wars: Episode II - Attack of the Clones | Yoda (voice) | 2002-05-15 |
| Movie | Films Are Not Released, They Escape | Self | 2002-11-12 |
| Movie | From Puppets to Pixels: Digital Characters in 'Episode II' | Self / Yoda | 2002-11-12 |
| Movie | 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) | 2002-05-31 |
| Movie | The Beginning: Making Episode I | Self | 2001-10-16 |
| Movie | Monsters, Inc. | Jeff Fungus (voice) | 2001-11-01 |
| Movie | Making "The Score" | Himself | 2001-12-11 |
| Movie | CinderElmo | Bert / Grover / Cookie Monster (voice) | 1999-01-01 |
| Movie | The Very Best of the Muppet Show | Fozzie Bear / Miss Piggy / Animal / Sam the Eagle | 1999-05-17 |
| Movie | Muppets from Space | Miss Piggy / Fozzie Bear / Animal / Sam the Eagle (voice) | 1999-07-14 |
| Movie | The Very Best of the Muppet Show: Volume 2 | Fozzie Bear / Miss Piggy / Animal / Sam the Eagle | 1999-05-17 |
| Movie | The Adventures of Elmo in Grouchland | Bert / Grover / Cookie Monster (voice) | 1999-10-01 |
| Movie | Star Wars: Episode I - The Phantom Menace | Yoda (voice) | 1999-05-19 |
| Movie | Blues Brothers 2000 | Warden | 1998-02-05 |
| Movie | The Stories Behind the Making of 'The Blues Brothers' | Self | 1998-09-08 |
| Movie | Sesame Street: Elmopalooza! | Grover / Cookie Monster / Bert (voice) | 1998-02-20 |
| Movie | Sesame Street: Elmo Says BOO! | Bert (voice) | 1997-07-08 |
| Movie | Sesame Street: Elmo Saves Christmas | Cookie Monster (voice) | 1996-12-24 |
| Movie | Sesame Street: Do the Alphabet | Cookie Monster / Green (voice) (archive footage) | 1996-02-06 |
| Movie | Muppet Treasure Island | Miss Piggy / Fozzie Bear / Sam the Eagle / Animal (voice) | 1996-02-16 |
| Series | Muppets Tonight | Miss Piggy / Fozzie Bear / Animal / George the Janitor | 1996-03-08 |
| Movie | Sesame Street | All-Star 25th Birthday: Stars and Street Forever! | Bert / Grover (archive footage) | 1994-05-18 |
| Movie | The World of Jim Henson | Self / Miss Piggy / Fozzie Bear | 1994-11-23 |
| Movie | Muppet Classic Theater | Miss Piggy / Fozzie Bear (voice) | 1994-09-27 |
| Movie | Sesame Street: 25 Wonderful Years: A Musical Celebration! | Grover | 1993-10-29 |
| Movie | Innocent Blood | Pathologist | 1992-09-25 |
| Movie | Home Alone 2: Lost in New York | Man putting money into donation bucket (uncredited) | 1992-11-15 |
| Movie | Holiday Greetings from 'The Ed Sullivan Show' | Miss Piggy | 1992-12-25 |
| Movie | 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) | 1992-12-11 |
| Movie | Sesame Street: Monster Hits! | Cookie Monster (voice) / Grover (voice) / Clancy (voice) | 1990-01-01 |
| Movie | Sesame Street: Sing Yourself Silly! | 1990-04-30 | |
| Movie | Sing! Sesame Street Remembers Joe Raposo and His Music | Self | 1990-05-16 |
| Movie | The Muppets Celebrate Jim Henson | Self / Miss Piggy / Fozzie Bear / Animal / Bert / Sam the Eagle (voice) | 1990-11-21 |
| Movie | The Muppets at Walt Disney World | Miss Piggy / Fozzie Bear / Animal (voice) | 1990-05-06 |
| Series | The Jim Henson Hour | 1989-04-14 | |
| Movie | Hey, You're as Funny as Fozzie Bear | Fozzie Bear (voice) | 1988-06-01 |
| Movie | Free to Be... a Family | Miss Piggy (voice) | 1988-12-14 |
| Movie | Sesame Street | Put Down the Duckie: An All-Star Musical Special | Muppet Performer | 1988-10-05 |
| Movie | A Muppet Family Christmas | Miss Piggy / Fozzy Bear / Animal / Sam the Eagle / Bert / Grover / Cookie Monster | 1987-12-16 |
| Movie | Sesame Street: Sing Along | 1987-01-01 | |
| Movie | Labyrinth | The Wiseman | 1986-06-27 |
| Movie | Follow That Bird | Cookie Monster / Bert / Grover / Additional Muppets (voice) | 1985-08-02 |
| Series | Jim Henson's Little Muppet Monsters | 1985-09-14 | |
| Movie | Spies Like Us | Test Monitor | 1985-12-06 |
| Movie | The Muppets Take Manhattan | Miss Piggy / Fozzie / Animal / Bert / Cookie Monster / Ocean Breeze Soap Board Member / Sam the Eagle (voice) | 1984-06-27 |
| Movie | Henson's Place: The Man Behind the Muppets | Frank Oz (self) | 1984-01-01 |
| Movie | Rocky Mountain Holiday with John Denver and the Muppets | Miss Piggy / Fozzie Bear / Animal / Gramps (voice) | 1983-05-12 |
| Movie | Return of the Jedi | Yoda (voice) | 1983-05-25 |
| Movie | The World of 'The Dark Crystal' | Self | 1983-01-09 |
| Movie | Don't Eat the Pictures: Sesame Street at the Metropolitan Museum of Art | Bert / Cookie Monster / Grover (voice) | 1983-11-16 |
| Movie | Classic Creatures: Return of the Jedi | Self | 1983-11-21 |
| Movie | Trading Places | Corrupt Cop | 1983-06-07 |
| Movie | Big Bird in China | Bert / Grover / Cookie Monster (voice) | 1983-05-29 |
| Movie | Return of the Ewok | Yoda (voice) | 1982-01-01 |
| Movie | The Dark Crystal | Aughra, a Keeper of Secrets / Chamberlain | 1982-12-17 |
| Movie | The Fantastic Miss Piggy Show | Miss Piggy / Fozzie Bear / Animal (voice) | 1982-09-17 |
| Movie | Night of 100 Stars | Miss Piggy (voice) | 1982-03-08 |
| Movie | The Muppets Go to the Movies | Miss Piggy / Fozzie Bear / Animal / Sam Eagle | 1981-05-20 |
| Movie | An American Werewolf in London | Mr. Collins | 1981-08-21 |
| Movie | Of Muppets & Men | Self | 1981-10-31 |
| Movie | The Great Muppet Caper | Miss Piggy / Fozzie Bear / Sam the Eagle / Animal (voice) | 1981-06-26 |
| Movie | The Empire Strikes Back | Yoda (Voice) | 1980-05-20 |
| Movie | The Blues Brothers | Corrections Officer | 1980-06-16 |
| Movie | SP FX: The Empire Strikes Back | Yoda | 1980-09-22 |
| Movie | The Orson Welles Show | Self / Fozzie Bear / Animal / Sam Eagle (voice) | 1979-02-01 |
| Movie | Meal Break | Grump | 1979-01-02 |
| Movie | The Muppets Go Hollywood | Various Muppets | 1979-05-16 |
| Movie | John Denver and the Muppets: A Christmas Together | Miss Piggy / Fozzie Bear / Animal (voice) | 1979-12-05 |
| Movie | The Muppet Movie | Miss Piggy / Fozzie Bear / Animal / Sam the Eagle / Doc Hopper's Men / Marvin Suggs / Swedish Chef (hands) / Motorcycle Guy (voice) | 1979-06-22 |
| Movie | A Walking Tour of Sesame Street | Grover / Cookie Monster / Bert (archive footage) | 1979-03-01 |
| Movie | Christmas Eve on Sesame Street | Bert / Cookie Monster / Grover (voice) | 1978-12-03 |
| Movie | Emmet Otter's Jug-Band Christmas | Chuck (voice) | 1977-12-04 |
| Movie | The Bob Hope All Star Christmas Comedy Special | Miss Piggy / Fozzie Bear | 1977-12-19 |
| Series | The Muppet Show | Miss Piggy / Fozzie Bear / Animal / Sam Eagle / Marvin Suggs / George the Janitor (voice) | 1976-09-05 |
| Movie | Out to Lunch | Bert / Cookie Monster / Grover (voice) | 1974-12-10 |
| Movie | Julie on Sesame Street | 1973-11-23 | |
| Movie | The Muppet Musicians of Bremen | Rat (voice) | 1972-04-26 |
| Movie | Tales from Muppetland: The Frog Prince | Gawain (voice) | 1971-05-12 |
| Movie | The Great Santa Claus Switch | Thig / Skippity / Hoppity / Boppity / Snerf (voice) | 1970-12-05 |
| Movie | The Muppets on Puppets | Self | 1970-01-05 |
| Series | Sesame Unpaved | 1969-11-10 | |
| Movie | Hey Cinderella! | Stepsister #1 / Splurge (voice) | 1969-03-16 |
| Series | Sesame Street | Bert | 1969-11-10 |
| Movie | Time Piece | Messenger boy | 1965-05-07 |