Frank Oz

Acting • Born 1944-05-25

Acting2Hereford, Herefordshire, England, UK

Biography

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.

Filmography

190 credits

The Blues Brothers

Movie • 1980

Corrections Officer

Monsters, Inc.

Movie • 2001

Jeff Fungus (voice)

Trading Places

Movie • 1983

Corrupt Cop

Muppets from Space

Movie • 1999

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

The Empire Strikes Back

Movie • 1980

Yoda (Voice)

Return of the Jedi

Movie • 1983

Yoda (voice)

Star Wars: Episode I - The Phantom Menace

Movie • 1999

Yoda (voice)

Star Wars: Episode II - Attack of the Clones

Movie • 2002

Yoda (voice)

Star Wars: Episode III - Revenge of the Sith

Movie • 2005

Yoda (voice)

The Muppet Movie

Movie • 1979

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

Zathura: A Space Adventure

Movie • 2005

Robot (voice)

Sesame Street: Sing Yourself Silly!

Movie • 1990

(archive footage) (voice)

The Muppets Take Manhattan

Movie • 1984

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

Of Muppets & Men

Movie • 1981

Self

Spies Like Us

Movie • 1985

Test Monitor

A Sesame Street Christmas Carol

Movie • 2006

Bert (voice) (archive footage)

A Muppet Family Christmas

Movie • 1987

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

Innocent Blood

Movie • 1992

Pathologist

The Muppets Celebrate Jim Henson

Movie • 1990

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

I Love Liberty

Movie • 1982

Miss Piggy / Fozzie Bear (voice)

Follow That Bird

Movie • 1985

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

Henson's Place: The Man Behind the Muppets

Movie • 1984

Frank Oz (self)

The Great Muppet Caper

Movie • 1981

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

Films Are Not Released, They Escape

Movie • 2002

Self

Sesame Street: Learning About Letters

Movie • 1986

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

The Muppet Revue

Movie • 1985

Fozzie Bear / Miss Piggy (voice)

Muppet Video: Rowlf's Rhapsodies with the Muppets

Movie • 1985

Miss Piggy / Fozzie Bear (voice)

Muppet Treasures

Movie • 1985

Fozzie Bear / Miss Piggy / Animal

The Muppet Musicians of Bremen

Movie • 1972

Rat (voice)

The Muppets at Walt Disney World

Movie • 1990

Miss Piggy / Fozzie Bear / Animal (voice)

Tales from Muppetland: The Frog Prince

Movie • 1971

Gawain (voice)

Being Elmo: A Puppeteer's Journey

Movie • 2011

Self

Rocky Mountain Holiday with John Denver and the Muppets

Movie • 1983

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

Free to Be... a Family

Movie • 1988

Miss Piggy (voice)

The Fantastic Miss Piggy Show

Movie • 1982

Miss Piggy / Fozzie Bear / Animal (voice)

The Muppets Go Hollywood

Movie • 1979

Various Muppets

The World of 'The Dark Crystal'

Movie • 1983

Self

The Muppets on Puppets

Movie • 1970

Self

The Great Santa Claus Switch

Movie • 1970

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

Reflections of 'The Dark Crystal'

Movie • 2007

Self

50 Years of Television: A Golden Celebration

Movie • 1989

Miss Piggy

Howard

Movie • 2018

Self (archive footage)

Children's Songs and Stories with the Muppets

Movie • 1985

Miss Piggy (voice)

Sesame Street: Elmo Says BOO!

Movie • 1997

Bert (voice)

Sesame Street: Sing Along

Movie • 1987

Jerry Nelson: A Celebratory Birthday Animatic

Movie • 2022

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

Sesame Street Pitch Reel

Movie • 1969

Scoop / Beautiful Day Monster (voice)

Hip Hip Parade!

Movie • 1978

Fozzie Bear

Muppet Picker Upper

Movie • 1975

Sam the Eagle (voice)

Sesame Street: Elmo's Potty Time

Movie • 2006

Grover (voice)

The Very Best of the Muppet Show

Movie • 1999

Fozzie Bear / Miss Piggy / Animal / Sam the Eagle

The Very Best of the Muppet Show: Volume 2

Movie • 1999

Fozzie Bear / Miss Piggy / Animal / Sam the Eagle

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

Movie • 1983

Bert / Cookie Monster / Grover (voice)

The Very Best of the Muppet Show: Volume 3

Movie • 2001

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

The Paperwork Explosion

Movie • 1967

Sesame Street: Do the Alphabet

Movie • 1996

Cookie Monster / Green (voice) (archive footage)

Sesame Street: Cookie Monster's Best Bites

Movie • 2004

Cookie Monster (voice)

Sesame Street: Elmopalooza!

Movie • 1998

Grover / Cookie Monster / Bert (voice)

I Am Big Bird: The Caroll Spinney Story

Movie • 2015

Self

Jim Henson: Commercials and Experiments

Movie • 2004

Muppet History 101

Movie • 2004

Muppet Music Moments

Movie • 2004

Self

Jim Henson's Tales from Muppetland

Movie • 2009

Jim Henson: Behind the Seams

Movie • 2014

Jim Henson: His Sesame Street Story

Movie • 2009

Inside Out 2

Movie • 2024

Mind Cop Dave (voice)

Muppets Magic from 'The Ed Sullivan Show!'

Movie • 2003

Muppet Performer

When Star Wars Ruled the World

Movie • 2004

Self

In Their Own Words: Jim Henson

Movie • 2015

Self - Friend & Muppet Performer

Time Piece

Movie • 1965

Messenger boy

Jim Henson Idea Man

Movie • 2024

Self

Inside Out

Movie • 2015

Subconscious Guard Dave (voice)

An American Werewolf in London

Movie • 1981

Mr. Collins

Empire of Dreams: The Story of the Star Wars Trilogy

Movie • 2004

Self

Star Wars: The Force Awakens

Movie • 2015

Yoda (archive sound) (uncredited)

SP FX: The Empire Strikes Back

Movie • 1980

Yoda

The Adventures of Elmo in Grouchland

Movie • 1999

Bert / Grover / Cookie Monster (voice)

The Beginning: Making Episode I

Movie • 2001

Self

Miss Piggy's Hollywood

Movie • 1989

Miss Piggy / Fozzie Bear

Disney Legends Awards Ceremony

Movie • 2024

Self

Sesame Street: Elmo Saves Christmas

Movie • 1996

Cookie Monster (voice)

Hey, You're as Funny as Fozzie Bear

Movie • 1988

Fozzie Bear (voice)

Christmas Eve on Sesame Street

Movie • 1978

Bert / Cookie Monster / Grover (voice)

CinderElmo

Movie • 1999

Bert / Grover / Cookie Monster (voice)

Out to Lunch

Movie • 1974

Bert / Cookie Monster / Grover (voice)

The Story of Star Wars

Movie • 2004

Yoda (archive footage)

An Evening with Jim Henson and Frank Oz

Movie • 1989

Self

Muppet Treasure Island

Movie • 1996

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

The Great Gilly Hopkins

Movie • 2015

Cookie Monster (voice)

Sesame Street: Monster Hits!

Movie • 1990

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

Emmet Otter's Jug-Band Christmas

Movie • 1977

Chuck (voice)

Muppet Classic Theater

Movie • 1994

Miss Piggy / Fozzie Bear (voice)

Star Wars: The Last Jedi

Movie • 2017

Yoda (voice)

The Muppets Go to the Movies

Movie • 1981

Miss Piggy / Fozzie Bear / Animal / Sam Eagle

John Denver and the Muppets: A Christmas Together

Movie • 1979

Miss Piggy / Fozzie Bear / Animal (voice)

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

Movie • 2017

Self

From Puppets to Pixels: Digital Characters in 'Episode II'

Movie • 2002

Self / Yoda

The Director and the Jedi

Movie • 2018

Self

The Orson Welles Show

Movie • 1979

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

Sesame Street: 25 Wonderful Years: A Musical Celebration!

Movie • 1993

Grover

Muppet Video: The Kermit and Piggy Story

Movie • 1985

Miss Piggy (voice)

Knives Out

Movie • 2019

Alan Stevens

Classic Creatures: Return of the Jedi

Movie • 1983

Self

Sing! Sesame Street Remembers Joe Raposo and His Music

Movie • 1990

Self

Sesame Street: Put Down the Duckie

Movie • 1988

Bert/Grover/Cookie Monster (voice)

Muppet Side Splitter

Movie • 1981

Grump (voice)

Labyrinth

Movie • 1986

The Wiseman

Star Wars: The Rise of Skywalker

Movie • 2019

Yoda (voice)

The Stories Behind the Making of 'The Blues Brothers'

Movie • 1998

Self

Sesame Street: Kid's Guide to Life: Learning to Share

Movie • 1996

Cookie Monster

Hey Cinderella!

Movie • 1969

Stepsister #1 / Splurge (voice)

Big Bird in China

Movie • 1983

Bert / Grover / Cookie Monster (voice)

The Muppets: A Celebration of 30 Years

Movie • 1986

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

I Love Muppets

Movie • 2002

Self

The World of Jim Henson

Movie • 1994

Self / Miss Piggy / Fozzie Bear

Best Ever Muppet Moments

Movie • 2006

Self

Blues Brothers 2000

Movie • 1998

Warden

The Best of Ernie and Bert

Movie • 1988

Bert

Muppet Guys Talking: A Special Conversation to Honor Jim Henson

Movie • 2020

Self

Julie on Sesame Street

Movie • 1973

Disneyland's 35th Anniversary Special

Movie • 1990

Miss Piggy (voice)

The Muppet Christmas Carol

Movie • 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)

Sesame Street: 50 Years and Counting

Movie • 2019

Cookie Monster

Sesame Street: Bert & Ernie's Word Play

Movie • 2002

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

Sesame Street: Quiet Time

Movie • 1997

Bert ("Naptime") (voice)

Sesame Street: Sleepytime Songs & Stories

Movie • 1986

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