Frank Oz
Acting
Born: May 25, 1944 (age 82) · Hereford, Herefordshire, England, UK
Highest Rated
Biography
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.
Known for
Inside Out
2015
Star Wars: The Force Awakens
2015
Monsters, Inc.
2001
The Empire Strikes Back
1980
Return of the Jedi
1983
Star Wars: The Last Jedi
2017
Star Wars: Episode I - The Phantom Menace
1999
Star Wars: Episode III - Revenge of the Sith
2005
Star Wars: Episode II - Attack of the Clones
2002
Knives Out
2019
Star Wars: The Rise of Skywalker
2019
Home Alone 2: Lost in New York
1992
Photos (3)
Movies (119)
Inside Out 2
Mind Cop Dave (voice)
Inside Out
Subconscious Guard Dave (voice)
Monsters, Inc.
Jeff Fungus (voice)
Knives Out
Alan Stevens
Star Wars: The Force Awakens
Yoda (archive sound) (uncredited)
Star Wars: The Rise of Skywalker
Yoda (voice)
Star Wars: Episode III - Revenge of the Sith
Yoda (voice)
Star Wars: The Last Jedi
Yoda (voice)
The Empire Strikes Back
Yoda (Voice)
Star Wars: Episode I - The Phantom Menace
Yoda (voice)
Star Wars: Episode II - Attack of the Clones
Yoda (voice)
Return of the Jedi
Yoda (voice)
Home Alone 2: Lost in New York
Man Putting Money into Donation Bucket (uncredited)
The Blues Brothers
Corrections Officer
Trading Places
Corrupt Cop
Zathura: A Space Adventure
Robot (voice)
The Dark Crystal
Aughra, a Keeper of Secrets / Chamberlain
The Muppet Movie
Miss Piggy / Fozzie Bear / Animal / Sam the Eagle / Doc Hopper's Men / Marvin Suggs / Swedish Chef (hands) / Motorcycle Guy (voice)
Labyrinth
The Wiseman
An American Werewolf in London
Mr. Collins
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 Great Muppet Caper
Miss Piggy / Fozzie Bear / Animal / Sam the Eagle / Gramps / Swedish Chef (voice)
The Great Gilly Hopkins
Cookie Monster (voice)
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)
The Adventures of Elmo in Grouchland
Bert / Grover / Cookie Monster (voice)
Blues Brothers 2000
Warden
Follow That Bird
Cookie Monster / Bert / Grover / Additional Muppets (voice)
Muppet Treasure Island
Miss Piggy / Fozzie Bear / Sam the Eagle / Animal (voice)
Muppets from Space
Miss Piggy / Fozzie Bear / Animal / Sam the Eagle (voice)
Innocent Blood
Pathologist
Sesame Street's 25th Birthday: A Musical Celebration
Bert / Grover / Cookie Monster (voice)
A Muppet Family Christmas
Miss Piggy / Fozzy Bear / Animal / Sam the Eagle / Bert / Grover / Cookie Monster
A Sesame Street Christmas Carol
Bert (voice) (archive footage)
The Muppets: A Celebration of 30 Years
Fozzie Bear / Miss Piggy / Sam the Eagle / Bert / Animal / Grover / Cookie Monster / Marvin Suggs (voice)
The Fantastic Miss Piggy Show
Miss Piggy / Fozzie Bear / Animal (voice)
Sesame Street: Let's Eat! Funny Food Songs
Grover / Cookie Monster (voice)
Sesame Street | All-Star 25th Birthday: Stars and Street Forever!
Bert / Grover (archive footage)
Sesame Street: Elmopalooza!
Grover / Cookie Monster / Bert (voice)
The Muppets at Walt Disney World
Miss Piggy / Fozzie Bear / Animal (voice)
Sesame Street Stays Up Late!
Bert/Grover/Cookie Monster/Uncle Hank(voice)
The Story of Star Wars
Yoda (archive footage)
I Love Liberty
Miss Piggy / Fozzie Bear (voice)
Disneyland's 35th Anniversary Celebration
Miss Piggy (voice)
Emmet Otter's Jug-Band Christmas
Chuck (voice)
The Great Santa Claus Switch
Thig / Skippity / Hoppity / Boppity / Snerf (voice)
The Muppets Go Hollywood
Miss Piggy / Fozzie Bear / Animal / Sam the Eagle (voice)
Night of 100 Stars
Miss Piggy (voice)
Sesame Street: Elmo Saves Christmas
Cookie Monster (voice)
Sesame Street: Monster Hits!
Cookie Monster (voice) / Grover (voice) / Clancy (voice)
Sesame Street: Quiet Time
Bert ("Naptime") (voice)
Out to Lunch
Bert / Cookie Monster / Grover (voice)
Christmas Eve on Sesame Street
Bert / Cookie Monster / Grover (voice)
Sesame Street: Sing Yourself Silly!
(archive footage) (voice)
Sesame Street: Learning About Letters
Cookie Monster/Bert/Grover/Princess Penelope (voice)
Time Piece
Messenger Boy
Sesame Street: Kid's Guide to Life: Learning to Share
Cookie Monster
Sesame Street: Elmo's Potty Time
Grover (voice)
Muppets Magic from 'The Ed Sullivan Show!'
Muppet Performer
The Very Best of the Muppet Show
Fozzie Bear / Miss Piggy / Animal / Sam the Eagle
John Denver and the Muppets: A Christmas Together
Miss Piggy / Fozzie Bear / Animal (voice)
Muppet Treasures
Fozzie Bear / Miss Piggy / Animal
Sesame Street: 50 Years and Counting
Grover / Cookie Monster / Various Characters
A Walking Tour of Sesame Street
Grover / Cookie Monster / Bert (archive footage)
Hip Hip Parade!
Fozzie Bear
Sesame Street: A Celebration of Me, Grover
Grover (voice) (archive footage)
Free to Be... a Family
Miss Piggy (voice)
Sesame Street: 25 Wonderful Years: A Musical Celebration!
Grover
The Best of Ernie and Bert
Bert
The Very Best of the Muppet Show: Volume 3
Fozzie Bear / Miss Piggy / Sam the Eagle / Animal / Wolf
The Muppets Go to the Movies
Miss Piggy / Fozzie Bear / Sam the Eagle (voice)
Sesame Street: Elmo Says BOO!
Bert (voice)
Echoes of Violence
Dante
The Muppet Musicians of Bremen
Rat (voice)
Return of the Ewok
Yoda
Jim Henson's Memorial Service
1990
Sesame Street: Elmo's World: The Street We Live On!
Cookie Monster / Bert / Grover (voice)
Sesame Street: Sing Along
1987
Sesame Street Pitch Reel
Scoop / Beautiful Day Monster (voice)
Jerry Nelson: A Celebratory Birthday Animatic
Grover (voice) / Cookie Monster (voice) / others (voice)
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)
Big Bird in China
Bert / Grover / Cookie Monster (voice)
fozzie descuido venga la alegría
Fozzie
Orson Welles: The One-Man Band
1995
Sesame Street: Put Down the Duckie
Bert / Grover / Cookie Monster (voice)
Sesame Street: Elmo's Sing-Along Guessing Game
Grover(voice)
Julie Andrews: One Step Into Spring
Miss Piggy / Fozzie Bear
Sesame Street: Learning About Numbers
Grover / Fat Blue Tarnish Brother (voice)
Hey Cinderella!
Stepsister #1 / Splurge (voice)
The Muppet Revue
Fozzie Bear / Miss Piggy (voice)
Miss Piggy's Hollywood
Miss Piggy / Fozzie Bear
Sesame Street: Play All Day with Elmo!
2015
Don't Eat the Pictures: Sesame Street at the Metropolitan Museum of Art
Bert / Cookie Monster / Grover (voice)
The Very Best of the Muppet Show: Volume 2
Fozzie Bear / Miss Piggy / Animal / Sam the Eagle
Sesame Street: Do the Alphabet
Cookie Monster / Green (voice) (archive footage)
Hey, You're as Funny as Fozzie Bear
Fozzie Bear (voice)
Sesame Street: Cookie Monster's Best Bites
Cookie Monster (voice)
50 Years of Television: A Golden Celebration
Miss Piggy
Meal Break
Grump
Sesame Street: Elmo's World: Flowers, Bananas & More!
Prince Charming (voice)
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)
Children's Songs and Stories with the Muppets
Miss Piggy (voice)
Muppet Side Splitter
Grump (voice)
Let's Have the Dam Break
Grump
The Muppet Introduction
Sam the Eagle
This Way to Sesame Street
Bert
Julie on Sesame Street
Bert/ Cookie Monster/ Grover (voice)
Muppet Classic Theater
Miss Piggy / Fozzie Bear (voice)
Grump Critic
Grump
The Best of Kermit on Sesame Street
Grover (voice)
Muppet Video: The Kermit and Piggy Story
Miss Piggy (voice)
Rocky Mountain Holiday with John Denver and the Muppets
Miss Piggy / Fozzie Bear / Animal / Gramps (voice)
Muppet Picker Upper
Sam the Eagle (voice)
Just a Few Announcements
Sam the Eagle
Tales from Muppetland: The Frog Prince
Gawain (voice)
Kagayake! Gorō Mapetto Geba Geba 90-pun!
George the Janitor, Fozzie Bear
CinderElmo
Bert / Grover / Cookie Monster (voice)
Getting Ready to Read
Bert / Grover / Cookie Monster (voice)
The Paperwork Explosion
1967
TV Shows (17)
Sesame Street
Bert/Cookie Monster/Grover · 3656 eps
Saturday Night Live
The Mighty Favog (voice) · 10 eps
Saturday Night Live
The Flood (voice) · 1 eps
Great Performances
Miss Piggy (voice) · 1 eps
Star Wars Rebels
Yoda (voice) · 2 eps
The Oscars
Miss Piggy · 1 eps
An Audience with...
Miss Piggy · 1 eps
The Muppet Show
Miss Piggy / Fozzie Bear / Animal / Sam Eagle / Marvin Suggs / George the Janitor (voice) · 120 eps
Obi-Wan Kenobi
Yoda (voice) (archive footage) (uncredited) · 1 eps
Muppets Tonight
Miss Piggy / Fozzie Bear / Animal / George the Janitor · 34 eps
The Wonderful World of Disney
Miss Piggy (voice) · 1 eps
The Jim Henson Hour
Fozzie Bear (voice) · 1 eps
The Jim Henson Hour
Miss Piggy / Fozzie Bear (voice) · 1 eps
Sesame Unpaved
67 eps
Sesame Street: Play with Me Sesame
26 eps
Jim Henson's Little Muppet Monsters
13 eps
Jedi Temple Challenge
Yoda (voice) · 10 eps
Self / Appearances (44)
The Late Show with Stephen Colbert
Self - Guest · 1 eps
The Mike Douglas Show
Self · 1 eps
Great Performances
Self · 1 eps
The Dick Cavett Show
Self - Guest · 1 eps
STEVE! (martin) a documentary in 2 pieces
Self - Director · 1 eps
The Oscars
Self · 1 eps
Kulturplatz
Self · 1 eps
Jim Henson Idea Man
Self
StarTalk with Neil deGrasse Tyson
Self · 1 eps
LIGHT & MAGIC
Self - Yoda Puppeteer (archive footage) · 1 eps
Being Elmo: A Puppeteer's Journey
Self
In Their Own Words
Self · 1 eps
Disney Legends Award Ceremony
Self - Honoree · 1 eps
The Director and the Jedi
Self
The World of Jim Henson
Self / Miss Piggy / Fozzie Bear
Empire of Dreams: The Story of the Star Wars Trilogy
Self
From Puppets to Pixels: The Making of Star Wars Episode II
Self / Yoda
The Beginning: The Making of Star Wars Episode I
Self
Street Gang: How We Got to Sesame Street
Self (archive footage)
SP FX: The Empire Strikes Back
Self
I Am Big Bird: The Caroll Spinney Story
Self
Howard
Self (archive footage)
The World of 'The Dark Crystal'
Self
The Orson Welles Show
Self / Fozzie Bear / Animal / Sam Eagle (voice)
Best Ever Muppet Moments
Self
Sesame Street: 20 Years & Still Counting! 1969-1989
Self – Bert / Grover / Cookie Monster
The Muppets Celebrate Jim Henson
Self / Miss Piggy / Fozzie Bear / Animal / Bert / Sam the Eagle (voice)
Henson's Place: The Man Behind the Muppets
Self
When Star Wars Ruled the World
Self
Sing! Sesame Street Remembers Joe Raposo and His Music
Self
Classic Creatures: Return of the Jedi
Self
Muppet Guys Talking: A Special Conversation to Honor Jim Henson
Self
The Muppet Script
Self (archive footage)
An Evening with Jim Henson and Frank Oz
Self
I Love Muppets
Self
The Stories Behind the Making of 'The Blues Brothers'
Self
In Their Own Words: Jim Henson
Self - Friend & Muppet Performer
Making "The Score"
Himself
Sesame Street- Do you know where Ernie lives?
Self
Films Are Not Released, They Escape
Self
Of Muppets & Men
Self
Muppet Guys Talking: Secrets Behind the Show the Whole World Watched
Self
Reflections of 'The Dark Crystal'
Self
The Muppets on Puppets
Self / Various Characters
Directing (16)
Leverage
Director
The Score
Director
The Dark Crystal
Director
Little Shop of Horrors
Director
In & Out
Director
The Stepford Wives
Director
The Muppets Take Manhattan
Director
Dirty Rotten Scoundrels
Director
Death at a Funeral
Director
Bowfinger
Director
What About Bob?
Director
Housesitter
Director
The Indian in the Cupboard
Director
Derek DelGaudio's In & of Itself
Director
Muppet Guys Talking: A Special Conversation to Honor Jim Henson
Director
Muppet Guys Talking: Secrets Behind the Show the Whole World Watched
Director
