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.

Known For

Corrections Officer

The Blues Brothers

Jeff Fungus (voice)

Monsters, Inc.

Corrupt Cop

Trading Places

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

Muppets from Space

Yoda (voice)

Return of the Jedi

Yoda (voice)

Star Wars: Episode I - The Phantom Menace

Yoda (voice)

Star Wars: Episode II - Attack of the Clones

Yoda (Voice)

The Empire Strikes Back

Yoda (voice)

Star Wars: Episode III - Revenge of the Sith

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

The Muppet Movie

Robot (voice)

Zathura: A Space Adventure

Sesame Street: Sing Yourself Silly!

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

The Muppets Take Manhattan

Self

Of Muppets & Men

Test Monitor

Spies Like Us

Bert (voice) (archive footage)

A Sesame Street Christmas Carol

Various Characters (voice)

A Muppet Family Christmas

Pathologist

Innocent Blood

Self / Miss Piggy / Fozzie Bear / Animal / Bert / ... (voice)

The Muppets Celebrate Jim Henson

Miss Piggy / Fozzie Bear (voice)

I Love Liberty

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

Follow That Bird

Frank Oz (self)

Henson's Place: The Man Behind the Muppets

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

The Great Muppet Caper

Self

Films Are Not Released, They Escape

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

Sesame Street: Learning About Letters

Fozzie Bear / Miss Piggy (voice)

The Muppet Revue

Miss Piggy / Fozzie Bear (voice)

Muppet Video: Rowlf's Rhapsodies with the Muppets

Fozzie Bear / Miss Piggy / Animal

Muppet Treasures

Rat (voice)

The Muppet Musicians of Bremen

Miss Piggy / Fozzie Bear / Animal (voice)

The Muppets at Walt Disney World

Gawain (voice)

Tales from Muppetland: The Frog Prince

Self

Being Elmo: A Puppeteer's Journey

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

Rocky Mountain Holiday with John Denver and the Muppets

Miss Piggy (voice)

Free to Be... a Family

Various Muppets

The Muppets Go Hollywood

Miss Piggy / Fozzie Bear / Animal (voice)

The Fantastic Miss Piggy Show

Himself

The World of 'The Dark Crystal'

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

The Great Santa Claus Switch

Self

The Muppets on Puppets

Himself

Reflections of 'The Dark Crystal'

Miss Piggy

50 Years of Television: A Golden Celebration

Self (archive footage)

Howard

Miss Piggy (voice)

Children's Songs and Stories with the Muppets

Bert (voice)

Sesame Street: Elmo Says BOO!

Sesame Street: Sing Along

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

Jerry Nelson: A Celebratory Birthday Animatic

Scoop / Beautiful Day Monster (voice)

Sesame Street Pitch Reel

Fozzie Bear

Hip Hip Parade!

Sam the Eagle (voice)

Muppet Picker Upper

Grover (voice)

Sesame Street: Elmo's Potty Time

Fozzie Bear / Miss Piggy / Animal / Sam the Eagle

The Very Best of the Muppet Show

Fozzie Bear / Miss Piggy / Animal / Sam the Eagle

The Very Best of the Muppet Show: Volume 2

Bert / Cookie Monster / Grover (voice)

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

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

The Very Best of the Muppet Show: Volume 3

The Paperwork Explosion

Cookie Monster / Green (voice) (archive footage)

Sesame Street: Do the Alphabet

Cookie Monster (voice)

Sesame Street: Cookie Monster's Best Bites

Grover / Cookie Monster / Bert (voice)

Sesame Street: Elmopalooza!

Self

I Am Big Bird: The Caroll Spinney Story

Jim Henson: Commercials and Experiments

Muppet History 101

Self

Muppet Music Moments

Jim Henson: Behind the Seams

Jim Henson's Tales from Muppetland

Jim Henson: His Sesame Street Story

Mind Cop Dave (voice)

Inside Out 2

Muppet Performer

Muppets Magic From 'The Ed Sullivan Show!'

Self

When Star Wars Ruled the World

Self - Friend & Muppet Performer

In Their Own Words: Jim Henson

Messenger boy

Time Piece

Self

Jim Henson Idea Man

Subconscious Guard Dave (voice)

Inside Out

Mr. Collins

An American Werewolf in London

Yoda (voice)

Return of the Ewok

Self

Empire of Dreams: The Story of the Star Wars Trilogy

Yoda (archive sound) (uncredited)

Star Wars: The Force Awakens

Yoda

SP FX: The Empire Strikes Back

Bert / Grover / Cookie Monster (voice)

The Adventures of Elmo in Grouchland

Self

The Beginning: Making Episode I

Miss Piggy / Fozzie Bear

Miss Piggy's Hollywood

Self

Disney Legends Awards Ceremony

Cookie Monster (voice)

Sesame Street: Elmo Saves Christmas

Fozzie Bear (voice)

Hey, You're as Funny as Fozzie Bear

Bert / Cookie Monster / Grover (voice)

Christmas Eve on Sesame Street

Bert / Grover / Cookie Monster (voice)

CinderElmo

Bert / Cookie Monster / Grover (voice)

Out to Lunch

Yoda (archive footage)

The Story of Star Wars

Self

An Evening with Jim Henson and Frank Oz

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

Muppet Treasure Island

Cookie Monster (voice)

The Great Gilly Hopkins

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

Sesame Street: Monster Hits!

Chuck (voice)

Emmet Otter's Jug-Band Christmas

Miss Piggy / Fozzie Bear (voice)

Muppet Classic Theater

Yoda (voice)

Star Wars: The Last Jedi

Miss Piggy / Fozzie Bear / Animal / Sam Eagle

The Muppets Go to the Movies

Miss Piggy / Fozzie Bear / Animal (voice)

John Denver and the Muppets: A Christmas Together

Himself

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

Self / Yoda

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

Self

The Director and the Jedi

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

The Orson Welles Show

Grover

Sesame Street: 25 Wonderful Years: A Musical Celebration!

Miss Piggy (voice)

Muppet Video: The Kermit and Piggy Story

Alan Stevens

Knives Out

Self

Classic Creatures: Return of the Jedi

Self

Sing! Sesame Street Remembers Joe Raposo and His Music

Muppet Performer

Sesame Street | Put Down the Duckie: An All-Star Musical Special

Grump (voice)

Muppet Side Splitter

The Wiseman

Labyrinth

Yoda (voice)

Star Wars: The Rise of Skywalker

Self

The Stories Behind the Making of 'The Blues Brothers'

Cookie Monster

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

Stepsister #1 / Splurge (voice)

Hey Cinderella!

Bert / Grover / Cookie Monster (voice)

Big Bird in China

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

The Muppets: A Celebration of 30 Years

Self

I Love Muppets

Self / Miss Piggy / Fozzie Bear

The World of Jim Henson

Self

Best Ever Muppet Moments

Warden

Blues Brothers 2000

Bert

The Best of Ernie and Bert

Himself

Muppet Guys Talking: A Special Conversation to Honor Jim Henson

Julie on Sesame Street

Miss Piggy (voice)

Disneyland's 35th Anniversary Special

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 Muppet Christmas Carol

Cookie Monster

Sesame Street: 50 Years and Counting

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

Sesame Street: Bert & Ernie's Word Play

Bert ("Naptime") (voice)

Sesame Street: Quiet Time

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

Sesame Street: Sleepytime Songs & Stories