Frank Oz

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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.

Known For

Inside Out

Subconscious Guard Dave (voice)

Star Wars: The Force Awakens

Yoda (archive sound) (uncredited)

Monsters, Inc.

Jeff Fungus (voice)

The Empire Strikes Back

Yoda (Voice)

Return of the Jedi

Yoda (voice)

Star Wars: The Last Jedi

Yoda (voice)

Star Wars: Episode I - The Phantom Menace

Yoda (voice)

Star Wars: Episode III - Revenge of the Sith

Yoda (voice)

Full Filmography

Year	Title	Role
2025	fozzie descuido venga la alegría MOVIE	Fozzie
2025	The Muppet Script MOVIE	Self (archive footage)
2024	Disney Legends Awards Ceremony MOVIE	Self
2024	Inside Out 2 MOVIE	Mind Cop Dave (voice)
2024	Jim Henson Idea Man MOVIE	Self
2024	STEVE! (martin) a documentary in 2 pieces TV	Self - Director
2022	LIGHT & MAGIC TV	Self - Yoda Puppeteer (archive footage)
2022	Jerry Nelson: A Celebratory Birthday Animatic MOVIE	Grover (voice) / Cookie Monster (voice) / others (voice)
2022	Obi-Wan Kenobi TV	Yoda (voice) (archive footage) (uncredited)
2021	Street Gang: How We Got to Sesame Street MOVIE	Self (archive footage)
2021	Echoes of Violence MOVIE	Dante
2020	Jedi Temple Challenge TV	Yoda (voice)
2020	Muppet Guys Talking: A Special Conversation to Honor Jim Henson MOVIE	Self
2019	Star Wars: The Rise of Skywalker MOVIE	Yoda (voice)
2019	Knives Out MOVIE	Alan Stevens
2019	Sesame Street: 50 Years and Counting MOVIE	Cookie Monster
2018	Howard MOVIE	Self (archive footage)
2018	The Director and the Jedi MOVIE	Self
2017	Star Wars: The Last Jedi MOVIE	Yoda (voice)
2017	Muppet Guys Talking: Secrets Behind the Show the Whole World Watched MOVIE	Self
2015	Star Wars: The Force Awakens MOVIE	Yoda (archive sound) (uncredited)
2015	The Great Gilly Hopkins MOVIE	Cookie Monster (voice)
2015	In Their Own Words: Jim Henson MOVIE	Self - Friend & Muppet Performer
2015	Sesame Street: Play All Day with Elmo! MOVIE	Self
2015	In Their Own Words TV	Self
2015	Inside Out MOVIE	Subconscious Guard Dave (voice)
2015	I Am Big Bird: The Caroll Spinney Story MOVIE	Self
2015	StarTalk with Neil deGrasse Tyson TV	Self
2014	Star Wars Rebels TV	Yoda (voice)
2014	Jim Henson: Behind the Seams MOVIE	Self
2011	Being Elmo: A Puppeteer's Journey MOVIE	Self
2009	Jim Henson: His Sesame Street Story MOVIE	Self
2009	Sesame Street: Play with Me Sesame TV	Self
2009	Jim Henson's Tales from Muppetland MOVIE	Self
2007	Reflections of 'The Dark Crystal' MOVIE	Self
2006	A Sesame Street Christmas Carol MOVIE	Bert (voice) (archive footage)
2006	Treasures Untold: The Making of Disney's 'The Little Mermaid' MOVIE	Self
2006	Sesame Street: Elmo's Potty Time MOVIE	Grover (voice)
2006	Best Ever Muppet Moments MOVIE	Self
2005	Zathura: A Space Adventure MOVIE	Robot (voice)
2005	Star Wars: Episode III - Revenge of the Sith MOVIE	Yoda (voice)
2004	Muppet History 101 MOVIE	Self
2004	Jim Henson: Commercials and Experiments MOVIE	Self
2004	Muppet Music Moments MOVIE	Self
2004	Empire of Dreams: The Story of the Star Wars Trilogy MOVIE	Self
2004	When Star Wars Ruled the World MOVIE	Self
2004	Kulturplatz TV	Self
2004	Sesame Street: A Celebration of Me, Grover MOVIE	Grover (voice) (archive footage)
2004	The Story of Star Wars MOVIE	Yoda (archive footage)
2004	Sesame Street: Cookie Monster's Best Bites MOVIE	Cookie Monster (voice)
2003	Muppets Magic from 'The Ed Sullivan Show!' MOVIE	Muppet Performer
2003	Sesame Street: Let's Eat! Funny Food Songs MOVIE	Grover / Cookie Monster (voice)
2002	Films Are Not Released, They Escape MOVIE	Self
2002	From Puppets to Pixels: Digital Characters in 'Episode II' MOVIE	Self / Yoda
2002	Sesame Street: Bert & Ernie's Word Play MOVIE	Bert / Cookie Monster (credit song) / T-Shirt Salesman / Fat Blue Anything Muppet in Fat Cat (voice) (archive footage)
2002	Star Wars: Episode II - Attack of the Clones MOVIE	Yoda (voice)
2002	I Love Muppets MOVIE	Self
2001	Making "The Score" MOVIE	Himself
2001	Monsters, Inc. MOVIE	Jeff Fungus (voice)
2001	The Beginning: Making Episode I MOVIE	Self
2001	The Very Best of the Muppet Show: Volume 3 MOVIE	Fozzie Bear / Miss Piggy / Sam the Eagle / Animal / Wolf
1999	The Adventures of Elmo in Grouchland MOVIE	Bert / Grover / Cookie Monster (voice)
1999	Muppets from Space MOVIE	Miss Piggy / Fozzie Bear / Animal / Sam the Eagle (voice)
1999	Star Wars: Episode I - The Phantom Menace MOVIE	Yoda (voice)
1999	The Very Best of the Muppet Show MOVIE	Fozzie Bear / Miss Piggy / Animal / Sam the Eagle
1999	The Very Best of the Muppet Show: Volume 2 MOVIE	Fozzie Bear / Miss Piggy / Animal / Sam the Eagle
1999	Sesame Unpaved TV	Self
1999	CinderElmo MOVIE	Bert / Grover / Cookie Monster (voice)
1998	The Stories Behind the Making of 'The Blues Brothers' MOVIE	Self
1998	The Best of Kermit on Sesame Street MOVIE	Grover (voice)
1998	Sesame Street: Elmopalooza! MOVIE	Grover / Cookie Monster / Bert (voice)
1998	Blues Brothers 2000 MOVIE	Warden
1997	Sesame Street: Elmo Says BOO! MOVIE	Bert (voice)
1997	Sesame Street: Quiet Time MOVIE	Bert ("Naptime") (voice)
1996	Sesame Street: Elmo Saves Christmas MOVIE	Cookie Monster (voice)
1996	Muppets Tonight TV	Miss Piggy / Fozzie Bear / Animal / George the Janitor
1996	Muppet Treasure Island MOVIE	Miss Piggy / Fozzie Bear / Sam the Eagle / Animal (voice)
1996	Sesame Street: Do the Alphabet MOVIE	Cookie Monster / Green (voice) (archive footage)
1996	Sesame Street: Kid's Guide to Life: Learning to Share MOVIE	Cookie Monster
1994	The World of Jim Henson MOVIE	Self / Miss Piggy / Fozzie Bear
1994	Muppet Classic Theater MOVIE	Miss Piggy / Fozzie Bear (voice)
1994	Sesame Street \| All-Star 25th Birthday: Stars and Street Forever! MOVIE	Bert / Grover (archive footage)
1993	Sesame Street Stays Up Late! MOVIE	Bert/Grover/Cookie Monster/Uncle Hank(voice)
1993	Sesame Street: 25 Wonderful Years: A Musical Celebration! MOVIE	Grover
1993	Sesame Street Jam: A Musical Celebration MOVIE	Bert / Grover / Cookie Monster (voice)
1992	Holiday Greetings from 'The Ed Sullivan Show' MOVIE	Miss Piggy
1992	The Muppet Christmas Carol MOVIE	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	Home Alone 2: Lost in New York MOVIE	Man putting money into donation bucket (uncredited)
1992	Innocent Blood MOVIE	Pathologist
1992	Getting Ready to Read MOVIE	Bert / Grover / Cookie Monster (voice)
1991	Sesame Street: Elmo's Sing-Along Guessing Game MOVIE	Grover(voice)
1990	The Muppets Celebrate Jim Henson MOVIE	Self / Miss Piggy / Fozzie Bear / Animal / Bert / Sam the Eagle (voice)
1990	Disneyland's 35th Anniversary Special MOVIE	Miss Piggy (voice)
1990	Jim Henson's Memorial Service MOVIE	Self
1990	Sing! Sesame Street Remembers Joe Raposo and His Music MOVIE	Self
1990	The Muppets at Walt Disney World MOVIE	Miss Piggy / Fozzie Bear / Animal (voice)
1990	Sesame Street: Sing Yourself Silly! MOVIE	(archive footage) (voice)
1990	Sesame Street: Monster Hits! MOVIE	Cookie Monster (voice) / Grover (voice) / Clancy (voice)
1989	50 Years of Television: A Golden Celebration MOVIE	Miss Piggy
1989	An Evening with Jim Henson and Frank Oz MOVIE	Self
1989	Miss Piggy's Hollywood MOVIE	Miss Piggy / Fozzie Bear
1989	The Jim Henson Hour TV	Self
1988	Free to Be... a Family MOVIE	Miss Piggy (voice)
1988	Sesame Street: Put Down the Duckie MOVIE	Bert/Grover/Cookie Monster (voice)
1988	The Best of Ernie and Bert MOVIE	Bert
1988	Hey, You're as Funny as Fozzie Bear MOVIE	Fozzie Bear (voice)
1987	A Muppet Family Christmas MOVIE	Miss Piggy / Fozzy Bear / Animal / Sam the Eagle / Bert / Grover / Cookie Monster
1987	Sesame Street: Sing Along MOVIE	Self
1986	Labyrinth MOVIE	The Wiseman
1986	Sesame Street: Learning About Letters MOVIE	Cookie Monster/Bert/Grover/Princess Penelope (voice)
1986	The Muppets: A Celebration of 30 Years MOVIE	Fozzie Bear / Miss Piggy / Sam the Eagle / Bert / Animal / Grover / Cookie Monster / Marvin Suggs (voice)
1986	Sesame Street: Sleepytime Songs & Stories MOVIE	Bert / Grover (Bedtime Stories and Songs) / Cookie Monster (Bedtime Stories and Songs) / Tallest and Smallest People (Bedtime Stories & Songs) (voice)
1986	Sesame Street: Learning About Numbers MOVIE	Grover / Fat Blue Tarnish Brother (voice)
1985	Spies Like Us MOVIE	Test Monitor
1985	Muppet Video: Rowlf's Rhapsodies with the Muppets MOVIE	Miss Piggy / Fozzie Bear (voice)
1985	Jim Henson's Little Muppet Monsters TV	Self
1985	Follow That Bird MOVIE	Cookie Monster / Bert / Grover / Additional Muppets (voice)
1985	Muppet Treasures MOVIE	Fozzie Bear / Miss Piggy / Animal
1985	The Muppet Revue MOVIE	Fozzie Bear / Miss Piggy (voice)
1985	Muppet Video: The Kermit and Piggy Story MOVIE	Miss Piggy (voice)
1985	Children's Songs and Stories with the Muppets MOVIE	Miss Piggy (voice)
1984	The Muppets Take Manhattan MOVIE	Miss Piggy / Fozzie / Animal / Bert / Cookie Monster / Ocean Breeze Soap Board Member / Sam the Eagle (voice)
1984	Henson's Place: The Man Behind the Muppets MOVIE	Frank Oz (self)
1983	Classic Creatures: Return of the Jedi MOVIE	Self
1983	Don't Eat the Pictures: Sesame Street at the Metropolitan Museum of Art MOVIE	Bert / Cookie Monster / Grover (voice)
1983	Trading Places MOVIE	Corrupt Cop
1983	Big Bird in China MOVIE	Bert / Grover / Cookie Monster (voice)
1983	Return of the Jedi MOVIE	Yoda (voice)
1983	Rocky Mountain Holiday with John Denver and the Muppets MOVIE	Miss Piggy / Fozzie Bear / Animal / Gramps (voice)
1983	The World of 'The Dark Crystal' MOVIE	Self
1983	Muppet Breakthrough MOVIE	Grump
1982	The Dark Crystal MOVIE	Aughra, a Keeper of Secrets / Chamberlain
1982	The Fantastic Miss Piggy Show MOVIE	Miss Piggy / Fozzie Bear / Animal (voice)
1982	I Love Liberty MOVIE	Miss Piggy / Fozzie Bear (voice)
1982	Night of 100 Stars MOVIE	Miss Piggy (voice)
1981	Of Muppets & Men MOVIE	Self
1981	Muppet Side Splitter MOVIE	Grump (voice)
1981	An American Werewolf in London MOVIE	Mr. Collins
1981	The Great Muppet Caper MOVIE	Miss Piggy / Fozzie Bear / Sam the Eagle / Animal (voice)
1981	The Muppets Go to the Movies MOVIE	Miss Piggy / Fozzie Bear / Animal / Sam Eagle
1980	SP FX: The Empire Strikes Back MOVIE	Yoda
1980	The Blues Brothers MOVIE	Corrections Officer
1980	The Empire Strikes Back MOVIE	Yoda (Voice)
1979	John Denver and the Muppets: A Christmas Together MOVIE	Miss Piggy / Fozzie Bear / Animal (voice)
1979	The Muppet Movie MOVIE	Miss Piggy / Fozzie Bear / Animal / Sam the Eagle / Doc Hopper's Men / Marvin Suggs / Swedish Chef (hands) / Motorcycle Guy (voice)
1979	The Muppets Go Hollywood MOVIE	Various Muppets
1979	A Walking Tour of Sesame Street MOVIE	Grover / Cookie Monster / Bert (archive footage)
1979	The Orson Welles Show MOVIE	Self / Fozzie Bear / Animal / Sam Eagle (voice)
1979	Meal Break MOVIE	Grump
1979	Grump Critic MOVIE	Grump
1979	Let's Have the Dam Break MOVIE	Grump
1979	Muppet Breaker Upper MOVIE	Grump / Quongo
1979	Muppet Gimme a Break MOVIE	Grump
1978	Christmas Eve on Sesame Street MOVIE	Bert / Cookie Monster / Grover (voice)
1978	Hip Hip Parade! MOVIE	Fozzie Bear
1978	Julie Andrews: One Step Into Spring MOVIE	Miss Piggy / Fozzie Bear
1978	The Vent Event MOVIE	Fozzie Bear
1978	An Audience with... TV	Miss Piggy
1977	The Bob Hope All Star Christmas Comedy Special MOVIE	Miss Piggy / Fozzie Bear
1977	Emmet Otter's Jug-Band Christmas MOVIE	Chuck (voice)
1977	The Royal Variety Performance 1977 MOVIE	Self
1976	The Muppet Show TV	Miss Piggy / Fozzie Bear / Animal / Sam Eagle / Marvin Suggs / George the Janitor (voice)
1976	Kagayake! Gorō Mapetto Geba Geba 90-pun! MOVIE	George the Janitor, Fozzie Bear
1975	Sesame Street- Do you know where Ernie lives? MOVIE	Self
1975	Saturday Night Live TV	The Mighty Favog (voice)
1975	Saturday Night Live TV	The Flood (voice)
1975	Muppet Picker Upper MOVIE	Sam the Eagle (voice)
1975	The Muppet Introduction MOVIE	Sam the Eagle
1975	Just a Few Announcements MOVIE	Sam the Eagle
1974	Out to Lunch MOVIE	Bert / Cookie Monster / Grover (voice)
1973	Julie on Sesame Street MOVIE	Self
1972	The Muppet Musicians of Bremen MOVIE	Rat (voice)
1971	Tales from Muppetland: The Frog Prince MOVIE	Gawain (voice)
1971	Great Performances TV	Self
1971	Great Performances TV	Miss Piggy (voice)
1970	The Great Santa Claus Switch MOVIE	Thig / Skippity / Hoppity / Boppity / Snerf (voice)
1970	The Muppets on Puppets MOVIE	Self
1969	Sesame Street TV	Bert
1969	This Way to Sesame Street MOVIE	Bert
1969	Sesame Street Pitch Reel MOVIE	Scoop / Beautiful Day Monster (voice)
1969	Hey Cinderella! MOVIE	Stepsister #1 / Splurge (voice)
1969	Peter Alexander präsentiert Spezialitäten TV	Self
1968	The Dick Cavett Show TV	Self - Guest
1967	The Paperwork Explosion MOVIE	Self
1965	Time Piece MOVIE	Messenger boy
1961	The Mike Douglas Show TV	Self
1953	The Oscars TV	Self
1953	The Oscars TV	Miss Piggy

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