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:
- 111
- First Appeared:
- In the series Sesame Street: Play with Me Sesame
- Latest Project:
- Movie Inside Out 2 2024-06-11
Known For
Filmography
| Series | Sesame Street: Play with Me Sesame | 2025 | |
| Movie | Inside Out 2 | Mind Cop Dave (voice) | 2024-06-11 |
| Movie | Jim Henson Idea Man | Self | 2024-05-18 |
| Movie | Street Gang: How We Got to Sesame Street | Self (archive footage) | 2021-04-23 |
| Movie | Echoes of Violence | Dante | 2021-03-20 |
| Series | Star Wars: Jedi Temple Challenge | Yoda (voice) | 2020-06-10 |
| Movie | Knives Out | Alan Stevens | 2019-11-27 |
| Movie | Star Wars: The Rise of Skywalker | Yoda (voice) | 2019-12-18 |
| Movie | The Director and the Jedi | Self | 2018-03-12 |
| Movie | Howard | Self (archive footage) | 2018-04-22 |
| Movie | Muppet Guys Talking: Secrets Behind the Show the Whole World Watched | Himself | 2017-03-12 |
| Movie | Star Wars: The Last Jedi | Yoda (voice) | 2017-12-13 |
| Movie | I Am Big Bird: The Caroll Spinney Story | Self | 2015-05-06 |
| Movie | Inside Out | Subconscious Guard Dave (voice) | 2015-06-17 |
| Movie | In Their Own Words: Jim Henson | Self - Friend & Muppet Performer | 2015-09-15 |
| 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 | Jim Henson: Behind the Seams | 2014-06-21 | |
| Movie | Monsters University | Fungus (voice) | 2013-06-19 |
| Movie | The Muppets | The Snowths (voice) (archive footage) | 2011-11-22 |
| Movie | Being Elmo: A Puppeteer's Journey | Self | 2011-10-21 |
| Movie | Jim Henson: His Sesame Street Story | 2009-12-12 | |
| Movie | Jim Henson's Tales From Muppetland | 2009-07-28 | |
| 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 | A Sesame Street Christmas Carol | Bert (voice) | 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 | Muppet History 101 | 2004-11-21 | |
| Movie | Empire of Dreams: The Story of the Star Wars Trilogy | Self | 2004-09-12 |
| Movie | Sesame Street: Cookie Monster's Best Bites | Cookie Monster (voice) | 2004-01-27 |
| Movie | Muppet Music Moments | Self | 2004-11-20 |
| Movie | Jim Henson: Commercials and Experiments | 2004-11-20 | |
| Movie | When Star Wars Ruled the World | Self | 2004-09-18 |
| 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 | 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 | Star Wars: Episode II - Attack of the Clones | Yoda (voice) | 2002-05-15 |
| Movie | The Beginning: Making 'Episode I' | Self | 2001-10-16 |
| Movie | Monsters, Inc. | Jeff Fungus (voice) | 2001-11-01 |
| Movie | CinderElmo | Bert / Grover / Cookie Monster (voice) | 1999-01-01 |
| Movie | Star Wars: Episode I - The Phantom Menace | Yoda (voice) | 1999-05-19 |
| Movie | Muppets from Space | Miss Piggy / Fozzie Bear / Animal / Sam the Eagle (voice) | 1999-07-14 |
| Movie | The Adventures of Elmo in Grouchland | Bert / Grover / Cookie Monster (voice) | 1999-10-01 |
| Movie | Blues Brothers 2000 | Warden | 1998-02-05 |
| Movie | Sesame Street: Elmopalooza! | Grover / Cookie Monster / Bert (voice) | 1998-02-20 |
| Movie | The Stories Behind the Making of 'The Blues Brothers' | Self | 1998-09-08 |
| Movie | Sesame Street: Elmo Says BOO! | Bert (voice) (archive footage) | 1997-07-08 |
| Movie | Sesame Street: Do the Alphabet | Cookie Monster / Green (voice) (archive footage) | 1996-02-06 |
| Series | Muppets Tonight | Animal / Fozzie Bear / Miss Piggy | 1996-03-08 |
| Movie | Muppet Treasure Island | Miss Piggy / Fozzie Bear / Sam the Eagle / Animal (voice) | 1996-02-16 |
| Movie | Sesame Street: Elmo Saves Christmas | Cookie Monster (voice) | 1996-12-24 |
| Movie | Sesame Street | All-Star 25th Birthday: Stars and Street Forever! | Bert / Grover (archive footage) | 1994-05-18 |
| Movie | Muppet Classic Theater | Miss Piggy / Fozzie Bear (voice) | 1994-09-27 |
| Movie | The World of Jim Henson | Self / Miss Piggy / Fozzie Bear | 1994-11-23 |
| 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) | 1992-12-10 |
| Movie | Innocent Blood | Pathologist | 1992-09-25 |
| Movie | Home Alone 2: Lost in New York | 1992-11-15 | |
| Movie | Sesame Street: Sing Yourself Silly! | 1990-01-01 | |
| Movie | Sesame Street: Monster Hits! | Cookie Monster (voice) / Grover (voice) / Clancy (voice) | 1990-01-01 |
| 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 / ... (voice) | 1990-11-21 |
| Series | The Jim Henson Hour | 1989-04-14 | |
| Movie | Hey, You're as Funny as Fozzie Bear | Fozzie Bear (voice) | 1988-06-01 |
| Movie | Sesame Street | Put Down the Duckie: An All-Star Musical Special | Muppet Performer | 1988-10-05 |
| Movie | A Muppet Family Christmas | Various Characters | 1987-12-16 |
| Movie | Labyrinth | The Wiseman | 1986-06-27 |
| Movie | Follow That Bird | Cookie Monster / Bert / Grover / Additional Muppets (voice) | 1985-08-02 |
| Movie | Spies Like Us | Test Monitor | 1985-12-06 |
| Series | Jim Henson's Little Muppet Monsters | 1985-09-14 | |
| Movie | Henson's Place: The Man Behind the Muppets | Frank Oz (self) | 1984-01-01 |
| 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 | Rocky Mountain Holiday with John Denver and the Muppets | Miss Piggy / Fozzie Bear / Animal / Gramps (voice) | 1983-05-12 |
| Movie | The World of 'The Dark Crystal' | Himself | 1983-01-09 |
| Movie | Return of the Jedi | Yoda (voice) | 1983-05-25 |
| Movie | Big Bird in China | Bert / Grover / Cookie Monster (voice) | 1983-05-29 |
| Movie | Classic Creatures: Return of the Jedi | Self | 1983-11-21 |
| Movie | Don't Eat the Pictures: Sesame Street at the Metropolitan Museum of Art | Bert / Cookie Monster / Grover (voice) | 1983-11-16 |
| Movie | Trading Places | Corrupt Cop | 1983-06-07 |
| Movie | Return of the Ewok | Yoda (voice) | 1982-01-01 |
| Movie | Night of 100 Stars | Miss Piggy (voice) | 1982-03-08 |
| Movie | The Fantastic Miss Piggy Show | Miss Piggy / Fozzie Bear / Animal (voice) | 1982-09-17 |
| Movie | The Dark Crystal | Aughra, a Keeper of Secrets / Chamberlain | 1982-12-17 |
| Movie | The Muppets Go to the Movies | Miss Piggy / Fozzie Bear / Animal / Sam Eagle | 1981-05-20 |
| Movie | The Great Muppet Caper | Miss Piggy / Fozzie Bear / Sam the Eagle / Animal (voice) | 1981-06-26 |
| Movie | Of Muppets & Men | Self | 1981-10-31 |
| Movie | An American Werewolf in London | Mr. Collins / Miss Piggy (archive footage) | 1981-08-21 |
| Movie | The Empire Strikes Back | Yoda (Voice) | 1980-05-20 |
| Movie | The Blues Brothers | Corrections Officer | 1980-06-16 |
| Movie | SPFX: The Empire Strikes Back | Yoda | 1980-09-22 |
| Movie | The Orson Welles Show | Self / Fozzie Bear / Animal / Sam Eagle (voice) | 1979-02-01 |
| Movie | A Walking Tour of Sesame Street | Grover / Cookie Monster / Bert (archive footage) | 1979-03-01 |
| Movie | The Muppets Go Hollywood | Various Muppets | 1979-05-16 |
| 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 | John Denver and the Muppets: A Christmas Together | Miss Piggy / Fozzie Bear / Animal (voice) | 1979-12-05 |
| 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 | Julie on Sesame Street | 1973-11-23 | |
| Movie | The Muppet Musicians of Bremen | Rat | 1972-04-26 |
| Movie | Tales from Muppetland: The Frog Prince | Gawain | 1971-05-12 |
| Movie | The Great Santa Claus Switch | Thig / Skippity / Hoppity / Boppity / Snerf (voice) | 1970-12-05 |
| Movie | The Muppets on Puppets | Himself | 1970-01-05 |
| Series | Sesame Street | Bert | 1969-11-10 |
| Movie | Hey Cinderella! | Stepsister #1 / Splurge (voice) | 1969-03-16 |
| Series | Sesame Unpaved | 1969-11-10 | |
| Movie | Time Piece | Messenger boy | 1965-05-07 |