Biography
Frank Oz born Richard Frank Oznowicz; 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.
Filmography
all 185
Movies 161
Voice 36
self 35
TV Shows 24
Director 15
Producer 2
Subconscious Guard Dave (voice)
Inside Out 2 (2024)
Movie
Grover (voice) / Cookie Monster (voice) / others (voice)
Jerry Nelson: A Celebratory Birthday Animatic (2022)
Movie
Yoda (voice) (archive footage) (uncredited)
Obi-Wan Kenobi (2022)
TV
10
Self (archive footage)
Street Gang: How We Got to Sesame Street (2021)
Movie
Dante
Echoes of Violence (2021)
Movie
Director
Derek DelGaudio's In & of Itself (2020)
Movie
Yoda
Star Wars: Jedi Temple Challenge (2020)
TV
Himself / Director
Muppet Guys Talking: A Special Conversation to Honor Jim Henson (2020)
Movie
Yoda (voice)
Star Wars: The Rise of Skywalker (2019)
Movie
6.62
Alan Stevens
Knives Out (2019)
Movie
6.94
Cookie Monster
Sesame Street: 50 Years and Counting (2019)
Movie
Self (archive footage)
Howard (2018)
Movie
Self
The Director and the Jedi (2018)
Movie
Yoda (voice)
Star Wars: The Last Jedi (2017)
Movie
6.91
Director
Muppet Guys Talking: Secrets Behind the Show the Whole World Watched (2017)
Movie
Yoda (archive sound) (uncredited)
Star Wars: The Force Awakens (2015)
Movie
6.86
Cookie Monster (voice)
The Great Gilly Hopkins (2015)
Movie
Self - Friend & Muppet Performer
In Their Own Words: Jim Henson (2015)
Movie
Subconscious Guard Dave (voice)
Inside Out (2015)
Movie
7.42
Self
I Am Big Bird: The Caroll Spinney Story (2015)
Movie
Self
StarTalk with Neil deGrasse Tyson (2015)
TV
Yoda (voice)
Star Wars Rebels (2014)
TV
8.67
Jim Henson: Behind the Seams (2014)
Movie
Self
Being Elmo: A Puppeteer's Journey (2011)
Movie
Jim Henson: His Sesame Street Story (2009)
Movie
Jim Henson's Tales From Muppetland (2009)
Movie
Director
Leverage (2008)
TV
6.42
Grover / Cookie Monster / Bert
Sesamstraat - Verrassing en vriendjes (2008)
Movie
Director
Death at a Funeral (2007)
Movie
Self
Reflections of 'The Dark Crystal' (2007)
Movie
Bert (voice)
A Sesame Street Christmas Carol (2006)
Movie
Self
Treasures Untold: The Making of Disney's 'The Little Mermaid' (2006)
Movie
Grover (voice)
Sesame Street: Elmo's Potty Time (2006)
Movie
Self
Best Ever Muppet Moments (2006)
Movie
Robot (voice)
Zathura: A Space Adventure (2005)
Movie
7.6
Yoda (voice)
Star Wars: Episode III - Revenge of the Sith (2005)
Movie
6.07
Muppet History 101 (2004)
Movie
Self
Muppet Music Moments (2004)
Movie
Jim Henson: Commercials and Experiments (2004)
Movie
Self
When Star Wars Ruled the World (2004)
Movie
Self
Empire of Dreams: The Story of the Star Wars Trilogy (2004)
Movie
Yoda (archive footage)
The Story of Star Wars (2004)
Movie
Director
The Stepford Wives (2004)
Movie
6
Cookie Monster
Sesame Street: Cookie Monster's Best Bites (2004)
Movie
Grover / Cookie Monster
Sesame Street: Let's Eat! Funny Food Songs (2003)
Movie
Self
Muppets Magic From 'The Ed Sullivan Show!' (2003)
Movie
Self
Films Are Not Released, They Escape (2002)
Movie
Self / Yoda
From Puppets to Pixels: Digital Characters in 'Episode II' (2002)
Movie
Director
The Funkhousers (2002)
TV
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 (2002)
Movie
Yoda (voice)
Star Wars: Episode II - Attack of the Clones (2002)
Movie
6.15
Self
I Love Muppets (2002)
Movie
Jeff Fungus (voice)
Monsters, Inc. (2001)
Movie
8.37
Self
The Beginning: Making 'Episode I' (2001)
Movie
Fozzie Bear / Miss Piggy / Sam the Eagle / Animal / Wolf
The Very Best of the Muppet Show: Volume 3 (2001)
Movie
Director
The Score (2001)
Movie
7
Bert / Grover / Cookie Monster (voice)
The Adventures of Elmo in Grouchland (1999)
Movie
Director
Bowfinger (1999)
Movie
6
Miss Piggy / Fozzie Bear / Animal / Sam the Eagle (voice)
Muppets from Space (1999)
Movie
4.78
Yoda (voice)
Star Wars: Episode I - The Phantom Menace (1999)
Movie
6.13
Fozzie Bear / Miss Piggy / Animal / Sam the Eagle
The Very Best of the Muppet Show: Volume 2 (1999)
Movie
Fozzie Bear / Miss Piggy / Animal / Sam the Eagle
The Very Best of the Muppet Show (1999)
Movie
Bert / Grover / Cookie Monster (voice)
CinderElmo (1999)
Movie
Self
The Stories Behind the Making of 'The Blues Brothers' (1998)
Movie
Grover
The Best of Kermit on Sesame Street (1998)
Movie
Grover / Cookie Monster / Bert (voice)
Sesame Street: Elmopalooza! (1998)
Movie
Warden
Blues Brothers 2000 (1998)
Movie
1
Director
In & Out (1997)
Movie
6
Bert (voice) (archive footage)
Sesame Street: Elmo Says BOO! (1997)
Movie
Bert ('Naptime') (voice)
Sesame Street: Quiet Time (1997)
Movie
Cookie Monster (voice)
Sesame Street: Elmo Saves Christmas (1996)
Movie
Animal / Fozzie Bear / Miss Piggy
Muppets Tonight (1996)
TV
1
Miss Piggy / Fozzie Bear / Sam the Eagle / Animal (voice) / Producer
Muppet Treasure Island (1996)
Movie
5.26
Cookie Monster / Green
Sesame Street: Do the Alphabet (1996)
Movie
Cookie Monster
Sesame Street: Kid's Guide to Life: Learning to Share (1996)
Movie
Director
The Indian in the Cupboard (1995)
Movie
9
Self / Muppet Performer
The World of Jim Henson (1994)
Movie
Miss Piggy / Fozzie Bear (Emperor)
Muppet Classic Theater (1994)
Movie
Bert / Grover (archive footage)
Sesame Street All-Star 25th Birthday: Stars and Street Forever! (1994)
Movie
Grover
Sesame Street: 25 Wonderful Years: A Musical Celebration! (1993)
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) / Executive Producer
The Muppet Christmas Carol (1992)
Movie
5.34
Pathologist
Innocent Blood (1992)
Movie
5.17
Director
Housesitter (1992)
Movie
6.67
Director
What About Bob? (1991)
Movie
7.5
Miss Piggy / Fozzie Bear / Sam the Eagle
Muppet*Vision 3-D (1991)
Movie
Grover
Sesame Street: Elmo's Sing-Along Guessing Game (1991)
Movie
Self / Miss Piggy / Fozzie Bear / Animal / Bert / ... (voice)
The Muppets Celebrate Jim Henson (1990)
Movie
Miss Piggy
Disneyland's 35th Anniversary Special (1990)
Movie
Self
Sing! Sesame Street Remembers Joe Raposo and His Music (1990)
Movie
Miss Piggy / Fozzie Bear / Animal
The Muppets at Walt Disney World (1990)
Movie
ArchiveFootage
Sesame Street: Sing Yourself Silly! (1990)
Movie
Grover / Bert
Sesame Street: Rock & Roll! (1990)
Movie
Cookie Monster / Grover
Sesame Street: Monster Hits! (1990)
Movie
Miss Piggy
50 Years of Television: A Golden Celebration (1989)
Movie
Self
An Evening with Jim Henson and Frank Oz (1989)
Movie
The Jim Henson Hour (1989)
TV
Director
Dirty Rotten Scoundrels (1988)
Movie
5.79
Miss Piggy (voice)
Free to Be... a Family (1988)
Movie
Muppet Performer
Sesame Street: Put Down the Duckie: An All-Star Musical Special (1988)
Movie
Bert
The Best of Ernie and Bert (1988)
Movie
Fozzie Bear (voice)
Hey, You're as Funny as Fozzie Bear (1988)
Movie
Fozzie Bear / Animal / Miss Piggy
A Muppet Family Christmas (1987)
Movie
3.5
Miss Piggy
Dolly (1987)
TV
Bert / Grover
Sesame Street: Sing Along (1987)
Movie
Director
Little Shop of Horrors (1986)
Movie
7
The Wiseman
Labyrinth (1986)
Movie
6.9
Cookie Monster/Bert/Grover/Princess Penelope (voice)
Sesame Street: Learning About Letters (1986)
Movie
Fozzie Bear / Miss Piggy / Sam the Eagle
The Muppets: A Celebration of 30 Years (1986)
Movie
Bert / Grover / Cookie Monster
Sesame Street: Sleepytime Songs & Stories (1986)
Movie
Grover / Fat Blue Tarnish Brother
Sesame Street: Learning About Numbers (1986)
Movie
Test Monitor
Spies Like Us (1985)
Movie
6.03
Fozzie Bear / Miss Piggy
Muppet Video: Rowlf's Rhapsodies with the Muppets (1985)
Movie
Jim Henson's Little Muppet Monsters (1985)
TV
Cookie Monster / Bert / Grover
Follow That Bird (1985)
Movie
9
Fozzie Bear / Miss Piggy / Animal
Muppet Treasures (1985)
Movie
Fozzie Bear / Miss Piggy (voice)
The Muppet Revue (1985)
Movie
Miss Piggy
Muppet Video: The Kermit and Piggy Story (1985)
Movie
Miss Piggy (voice)
Children's Songs and Stories with the Muppets (1985)
Movie
Miss Piggy / Fozzie / Animal
The Muppets Take Manhattan (1984)
Movie
5.82
Frank Oz (self)
Henson's Place: The Man Behind the Muppets (1984)
Movie
Self
Classic Creatures: Return of the Jedi (1983)
Movie
Bert / Cookie Monster / Grover
Don't Eat the Pictures: Sesame Street at the Metropolitan Museum of Art (1983)
Movie
Corrupt Cop
Trading Places (1983)
Movie
6.17
Bert / Cookie Monster / Grover
Big Bird in China (1983)
Movie
Yoda (voice)
Return of the Jedi (1983)
Movie
6.06
Miss Piggy / Fozzie Bear / Animal
Rocky Mountain Holiday with John Denver and the Muppets (1983)
Movie
Self - Director
The World of 'The Dark Crystal' (1983)
Movie
Grump
Muppet Breakthrough (1983)
Movie
Aughra, a Keeper of Secrets / Chamberlain / Director
The Dark Crystal (1982)
Movie
5.6
Miss Piggy / Fozzie Bear / Animal
The Fantastic Miss Piggy Show (1982)
Movie
Miss Piggy / Fozzie Bear (voice)
I Love Liberty (1982)
Movie
Miss Piggy (voice)
Night of 100 Stars (1982)
Movie
Yoda (voice)
Return of the Ewok (1982)
Movie
Self
Of Muppets & Men (1981)
Movie
Grump
Muppet Side Splitter (1981)
Movie
Mr. Collins / Miss Piggy (archive footage)
An American Werewolf in London (1981)
Movie
5.64
Miss Piggy / Fozzie Bear / Animal
The Great Muppet Caper (1981)
Movie
5.32
Fozzie Bear / Miss Piggy / Sam the Eagle
The Muppets Go to the Movies (1981)
Movie
Yoda
SPFX: The Empire Strikes Back (1980)
Movie
Corrections Officer
The Blues Brothers (1980)
Movie
7.2
Yoda (Voice)
The Empire Strikes Back (1980)
Movie
6.02
Fozzie Bear / Miss Piggy / Animal
John Denver and the Muppets: A Christmas Together (1979)
Movie
Miss Piggy / Fozzie Bear / Animal / Sam the Eagle / Doc Hopper's Men / Marvin Suggs / Swedish Chef (hands) / Motorcycle Guy (voice)
The Muppet Movie (1979)
Movie
5.36
Animal / Fozzie Bear / Miss Piggy
The Muppets Go Hollywood (1979)
Movie
Grover / Cookie Monster / Bert (archive footage)
A Walking Tour of Sesame Street (1979)
Movie
Self / Fozzie Bear / Animal
The Orson Welles Show (1979)
Movie
Grump
Meal Break (1979)
Movie
Grump
Let's Have the Dam Break (1979)
Movie
Grump
Grump Critic (1979)
Movie
Grump
Muppet Gimme a Break (1979)
Movie
Grump / Quongo
Muppet Breaker Upper (1979)
Movie
Chuck / Ma Otter (assistant)
Emmet Otter's Jug Band Christmas (1978)
TV
Bert / Cookie Monster / Grover
Christmas Eve on Sesame Street (1978)
Movie
Fozzie Bear
Hip Hip Parade! (1978)
Movie
Miss Piggy
An Audience with... (1978)
TV
Miss Piggy / Fozzie Bear
The Bob Hope All Star Christmas Comedy Special (1977)
Movie
Chuck / Ma Otter (assistant)
Emmet Otter's Jug-Band Christmas (1977)
Movie
7.5
Fozzie Bear / Miss Piggy / Animal
The Muppet Show (1976)
TV
6.14
Sam the Eagle
Muppet Picker Upper (1975)
Movie
Sam the Eagle
The Muppet Introduction (1975)
Movie
Sam the Eagle
Just a Few Announcements (1975)
Movie
Bert / Cookie Monster / Grover (voice)
Out to Lunch (1974)
Movie
Julie on Sesame Street (1973)
Movie
Leroy the Donkey (Assistant) / Rat
The Muppet Musicians of Bremen (1972)
Movie
Gawain / Robin the Frog (assistant)
Tales from Muppetland: The Frog Prince (1971)
Movie
Self / Miss Piggy (voice)
Great Performances (1971)
TV
1
Thig / Skippity / Hoppity
The Great Santa Claus Switch (1970)
Movie
Self - Puppeteer
The Muppets on Puppets (1970)
Movie
Bert / Grover / Cookie Monster
Sesame Street (1969)
TV
5.87
Sesame Unpaved (1969)
TV
Scoop / Beautiful Day Monster
Sesame Street Pitch Reel (1969)
Movie
Stepsister #1 / Splurge (voice)
Hey, Cinderella! (1969)
Movie
Self
Peter Alexander präsentiert Spezialitäten (1969)
TV
Self - Guest
The Dick Cavett Show (1968)
TV
Actor
The Paperwork Explosion (1967)
Movie
Cinematographer
Run, Run (1965)
Movie
Messenger boy
Time Piece (1965)
Movie
Self
The Mike Douglas Show (1961)
TV
Self
The Oscars (1953)
TV
Sam the Eagle
Jim Henson's Animal Show
TV
Cookie Monster
Evening at Pops
TV
Bert / Cookie Monster / Grover
Don't Eat the Pictures
TV
Vanquish Is / Particularly Reach the Master
Star War The Third Gathers: The Backstroke of the West
Movie
Emmet Otter’s Jug-Band Christmas
Movie
Sesame Street: Play with Me Sesame
TV
Ratings
Average 6.03
Based on 12.1 Million movie and tv ratings over time
1953
1981
1990
1983
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Known ForActing
GenderMale
Birthday1944-05-25 (79 years old)
Birth NameFrank Richard Oznowicz
Birth PlaceHereford, United Kingdom
CitizenshipsUnited States of America
ResidencesNew York City, United States of America
Also Known AsФрэнк Оз
AwardsGreat Immigrants, Primetime Emmy Award for Outstanding Comedy Series, Daytime Emmy Award
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