Frank Oz
- Known for
- Acting
- Born
- May 25, 1944 (age 82)
- Place of birth
- Hereford, Herefordshire, England, UK
- Credits
- 194
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
2015Movie
Subconscious Guard Dave (voice)
Star Wars: The Force Awakens
2015Movie
Yoda (archive sound) (uncredited)
Monsters, Inc.
2001Movie
Jeff Fungus (voice)
The Empire Strikes Back
1980Movie
Yoda (Voice)
Return of the Jedi
1983Movie
Yoda (voice)
Star Wars: The Last Jedi
2017Movie
Yoda (voice)
Filmography
fozzie descuido venga la alegría
2025Movie
Fozzie
The Muppet Script
2025Movie
Self (archive footage)
Disney Legends Award Ceremony
2024TV
Self - Honoree
Inside Out 2
2024Movie
Mind Cop Dave (voice)
Jim Henson Idea Man
2024Movie
Self
STEVE! (martin) a documentary in 2 pieces
2024TV
Self - Director
LIGHT & MAGIC
2022TV
Self - Yoda Puppeteer (archive footage)
Jerry Nelson: A Celebratory Birthday Animatic
2022Movie
Grover (voice) / Cookie Monster (voice) / others (voice)
Obi-Wan Kenobi
2022TV
Yoda (voice) (archive footage) (uncredited)
Street Gang: How We Got to Sesame Street
2021Movie
Self (archive footage)
Echoes of Violence
2021Movie
Dante
Jedi Temple Challenge
2020TV
Yoda (voice)
Muppet Guys Talking: A Special Conversation to Honor Jim Henson
2020Movie
Self
Star Wars: The Rise of Skywalker
2019Movie
Yoda (voice)
Knives Out
2019Movie
Alan Stevens
Sesame Street: 50 Years and Counting
2019Movie
Grover / Cookie Monster / Various Characters
Howard
2018Movie
Self (archive footage)
The Director and the Jedi
2018Movie
Self
Star Wars: The Last Jedi
2017Movie
Yoda (voice)
Muppet Guys Talking: Secrets Behind the Show the Whole World Watched
2017Movie
Self
Star Wars: The Force Awakens
2015Movie
Yoda (archive sound) (uncredited)
The Great Gilly Hopkins
2015Movie
Cookie Monster (voice)
In Their Own Words: Jim Henson
2015Movie
Self - Friend & Muppet Performer
The Late Show with Stephen Colbert
2015TV
Self - Guest
Sesame Street: Play All Day with Elmo!
2015Movie
In Their Own Words
2015TV
Self
Inside Out
2015Movie
Subconscious Guard Dave (voice)
I Am Big Bird: The Caroll Spinney Story
2015Movie
Self
StarTalk with Neil deGrasse Tyson
2015TV
Self
Star Wars Rebels
2014TV
Yoda (voice)
Jim Henson: Behind the Seams
2014Movie
Being Elmo: A Puppeteer's Journey
2011Movie
Self
Jim Henson: His Sesame Street Story
2009Movie
Jim Henson's Tales from Muppetland
2009Movie
Reflections of 'The Dark Crystal'
2007Movie
Self
A Sesame Street Christmas Carol
2006Movie
Bert (voice) (archive footage)
Treasures Untold: The Making of Disney's 'The Little Mermaid'
2006Movie
Self
Sesame Street: Elmo's Potty Time
2006Movie
Grover (voice)
The Sound of the Squid
2006Movie
Squid
Best Ever Muppet Moments
2006Movie
Self
Zathura: A Space Adventure
2005Movie
Robot (voice)
Star Wars: Episode III - Revenge of the Sith
2005Movie
Yoda (voice)
Muppet History 101
2004Movie
Jim Henson: Commercials and Experiments
2004Movie
Muppet Music Moments
2004Movie
Self
Empire of Dreams: The Story of the Star Wars Trilogy
2004Movie
Self
When Star Wars Ruled the World
2004Movie
Self
Kulturplatz
2004TV
Self
Sesame Street: A Celebration of Me, Grover
2004Movie
Grover (voice) (archive footage)
The Story of Star Wars
2004Movie
Yoda (archive footage)
Sesame Street: Elmo's World: The Street We Live On!
2004Movie
Cookie Monster / Bert / Grover (voice)
Sesame Street: Cookie Monster's Best Bites
2004Movie
Cookie Monster (voice)
Muppets Magic from 'The Ed Sullivan Show!'
2003Movie
Muppet Performer
Sesame Street: Let's Eat! Funny Food Songs
2003Movie
Grover / Cookie Monster (voice)
Films Are Not Released, They Escape
2002Movie
Self
From Puppets to Pixels: The Making of Star Wars Episode II
2002Movie
Self / Yoda
Sesame Street: Bert & Ernie's Word Play
2002Movie
Bert / Cookie Monster (credit song) / T-Shirt Salesman / Fat Blue Anything Muppet in Fat Cat (voice) (archive footage)
Star Wars: Episode II - Attack of the Clones
2002Movie
Yoda (voice)
Sesame Street: Play with Me Sesame
2002TV
I Love Muppets
2002Movie
Self
Making "The Score"
2001Movie
Himself
Monsters, Inc.
2001Movie
Jeff Fungus (voice)
The Beginning: The Making of Star Wars Episode I
2001Movie
Self
The Very Best of the Muppet Show: Volume 3
2001Movie
Fozzie Bear / Miss Piggy / Sam the Eagle / Animal / Wolf
Sesame Street: Elmo's World: Flowers, Bananas & More!
2000Movie
Prince Charming (voice)
The Adventures of Elmo in Grouchland
1999Movie
Bert / Grover / Cookie Monster (voice)
Muppets from Space
1999Movie
Miss Piggy / Fozzie Bear / Animal / Sam the Eagle (voice)
Star Wars: Episode I - The Phantom Menace
1999Movie
Yoda (voice)
The Very Best of the Muppet Show
1999Movie
Fozzie Bear / Miss Piggy / Animal / Sam the Eagle
The Very Best of the Muppet Show: Volume 2
1999Movie
Fozzie Bear / Miss Piggy / Animal / Sam the Eagle
Sesame Unpaved
1999TV
CinderElmo
1999Movie
Bert / Grover / Cookie Monster (voice)
The Stories Behind the Making of 'The Blues Brothers'
1998Movie
Self
The Best of Kermit on Sesame Street
1998Movie
Grover (voice)
Sesame Street: Elmopalooza!
1998Movie
Grover / Cookie Monster / Bert (voice)
Blues Brothers 2000
1998Movie
Warden
Sesame Street: Elmo Says BOO!
1997Movie
Bert (voice)
Sesame Street: Quiet Time
1997Movie
Bert ("Naptime") (voice)
Sesame Street: Elmo Saves Christmas
1996Movie
Cookie Monster (voice)
Muppets Tonight
1996TV
Miss Piggy / Fozzie Bear / Animal / George the Janitor
Muppet Treasure Island
1996Movie
Miss Piggy / Fozzie Bear / Sam the Eagle / Animal (voice)
Sesame Street: Do the Alphabet
1996Movie
Cookie Monster / Green (voice) (archive footage)
Sesame Street: Kid's Guide to Life: Learning to Share
1996Movie
Cookie Monster
Orson Welles: The One-Man Band
1995Movie
The World of Jim Henson
1994Movie
Self / Miss Piggy / Fozzie Bear
Return of the Ewok
1994Movie
Yoda
Muppet Classic Theater
1994Movie
Miss Piggy / Fozzie Bear (voice)
Sesame Street | All-Star 25th Birthday: Stars and Street Forever!
1994Movie
Bert / Grover (archive footage)
Sesame Street Stays Up Late!
1993Movie
Bert/Grover/Cookie Monster/Uncle Hank(voice)
Sesame Street: 25 Wonderful Years: A Musical Celebration!
1993Movie
Grover
Sesame Street's 25th Birthday: A Musical Celebration
1993Movie
Bert / Grover / Cookie Monster (voice)
Holiday Greetings from 'The Ed Sullivan Show'
1992Movie
Miss Piggy
The Muppet Christmas Carol
1992Movie
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)
Home Alone 2: Lost in New York
1992Movie
Man Putting Money into Donation Bucket (uncredited)
Innocent Blood
1992Movie
Pathologist
Getting Ready to Read
1992Movie
Bert / Grover / Cookie Monster (voice)
Sesame Street: Elmo's Sing-Along Guessing Game
1991Movie
Grover(voice)
The Muppets Celebrate Jim Henson
1990Movie
Self / Miss Piggy / Fozzie Bear / Animal / Bert / Sam the Eagle (voice)
Disneyland's 35th Anniversary Celebration
1990Movie
Miss Piggy (voice)
Jim Henson's Memorial Service
1990Movie
Sing! Sesame Street Remembers Joe Raposo and His Music
1990Movie
Self
The Muppets at Walt Disney World
1990Movie
Miss Piggy / Fozzie Bear / Animal (voice)
Sesame Street: Sing Yourself Silly!
1990Movie
(archive footage) (voice)
Sesame Street: Monster Hits!
1990Movie
Cookie Monster (voice) / Grover (voice) / Clancy (voice)
50 Years of Television: A Golden Celebration
1989Movie
Miss Piggy
An Evening with Jim Henson and Frank Oz
1989Movie
Self
Miss Piggy's Hollywood
1989Movie
Miss Piggy / Fozzie Bear
The Jim Henson Hour
1989TV
Fozzie Bear (voice), Miss Piggy / Fozzie Bear (voice)
Sesame Street: 20 Years & Still Counting! 1969-1989
1989Movie
Self – Bert / Grover / Cookie Monster
Free to Be... a Family
1988Movie
Miss Piggy (voice)
Sesame Street: Put Down the Duckie
1988Movie
Bert / Grover / Cookie Monster (voice)
The Best of Ernie and Bert
1988Movie
Bert
Hey, You're as Funny as Fozzie Bear
1988Movie
Fozzie Bear (voice)
A Muppet Family Christmas
1987Movie
Miss Piggy / Fozzy Bear / Animal / Sam the Eagle / Bert / Grover / Cookie Monster
Sesame Street: Sing Along
1987Movie
Labyrinth
1986Movie
The Wiseman
Sesame Street: Learning About Letters
1986Movie
Cookie Monster/Bert/Grover/Princess Penelope (voice)
The Muppets: A Celebration of 30 Years
1986Movie
Fozzie Bear / Miss Piggy / Sam the Eagle / Bert / Animal / Grover / Cookie Monster / Marvin Suggs (voice)
Sesame Street: Sleepytime Songs & Stories
1986Movie
Bert / Grover (Bedtime Stories and Songs) / Cookie Monster (Bedtime Stories and Songs) / Tallest and Smallest People (Bedtime Stories & Songs) (voice)
Sesame Street: Learning About Numbers
1986Movie
Grover / Fat Blue Tarnish Brother (voice)
Spies Like Us
1985Movie
Test Monitor
Muppet Video: Rowlf's Rhapsodies with the Muppets
1985Movie
Miss Piggy / Fozzie Bear (voice)
Jim Henson's Little Muppet Monsters
1985TV
Follow That Bird
1985Movie
Cookie Monster / Bert / Grover / Additional Muppets (voice)
Muppet Treasures
1985Movie
Fozzie Bear / Miss Piggy / Animal
The Muppet Revue
1985Movie
Fozzie Bear / Miss Piggy (voice)
Muppet Video: The Kermit and Piggy Story
1985Movie
Miss Piggy (voice)
Muppet Perk-Up
1985Movie
Grump (voice)
Children's Songs and Stories with the Muppets
1985Movie
Miss Piggy (voice)
The Muppets Take Manhattan
1984Movie
Miss Piggy / Fozzie / Animal / Bert / Cookie Monster / Ocean Breeze Soap Board Member / Sam the Eagle (voice)
Henson's Place: The Man Behind the Muppets
1984Movie
Self
Classic Creatures: Return of the Jedi
1983Movie
Self
Don't Eat the Pictures: Sesame Street at the Metropolitan Museum of Art
1983Movie
Bert / Cookie Monster / Grover (voice)
Trading Places
1983Movie
Corrupt Cop
Big Bird in China
1983Movie
Bert / Grover / Cookie Monster (voice)
Return of the Jedi
1983Movie
Yoda (voice)
Rocky Mountain Holiday with John Denver and the Muppets
1983Movie
Miss Piggy / Fozzie Bear / Animal / Gramps (voice)
The World of 'The Dark Crystal'
1983Movie
Self
Muppet Breakthrough
1983Movie
Grump
The Dark Crystal
1982Movie
Aughra, a Keeper of Secrets / Chamberlain
The Fantastic Miss Piggy Show
1982Movie
Miss Piggy / Fozzie Bear / Animal (voice)
I Love Liberty
1982Movie
Miss Piggy / Fozzie Bear (voice)
Night of 100 Stars
1982Movie
Miss Piggy (voice)
Of Muppets & Men
1981Movie
Self
Muppet Side Splitter
1981Movie
Grump (voice)
An American Werewolf in London
1981Movie
Mr. Collins
The Great Muppet Caper
1981Movie
Miss Piggy / Fozzie Bear / Animal / Sam the Eagle / Gramps / Swedish Chef (voice)
The Muppets Go to the Movies
1981Movie
Miss Piggy / Fozzie Bear / Sam the Eagle (voice)
SP FX: The Empire Strikes Back
1980Movie
Self
The Blues Brothers
1980Movie
Corrections Officer
The Empire Strikes Back
1980Movie
Yoda (Voice)
John Denver and the Muppets: A Christmas Together
1979Movie
Miss Piggy / Fozzie Bear / Animal (voice)
The Muppet Movie
1979Movie
Miss Piggy / Fozzie Bear / Animal / Sam the Eagle / Doc Hopper's Men / Marvin Suggs / Swedish Chef (hands) / Motorcycle Guy (voice)
The Muppets Go Hollywood
1979Movie
Miss Piggy / Fozzie Bear / Animal / Sam the Eagle (voice)
A Walking Tour of Sesame Street
1979Movie
Grover / Cookie Monster / Bert (archive footage)
The Orson Welles Show
1979Movie
Self / Fozzie Bear / Animal / Sam Eagle (voice)
Let's Have the Dam Break
1979Movie
Grump
Meal Break
1979Movie
Grump
Grump Critic
1979Movie
Grump
Muppet Breaker Upper
1979Movie
Grump / Quongo
Muppet Gimme a Break
1979Movie
Grump
Christmas Eve on Sesame Street
1978Movie
Bert / Cookie Monster / Grover (voice)
Hip Hip Parade!
1978Movie
Fozzie Bear
Julie Andrews: One Step Into Spring
1978Movie
Miss Piggy / Fozzie Bear
The Vent Event
1978Movie
Fozzie Bear
An Audience with...
1978TV
Miss Piggy
The Bob Hope All Star Christmas Comedy Special
1977Movie
Miss Piggy / Fozzie Bear
Emmet Otter's Jug-Band Christmas
1977Movie
Chuck (voice)
The Royal Variety Performance 1977
1977Movie
The Muppet Show
1976TV
Miss Piggy / Fozzie Bear / Animal / Sam Eagle / Marvin Suggs / George the Janitor (voice)
Kagayake! Gorō Mapetto Geba Geba 90-pun!
1976Movie
George the Janitor, Fozzie Bear
Sesame Street- Do you know where Ernie lives?
1975Movie
Self
Saturday Night Live
1975TV
The Mighty Favog (voice), The Flood (voice)
Muppet Picker Upper
1975Movie
Sam the Eagle (voice)
The Muppet Introduction
1975Movie
Sam the Eagle
Just a Few Announcements
1975Movie
Sam the Eagle
Out to Lunch
1974Movie
Bert / Cookie Monster / Grover (voice)
Julie on Sesame Street
1973Movie
Bert/ Cookie Monster/ Grover (voice)
The Muppet Musicians of Bremen
1972Movie
Rat (voice)
Tales from Muppetland: The Frog Prince
1971Movie
Gawain (voice)
Great Performances
1971TV
Self, Miss Piggy (voice)
The Great Santa Claus Switch
1970Movie
Thig / Skippity / Hoppity / Boppity / Snerf (voice)
The Muppets on Puppets
1970Movie
Self / Various Characters
Sesame Street
1969TV
Bert/Cookie Monster/Grover
This Way to Sesame Street
1969Movie
Bert
Sesame Street Pitch Reel
1969Movie
Scoop / Beautiful Day Monster (voice)
Hey Cinderella!
1969Movie
Stepsister #1 / Splurge (voice)
Peter Alexander präsentiert Spezialitäten
1969TV
Self
The Dick Cavett Show
1968TV
Self - Guest
The Paperwork Explosion
1967Movie
Time Piece
1965Movie
Messenger Boy
The Mike Douglas Show
1961TV
Self
The Wonderful World of Disney
1954TV
Miss Piggy (voice)
The Oscars
1953TV
Self, Miss Piggy