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