Frank Oz
Birthday
1944/05/25 (80 years old)
Gender
Male
Place of Birth
Hereford, Herefordshire, England, UK
Also know as
Фрэнк Оз
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.
Acting
(1980) The Blues Brothers
as Corrections Officer
(2001) Monsters, Inc.
as Jeff Fungus (voice)
(1983) Trading Places
as Corrupt Cop
(1999) Muppets from Space
as Miss Piggy / Fozzie Bear / Animal / Sam the Eagle (voice)
(1980) The Empire Strikes Back
as Yoda (Voice)
(1983) Return of the Jedi
as Yoda (voice)
(1999) Star Wars: Episode I - The Phantom Menace
as Yoda (voice)
(2002) Star Wars: Episode II - Attack of the Clones
as Yoda (voice)
(2005) Star Wars: Episode III - Revenge of the Sith
as Yoda (voice)
(1979) The Muppet Movie
as Miss Piggy / Fozzie Bear / Animal / Sam the Eagle / Doc Hopper's Men / Marvin Suggs / Swedish Chef (hands) / Motorcycle Guy (voice)
(2005) Zathura: A Space Adventure
as Robot (voice)
(1990) Sesame Street: Sing Yourself Silly!
as ---
(1984) The Muppets Take Manhattan
as Miss Piggy / Fozzie / Animal / Bert / Cookie Monster / Ocean Breeze Soap Board Member / Sam the Eagle (voice)
(1981) Of Muppets & Men
as Self
(1985) Spies Like Us
as Test Monitor
(2006) A Sesame Street Christmas Carol
as Bert (voice) (archive footage)
(1987) A Muppet Family Christmas
as Various Characters (voice)
(1992) Innocent Blood
as Pathologist
(1990) The Muppets Celebrate Jim Henson
as Self / Miss Piggy / Fozzie Bear / Animal / Bert / ... (voice)
(1982) I Love Liberty
as Miss Piggy / Fozzie Bear (voice)
(1985) Follow That Bird
as Cookie Monster / Bert / Grover / Additional Muppets (voice)
(1984) Henson's Place: The Man Behind the Muppets
as Frank Oz (self)
(1981) The Great Muppet Caper
as Miss Piggy / Fozzie Bear / Sam the Eagle / Animal (voice)
(2002) Films Are Not Released, They Escape
as Self
(1986) Sesame Street: Learning About Letters
as Cookie Monster/Bert/Grover/Princess Penelope (voice)
(1985) The Muppet Revue
as Fozzie Bear / Miss Piggy (voice)
(1985) Muppet Video: Rowlf's Rhapsodies with the Muppets
as Miss Piggy / Fozzie Bear (voice)
(1985) Muppet Treasures
as Fozzie Bear / Miss Piggy / Animal
(1972) The Muppet Musicians of Bremen
as Rat (voice)
(1990) The Muppets at Walt Disney World
as Miss Piggy / Fozzie Bear / Animal (voice)
(1971) Tales from Muppetland: The Frog Prince
as Gawain (voice)
(2011) Being Elmo: A Puppeteer's Journey
as Self
(1983) Rocky Mountain Holiday with John Denver and the Muppets
as Miss Piggy / Fozzie Bear / Animal / Gramps (voice)
(1988) Free to Be... a Family
as Miss Piggy (voice)
(1982) The Fantastic Miss Piggy Show
as Miss Piggy / Fozzie Bear / Animal (voice)
(1979) The Muppets Go Hollywood
as Various Muppets
(1983) The World of 'The Dark Crystal'
as Himself
(1970) The Muppets on Puppets
as Himself
(1970) The Great Santa Claus Switch
as Thig/Skippity/Hoppity/Boppity/Snerf (voice)
(2007) Reflections of 'The Dark Crystal'
as Himself
(1989) 50 Years of Television: A Golden Celebration
as Miss Piggy
(2018) Howard
as Self (archive footage)
(1985) Children's Songs and Stories with the Muppets
as Miss Piggy (voice)
(1997) Sesame Street: Elmo Says BOO!
as Bert (voice)
(1987) Sesame Street: Sing Along
as ---
(2022) Jerry Nelson: A Celebratory Birthday Animatic
as Grover (voice) / Cookie Monster (voice) / others (voice)
(1969) Sesame Street Pitch Reel
as Scoop / Beautiful Day Monster (voice)
(1978) Hip Hip Parade!
as Fozzie Bear
(1975) Muppet Picker Upper
as Sam the Eagle (voice)
(2006) Sesame Street: Elmo's Potty Time
as Grover (voice)
(1999) The Very Best of the Muppet Show
as Fozzie Bear / Miss Piggy / Animal / Sam the Eagle
(1999) The Very Best of the Muppet Show: Volume 2
as Fozzie Bear / Miss Piggy / Animal / Sam the Eagle
(2001) The Very Best of the Muppet Show: Volume 3
as Fozzie Bear / Miss Piggy / Sam the Eagle / Animal / Wolf
(1983) Don't Eat the Pictures: Sesame Street at the Metropolitan Museum of Art
as Bert / Cookie Monster / Grover (voice)
(1967) The Paperwork Explosion
as ---
(1996) Sesame Street: Do the Alphabet
as Cookie Monster / Green (voice) (archive footage)
(2004) Sesame Street: Cookie Monster's Best Bites
as Cookie Monster (voice)
(1998) Sesame Street: Elmopalooza!
as Grover / Cookie Monster / Bert (voice)
(2015) I Am Big Bird: The Caroll Spinney Story
as Self
(2004) Jim Henson: Commercials and Experiments
as ---
(2004) Muppet Music Moments
as Self
(2004) Muppet History 101
as ---
(2009) Jim Henson's Tales from Muppetland
as ---
(2009) Jim Henson: His Sesame Street Story
as ---
(2014) Jim Henson: Behind the Seams
as ---
(2024) Inside Out 2
as Mind Cop Dave (voice)
(2003) Muppets Magic From 'The Ed Sullivan Show!'
as Muppet Performer
(2004) When Star Wars Ruled the World
as Self
(2015) In Their Own Words: Jim Henson
as Self - Friend & Muppet Performer
(1965) Time Piece
as Messenger boy
(2024) Jim Henson Idea Man
as Self
(2015) Inside Out
as Subconscious Guard Dave (voice)
(1981) An American Werewolf in London
as Mr. Collins
(1982) Return of the Ewok
as Yoda (voice)
(2004) Empire of Dreams: The Story of the Star Wars Trilogy
as Self
(2015) Star Wars: The Force Awakens
as Yoda (archive sound) (uncredited)
(1980) SP FX: The Empire Strikes Back
as Yoda
(1999) The Adventures of Elmo in Grouchland
as Bert / Grover / Cookie Monster (voice)
(2001) The Beginning: Making Episode I
as Self
(1989) Miss Piggy's Hollywood
as Miss Piggy / Fozzie Bear
(2024) Disney Legends Awards Ceremony
as Self
(1996) Sesame Street: Elmo Saves Christmas
as Cookie Monster (voice)
(1988) Hey, You're as Funny as Fozzie Bear
as Fozzie Bear (voice)
(1978) Christmas Eve on Sesame Street
as Bert / Cookie Monster / Grover (voice)
(1999) CinderElmo
as Bert / Grover / Cookie Monster (voice)
(1974) Out to Lunch
as Bert / Cookie Monster / Grover (voice)
(2004) The Story of Star Wars
as Yoda (archive footage)
(1989) An Evening with Jim Henson and Frank Oz
as Self
(1996) Muppet Treasure Island
as Miss Piggy / Fozzie Bear / Sam the Eagle / Animal (voice)
(2015) The Great Gilly Hopkins
as Cookie Monster (voice)
(1990) Sesame Street: Monster Hits!
as Cookie Monster (voice) / Grover (voice) / Clancy (voice)
(1977) Emmet Otter's Jug-Band Christmas
as Chuck (voice)
(1994) Muppet Classic Theater
as Miss Piggy / Fozzie Bear (voice)
(2017) Star Wars: The Last Jedi
as Yoda (voice)
(1981) The Muppets Go to the Movies
as Miss Piggy / Fozzie Bear / Animal / Sam Eagle
(1979) John Denver and the Muppets: A Christmas Together
as Miss Piggy / Fozzie Bear / Animal (voice)
(2017) Muppet Guys Talking: Secrets Behind the Show the Whole World Watched
as Himself
(2002) From Puppets to Pixels: Digital Characters in 'Episode II'
as Self / Yoda
(2018) The Director and the Jedi
as Self
(1979) The Orson Welles Show
as Self / Fozzie Bear / Animal / Sam Eagle (voice)
(1993) Sesame Street: 25 Wonderful Years: A Musical Celebration!
as Grover
(1985) Muppet Video: The Kermit and Piggy Story
as Miss Piggy (voice)
(2019) Knives Out
as Alan Stevens
(1983) Classic Creatures: Return of the Jedi
as Self
(1990) Sing! Sesame Street Remembers Joe Raposo and His Music
as Self
(1988) Sesame Street | Put Down the Duckie: An All-Star Musical Special
as Muppet Performer
(1981) Muppet Side Splitter
as Grump (voice)
(1986) Labyrinth
as The Wiseman
(2019) Star Wars: The Rise of Skywalker
as Yoda (voice)
(1998) The Stories Behind the Making of 'The Blues Brothers'
as Self
(1996) Sesame Street: Kid's Guide to Life: Learning to Share
as Cookie Monster
(1969) Hey Cinderella!
as Stepsister #1 / Splurge (voice)
(1983) Big Bird in China
as Bert / Grover / Cookie Monster (voice)
(1986) The Muppets: A Celebration of 30 Years
as Fozzie Bear / Miss Piggy / Sam the Eagle / Bert / Animal / Grover / Cookie Monster / Marvin Suggs
(2002) I Love Muppets
as Self
(1994) The World of Jim Henson
as Self / Miss Piggy / Fozzie Bear
(2006) Best Ever Muppet Moments
as Self
(1998) Blues Brothers 2000
as Warden
(1988) The Best of Ernie and Bert
as Bert
(2020) Muppet Guys Talking: A Special Conversation to Honor Jim Henson
as Himself
(1973) Julie on Sesame Street
as ---
(1990) Disneyland's 35th Anniversary Special
as Miss Piggy (voice)
(1992) The Muppet Christmas Carol
as 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)
(2019) Sesame Street: 50 Years and Counting
as Cookie Monster
(2002) Sesame Street: Bert & Ernie's Word Play
as Bert / Cookie Monster (credit song) / T-Shirt Salesman / Fat Blue Anything Muppet in Fat Cat (voice) (archive footage)
(1997) Sesame Street: Quiet Time
as Bert ("Naptime") (voice)
(1986) Sesame Street: Sleepytime Songs & Stories
as Bert / Grover (Bedtime Stories and Songs) / Cookie Monster (Bedtime Stories and Songs) / Tallest and Smallest People (Bedtime Stories & Songs) (voice)
(2003) Sesame Street: Let's Eat! Funny Food Songs
as Grover / Cookie Monster (voice)
(1977) The Bob Hope All Star Christmas Comedy Special
as Miss Piggy / Fozzie Bear
(2021) Echoes of Violence
as Dante
(2021) Street Gang: How We Got to Sesame Street
as Self (archive footage)
(1998) The Best of Kermit on Sesame Street
as Grover (voice)
(2006) Treasures Untold: The Making of Disney's 'The Little Mermaid'
as Self
(1994) Sesame Street | All-Star 25th Birthday: Stars and Street Forever!
as Bert / Grover (archive footage)
(1982) The Dark Crystal
as Aughra, a Keeper of Secrets / Chamberlain
(1982) Night of 100 Stars
as Miss Piggy (voice)
(1979) Muppet Breaker Upper
as Grump / Quongo
(1979) Muppet Gimme a Break
as Grump
(1983) Muppet Breakthrough
as Grump
(1975) The Muppet Introduction
as Sam the Eagle
(1975) Just a Few Announcements
as Sam the Eagle
(1979) Let's Have the Dam Break
as Grump
(1979) Meal Break
as Grump
(1979) Grump Critic
as Grump
(1979) A Walking Tour of Sesame Street
as Grover / Cookie Monster / Bert (archive footage)
(2004) Sesame Street: A Celebration of Me, Grover
as Grover (voice) (archive footage)
(1991) Muppet*Vision 3D
as Miss Piggy / Fozzie Bear / Sam the Eagle / Construction Worker (voice)
(1969) This Way to Sesame Street
as Bert
(1978) Julie Andrews: One Step Into Spring
as Miss Piggy / Fozzie Bear
(1977) Sesame Street at Night?
as Grover / Cookie Monster / Bert (voice) (archive footage)
(1992) Holiday Greetings from 'The Ed Sullivan Show'
as Miss Piggy
(1969) Sesame Street
as Bert
(1976) The Muppet Show
as Miss Piggy / Fozzie Bear / Animal / Sam Eagle / Marvin Suggs / George the Janitor (voice)
(2015) StarTalk with Neil deGrasse Tyson
as Self
(1996) Muppets Tonight
as Miss Piggy / Fozzie Bear / Animal / George the Janitor
(1989) The Jim Henson Hour
as ---
(1985) Jim Henson's Little Muppet Monsters
as ---
Sesame Street: Play with Me Sesame
as ---
(1953) The Oscars
as Self
(1969) Sesame Unpaved
as ---
(1969) Peter Alexander präsentiert Spezialitäten
as Self
(1978) An Audience with...
as Miss Piggy
(2020) Star Wars: Jedi Temple Challenge
as Yoda (voice)
(2022) Obi-Wan Kenobi
as Yoda (voice) (archive footage) (uncredited)
(2014) Star Wars Rebels
as Yoda (voice)
(2024) STEVE! (martin) a documentary in 2 pieces
as Self - Director
(1961) The Mike Douglas Show
as Self
(1968) The Dick Cavett Show
as Self - Guest
(2004) Kulturplatz
as Self
(1971) Great Performances
as Self
(1971) Great Performances
as Miss Piggy (voice)