7.5Acting
Frank Oz
- Born
- 1944-05-25
- Birthplace
- Hereford, Herefordshire, England, UK
Biography
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
Filmography
211 titles · Newest first · Cast and crew credits
fozzie descuido venga la alegría
2025 · Movie
Fozzie
The Muppet Script
2025 · Movie
Self (archive footage)
The Muppets Take Scripthatten
2025 · Movie
Original Film Writer
Disney Legends Award Ceremony
2024 · TV Show
Self - Honoree
Inside Out 2
2024 · Movie
Mind Cop Dave (voice)
Jim Henson Idea Man
2024 · Movie
Self
STEVE! (martin) a documentary in 2 pieces
2024 · TV Show
Self - Director
Fuzzy Head
2023 · Movie
Executive Producer
S.P.I.C.
2023 · Movie
Executive Producer
Jerry Nelson: A Celebratory Birthday Animatic
2022 · Movie
Grover (voice) / Cookie Monster (voice) / others (voice)
LIGHT & MAGIC
2022 · TV Show
Self - Yoda Puppeteer (archive footage)
Obi-Wan Kenobi
2022 · TV Show
Yoda (voice) (archive footage) (uncredited)
Echoes of Violence
2021 · Movie
Dante
Street Gang: How We Got to Sesame Street
2021 · Movie
Self (archive footage)
Derek DelGaudio's In & of Itself
2020 · Movie
Director
Jedi Temple Challenge
2020 · TV Show
Yoda (voice)
Muppet Guys Talking: A Special Conversation to Honor Jim Henson
2020 · Movie
Self · Director
Knives Out
2019 · Movie
Alan Stevens
Sesame Street: 50 Years and Counting
2019 · Movie
Grover / Cookie Monster / Various Characters
Star Wars: The Rise of Skywalker
2019 · Movie
Yoda (voice)
Howard
2018 · Movie
Self (archive footage)
The Director and the Jedi
2018 · Movie
Self
Muppet Guys Talking: Secrets Behind the Show the Whole World Watched
2017 · Movie
Self · Director
Star Wars: The Last Jedi
2017 · Movie
Yoda (voice)
I Am Big Bird: The Caroll Spinney Story
2015 · Movie
Self
In Their Own Words
2015 · TV Show
Self
In Their Own Words: Jim Henson
2015 · Movie
Self - Friend & Muppet Performer
Inside Out
2015 · Movie
Subconscious Guard Dave (voice)
Sesame Street: Play All Day with Elmo!
2015 · Movie
Cast
Star Wars: The Force Awakens
2015 · Movie
Yoda (archive sound) (uncredited)
StarTalk with Neil deGrasse Tyson
2015 · TV Show
Self
The Great Gilly Hopkins
2015 · Movie
Cookie Monster (voice)
The Late Show with Stephen Colbert
2015 · TV Show
Self - Guest
Jim Henson: Behind the Seams
2014 · Movie
Cast
Star Wars Rebels
2014 · TV Show
Yoda (voice)
Being Elmo: A Puppeteer's Journey
2011 · Movie
Self
Jim Henson: His Sesame Street Story
2009 · Movie
Cast
Jim Henson's Tales from Muppetland
2009 · Movie
Cast
Leverage
2008 · TV Show
Director
Death at a Funeral
2007 · Movie
Director
Reflections of 'The Dark Crystal'
2007 · Movie
Self
A Sesame Street Christmas Carol
2006 · Movie
Bert (voice) (archive footage)
Best Ever Muppet Moments
2006 · Movie
Self
Sesame Street: Elmo's Potty Time
2006 · Movie
Grover (voice)
Treasures Untold: The Making of Disney's 'The Little Mermaid'
2006 · Movie
Self
Star Wars: Episode III - Revenge of the Sith
2005 · Movie
Yoda (voice)
Zathura: A Space Adventure
2005 · Movie
Robot (voice)
Empire of Dreams: The Story of the Star Wars Trilogy
2004 · Movie
Self
Jim Henson: Commercials and Experiments
2004 · Movie
Cast
Kulturplatz
2004 · TV Show
Self
Muppet History 101
2004 · Movie
Cast
Muppet Music Moments
2004 · Movie
Self
Sesame Street: A Celebration of Me, Grover
2004 · Movie
Grover (voice) (archive footage)
Sesame Street: Cookie Monster's Best Bites
2004 · Movie
Cookie Monster (voice)
Sesame Street: Elmo's World: The Street We Live On!
2004 · Movie
Cookie Monster / Bert / Grover (voice)
The Stepford Wives
2004 · Movie
Director
The Story of Star Wars
2004 · Movie
Yoda (archive footage)
When Star Wars Ruled the World
2004 · Movie
Self
Muppets Magic from 'The Ed Sullivan Show!'
2003 · Movie
Muppet Performer
Sesame Street: Let's Eat! Funny Food Songs
2003 · Movie
Grover / Cookie Monster (voice)
Films Are Not Released, They Escape
2002 · Movie
Self
From Puppets to Pixels: The Making of Star Wars Episode II
2002 · Movie
Self / Yoda
I Love Muppets
2002 · Movie
Self
Sesame Street: Bert & Ernie's Word Play
2002 · Movie
Bert / Cookie Monster (credit song) / T-Shirt Salesman / Fat Blue Anything Muppet in Fat Cat (voice) (archive footage)
Sesame Street: Play with Me Sesame
2002 · TV Show
Cast
Star Wars: Episode II - Attack of the Clones
2002 · Movie
Yoda (voice)
The Funkhousers
2002 · TV Show
Director
Making "The Score"
2001 · Movie
Himself
Monsters, Inc.
2001 · Movie
Jeff Fungus (voice)
The Beginning: The Making of Star Wars Episode I
2001 · Movie
Self
The Score
2001 · Movie
Director
The Very Best of the Muppet Show: Volume 3
2001 · Movie
Fozzie Bear / Miss Piggy / Sam the Eagle / Animal / Wolf
Sesame Street: Elmo's World: Flowers, Bananas & More!
2000 · Movie
Prince Charming (voice)
Bowfinger
1999 · Movie
Director
CinderElmo
1999 · Movie
Bert / Grover / Cookie Monster (voice)
Muppets from Space
1999 · Movie
Miss Piggy / Fozzie Bear / Animal / Sam the Eagle (voice)
Sesame Unpaved
1999 · TV Show
Cast
Star Wars: Episode I - The Phantom Menace
1999 · Movie
Yoda (voice)
The Adventures of Elmo in Grouchland
1999 · Movie
Bert / Grover / Cookie Monster (voice)
The Very Best of the Muppet Show
1999 · Movie
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
Blues Brothers 2000
1998 · Movie
Warden
Sesame Street: Elmopalooza!
1998 · Movie
Grover / Cookie Monster / Bert (voice)
The Best of Kermit on Sesame Street
1998 · Movie
Grover (voice)
The Stories Behind the Making of 'The Blues Brothers'
1998 · Movie
Self
Eye of God
1997 · Movie
Thanks
In & Out
1997 · Movie
Director
Sesame Street: Elmo Says BOO!
1997 · Movie
Bert (voice)
Sesame Street: Quiet Time
1997 · Movie
Bert ("Naptime") (voice)
Muppet Treasure Island
1996 · Movie
Miss Piggy / Fozzie Bear / Sam the Eagle / Animal (voice) · Producer
Muppets Tonight
1996 · TV Show
Miss Piggy / Fozzie Bear / Animal / George the Janitor
Sesame Street: Do the Alphabet
1996 · Movie
Cookie Monster / Green (voice) (archive footage)
Sesame Street: Elmo Saves Christmas
1996 · Movie
Cookie Monster (voice)
Sesame Street: Kid's Guide to Life: Learning to Share
1996 · Movie
Cookie Monster
Orson Welles: The One-Man Band
1995 · Movie
Cast
The Indian in the Cupboard
1995 · Movie
Director
Muppet Classic Theater
1994 · Movie
Miss Piggy / Fozzie Bear (voice)
Return of the Ewok
1994 · Movie
Yoda
Sesame Street | All-Star 25th Birthday: Stars and Street Forever!
1994 · Movie
Bert / Grover (archive footage)
The World of Jim Henson
1994 · Movie
Self / Miss Piggy / Fozzie Bear
Sesame Street Stays Up Late!
1993 · Movie
Bert/Grover/Cookie Monster/Uncle Hank(voice)
Sesame Street: 25 Wonderful Years: A Musical Celebration!
1993 · Movie
Grover
Sesame Street's 25th Birthday: A Musical Celebration
1993 · Movie
Bert / Grover / Cookie Monster (voice)
Getting Ready to Read
1992 · Movie
Bert / Grover / Cookie Monster (voice)
Holiday Greetings from 'The Ed Sullivan Show'
1992 · Movie
Miss Piggy
Home Alone 2: Lost in New York
1992 · Movie
Man Putting Money into Donation Bucket (uncredited)
Housesitter
1992 · Movie
Director
Innocent Blood
1992 · Movie
Pathologist
The Muppet Christmas Carol
1992 · 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
Sesame Street: Elmo's Sing-Along Guessing Game
1991 · Movie
Grover(voice)
What About Bob?
1991 · Movie
Director
Disneyland's 35th Anniversary Celebration
1990 · Movie
Miss Piggy (voice)
Jim Henson's Memorial Service
1990 · Movie
Cast
Sesame Street: Monster Hits!
1990 · Movie
Cookie Monster (voice) / Grover (voice) / Clancy (voice)
Sesame Street: Sing Yourself Silly!
1990 · Movie
(archive footage) (voice)
Sing! Sesame Street Remembers Joe Raposo and His Music
1990 · Movie
Self
The Muppets at Walt Disney World
1990 · Movie
Miss Piggy / Fozzie Bear / Animal (voice)
The Muppets Celebrate Jim Henson
1990 · Movie
Self / Miss Piggy / Fozzie Bear / Animal / Bert / Sam the Eagle (voice)
50 Years of Television: A Golden Celebration
1989 · Movie
Miss Piggy
An Evening with Jim Henson and Frank Oz
1989 · Movie
Self
Miss Piggy's Hollywood
1989 · Movie
Miss Piggy / Fozzie Bear
Sesame Street: 20 Years & Still Counting! 1969-1989
1989 · Movie
Self – Bert / Grover / Cookie Monster
The Jim Henson Hour
1989 · TV Show
Fozzie Bear (voice) · Miss Piggy / Fozzie Bear (voice)
Dirty Rotten Scoundrels
1988 · Movie
Director
Free to Be... a Family
1988 · Movie
Miss Piggy (voice)
Hey, You're as Funny as Fozzie Bear
1988 · Movie
Fozzie Bear (voice)
Sesame Street: Put Down the Duckie
1988 · Movie
Bert / Grover / Cookie Monster (voice)
The Best of Ernie and Bert
1988 · Movie
Bert
A Muppet Family Christmas
1987 · Movie
Miss Piggy / Fozzy Bear / Animal / Sam the Eagle / Bert / Grover / Cookie Monster
Sesame Street: Sing Along
1987 · Movie
Cast
Labyrinth
1986 · Movie
The Wiseman
Little Shop of Horrors
1986 · Movie
Director
Sesame Street: Learning About Letters
1986 · Movie
Cookie Monster/Bert/Grover/Princess Penelope (voice)
Sesame Street: Learning About Numbers
1986 · Movie
Grover / Fat Blue Tarnish Brother (voice)
Sesame Street: Sleepytime Songs & Stories
1986 · Movie
Bert / Grover (Bedtime Stories and Songs) / Cookie Monster (Bedtime Stories and Songs) / Tallest and Smallest People (Bedtime Stories & Songs) (voice)
The Muppets: A Celebration of 30 Years
1986 · Movie
Fozzie Bear / Miss Piggy / Sam the Eagle / Bert / Animal / Grover / Cookie Monster / Marvin Suggs (voice)
Children's Songs and Stories with the Muppets
1985 · Movie
Miss Piggy (voice)
Follow That Bird
1985 · Movie
Cookie Monster / Bert / Grover / Additional Muppets (voice)
Jim Henson's Little Muppet Monsters
1985 · TV Show
Cast
Muppet Perk-Up
1985 · Movie
Grump (voice)
Muppet Treasures
1985 · Movie
Fozzie Bear / Miss Piggy / Animal
Muppet Video: Rowlf's Rhapsodies with the Muppets
1985 · Movie
Miss Piggy / Fozzie Bear (voice)
Muppet Video: The Kermit and Piggy Story
1985 · Movie
Miss Piggy (voice)
Spies Like Us
1985 · Movie
Test Monitor
The Muppet Revue
1985 · Movie
Fozzie Bear / Miss Piggy (voice)
Henson's Place: The Man Behind the Muppets
1984 · Movie
Self
The Muppets Take Manhattan
1984 · Movie
Miss Piggy / Fozzie / Animal / Bert / Cookie Monster / Ocean Breeze Soap Board Member / Sam the Eagle (voice) · Screenplay · Director
Big Bird in China
1983 · Movie
Bert / Grover / Cookie Monster (voice)
Classic Creatures: Return of the Jedi
1983 · Movie
Self
Don't Eat the Pictures: Sesame Street at the Metropolitan Museum of Art
1983 · Movie
Bert / Cookie Monster / Grover (voice)
Muppet Breakthrough
1983 · Movie
Grump
Return of the Jedi
1983 · Movie
Yoda (voice)
Rocky Mountain Holiday with John Denver and the Muppets
1983 · Movie
Miss Piggy / Fozzie Bear / Animal / Gramps (voice)
The World of 'The Dark Crystal'
1983 · Movie
Self
Trading Places
1983 · Movie
Corrupt Cop
I Love Liberty
1982 · Movie
Miss Piggy / Fozzie Bear (voice)
Night of 100 Stars
1982 · Movie
Miss Piggy (voice)
The Dark Crystal
1982 · Movie
Aughra, a Keeper of Secrets / Chamberlain · Director
The Fantastic Miss Piggy Show
1982 · Movie
Miss Piggy / Fozzie Bear / Animal (voice)
An American Werewolf in London
1981 · Movie
Mr. Collins
Muppet Side Splitter
1981 · Movie
Grump (voice)
Of Muppets & Men
1981 · Movie
Self
The Great Muppet Caper
1981 · Movie
Miss Piggy / Fozzie Bear / Animal / Sam the Eagle / Gramps / Swedish Chef (voice) · Producer
The Muppets Go to the Movies
1981 · Movie
Miss Piggy / Fozzie Bear / Sam the Eagle (voice)
SP FX: The Empire Strikes Back
1980 · Movie
Self
The Blues Brothers
1980 · Movie
Corrections Officer
The Empire Strikes Back
1980 · Movie
Yoda (Voice)
A Walking Tour of Sesame Street
1979 · Movie
Grover / Cookie Monster / Bert (archive footage)
Grump Critic
1979 · Movie
Grump
John Denver and the Muppets: A Christmas Together
1979 · Movie
Miss Piggy / Fozzie Bear / Animal (voice)
Let's Have the Dam Break
1979 · Movie
Grump
Meal Break
1979 · Movie
Grump
Muppet Breaker Upper
1979 · Movie
Grump / Quongo
Muppet Gimme a Break
1979 · Movie
Grump
The Muppet Movie
1979 · Movie
Miss Piggy / Fozzie Bear / Animal / Sam the Eagle / Doc Hopper's Men / Marvin Suggs / Swedish Chef (hands) / Motorcycle Guy (voice) · Creative Consultant
The Muppets Go Hollywood
1979 · Movie
Miss Piggy / Fozzie Bear / Animal / Sam the Eagle (voice)
The Orson Welles Show
1979 · Movie
Self / Fozzie Bear / Animal / Sam Eagle (voice)
An Audience with...
1978 · TV Show
Miss Piggy
Christmas Eve on Sesame Street
1978 · Movie
Bert / Cookie Monster / Grover (voice) · Creative Consultant
Hip Hip Parade!
1978 · Movie
Fozzie Bear
Julie Andrews: One Step Into Spring
1978 · Movie
Miss Piggy / Fozzie Bear
The Vent Event
1978 · Movie
Fozzie Bear
Emmet Otter's Jug-Band Christmas
1977 · Movie
Chuck (voice)
The Bob Hope All Star Christmas Comedy Special
1977 · Movie
Miss Piggy / Fozzie Bear
The Royal Variety Performance 1977
1977 · Movie
Cast
Kagayake! Gorō Mapetto Geba Geba 90-pun!
1976 · Movie
George the Janitor, Fozzie Bear
The Muppet Show
1976 · TV Show
Miss Piggy / Fozzie Bear / Animal / Sam Eagle / Marvin Suggs / George the Janitor (voice)
Just a Few Announcements
1975 · Movie
Sam the Eagle
Muppet Picker Upper
1975 · Movie
Sam the Eagle (voice)
Saturday Night Live
1975 · TV Show
The Mighty Favog (voice) · The Flood (voice)
Sesame Street- Do you know where Ernie lives?
1975 · Movie
Self
The Muppet Introduction
1975 · Movie
Sam the Eagle
Out to Lunch
1974 · Movie
Bert / Cookie Monster / Grover (voice)
Julie on Sesame Street
1973 · Movie
Bert/ Cookie Monster/ Grover (voice)
The Muppet Musicians of Bremen
1972 · Movie
Rat (voice)
Great Performances
1971 · TV Show
Self · Miss Piggy (voice)
Tales from Muppetland: The Frog Prince
1971 · Movie
Gawain (voice)
The Great Santa Claus Switch
1970 · Movie
Thig / Skippity / Hoppity / Boppity / Snerf (voice)
The Muppets on Puppets
1970 · Movie
Self / Various Characters
Hey Cinderella!
1969 · Movie
Stepsister #1 / Splurge (voice)
Peter Alexander präsentiert Spezialitäten
1969 · TV Show
Self
Sesame Street
1969 · TV Show
Bert/Cookie Monster/Grover
Sesame Street Pitch Reel
1969 · Movie
Scoop / Beautiful Day Monster (voice)
This Way to Sesame Street
1969 · Movie
Bert
The Dick Cavett Show
1968 · TV Show
Self - Guest
The Paperwork Explosion
1967 · Movie
Cast
Run, Run
1965 · Movie
Director of Photography
Time Piece
1965 · Movie
Messenger Boy
The Mike Douglas Show
1961 · TV Show
Self
The Wonderful World of Disney
1954 · TV Show
Miss Piggy (voice)
The Oscars
1953 · TV Show
Self · Miss Piggy