Frank Oz

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.

Born

May 25, 1944

Hereford, Herefordshire, England, UK

Known For

Acting

Movies

169 acting

26 crew

Popularity

2.5

movie

Known For

Inside Out 2

2024

as Mind Cop Dave (voice)

Monsters, Inc.

2001

as Jeff Fungus (voice)

Inside Out

2015

as Subconscious Guard Dave (voice)

Star Wars: The Last Jedi

2017

as Yoda (voice)

Star Wars: The Force Awakens

2015

as Yoda (archive sound) (uncredited)

The Empire Strikes Back

1980

as Yoda (Voice)

Star Wars: The Rise of Skywalker

2019

as Yoda (voice)

Return of the Jedi

1983

as Yoda (voice)

Star Wars: Episode III - Revenge of the Sith

2005

as Yoda (voice)

Star Wars: Episode I - The Phantom Menace

1999

as Yoda (voice)

Inside Out 2

2024 • as Mind Cop Dave (voice)

★ 7.5

Monsters, Inc.

2001 • as Jeff Fungus (voice)

★ 7.9

Inside Out

2015 • as Subconscious Guard Dave (voice)

★ 7.9

Star Wars: The Last Jedi

2017 • as Yoda (voice)

★ 6.7

Star Wars: The Force Awakens

2015 • as Yoda (archive sound) (uncredited)

★ 7.2

The Empire Strikes Back

1980 • as Yoda (Voice)

★ 8.4

Star Wars: The Rise of Skywalker

2019 • as Yoda (voice)

★ 6.3

Return of the Jedi

1983 • as Yoda (voice)

★ 7.9

Star Wars: Episode III - Revenge of the Sith

2005 • as Yoda (voice)

★ 7.5

Star Wars: Episode I - The Phantom Menace

1999 • as Yoda (voice)

★ 6.6

Knives Out

2019 • as Alan Stevens

★ 7.8

Home Alone 2: Lost in New York

1992 • as Man putting money into donation bucket (uncredited)

★ 6.8

Star Wars: Episode II - Attack of the Clones

2002 • as Yoda (voice)

★ 6.6

An American Werewolf in London

1981 • as Mr. Collins

★ 7.4

Trading Places

1983 • as Corrupt Cop

★ 7.2

Labyrinth

1986 • as The Wiseman

★ 7.3

The Blues Brothers

1980 • as Corrections Officer

★ 7.7

Zathura: A Space Adventure

2005 • as Robot (voice)

★ 6.4

The Muppet Christmas Carol

1992 • 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)

★ 7.4

The Dark Crystal

1982 • as Aughra, a Keeper of Secrets / Chamberlain

★ 7.1

Blues Brothers 2000

1998 • as Warden

★ 5.3

The Muppet Movie

1979 • as Miss Piggy / Fozzie Bear / Animal / Sam the Eagle / Doc Hopper's Men / Marvin Suggs / Swedish Chef (hands) / Motorcycle Guy (voice)

★ 7.2

Spies Like Us

1985 • as Test Monitor

★ 6.2

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Muppet Breaker Upper

1979 • as Grump / Quongo

The Muppets Take Manhattan

1984 • as Miss Piggy / Fozzie / Animal / Bert / Cookie Monster / Ocean Breeze Soap Board Member / Sam the Eagle (voice)

★ 6.6

Muppets from Space

1999 • as Miss Piggy / Fozzie Bear / Animal / Sam the Eagle (voice)

★ 6.1

Muppet Treasure Island

1996 • as Miss Piggy / Fozzie Bear / Sam the Eagle / Animal (voice)

★ 6.7

The Great Muppet Caper

1981 • as Miss Piggy / Fozzie Bear / Animal / Sam the Eagle / Gramps / Swedish Chef (voice)

★ 6.9

Innocent Blood

1992 • as Pathologist

★ 6.2

Jim Henson Idea Man

2024 • as Self

★ 7.9

The Great Gilly Hopkins

2015 • as Cookie Monster (voice)

★ 6.6

Sesame Street: Elmopalooza!

1998 • as Grover / Cookie Monster / Bert (voice)

★ 6.1

A Muppet Family Christmas

1987 • as Miss Piggy / Fozzy Bear / Animal / Sam the Eagle / Bert / Grover / Cookie Monster

★ 6.9

Follow That Bird

1985 • as Cookie Monster / Bert / Grover / Additional Muppets (voice)

★ 6.4

The World of Jim Henson

1994 • as Self / Miss Piggy / Fozzie Bear

★ 7.4

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Holiday Greetings from 'The Ed Sullivan Show'

1992 • as Miss Piggy

★ 6.0

The Adventures of Elmo in Grouchland

1999 • as Bert / Grover / Cookie Monster (voice)

★ 6.3

The Director and the Jedi

2018 • as Self

★ 7.2

Street Gang: How We Got to Sesame Street

2021 • as Self (archive footage)

★ 7.4

Sesame Street: Let's Eat! Funny Food Songs

2003 • as Grover / Cookie Monster (voice)

★ 10.0

The Muppets Go Hollywood

1979 • as Various Muppets

★ 6.2

The Beginning: The Making of Star Wars Episode I

2001 • as Self

★ 7.3

Howard

2018 • as Self (archive footage)

★ 6.8

From Puppets to Pixels: The Making of Star Wars Episode II

2002 • as Self / Yoda

★ 6.8

The Orson Welles Show

1979 • as Self / Fozzie Bear / Animal / Sam Eagle (voice)

★ 8.0

The Story of Star Wars

2004 • as Yoda (archive footage)

★ 7.2

Empire of Dreams: The Story of the Star Wars Trilogy

2004 • as Self

★ 7.6

Night of 100 Stars

1982 • as Miss Piggy (voice)

★ 5.8

Sesame Street: Kid's Guide to Life: Learning to Share

1996 • as Cookie Monster

Best Ever Muppet Moments

2006 • as Self

★ 6.0

Muppet Treasures

1985 • as Fozzie Bear / Miss Piggy / Animal

★ 6.3

SP FX: The Empire Strikes Back

1980 • as Self

★ 8.3

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The Royal Variety Performance 1977

1977

The Muppet Introduction

1975 • as Sam the Eagle

Sesame Street | All-Star 25th Birthday: Stars and Street Forever!

1994 • as Bert / Grover (archive footage)

★ 7.0

The Muppet Musicians of Bremen

1972 • as Rat (voice)

★ 6.4

Sesame Street: Monster Hits!

1990 • as Cookie Monster (voice) / Grover (voice) / Clancy (voice)

★ 6.0

Sesame Street: Elmo Says BOO!

1997 • as Bert (voice)

★ 6.4

Sesame Street: A Celebration of Me, Grover

2004 • as Grover (voice) (archive footage)

Sesame Street Jam: A Musical Celebration

1993 • as Bert / Grover / Cookie Monster (voice)

★ 7.0

Sesame Street Pitch Reel

1969 • as Scoop / Beautiful Day Monster (voice)

★ 9.0

Sesame Street: Quiet Time

1997 • as Bert ("Naptime") (voice)

★ 6.0

Muppet Classic Theater

1994 • as Miss Piggy / Fozzie Bear (voice)

★ 6.9

Disneyland's 35th Anniversary Celebration

1990 • as Miss Piggy (voice)

★ 6.0

Hip Hip Parade!

1978 • as Fozzie Bear

Making "The Score"

2001 • as Himself

The Best of Ernie and Bert

1988 • as Bert

★ 7.0

Sesame Street: Put Down the Duckie

1988 • as Bert/Grover/Cookie Monster (voice)

★ 6.8

Sesame Street Stays Up Late!

1993 • as Bert/Grover/Cookie Monster/Uncle Hank(voice)

★ 7.0

Sesame Street: Elmo Saves Christmas

1996 • as Cookie Monster (voice)

★ 6.0

The Muppets Celebrate Jim Henson

1990 • as Self / Miss Piggy / Fozzie Bear / Animal / Bert / Sam the Eagle (voice)

★ 6.8

Being Elmo: A Puppeteer's Journey

2011 • as Self

★ 7.2

The World of 'The Dark Crystal'

1983 • as Self

★ 6.7

Sesame Street: Sing Yourself Silly!

1990 • as (archive footage) (voice)

★ 6.0

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Jim Henson: Commercials and Experiments

2004

CinderElmo

1999 • as Bert / Grover / Cookie Monster (voice)

★ 6.3

Muppet Picker Upper

1975 • as Sam the Eagle (voice)

★ 6.0

Sesame Street- Do you know where Ernie lives?

1975 • as Self

The Muppets: A Celebration of 30 Years

1986 • as Fozzie Bear / Miss Piggy / Sam the Eagle / Bert / Animal / Grover / Cookie Monster / Marvin Suggs (voice)

★ 6.2

Orson Welles: The One-Man Band

1995

★ 6.6

Sesame Street: 25 Wonderful Years: A Musical Celebration!

1993 • as Grover

★ 7.3

Sesame Street: Learning About Letters

1986 • as Cookie Monster/Bert/Grover/Princess Penelope (voice)

★ 7.0

In Their Own Words: Jim Henson

2015 • as Self - Friend & Muppet Performer

★ 7.0

The Muppet Script

2025 • as Self (archive footage)

Sesame Street: Bert & Ernie's Word Play

2002 • as Bert / Cookie Monster (credit song) / T-Shirt Salesman / Fat Blue Anything Muppet in Fat Cat (voice) (archive footage)

★ 8.2

I Love Liberty

1982 • as Miss Piggy / Fozzie Bear (voice)

Sesame Street: Elmo's World: The Street We Live On!

2004 • as Cookie Monster / Bert / Grover (voice)

★ 7.6

When Star Wars Ruled the World

2004 • as Self

★ 8.8

Return of the Ewok

1994 • as Yoda

★ 5.3

Emmet Otter's Jug-Band Christmas

1977 • as Chuck (voice)

★ 6.9

The Muppets Go to the Movies

1981 • as Miss Piggy / Fozzie Bear / Animal / Sam Eagle

★ 7.0

Julie on Sesame Street

1973 • as Bert/ Cookie Monster/ Grover (voice)

★ 7.3

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Just a Few Announcements

1975 • as Sam the Eagle

Getting Ready to Read

1992 • as Bert / Grover / Cookie Monster (voice)

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Let's Have the Dam Break

1979 • as Grump

This Way to Sesame Street

1969 • as Bert

The Muppets at Walt Disney World

1990 • as Miss Piggy / Fozzie Bear / Animal (voice)

★ 6.6

The Paperwork Explosion

1967

★ 5.0

Classic Creatures: Return of the Jedi

1983 • as Self

★ 8.9

Sesame Street: Elmo's Sing-Along Guessing Game

1991 • as Grover(voice)

★ 4.0

A Sesame Street Christmas Carol

2006 • as Bert (voice) (archive footage)

★ 6.7

movie

Muppet Music Moments

2004 • as Self

Sesame Street: Sing Along

1987

★ 6.0

movie

Kagayake! Gorō Mapetto Geba Geba 90-pun!

1976 • as George the Janitor, Fozzie Bear

movie

Muppet Breakthrough

1983 • as Grump

Don't Eat the Pictures: Sesame Street at the Metropolitan Museum of Art

1983 • as Bert / Cookie Monster / Grover (voice)

★ 6.6

Of Muppets & Men

1981 • as Self

★ 6.6

The Muppets on Puppets

1970 • as Self

★ 8.0

Miss Piggy's Hollywood

1989 • as Miss Piggy / Fozzie Bear

Sesame Street: 50 Years and Counting

2019 • as Cookie Monster

★ 5.5

Sesame Street: Elmo's Potty Time

2006 • as Grover (voice)

★ 7.1

The Stories Behind the Making of 'The Blues Brothers'

1998 • as Self

★ 6.5

Sesame Street: Learning About Numbers

1986 • as Grover / Fat Blue Tarnish Brother (voice)

★ 10.0

The Fantastic Miss Piggy Show

1982 • as Miss Piggy / Fozzie Bear / Animal (voice)

★ 7.8

Jim Henson's Memorial Service

1990

★ 10.0

Muppet Side Splitter

1981 • as Grump (voice)

The Very Best of the Muppet Show

1999 • as Fozzie Bear / Miss Piggy / Animal / Sam the Eagle

★ 7.0

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Jim Henson's Tales from Muppetland

2009

Out to Lunch

1974 • as Bert / Cookie Monster / Grover (voice)

★ 8.0

Sesame Street: Play All Day with Elmo!

2015

Big Bird in China

1983 • as Bert / Grover / Cookie Monster (voice)

★ 6.0

Sesame Street: Do the Alphabet

1996 • as Cookie Monster / Green (voice) (archive footage)

★ 6.0

Julie Andrews: One Step Into Spring

1978 • as Miss Piggy / Fozzie Bear

★ 7.0

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Grump Critic

1979 • as Grump

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Jim Henson: Behind the Seams

2014

Free to Be... a Family

1988 • as Miss Piggy (voice)

★ 8.8

The Muppet Revue

1985 • as Fozzie Bear / Miss Piggy (voice)

I Am Big Bird: The Caroll Spinney Story

2015 • as Self

★ 7.4

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Treasures Untold: The Making of Disney's 'The Little Mermaid'

2006 • as Self

The Very Best of the Muppet Show: Volume 2

1999 • as Fozzie Bear / Miss Piggy / Animal / Sam the Eagle

★ 6.0

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Muppet Gimme a Break

1979 • as Grump

Echoes of Violence

2021 • as Dante

★ 5.1

Disney Legends Awards Ceremony

2024 • as Self

★ 6.0

movie

Muppet History 101

2004

Films Are Not Released, They Escape

2002 • as Self

★ 6.0

fozzie descuido venga la alegría

2025 • as Fozzie

I Love Muppets

2002 • as Self

★ 6.3

Rocky Mountain Holiday with John Denver and the Muppets

1983 • as Miss Piggy / Fozzie Bear / Animal / Gramps (voice)

★ 6.7

Muppet Video: The Kermit and Piggy Story

1985 • as Miss Piggy (voice)

★ 6.8

Sing! Sesame Street Remembers Joe Raposo and His Music

1990 • as Self

★ 10.0

An Evening with Jim Henson and Frank Oz

1989 • as Self

★ 10.0

The Very Best of the Muppet Show: Volume 3

2001 • as Fozzie Bear / Miss Piggy / Sam the Eagle / Animal / Wolf

The Great Santa Claus Switch

1970 • as Thig / Skippity / Hoppity / Boppity / Snerf (voice)

★ 6.1

Hey Cinderella!

1969 • as Stepsister #1 / Splurge (voice)

★ 7.0

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Muppet Video: Rowlf's Rhapsodies with the Muppets

1985 • as Miss Piggy / Fozzie Bear (voice)

★ 9.0

Reflections of 'The Dark Crystal'

2007 • as Self

★ 5.8

Christmas Eve on Sesame Street

1978 • as Bert / Cookie Monster / Grover (voice)

★ 7.5

Jerry Nelson: A Celebratory Birthday Animatic

2022 • as Grover (voice) / Cookie Monster (voice) / others (voice)

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The Bob Hope All Star Christmas Comedy Special

1977 • as Miss Piggy / Fozzie Bear

★ 6.0

A Walking Tour of Sesame Street

1979 • as Grover / Cookie Monster / Bert (archive footage)

Time Piece

1965 • as Messenger Boy

★ 7.1

Children's Songs and Stories with the Muppets

1985 • as Miss Piggy (voice)

★ 7.3

John Denver and the Muppets: A Christmas Together

1979 • as Miss Piggy / Fozzie Bear / Animal (voice)

★ 7.1

Henson's Place: The Man Behind the Muppets

1984 • as Frank Oz (self)

★ 6.9

Sesame Street: Cookie Monster's Best Bites

2004 • as Cookie Monster (voice)

Sesame Street: Sleepytime Songs & Stories

1986 • as Bert / Grover (Bedtime Stories and Songs) / Cookie Monster (Bedtime Stories and Songs) / Tallest and Smallest People (Bedtime Stories & Songs) (voice)