Frank Oz

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.

Born

May 25, 1944

Hereford, Herefordshire, England, UK

Known For

Acting

Movies

169 acting

26 crew

Popularity

1.9

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Known For

Inside Out

2015

as Subconscious Guard Dave (voice)

Inside Out 2

2024

as Mind Cop Dave (voice)

Home Alone 2: Lost in New York

1992

as Man Putting Money into Donation Bucket (uncredited)

Monsters, Inc.

2001

as Jeff Fungus (voice)

Star Wars: The Last Jedi

2017

as Yoda (voice)

Knives Out

2019

as Alan Stevens

The Empire Strikes Back

1980

as Yoda (Voice)

Star Wars: The Force Awakens

2015

as Yoda (archive sound) (uncredited)

Star Wars: The Rise of Skywalker

2019

as Yoda (voice)

Star Wars: Episode I - The Phantom Menace

1999

as Yoda (voice)

Inside Out

2015 • as Subconscious Guard Dave (voice)

★ 7.9

Inside Out 2

2024 • as Mind Cop Dave (voice)

★ 7.5

Home Alone 2: Lost in New York

1992 • as Man Putting Money into Donation Bucket (uncredited)

★ 6.8

Monsters, Inc.

2001 • as Jeff Fungus (voice)

★ 7.9

Star Wars: The Last Jedi

2017 • as Yoda (voice)

★ 6.7

Knives Out

2019 • as Alan Stevens

★ 7.8

The Empire Strikes Back

1980 • as Yoda (Voice)

★ 8.4

Star Wars: The Force Awakens

2015 • as Yoda (archive sound) (uncredited)

★ 7.2

Star Wars: The Rise of Skywalker

2019 • as Yoda (voice)

★ 6.2

Star Wars: Episode I - The Phantom Menace

1999 • as Yoda (voice)

★ 6.6

Star Wars: Episode III - Revenge of the Sith

2005 • as Yoda (voice)

★ 7.5

Return of the Jedi

1983 • as Yoda (voice)

★ 7.9

Star Wars: Episode II - Attack of the Clones

2002 • as Yoda (voice)

★ 6.6

Trading Places

1983 • as Corrupt Cop

★ 7.2

An American Werewolf in London

1981 • as Mr. Collins

★ 7.4

The Blues Brothers

1980 • as Corrections Officer

★ 7.7

Labyrinth

1986 • as The Wiseman

★ 7.3

Zathura: A Space Adventure

2005 • as Robot (voice)

★ 6.5

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)

★ 7.5

The Dark Crystal

1982 • as Aughra, a Keeper of Secrets / Chamberlain

★ 7.2

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

Blues Brothers 2000

1998 • as Warden

★ 5.3

Spies Like Us

1985 • as Test Monitor

★ 6.2

Muppet Treasure Island

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

★ 6.7

Muppets from Space

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

★ 6.1

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

The Muppets Take Manhattan

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

★ 6.6

The Adventures of Elmo in Grouchland

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

★ 6.2

Jim Henson Idea Man

2024 • as Self

★ 7.8

The Great Gilly Hopkins

2015 • as Cookie Monster (voice)

★ 6.6

Sesame Street: Let's Eat! Funny Food Songs

2003 • as Grover / Cookie Monster (voice)

★ 10.0

Sesame Street's 25th Birthday: A Musical Celebration

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

★ 7.0

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

Empire of Dreams: The Story of the Star Wars Trilogy

2004 • as Self

★ 7.6

The Beginning: The Making of Star Wars Episode I

2001 • as Self

★ 7.3

Howard

2018 • as Self (archive footage)

★ 6.8

The Muppets Go Hollywood

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

★ 6.2

The Muppet Introduction

1975 • as Sam the Eagle

Street Gang: How We Got to Sesame Street

2021 • as Self (archive footage)

★ 7.4

The Muppets Celebrate Jim Henson

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

★ 6.8

Sesame Street: 20 Years & Still Counting! 1969-1989

1989 • as Self – Bert / Grover / Cookie Monster

★ 7.2

Sesame Street: 25 Wonderful Years: A Musical Celebration!

1993 • as Grover

★ 7.3

Sesame Street Stays Up Late!

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

★ 7.0

The Muppet Musicians of Bremen

1972 • as Rat (voice)

★ 6.9

Return of the Ewok

1994 • as Yoda

★ 5.2

Being Elmo: A Puppeteer's Journey

2011 • as Self

★ 7.2

The World of Jim Henson

1994 • as Self / Miss Piggy / Fozzie Bear

★ 7.4

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

1996 • as Cookie Monster

The Muppets at Walt Disney World

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

★ 6.6

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

1994 • as Bert / Grover (archive footage)

★ 7.0

Emmet Otter's Jug-Band Christmas

1977 • as Chuck (voice)

★ 6.9

Disneyland's 35th Anniversary Celebration

1990 • as Miss Piggy (voice)

★ 6.0

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

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

★ 7.6

Sesame Street: Learning About Letters

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

★ 7.0

The Director and the Jedi

2018 • as Self

★ 7.4

Sesame Street: Learning About Numbers

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

★ 10.0

Muppet Treasures

1985 • as Fozzie Bear / Miss Piggy / Animal

★ 7.2

A Sesame Street Christmas Carol

2006 • as Bert (voice) (archive footage)

★ 6.7

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Muppet Video: Rowlf's Rhapsodies with the Muppets

1985 • as Miss Piggy / Fozzie Bear (voice)

★ 9.0

Sesame Street: Elmo Saves Christmas

1996 • as Cookie Monster (voice)

★ 6.0

Sesame Street: Monster Hits!

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

★ 6.0

Sesame Street: Elmo's Sing-Along Guessing Game

1991 • as Grover(voice)

★ 4.0

Sesame Street: A Celebration of Me, Grover

2004 • as Grover (voice) (archive footage)

Julie Andrews: One Step Into Spring

1978 • as Miss Piggy / Fozzie Bear

★ 7.0

The Fantastic Miss Piggy Show

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

★ 8.2

Christmas Eve on Sesame Street

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

★ 7.7

Sesame Street- Do you know where Ernie lives?

1975 • as Self

SP FX: The Empire Strikes Back

1980 • as Self

★ 8.2

Classic Creatures: Return of the Jedi

1983 • as Self

★ 8.8

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)

The Orson Welles Show

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

★ 8.0

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

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

★ 6.6

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The Royal Variety Performance 1977

1977

Sesame Street: Elmopalooza!

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

★ 6.1

The Stories Behind the Making of 'The Blues Brothers'

1998 • as Self

★ 6.5

Big Bird in China

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

★ 6.0

Night of 100 Stars

1982 • as Miss Piggy (voice)

★ 5.8

Out to Lunch

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

★ 8.0

The Very Best of the Muppet Show: Volume 3

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

Sesame Street: Put Down the Duckie

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

★ 6.8

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Jim Henson: Commercials and Experiments

2004

The Muppets: A Celebration of 30 Years

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

★ 6.1

Sesame Street: Play All Day with Elmo!

2015

Sesame Street: 50 Years and Counting

2019 • as Grover / Cookie Monster / Various Characters

★ 5.5

Jim Henson's Memorial Service

1990

★ 10.0

I Love Liberty

1982 • as Miss Piggy / Fozzie Bear (voice)

Sesame Street: Elmo Says BOO!

1997 • as Bert (voice)

★ 6.4

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

2002 • as Self / Yoda

★ 6.8

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

John Denver and the Muppets: A Christmas Together

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

★ 7.1

Muppet Guys Talking: Secrets Behind the Show the Whole World Watched

2017 • as Self

★ 8.2

The Story of Star Wars

2004 • as Yoda (archive footage)

★ 7.2

Best Ever Muppet Moments

2006 • as Self

★ 6.0

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Muppet Music Moments

2004 • as Self

Sesame Street: Cookie Monster's Best Bites

2004 • as Cookie Monster (voice)

The World of 'The Dark Crystal'

1983 • as Self

★ 6.7

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The Bob Hope All Star Christmas Comedy Special

1977 • as Miss Piggy / Fozzie Bear

★ 6.0

Sing! Sesame Street Remembers Joe Raposo and His Music

1990 • as Self

★ 9.0

Muppet Classic Theater

1994 • as Miss Piggy / Fozzie Bear (voice)

★ 7.0

Sesame Street: Sing Along

1987

★ 6.0

Rocky Mountain Holiday with John Denver and the Muppets

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

★ 6.7

Kagayake! Gorō Mapetto Geba Geba 90-pun!

1976 • as George the Janitor, Fozzie Bear

Free to Be... a Family

1988 • as Miss Piggy (voice)

★ 8.8

The Muppets Go to the Movies

1981 • as Miss Piggy / Fozzie Bear / Sam the Eagle (voice)

★ 7.0

I Am Big Bird: The Caroll Spinney Story

2015 • as Self

★ 7.4

Sesame Street: Do the Alphabet

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

★ 6.0

The Muppets on Puppets

1970 • as Self / Various Characters

★ 7.0

Sesame Street: Quiet Time

1997 • as Bert ("Naptime") (voice)

★ 6.0

When Star Wars Ruled the World

2004 • as Self

★ 8.8

Muppet Picker Upper

1975 • as Sam the Eagle (voice)

★ 6.0

In Their Own Words: Jim Henson

2015 • as Self - Friend & Muppet Performer

★ 7.0

Getting Ready to Read

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

The Very Best of the Muppet Show

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

★ 7.0

The Great Santa Claus Switch

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

★ 6.1

Sesame Street: Sing Yourself Silly!

1990 • as (archive footage) (voice)

★ 6.0

An Evening with Jim Henson and Frank Oz

1989 • as Self

★ 10.0

A Walking Tour of Sesame Street

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

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Holiday Greetings from 'The Ed Sullivan Show'

1992 • as Miss Piggy

★ 6.0

The Muppet Script

2025 • as Self (archive footage)

Miss Piggy's Hollywood

1989 • as Miss Piggy / Fozzie Bear

Films Are Not Released, They Escape

2002 • as Self

★ 6.0

Muppets Magic from 'The Ed Sullivan Show!'

2003 • as Muppet Performer

★ 8.5

50 Years of Television: A Golden Celebration

1989 • as Miss Piggy

★ 9.0

Reflections of 'The Dark Crystal'

2007 • as Self

★ 5.8

Jerry Nelson: A Celebratory Birthday Animatic

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

Tales from Muppetland: The Frog Prince

1971 • as Gawain (voice)

★ 7.0

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Jim Henson: Behind the Seams

2014

Muppet Video: The Kermit and Piggy Story

1985 • as Miss Piggy (voice)

★ 6.8

CinderElmo

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

★ 6.3

The Very Best of the Muppet Show: Volume 2

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

★ 6.7

The Best of Ernie and Bert

1988 • as Bert

★ 7.0

Orson Welles: The One-Man Band

1995

★ 6.7

Sesame Street: Elmo's Potty Time

2006 • as Grover (voice)

★ 7.1

Henson's Place: The Man Behind the Muppets

1984 • as Self

★ 6.9

Just a Few Announcements

1975 • as Sam the Eagle

Sesame Street Pitch Reel

1969 • as Scoop / Beautiful Day Monster (voice)

★ 9.0

Hey, You're as Funny as Fozzie Bear

1988 • as Fozzie Bear (voice)

★ 6.0

Making "The Score"

2001 • as Himself

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Muppet Gimme a Break

1979 • as Grump

Sesame Street: Elmo's World: Flowers, Bananas & More!

2000 • as Prince Charming (voice)

★ 5.0

Children's Songs and Stories with the Muppets

1985 • as Miss Piggy (voice)

★ 7.2

Let's Have the Dam Break

1979 • as Grump

The Best of Kermit on Sesame Street

1998 • as Grover (voice)

★ 9.0

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

2006 • as Self

★ 8.0

Hey Cinderella!

1969 • as Stepsister #1 / Splurge (voice)

★ 7.4

I Love Muppets

2002 • as Self

★ 6.3

Muppet Guys Talking: A Special Conversation to Honor Jim Henson

2020 • as Self

This Way to Sesame Street

1969 • as Bert

Julie on Sesame Street

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

★ 7.3

Hip Hip Parade!

1978 • as Fozzie Bear

Grump Critic

1979 • as Grump

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Jim Henson's Tales from Muppetland

2009

Meal Break

1979 • as Grump

Muppet Side Splitter

1981 • as Grump (voice)

The Muppet Revue

1985 • as Fozzie Bear / Miss Piggy (voice)

★ 10.0

fozzie descuido venga la alegría

2025 • as Fozzie

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Jim Henson: His Sesame Street Story

2009

★ 2.0

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Muppet Breakthrough

1983 • as Grump

Time Piece

1965 • as Messenger Boy

★ 7.2

Echoes of Violence

2021 • as Dante

★ 5.1

Of Muppets & Men

1981 • as Self

★ 6.6

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Muppet History 101

2004

movie

Muppet Breaker Upper

1979 • as Grump / Quongo

The Paperwork Explosion

1967

★ 5.0

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The Vent Event

1978 • as Fozzie Bear

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Muppet Perk-Up

1985 • as Grump (voice)

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The Sound of the Squid

2006 • as Squid

Frank Oz

Known For

Inside Out

Inside Out 2

Home Alone 2: Lost in New York

Monsters, Inc.

Star Wars: The Last Jedi

Knives Out

The Empire Strikes Back

Star Wars: The Force Awakens

Star Wars: The Rise of Skywalker

Star Wars: Episode I - The Phantom Menace

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