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Frank Oz

Frank Oz (born Richard Frank Oznowicz; May 25, 1944) is a British-born American film director, actor, voice actor, and puppetee. 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: Acting

Born: Hereford, Herefordshire, England, UK, 1944-05-25

Died: null

Film

No.	Year	Title	Role	Vote Average
1	1965	Time Piece	Messenger boy	73
2	1967	The Paperwork Explosion		0
3	1969	Hey Cinderella!	Stepsister #1 / Splurge (voice)	70
4	1969	Sesame Street Pitch Reel	Scoop / Beautiful Day Monster (voice)	0
5	1969	This Way to Sesame Street	Bert	0
6	1970	The Muppets on Puppets	Self	80
7	1970	The Great Santa Claus Switch	Thig / Skippity / Hoppity / Boppity / Snerf (voice)	63
8	1971	Tales from Muppetland: The Frog Prince	Gawain (voice)	67
9	1972	The Muppet Musicians of Bremen	Rat (voice)	65
10	1973	Julie on Sesame Street		80
11	1974	Out to Lunch	Bert / Cookie Monster / Grover (voice)	60
12	1975	Muppet Picker Upper	Sam the Eagle (voice)	0
13	1975	Just a Few Announcements	Sam the Eagle	0
14	1975	The Muppet Introduction	Sam the Eagle	0
15	1977	Sesame Street at Night?	Grover / Cookie Monster / Bert (voice) (archive footage)	0
16	1977	Emmet Otter's Jug-Band Christmas	Chuck (voice)	69
17	1977	The Bob Hope All Star Christmas Comedy Special	Miss Piggy / Fozzie Bear	60
18	1978	Julie Andrews: One Step Into Spring	Miss Piggy / Fozzie Bear	70
19	1978	Hip Hip Parade!	Fozzie Bear	0
20	1978	Christmas Eve on Sesame Street	Bert / Cookie Monster / Grover (voice)	74
21	1979	Muppet Breaker Upper	Grump / Quongo	0
22	1979	Muppet Gimme a Break	Grump	0
23	1979	Let's Have the Dam Break	Grump	0
24	1979	Grump Critic	Grump	0
25	1979	Meal Break	Grump	0
26	1979	The Orson Welles Show	Self / Fozzie Bear / Animal / Sam Eagle (voice)	0
27	1979	A Walking Tour of Sesame Street	Grover / Cookie Monster / Bert (archive footage)	0
28	1979	The Muppets Go Hollywood	Various Muppets	63
29	1979	The Muppet Movie	Miss Piggy / Fozzie Bear / Animal / Sam the Eagle / Doc Hopper's Men / Marvin Suggs / Swedish Chef (hands) / Motorcycle Guy (voice)	72
30	1979	John Denver and the Muppets: A Christmas Together	Miss Piggy / Fozzie Bear / Animal (voice)	70
31	1980	The Empire Strikes Back	Yoda (Voice)	84
32	1980	The Blues Brothers	Corrections Officer	77
33	1980	SP FX: The Empire Strikes Back	Yoda	86
34	1981	The Muppets Go to the Movies	Miss Piggy / Fozzie Bear / Animal / Sam Eagle	71
35	1981	The Great Muppet Caper	Miss Piggy / Fozzie Bear / Sam the Eagle / Animal (voice)	69
36	1981	An American Werewolf in London	Mr. Collins	74
37	1981	Muppet Side Splitter	Grump (voice)	0
38	1981	Of Muppets & Men	Self	80
39	1982	Return of the Ewok	Yoda (voice)	63
40	1982	Night of 100 Stars	Miss Piggy (voice)	67
41	1982	I Love Liberty	Miss Piggy / Fozzie Bear (voice)	0
42	1982	The Fantastic Miss Piggy Show	Miss Piggy / Fozzie Bear / Animal (voice)	85
43	1982	The Dark Crystal	Aughra, a Keeper of Secrets / Chamberlain	71
44	1983	Muppet Breakthrough	Grump	0
45	1983	The World of 'The Dark Crystal'	Self	66
46	1983	Rocky Mountain Holiday with John Denver and the Muppets	Miss Piggy / Fozzie Bear / Animal / Gramps (voice)	68
47	1983	Return of the Jedi	Yoda (voice)	79
48	1983	Big Bird in China	Bert / Grover / Cookie Monster (voice)	58
49	1983	Trading Places	Corrupt Cop	72
50	1983	Don't Eat the Pictures: Sesame Street at the Metropolitan Museum of Art	Bert / Cookie Monster / Grover (voice)	65
51	1983	Classic Creatures: Return of the Jedi	Self	85
52	1984	Henson's Place: The Man Behind the Muppets	Frank Oz (self)	67
53	1984	The Muppets Take Manhattan	Miss Piggy / Fozzie / Animal / Bert / Cookie Monster / Ocean Breeze Soap Board Member / Sam the Eagle (voice)	66
54	1985	Children's Songs and Stories with the Muppets	Miss Piggy (voice)	0
55	1985	The Muppet Revue	Fozzie Bear / Miss Piggy (voice)	0
56	1985	Muppet Video: The Kermit and Piggy Story	Miss Piggy (voice)	67
57	1985	Muppet Treasures	Fozzie Bear / Miss Piggy / Animal	0
58	1985	Follow That Bird	Cookie Monster / Bert / Grover / Additional Muppets (voice)	63
59	1985	Muppet Video: Rowlf's Rhapsodies with the Muppets	Miss Piggy / Fozzie Bear (voice)	0
60	1985	Spies Like Us	Test Monitor	62
61	1986	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)	0
62	1986	The Muppets: A Celebration of 30 Years	Fozzie Bear / Miss Piggy / Sam the Eagle / Bert / Animal / Grover / Cookie Monster / Marvin Suggs (voice)	50
63	1986	Sesame Street: Learning About Letters	Cookie Monster/Bert/Grover/Princess Penelope (voice)	0
64	1986	Labyrinth	The Wiseman	73
65	1987	Sesame Street: Sing Along		0
66	1987	A Muppet Family Christmas	Miss Piggy / Fozzy Bear / Animal / Sam the Eagle / Bert / Grover / Cookie Monster	69
67	1988	Hey, You're as Funny as Fozzie Bear	Fozzie Bear (voice)	60
68	1988	The Best of Ernie and Bert	Bert	0
69	1988	Sesame Street \| Put Down the Duckie: An All-Star Musical Special	Muppet Performer	60
70	1988	Free to Be... a Family	Miss Piggy (voice)	93
71	1989	Miss Piggy's Hollywood	Miss Piggy / Fozzie Bear	0
72	1989	An Evening with Jim Henson and Frank Oz	Self	100
73	1989	50 Years of Television: A Golden Celebration	Miss Piggy	0
74	1990	Sesame Street: Monster Hits!	Cookie Monster (voice) / Grover (voice) / Clancy (voice)	60
75	1990	Sesame Street: Sing Yourself Silly!		60
76	1990	The Muppets at Walt Disney World	Miss Piggy / Fozzie Bear / Animal (voice)	64
77	1990	Sing! Sesame Street Remembers Joe Raposo and His Music	Self	100
78	1990	Jim Henson's Memorial Service		100
79	1990	Disneyland's 35th Anniversary Special	Miss Piggy (voice)	60
80	1990	The Muppets Celebrate Jim Henson	Self / Miss Piggy / Fozzie Bear / Animal / Bert / Sam the Eagle (voice)	68
81	1992	Innocent Blood	Pathologist	61
82	1992	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)	74
83	1992	Holiday Greetings from 'The Ed Sullivan Show'	Miss Piggy	60
84	1993	Sesame Street: 25 Wonderful Years: A Musical Celebration!	Grover	73
85	1994	Sesame Street \| All-Star 25th Birthday: Stars and Street Forever!	Bert / Grover (archive footage)	70
86	1994	Muppet Classic Theater	Miss Piggy / Fozzie Bear (voice)	69
87	1994	The World of Jim Henson	Self / Miss Piggy / Fozzie Bear	73
88	1996	Sesame Street: Kid's Guide to Life: Learning to Share	Cookie Monster	0
89	1996	Sesame Street: Do the Alphabet	Cookie Monster / Green (voice) (archive footage)	60
90	1996	Muppet Treasure Island	Miss Piggy / Fozzie Bear / Sam the Eagle / Animal (voice)	67
91	1996	Sesame Street: Elmo Saves Christmas	Cookie Monster (voice)	59
92	1997	Sesame Street: Quiet Time	Bert ("Naptime") (voice)	60
93	1997	Sesame Street: Elmo Says BOO!	Bert (voice)	67
94	1998	Blues Brothers 2000	Warden	53
95	1998	Sesame Street: Elmopalooza!	Grover / Cookie Monster / Bert (voice)	58
96	1998	The Best of Kermit on Sesame Street	Grover (voice)	0
97	1998	The Stories Behind the Making of 'The Blues Brothers'	Self	50
98	1999	CinderElmo	Bert / Grover / Cookie Monster (voice)	60
99	1999	The Very Best of the Muppet Show	Fozzie Bear / Miss Piggy / Animal / Sam the Eagle	70
100	1999	The Very Best of the Muppet Show: Volume 2	Fozzie Bear / Miss Piggy / Animal / Sam the Eagle	60
101	1999	Star Wars: Episode I - The Phantom Menace	Yoda (voice)	66
102	1999	Muppets from Space	Miss Piggy / Fozzie Bear / Animal / Sam the Eagle (voice)	61
103	1999	The Adventures of Elmo in Grouchland	Bert / Grover / Cookie Monster (voice)	63
104	2001	The Very Best of the Muppet Show: Volume 3	Fozzie Bear / Miss Piggy / Sam the Eagle / Animal / Wolf	0
105	2001	The Beginning: Making Episode I	Self	73
106	2001	Monsters, Inc.	Jeff Fungus (voice)	78
107	2001	Making "The Score"	Himself	0
108	2002	I Love Muppets	Self	63
109	2002	Star Wars: Episode II - Attack of the Clones	Yoda (voice)	66
110	2002	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)	85
111	2002	Films Are Not Released, They Escape	Self	50
112	2002	From Puppets to Pixels: Digital Characters in 'Episode II'	Self / Yoda	65
113	2003	Muppets Magic From 'The Ed Sullivan Show!'	Muppet Performer	70
114	2003	Sesame Street: Let's Eat! Funny Food Songs	Grover / Cookie Monster (voice)	100
115	2004	Sesame Street: Cookie Monster's Best Bites	Cookie Monster (voice)	0
116	2004	The Story of Star Wars	Yoda (archive footage)	71
117	2004	Sesame Street: A Celebration of Me, Grover	Grover (voice) (archive footage)	0
118	2004	When Star Wars Ruled the World	Self	88
119	2004	Empire of Dreams: The Story of the Star Wars Trilogy	Self	77
120	2004	Jim Henson: Commercials and Experiments		0
121	2004	Muppet Music Moments	Self	0
122	2004	Muppet History 101		0
123	2005	Star Wars: Episode III - Revenge of the Sith	Yoda (voice)	74
124	2005	Zathura: A Space Adventure	Robot (voice)	64
125	2006	Best Ever Muppet Moments	Self	60
126	2006	Sesame Street: Elmo's Potty Time	Grover (voice)	71
127	2006	Treasures Untold: The Making of Disney's 'The Little Mermaid'	Self	0
128	2006	A Sesame Street Christmas Carol	Bert (voice) (archive footage)	62
129	2007	Reflections of 'The Dark Crystal'	Himself	58
130	2009	Jim Henson's Tales from Muppetland		0
131	2009	Jim Henson: His Sesame Street Story		20
132	2011	Being Elmo: A Puppeteer's Journey	Self	72
133	2014	Jim Henson: Behind the Seams		0
134	2015	I Am Big Bird: The Caroll Spinney Story	Self	74
135	2015	Inside Out	Subconscious Guard Dave (voice)	79
136	2015	In Their Own Words: Jim Henson	Self - Friend & Muppet Performer	70
137	2015	The Great Gilly Hopkins	Cookie Monster (voice)	66
138	2015	Star Wars: The Force Awakens	Yoda (archive sound) (uncredited)	73
139	2017	Muppet Guys Talking: Secrets Behind the Show the Whole World Watched	Self	82
140	2017	Star Wars: The Last Jedi	Yoda (voice)	68
141	2018	The Director and the Jedi	Self	72
142	2018	Howard	Self (archive footage)	69
143	2019	Sesame Street: 50 Years and Counting	Cookie Monster	0
144	2019	Knives Out	Alan Stevens	78
145	2019	The Saga: Star Wars with Tommy Wiseau	Yoda (voice)	90
146	2019	Star Wars: The Rise of Skywalker	Yoda (voice)	63
147	2020	Muppet Guys Talking: A Special Conversation to Honor Jim Henson	Self	0
148	2021	Echoes of Violence	Dante	51
149	2021	Street Gang: How We Got to Sesame Street	Self (archive footage)	75
150	2022	Jerry Nelson: A Celebratory Birthday Animatic	Grover (voice) / Cookie Monster (voice) / others (voice)	0
151	2024	Jim Henson Idea Man	Self	77
152	2024	Inside Out 2	Mind Cop Dave (voice)	76
153	2024	Disney Legends Awards Ceremony	Self	20
154	2025	The Muppet Script	Self (archive footage)	0
155		Getting Ready to Read	Jim Hensons Muppets	0
156	2025	fozzie descuido venga la alegría	Fozzie	0

Television

No.	Year	Title	Role	Vote Average
1	1953	The Oscars	Self	71
2	1961	The Mike Douglas Show	Self	54
3	1968	The Dick Cavett Show	Self - Guest	67
4	1969	Peter Alexander präsentiert Spezialitäten	Self	0
5	1969	Sesame Street	Bert	71
6	1969	Sesame Unpaved		0
7	1971	Great Performances	Self	53
8	1971	Great Performances	Miss Piggy (voice)	53
9	1976	The Muppet Show	Miss Piggy / Fozzie Bear / Animal / Sam Eagle / Marvin Suggs / George the Janitor (voice)	80
10	1978	An Audience with...	Miss Piggy	53
11	1985	Jim Henson's Little Muppet Monsters		83
12	1989	The Jim Henson Hour		89
13	1996	Muppets Tonight	Miss Piggy / Fozzie Bear / Animal / George the Janitor	75
14	2004	Kulturplatz	Self	60
15	2015	StarTalk with Neil deGrasse Tyson	Self	67
16		Sesame Street: Play with Me Sesame		55
17	2014	Star Wars Rebels	Yoda (voice)	77
18	2015	In Their Own Words	Self	0
19	2020	Star Wars: Jedi Temple Challenge	Yoda (voice)	70
20	2022	Obi-Wan Kenobi	Yoda (voice) (archive footage) (uncredited)	71
21	2024	STEVE! (martin) a documentary in 2 pieces	Self - Director	77