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.
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.
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Filmography (Movies)
fozzie descuido venga la alegría
Character:Fozzie
Release Date:15/06/2025
The Muppet Script
Character:Self (archive footage)
Release Date:09/02/2025
Disney Legends Awards Ceremony
Character:Self
Release Date:12/08/2024
Inside Out 2
Character:Mind Cop Dave (voice)
Release Date:11/06/2024
Jim Henson Idea Man
Character:Self
Release Date:18/05/2024
Jerry Nelson: A Celebratory Birthday Animatic
Character:Grover (voice) / Cookie Monster (voice) / others (voice)
Release Date:10/07/2022
Street Gang: How We Got to Sesame Street
Character:Self (archive footage)
Release Date:23/04/2021
Echoes of Violence
Character:Dante
Release Date:20/03/2021
Muppet Guys Talking: A Special Conversation to Honor Jim Henson
Character:Self
Release Date:16/05/2020
Star Wars: The Rise of Skywalker
Character:Yoda (voice)
Release Date:18/12/2019
Knives Out
Character:Alan Stevens
Release Date:27/11/2019
Sesame Street: 50 Years and Counting
Character:Cookie Monster
Release Date:01/10/2019
Howard
Character:Self (archive footage)
Release Date:22/04/2018
The Director and the Jedi
Character:Self
Release Date:12/03/2018
Star Wars: The Last Jedi
Character:Yoda (voice)
Release Date:13/12/2017
Muppet Guys Talking: Secrets Behind the Show the Whole World Watched
Character:Self
Release Date:12/03/2017
Star Wars: The Force Awakens
Character:Yoda (archive sound) (uncredited)
Release Date:15/12/2015
The Great Gilly Hopkins
Character:Cookie Monster (voice)
Release Date:05/10/2015
In Their Own Words: Jim Henson
Character:Self - Friend & Muppet Performer
Release Date:15/09/2015
Sesame Street: Play All Day with Elmo!
Character:
Release Date:01/09/2015
Inside Out
Character:Subconscious Guard Dave (voice)
Release Date:17/06/2015
I Am Big Bird: The Caroll Spinney Story
Character:Self
Release Date:06/05/2015
Jim Henson: Behind the Seams
Character:
Release Date:21/06/2014
Being Elmo: A Puppeteer's Journey
Character:Self
Release Date:21/10/2011
Jim Henson: His Sesame Street Story
Character:
Release Date:12/12/2009
Jim Henson's Tales from Muppetland
Character:
Release Date:28/07/2009
Reflections of 'The Dark Crystal'
Character:Self
Release Date:01/08/2007
A Sesame Street Christmas Carol
Character:Bert (voice) (archive footage)
Release Date:01/12/2006
Treasures Untold: The Making of Disney's 'The Little Mermaid'
Character:Self
Release Date:03/10/2006
Sesame Street: Elmo's Potty Time
Character:Grover (voice)
Release Date:22/08/2006
Best Ever Muppet Moments
Character:Self
Release Date:11/03/2006
Zathura: A Space Adventure
Character:Robot (voice)
Release Date:06/11/2005
Star Wars: Episode III - Revenge of the Sith
Character:Yoda (voice)
Release Date:17/05/2005
Muppet History 101
Character:
Release Date:21/11/2004
Jim Henson: Commercials and Experiments
Character:
Release Date:20/11/2004
Muppet Music Moments
Character:Self
Release Date:20/11/2004
Empire of Dreams: The Story of the Star Wars Trilogy
Character:Self
Release Date:20/09/2004
When Star Wars Ruled the World
Character:Self
Release Date:18/09/2004
Sesame Street: A Celebration of Me, Grover
Character:Grover (voice) (archive footage)
Release Date:31/08/2004
The Story of Star Wars
Character:Yoda (archive footage)
Release Date:18/08/2004
Sesame Street: Cookie Monster's Best Bites
Character:Cookie Monster (voice)
Release Date:27/01/2004
Muppets Magic from 'The Ed Sullivan Show!'
Character:Muppet Performer
Release Date:01/01/2003
Sesame Street: Let's Eat! Funny Food Songs
Character:Grover / Cookie Monster (voice)
Release Date:01/01/2003
Films Are Not Released, They Escape
Character:Self
Release Date:12/11/2002
From Puppets to Pixels: Digital Characters in 'Episode II'
Character:Self / Yoda
Release Date:12/11/2002
Sesame Street: Bert & Ernie's Word Play
Character:Bert / Cookie Monster (credit song) / T-Shirt Salesman / Fat Blue Anything Muppet in Fat Cat (voice) (archive footage)
Release Date:31/05/2002
Star Wars: Episode II - Attack of the Clones
Character:Yoda (voice)
Release Date:15/05/2002
I Love Muppets
Character:Self
Release Date:31/03/2002
Making "The Score"
Character:Himself
Release Date:11/12/2001
Monsters, Inc.
Character:Jeff Fungus (voice)
Release Date:01/11/2001
The Beginning: Making Episode I
Character:Self
Release Date:16/10/2001
The Very Best of the Muppet Show: Volume 3
Character:Fozzie Bear / Miss Piggy / Sam the Eagle / Animal / Wolf
Release Date:17/07/2001
The Adventures of Elmo in Grouchland
Character:Bert / Grover / Cookie Monster (voice)
Release Date:01/10/1999
Muppets from Space
Character:Miss Piggy / Fozzie Bear / Animal / Sam the Eagle (voice)
Release Date:14/07/1999
Star Wars: Episode I - The Phantom Menace
Character:Yoda (voice)
Release Date:19/05/1999
The Very Best of the Muppet Show
Character:Fozzie Bear / Miss Piggy / Animal / Sam the Eagle
Release Date:17/05/1999
The Very Best of the Muppet Show: Volume 2
Character:Fozzie Bear / Miss Piggy / Animal / Sam the Eagle
Release Date:17/05/1999
CinderElmo
Character:Bert / Grover / Cookie Monster (voice)
Release Date:01/01/1999
The Stories Behind the Making of 'The Blues Brothers'
Character:Self
Release Date:08/09/1998
The Best of Kermit on Sesame Street
Character:Grover (voice)
Release Date:01/09/1998
Sesame Street: Elmopalooza!
Character:Grover / Cookie Monster / Bert (voice)
Release Date:20/02/1998
Blues Brothers 2000
Character:Warden
Release Date:06/02/1998
Sesame Street: Elmo Says BOO!
Character:Bert (voice)
Release Date:08/07/1997
Sesame Street: Quiet Time
Character:Bert ("Naptime") (voice)
Release Date:01/04/1997
Sesame Street: Elmo Saves Christmas
Character:Cookie Monster (voice)
Release Date:24/12/1996
Muppet Treasure Island
Character:Miss Piggy / Fozzie Bear / Sam the Eagle / Animal (voice)
Release Date:16/02/1996
Sesame Street: Do the Alphabet
Character:Cookie Monster / Green (voice) (archive footage)
Release Date:06/02/1996
Sesame Street: Kid's Guide to Life: Learning to Share
Character:Cookie Monster
Release Date:01/01/1996
The World of Jim Henson
Character:Self / Miss Piggy / Fozzie Bear
Release Date:23/11/1994
Muppet Classic Theater
Character:Miss Piggy / Fozzie Bear (voice)
Release Date:27/09/1994
Sesame Street | All-Star 25th Birthday: Stars and Street Forever!
Character:Bert / Grover (archive footage)
Release Date:18/05/1994
Sesame Street: 25 Wonderful Years: A Musical Celebration!
Character:Grover
Release Date:29/10/1993
Sesame Street Jam: A Musical Celebration
Character:Bert/Grover/Cookie Monster(voice)
Release Date:29/10/1993
Holiday Greetings from 'The Ed Sullivan Show'
Character:Miss Piggy
Release Date:25/12/1992
The Muppet Christmas Carol
Character: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)
Release Date:11/12/1992
Home Alone 2: Lost in New York
Character:Man putting money into donation bucket (uncredited)
Release Date:15/11/1992
Innocent Blood
Character:Pathologist
Release Date:25/09/1992
Sesame Street: Elmo's Sing-Along Guessing Game
Character:Grover(voice)
Release Date:01/01/1991
The Muppets Celebrate Jim Henson
Character:Self / Miss Piggy / Fozzie Bear / Animal / Bert / Sam the Eagle (voice)
Release Date:21/11/1990
Disneyland's 35th Anniversary Special
Character:Miss Piggy (voice)
Release Date:01/07/1990
Jim Henson's Memorial Service
Character:
Release Date:21/05/1990
Sing! Sesame Street Remembers Joe Raposo and His Music
Character:Self
Release Date:16/05/1990
The Muppets at Walt Disney World
Character:Miss Piggy / Fozzie Bear / Animal (voice)
Release Date:06/05/1990
Sesame Street: Sing Yourself Silly!
Character:(archive footage) (voice)
Release Date:30/04/1990
Sesame Street: Monster Hits!
Character:Cookie Monster (voice) / Grover (voice) / Clancy (voice)
Release Date:01/01/1990
50 Years of Television: A Golden Celebration
Character:Miss Piggy
Release Date:26/11/1989
An Evening with Jim Henson and Frank Oz
Character:Self
Release Date:14/07/1989
Miss Piggy's Hollywood
Character:Miss Piggy / Fozzie Bear
Release Date:14/05/1989
Free to Be... a Family
Character:Miss Piggy (voice)
Release Date:14/12/1988
Sesame Street: Put Down the Duckie
Character:Bert/Grover/Cookie Monster (voice)
Release Date:05/10/1988
The Best of Ernie and Bert
Character:Bert
Release Date:12/09/1988
Hey, You're as Funny as Fozzie Bear
Character:Fozzie Bear (voice)
Release Date:01/06/1988
A Muppet Family Christmas
Character:Miss Piggy / Fozzy Bear / Animal / Sam the Eagle / Bert / Grover / Cookie Monster
Release Date:16/12/1987
Sesame Street: Sing Along
Character:
Release Date:01/01/1987
Labyrinth
Character:The Wiseman
Release Date:27/06/1986
Sesame Street: Learning About Letters
Character:Cookie Monster/Bert/Grover/Princess Penelope (voice)
Release Date:12/05/1986
The Muppets: A Celebration of 30 Years
Character:Fozzie Bear / Miss Piggy / Sam the Eagle / Bert / Animal / Grover / Cookie Monster / Marvin Suggs (voice)
Release Date:21/01/1986
Sesame Street: Sleepytime Songs & Stories
Character:Bert / Grover (Bedtime Stories and Songs) / Cookie Monster (Bedtime Stories and Songs) / Tallest and Smallest People (Bedtime Stories & Songs) (voice)
Release Date:01/01/1986
Sesame Street: Learning About Numbers
Character:Grover / Fat Blue Tarnish Brother (voice)
Release Date:01/01/1986
Spies Like Us
Character:Test Monitor
Release Date:06/12/1985
Muppet Video: Rowlf's Rhapsodies with the Muppets
Character:Miss Piggy / Fozzie Bear (voice)
Release Date:01/10/1985
Follow That Bird
Character:Cookie Monster / Bert / Grover / Additional Muppets (voice)
Release Date:02/08/1985
Muppet Treasures
Character:Fozzie Bear / Miss Piggy / Animal
Release Date:09/07/1985
The Muppet Revue
Character:Fozzie Bear / Miss Piggy (voice)
Release Date:16/04/1985
Muppet Video: The Kermit and Piggy Story
Character:Miss Piggy (voice)
Release Date:16/04/1985
Children's Songs and Stories with the Muppets
Character:Miss Piggy (voice)
Release Date:01/01/1985
The Muppets Take Manhattan
Character:Miss Piggy / Fozzie / Animal / Bert / Cookie Monster / Ocean Breeze Soap Board Member / Sam the Eagle (voice)
Release Date:27/06/1984
Henson's Place: The Man Behind the Muppets
Character:Frank Oz (self)
Release Date:01/01/1984
Classic Creatures: Return of the Jedi
Character:Self
Release Date:21/11/1983
Don't Eat the Pictures: Sesame Street at the Metropolitan Museum of Art
Character:Bert / Cookie Monster / Grover (voice)
Release Date:16/11/1983
Trading Places
Character:Corrupt Cop
Release Date:07/06/1983
Big Bird in China
Character:Bert / Grover / Cookie Monster (voice)
Release Date:29/05/1983
Return of the Jedi
Character:Yoda (voice)
Release Date:25/05/1983
Rocky Mountain Holiday with John Denver and the Muppets
Character:Miss Piggy / Fozzie Bear / Animal / Gramps (voice)
Release Date:12/05/1983
The World of 'The Dark Crystal'
Character:Self
Release Date:09/01/1983
Muppet Breakthrough
Character:Grump
Release Date:01/01/1983
The Dark Crystal
Character:Aughra, a Keeper of Secrets / Chamberlain
Release Date:17/12/1982
The Fantastic Miss Piggy Show
Character:Miss Piggy / Fozzie Bear / Animal (voice)
Release Date:17/09/1982
I Love Liberty
Character:Miss Piggy / Fozzie Bear (voice)
Release Date:21/03/1982
Night of 100 Stars
Character:Miss Piggy (voice)
Release Date:08/03/1982
Return of the Ewok
Character:Yoda (voice)
Release Date:01/01/1982
Of Muppets & Men
Character:Self
Release Date:31/10/1981
Muppet Side Splitter
Character:Grump (voice)
Release Date:22/10/1981
An American Werewolf in London
Character:Mr. Collins
Release Date:21/08/1981
The Great Muppet Caper
Character:Miss Piggy / Fozzie Bear / Sam the Eagle / Animal (voice)
Release Date:26/06/1981
The Muppets Go to the Movies
Character:Miss Piggy / Fozzie Bear / Animal / Sam Eagle
Release Date:20/05/1981
SP FX: The Empire Strikes Back
Character:Yoda
Release Date:22/09/1980
The Blues Brothers
Character:Corrections Officer
Release Date:16/06/1980
The Empire Strikes Back
Character:Yoda (Voice)
Release Date:20/05/1980
John Denver and the Muppets: A Christmas Together
Character:Miss Piggy / Fozzie Bear / Animal (voice)
Release Date:05/12/1979
The Muppet Movie
Character:Miss Piggy / Fozzie Bear / Animal / Sam the Eagle / Doc Hopper's Men / Marvin Suggs / Swedish Chef (hands) / Motorcycle Guy (voice)
Release Date:22/06/1979
The Muppets Go Hollywood
Character:Various Muppets
Release Date:16/05/1979
A Walking Tour of Sesame Street
Character:Grover / Cookie Monster / Bert (archive footage)
Release Date:01/03/1979
The Orson Welles Show
Character:Self / Fozzie Bear / Animal / Sam Eagle (voice)
Release Date:01/02/1979
Let's Have the Dam Break
Character:Grump
Release Date:02/01/1979
Grump Critic
Character:Grump
Release Date:02/01/1979
Meal Break
Character:Grump
Release Date:02/01/1979
Muppet Breaker Upper
Character:Grump / Quongo
Release Date:01/01/1979
Muppet Gimme a Break
Character:Grump
Release Date:01/01/1979
Christmas Eve on Sesame Street
Character:Bert / Cookie Monster / Grover (voice)
Release Date:03/12/1978
Hip Hip Parade!
Character:Fozzie Bear
Release Date:21/11/1978
Julie Andrews: One Step Into Spring
Character:Miss Piggy / Fozzie Bear
Release Date:09/03/1978
The Vent Event
Character:Fozzie Bear
Release Date:03/03/1978
The Bob Hope All Star Christmas Comedy Special
Character:Miss Piggy / Fozzie Bear
Release Date:19/12/1977
Emmet Otter's Jug-Band Christmas
Character:Chuck (voice)
Release Date:04/12/1977
Sesame Street at Night?
Character:Grover / Cookie Monster / Bert (voice) (archive footage)
Release Date:01/03/1977
Kagayake! Gorō Mapetto Geba Geba 90-pun!
Character:George the Janitor, Fozzie Bear
Release Date:30/03/1976
Sesamstraße - Wissen Sie wo Ernie wohnt?
Character:Self
Release Date:14/12/1975
Muppet Picker Upper
Character:Sam the Eagle (voice)
Release Date:01/01/1975
Just a Few Announcements
Character:Sam the Eagle
Release Date:01/01/1975
The Muppet Introduction
Character:Sam the Eagle
Release Date:01/01/1975
Out to Lunch
Character:Bert / Cookie Monster / Grover (voice)
Release Date:10/12/1974
Julie on Sesame Street
Character:
Release Date:23/11/1973
The Muppet Musicians of Bremen
Character:Rat (voice)
Release Date:26/04/1972
Tales from Muppetland: The Frog Prince
Character:Gawain (voice)
Release Date:12/05/1971
The Great Santa Claus Switch
Character:Thig / Skippity / Hoppity / Boppity / Snerf (voice)
Release Date:20/12/1970
The Muppets on Puppets
Character:Self
Release Date:05/01/1970
This Way to Sesame Street
Character:Bert
Release Date:08/11/1969
Sesame Street Pitch Reel
Character:Scoop / Beautiful Day Monster (voice)
Release Date:01/09/1969
Hey Cinderella!
Character:Stepsister #1 / Splurge (voice)
Release Date:16/03/1969
The Paperwork Explosion
Character:
Release Date:01/01/1967
Time Piece
Character:Messenger boy
Release Date:07/05/1965
Television Appearances
STEVE! (martin) a documentary in 2 pieces
Character:Self - Director
LIGHT & MAGIC
Character:Self - Yoda Puppeteer (archive footage)
Obi-Wan Kenobi
Character:Yoda (voice) (archive footage) (uncredited)
Star Wars: Jedi Temple Challenge
Character:Yoda (voice)
In Their Own Words
Character:Self
StarTalk with Neil deGrasse Tyson
Character:Self
Star Wars Rebels
Character:Yoda (voice)
Kulturplatz
Character:Self
Sesame Unpaved
Character:
Muppets Tonight
Character:Miss Piggy / Fozzie Bear / Animal / George the Janitor
The Jim Henson Hour
Character:
Jim Henson's Little Muppet Monsters
Character:
An Audience with...
Character:Miss Piggy
The Muppet Show
Character:Miss Piggy / Fozzie Bear / Animal / Sam Eagle / Marvin Suggs / George the Janitor (voice)
Saturday Night Live
Character:The Mighty Favog (voice)
Saturday Night Live
Character:The Flood (voice)
Great Performances
Character:Self
Great Performances
Character:Miss Piggy (voice)
Sesame Street
Character:Bert
Peter Alexander präsentiert Spezialitäten
Character:Self
The Dick Cavett Show
Character:Self - Guest
The Mike Douglas Show
Character:Self
The Oscars
Character:Self
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