Frank Oz

Acting

May 25, 1944 (81 years old)

Hereford, Herefordshire, England, UK

Popularity: 2

Biography

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.

Also Known As

Фрэнк Оз • فرانک اوز • Richard Frank Oznowicz

Known For

7.1

Sesame Street

Bert

5.8

Great Performances

Self

5.8

Great Performances

Miss Piggy (voice)

6.8

Star Wars: The Last Jedi

Yoda (voice)

7.7

Gem

Star Wars Rebels

Yoda (voice)

7.0

The Oscars

Self

7.0

The Oscars

Miss Piggy

7.5

Inside Out 2

Mind Cop Dave (voice)

7.8

Monsters, Inc.

Jeff Fungus (voice)

7.9

Inside Out

Subconscious Guard Dave (voice)

Filmography

2020s

The Muppets Take Scripthatten

Original Film Writer

7.5

Inside Out 2

Mind Cop Dave (voice)

7.8

Jim Henson Idea Man

Self

6.0

Disney Legends Awards Ceremony

Self

S.P.I.C.

Executive Producer

3.4

Fuzzy Head

Executive Producer

Jerry Nelson: A Celebratory Birthday Animatic

Grover (voice) / Cookie Monster (voice) / others (voice)

7.6

Derek DelGaudio's In & of Itself

Director

Muppet Guys Talking: A Special Conversation to Honor Jim Henson

Director

2010s

6.8

Howard

Self (archive footage)

7.2

The Director and the Jedi

Self

6.8

Star Wars: The Last Jedi

Yoda (voice)

8.2

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

Self

7.9

Inside Out

Subconscious Guard Dave (voice)

7.2

Star Wars: The Force Awakens

Yoda (archive sound) (uncredited)

6.6

The Great Gilly Hopkins

Cookie Monster (voice)

7.0

In Their Own Words: Jim Henson

Self - Friend & Muppet Performer

7.4

I Am Big Bird: The Caroll Spinney Story

Self

7.2

Being Elmo: A Puppeteer's Journey

Self

2000s

6.9

Death at a Funeral

Director

5.8

Reflections of 'The Dark Crystal'

Self

6.8

A Sesame Street Christmas Carol

Bert (voice) (archive footage)

7.1

Sesame Street: Elmo's Potty Time

Grover (voice)

7.5

Star Wars: Episode III - Revenge of the Sith

Yoda (voice)

6.4

Zathura: A Space Adventure

Robot (voice)

5.7

The Stepford Wives

Director

7.2

The Story of Star Wars

Yoda (archive footage)

7.7

Empire of Dreams: The Story of the Star Wars Trilogy

Self

8.8

When Star Wars Ruled the World

Self

Sesame Street: Cookie Monster's Best Bites

Cookie Monster (voice)

7.0

Muppets Magic from 'The Ed Sullivan Show!'

Muppet Performer

6.6

Star Wars: Episode II - Attack of the Clones

Yoda (voice)

6.5

From Puppets to Pixels: Digital Characters in 'Episode II'

Self / Yoda

5.0

Films Are Not Released, They Escape

Self

7.8

Monsters, Inc.

Jeff Fungus (voice)

6.7

The Score

Director

7.3

The Beginning: Making Episode I

Self

The Very Best of the Muppet Show: Volume 3

Fozzie Bear / Miss Piggy / Sam the Eagle / Animal / Wolf

1990s

6.6

Star Wars: Episode I - The Phantom Menace

Yoda (voice)

6.2

Bowfinger

Director

6.1

Muppets from Space

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

6.4

The Adventures of Elmo in Grouchland

Bert / Grover / Cookie Monster (voice)

7.0

The Very Best of the Muppet Show

Fozzie Bear / Miss Piggy / Animal / Sam the Eagle

6.0

CinderElmo

Bert / Grover / Cookie Monster (voice)

6.0

The Very Best of the Muppet Show: Volume 2

Fozzie Bear / Miss Piggy / Animal / Sam the Eagle

5.8

Sesame Street: Elmopalooza!

Grover / Cookie Monster / Bert (voice)

5.8

Eye of God

Thanks

6.5

In & Out

Director

6.7

Sesame Street: Elmo Says BOO!

Bert (voice)

6.7

Muppet Treasure Island

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

5.9

Sesame Street: Elmo Saves Christmas

Cookie Monster (voice)

6.0

Sesame Street: Do the Alphabet

Cookie Monster / Green (voice) (archive footage)

6.5

The Indian in the Cupboard

Director

6.8

Muppet Classic Theater

Miss Piggy / Fozzie Bear (voice)

7.3

Sesame Street: 25 Wonderful Years: A Musical Celebration!

Grover

6.2

Innocent Blood

Pathologist

7.4

The Muppet Christmas Carol

Executive Producer

6.1

Housesitter

Director

6.9

What About Bob?

Director

6.0

Sesame Street: Sing Yourself Silly!

(archive footage) (voice)

6.8

The Muppets Celebrate Jim Henson

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

6.5

The Muppets at Walt Disney World

Miss Piggy / Fozzie Bear / Animal (voice)

6.0

Sesame Street: Monster Hits!

Cookie Monster (voice) / Grover (voice) / Clancy (voice)

1980s

10.0

An Evening with Jim Henson and Frank Oz

Self

50 Years of Television: A Golden Celebration

Miss Piggy

Miss Piggy's Hollywood

Miss Piggy / Fozzie Bear

7.1

Dirty Rotten Scoundrels

Director

9.3

Free to Be... a Family

Miss Piggy (voice)

6.0

Hey, You're as Funny as Fozzie Bear

Fozzie Bear (voice)

6.9

A Muppet Family Christmas

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

6.0

Sesame Street: Sing Along

7.0

Little Shop of Horrors

Director

Sesame Street: Learning About Letters

Cookie Monster/Bert/Grover/Princess Penelope (voice)

6.2

Spies Like Us

Test Monitor

6.4

Follow That Bird

Cookie Monster / Bert / Grover / Additional Muppets (voice)

Muppet Treasures

Fozzie Bear / Miss Piggy / Animal

The Muppet Revue

Fozzie Bear / Miss Piggy (voice)

Children's Songs and Stories with the Muppets

Miss Piggy (voice)

6.6

The Muppets Take Manhattan

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

6.8

Henson's Place: The Man Behind the Muppets

Frank Oz (self)

7.2

Trading Places

Corrupt Cop

7.9

Return of the Jedi

Yoda (voice)

6.6

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

Bert / Cookie Monster / Grover (voice)

6.8

Rocky Mountain Holiday with John Denver and the Muppets

Miss Piggy / Fozzie Bear / Animal / Gramps (voice)

6.6

The World of 'The Dark Crystal'

Self

7.1

The Dark Crystal

Director

I Love Liberty

Miss Piggy / Fozzie Bear (voice)

8.5

The Fantastic Miss Piggy Show

Miss Piggy / Fozzie Bear / Animal (voice)

7.4

An American Werewolf in London

Mr. Collins

6.9

The Great Muppet Caper

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

7.0

Of Muppets & Men

Self

7.1

The Muppets Go to the Movies

Miss Piggy / Fozzie Bear / Animal / Sam Eagle

The Empire Strikes Back movie poster (1980)

8.4

Classic

The Empire Strikes Back

Yoda (Voice)

7.7

Gem

The Blues Brothers

Corrections Officer

8.6

SP FX: The Empire Strikes Back

Yoda

1970s

7.2

The Muppet Movie

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

6.2

The Muppets Go Hollywood

Various Muppets

7.1

John Denver and the Muppets: A Christmas Together

Miss Piggy / Fozzie Bear / Animal (voice)

6.0

The Orson Welles Show

Self / Fozzie Bear / Animal / Sam Eagle (voice)

Hip Hip Parade!

Fozzie Bear

7.3

Christmas Eve on Sesame Street

Bert / Cookie Monster / Grover (voice)

6.8

Emmet Otter's Jug-Band Christmas

Chuck (voice)

Muppet Picker Upper

Sam the Eagle (voice)

6.0

Out to Lunch

Bert / Cookie Monster / Grover (voice)

6.6

The Muppet Musicians of Bremen

Rat (voice)

6.7

Tales from Muppetland: The Frog Prince

Gawain (voice)

6.0

The Great Santa Claus Switch

Thig / Skippity / Hoppity / Boppity / Snerf (voice)

8.0

The Muppets on Puppets

Self

1960s

9.0

Sesame Street Pitch Reel

Scoop / Beautiful Day Monster (voice)

The Paperwork Explosion

7.1

Time Piece

Messenger boy

7.0

Run, Run

Director of Photography