Biography

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.

Most Famous Work

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Star Wars Rebels

(2014) Yoda (voice)

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Star Wars: The Force Awakens

(2015) Yoda (archive sound) (uncredited)

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Star Wars: The Last Jedi

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Star Wars: The Rise of Skywalker

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Star Wars: Episode III - Revenge of the Sith

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Star Wars: Episode I - The Phantom Menace

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Obi-Wan Kenobi

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Return of the Jedi

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Acting

Year	Character	Movie/Tv
2024	Self	Disney Legends Awards Ceremony 2024-08-12 Movie
	Mind Cop Dave (voice)	Inside Out 2 2024-06-11 Movie
	Self	Jim Henson Idea Man 2024-05-18 Movie
	Self - Director	STEVE! (martin) a documentary in 2 pieces 2024-03-28 TV Show
2022	Grover (voice) / Cookie Monster (voice) / others (voice)	Jerry Nelson: A Celebratory Birthday Animatic 2022-07-10 Movie
	Yoda (voice) (archive footage) (uncredited)	Obi-Wan Kenobi 2022-05-26 TV Show
2021	Self (archive footage)	Street Gang: How We Got to Sesame Street 2021-04-23 Movie
	Dante	Echoes of Violence 2021-03-20 Movie
2020	Yoda (voice)	Star Wars: Jedi Temple Challenge 2020-06-10 TV Show
	Himself	Muppet Guys Talking: A Special Conversation to Honor Jim Henson 2020-05-16 Movie
2019	Yoda (voice)	Star Wars: The Rise of Skywalker 2019-12-18 Movie
	Alan Stevens	Knives Out 2019-11-27 Movie
	Cookie Monster	Sesame Street: 50 Years and Counting 2019-10-01 Movie
2018	Self (archive footage)	Howard 2018-04-22 Movie
	Self	The Director and the Jedi 2018-03-12 Movie
2017	Yoda (voice)	Star Wars: The Last Jedi 2017-12-13 Movie
	Himself	Muppet Guys Talking: Secrets Behind the Show the Whole World Watched 2017-03-12 Movie
2015	Yoda (archive sound) (uncredited)	Star Wars: The Force Awakens 2015-12-15 Movie
	Cookie Monster (voice)	The Great Gilly Hopkins 2015-10-05 Movie
	Self - Friend & Muppet Performer	In Their Own Words: Jim Henson 2015-09-15 Movie
	Subconscious Guard Dave (voice)	Inside Out 2015-06-17 Movie
	Self	I Am Big Bird: The Caroll Spinney Story 2015-05-06 Movie
	Self	StarTalk with Neil deGrasse Tyson 2015-04-20 TV Show
2014	Yoda (voice)	Star Wars Rebels 2014-10-13 TV Show
	N/A	Jim Henson: Behind the Seams 2014-06-21 Movie
2011	Self	Being Elmo: A Puppeteer's Journey 2011-10-21 Movie
2009	N/A	Jim Henson: His Sesame Street Story 2009-12-12 Movie
	N/A	Jim Henson's Tales from Muppetland 2009-07-28 Movie
2007	Himself	Reflections of 'The Dark Crystal' 2007-08-01 Movie
2006	Bert (voice) (archive footage)	A Sesame Street Christmas Carol 2006-12-01 Movie
	Self	Treasures Untold: The Making of Disney's 'The Little Mermaid' 2006-10-03 Movie
	Grover (voice)	Sesame Street: Elmo's Potty Time 2006-08-22 Movie
	Self	Best Ever Muppet Moments 2006-03-11 Movie
2005	Robot (voice)	Zathura: A Space Adventure 2005-11-06 Movie
	Yoda (voice)	Star Wars: Episode III - Revenge of the Sith 2005-05-17 Movie
2004	N/A	Muppet History 101 2004-11-21 Movie
	N/A	Jim Henson: Commercials and Experiments 2004-11-20 Movie
	Self	Muppet Music Moments 2004-11-20 Movie
	Self	When Star Wars Ruled the World 2004-09-18 Movie
	Self	Empire of Dreams: The Story of the Star Wars Trilogy 2004-09-12 Movie
	Self	Kulturplatz 2004-09-01 TV Show
	Grover (voice) (archive footage)	Sesame Street: A Celebration of Me, Grover 2004-08-31 Movie
	Yoda (archive footage)	The Story of Star Wars 2004-08-18 Movie
	Cookie Monster (voice)	Sesame Street: Cookie Monster's Best Bites 2004-01-27 Movie
2003	Muppet Performer	Muppets Magic From 'The Ed Sullivan Show!' 2003-01-01 Movie
	Grover / Cookie Monster (voice)	Sesame Street: Let's Eat! Funny Food Songs 2003-01-01 Movie
2002	Self	Films Are Not Released, They Escape 2002-11-12 Movie
	Self / Yoda	From Puppets to Pixels: Digital Characters in 'Episode II' 2002-11-12 Movie
	Bert / Cookie Monster (credit song) / T-Shirt Salesman / Fat Blue Anything Muppet in Fat Cat (voice) (archive footage)	Sesame Street: Bert & Ernie's Word Play 2002-05-31 Movie
	Yoda (voice)	Star Wars: Episode II - Attack of the Clones 2002-05-15 Movie
	Self	I Love Muppets 2002-03-31 Movie
2001	Jeff Fungus (voice)	Monsters, Inc. 2001-11-01 Movie
	Self	The Beginning: Making Episode I 2001-10-16 Movie
	Fozzie Bear / Miss Piggy / Sam the Eagle / Animal / Wolf	The Very Best of the Muppet Show: Volume 3 2001-07-17 Movie
1999	Bert / Grover / Cookie Monster (voice)	The Adventures of Elmo in Grouchland 1999-10-01 Movie
	Miss Piggy / Fozzie Bear / Animal / Sam the Eagle (voice)	Muppets from Space 1999-07-14 Movie
	Yoda (voice)	Star Wars: Episode I - The Phantom Menace 1999-05-19 Movie
	Fozzie Bear / Miss Piggy / Animal / Sam the Eagle	The Very Best of the Muppet Show 1999-05-17 Movie
	Fozzie Bear / Miss Piggy / Animal / Sam the Eagle	The Very Best of the Muppet Show: Volume 2 1999-05-17 Movie
	Bert / Grover / Cookie Monster (voice)	CinderElmo 1999-01-01 Movie
1998	Self	The Stories Behind the Making of 'The Blues Brothers' 1998-09-08 Movie
	Grover (voice)	The Best of Kermit on Sesame Street 1998-09-01 Movie
	Grover / Cookie Monster / Bert (voice)	Sesame Street: Elmopalooza! 1998-02-20 Movie
	Warden	Blues Brothers 2000 1998-02-05 Movie
1997	Bert (voice)	Sesame Street: Elmo Says BOO! 1997-07-08 Movie
	Bert ("Naptime") (voice)	Sesame Street: Quiet Time 1997-04-01 Movie
1996	Cookie Monster (voice)	Sesame Street: Elmo Saves Christmas 1996-12-24 Movie
	Miss Piggy / Fozzie Bear / Animal / George the Janitor	Muppets Tonight 1996-03-08 TV Show
	Miss Piggy / Fozzie Bear / Sam the Eagle / Animal (voice)	Muppet Treasure Island 1996-02-16 Movie
	Cookie Monster / Green (voice) (archive footage)	Sesame Street: Do the Alphabet 1996-02-06 Movie
	Cookie Monster	Sesame Street: Kid's Guide to Life: Learning to Share 1996-01-01 Movie
1994	Self / Miss Piggy / Fozzie Bear	The World of Jim Henson 1994-11-23 Movie
	Miss Piggy / Fozzie Bear (voice)	Muppet Classic Theater 1994-09-27 Movie
	Bert / Grover (archive footage)	Sesame Street | All-Star 25th Birthday: Stars and Street Forever! 1994-05-18 Movie
1993	Grover	Sesame Street: 25 Wonderful Years: A Musical Celebration! 1993-10-29 Movie
1992	Miss Piggy	Holiday Greetings from 'The Ed Sullivan Show' 1992-12-25 Movie
	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)	The Muppet Christmas Carol 1992-12-10 Movie
	Pathologist	Innocent Blood 1992-09-25 Movie
1991	Miss Piggy / Fozzie Bear / Sam the Eagle / Construction Worker (voice)	Muppet*Vision 3D 1991-05-16 Movie
1990	Self / Miss Piggy / Fozzie Bear / Animal / Bert / ... (voice)	The Muppets Celebrate Jim Henson 1990-11-21 Movie
	Miss Piggy (voice)	Disneyland's 35th Anniversary Special 1990-07-01 Movie
	Self	Sing! Sesame Street Remembers Joe Raposo and His Music 1990-05-16 Movie
	Miss Piggy / Fozzie Bear / Animal (voice)	The Muppets at Walt Disney World 1990-05-06 Movie
	N/A	Sesame Street: Sing Yourself Silly! 1990-04-30 Movie
	Cookie Monster (voice) / Grover (voice) / Clancy (voice)	Sesame Street: Monster Hits! 1990-01-01 Movie
1989	Miss Piggy	50 Years of Television: A Golden Celebration 1989-11-26 Movie
	Self	An Evening with Jim Henson and Frank Oz 1989-07-14 Movie
	Miss Piggy / Fozzie Bear	Miss Piggy's Hollywood 1989-05-14 Movie
	N/A	The Jim Henson Hour 1989-04-14 TV Show
1988	Miss Piggy (voice)	Free to Be... a Family 1988-12-14 Movie
	Muppet Performer	Sesame Street | Put Down the Duckie: An All-Star Musical Special 1988-10-05 Movie
	Bert	The Best of Ernie and Bert 1988-09-12 Movie
	Fozzie Bear (voice)	Hey, You're as Funny as Fozzie Bear 1988-06-01 Movie
1987	Various Characters (voice)	A Muppet Family Christmas 1987-12-16 Movie
	N/A	Sesame Street: Sing Along 1987-01-01 Movie
1986	The Wiseman	Labyrinth 1986-06-27 Movie
	Cookie Monster/Bert/Grover/Princess Penelope (voice)	Sesame Street: Learning About Letters 1986-05-12 Movie
	Fozzie Bear / Miss Piggy / Sam the Eagle / Bert / Animal / Grover / Cookie Monster / Marvin Suggs	The Muppets: A Celebration of 30 Years 1986-01-21 Movie
	Bert / Grover (Bedtime Stories and Songs) / Cookie Monster (Bedtime Stories and Songs) / Tallest and Smallest People (Bedtime Stories & Songs) (voice)	Sesame Street: Sleepytime Songs & Stories 1986-01-01 Movie
1985	Test Monitor	Spies Like Us 1985-12-06 Movie
	Miss Piggy / Fozzie Bear (voice)	Muppet Video: Rowlf's Rhapsodies with the Muppets 1985-10-01 Movie
	N/A	Jim Henson's Little Muppet Monsters 1985-09-14 TV Show
	Cookie Monster / Bert / Grover / Additional Muppets (voice)	Follow That Bird 1985-08-02 Movie
	Fozzie Bear / Miss Piggy / Animal	Muppet Treasures 1985-07-09 Movie
	Fozzie Bear / Miss Piggy (voice)	The Muppet Revue 1985-04-16 Movie
	Miss Piggy (voice)	Muppet Video: The Kermit and Piggy Story 1985-04-16 Movie
	Miss Piggy (voice)	Children's Songs and Stories with the Muppets 1985-01-01 Movie
1984	Miss Piggy / Fozzie / Animal / Bert / Cookie Monster / Ocean Breeze Soap Board Member / Sam the Eagle (voice)	The Muppets Take Manhattan 1984-06-27 Movie
	Frank Oz (self)	Henson's Place: The Man Behind the Muppets 1984-01-01 Movie
1983	Self	Classic Creatures: Return of the Jedi 1983-11-21 Movie
	Bert / Cookie Monster / Grover (voice)	Don't Eat the Pictures: Sesame Street at the Metropolitan Museum of Art 1983-11-16 Movie
	Corrupt Cop	Trading Places 1983-06-07 Movie
	Bert / Grover / Cookie Monster (voice)	Big Bird in China 1983-05-29 Movie
	Yoda (voice)	Return of the Jedi 1983-05-25 Movie
	Miss Piggy / Fozzie Bear / Animal / Gramps (voice)	Rocky Mountain Holiday with John Denver and the Muppets 1983-05-12 Movie
	Himself	The World of 'The Dark Crystal' 1983-01-09 Movie
	Grump	Muppet Breakthrough 1983-01-01 Movie
1982	Aughra, a Keeper of Secrets / Chamberlain	The Dark Crystal 1982-12-17 Movie
	Miss Piggy / Fozzie Bear / Animal (voice)	The Fantastic Miss Piggy Show 1982-09-17 Movie
	Miss Piggy / Fozzie Bear (voice)	I Love Liberty 1982-03-21 Movie
	Miss Piggy (voice)	Night of 100 Stars 1982-03-08 Movie
	Yoda (voice)	Return of the Ewok 1982-01-01 Movie
1981	Self	Of Muppets & Men 1981-10-31 Movie
	Grump (voice)	Muppet Side Splitter 1981-10-22 Movie
	Mr. Collins	An American Werewolf in London 1981-08-21 Movie
	Miss Piggy / Fozzie Bear / Sam the Eagle / Animal (voice)	The Great Muppet Caper 1981-06-26 Movie
	Miss Piggy / Fozzie Bear / Animal / Sam Eagle	The Muppets Go to the Movies 1981-05-20 Movie
1980	Yoda	SP FX: The Empire Strikes Back 1980-09-22 Movie
	Corrections Officer	The Blues Brothers 1980-06-16 Movie
	Yoda (Voice)	The Empire Strikes Back 1980-05-20 Movie
1979	Miss Piggy / Fozzie Bear / Animal (voice)	John Denver and the Muppets: A Christmas Together 1979-12-05 Movie
	Miss Piggy / Fozzie Bear / Animal / Sam the Eagle / Doc Hopper's Men / Marvin Suggs / Swedish Chef (hands) / Motorcycle Guy (voice)	The Muppet Movie 1979-06-22 Movie
	Various Muppets	The Muppets Go Hollywood 1979-05-16 Movie
	Grover / Cookie Monster / Bert (archive footage)	A Walking Tour of Sesame Street 1979-03-01 Movie
	Self / Fozzie Bear / Animal / Sam Eagle (voice)	The Orson Welles Show 1979-02-01 Movie
	Grump	Let's Have the Dam Break 1979-01-02 Movie
	Grump	Meal Break 1979-01-02 Movie
	Grump	Grump Critic 1979-01-02 Movie
	Grump / Quongo	Muppet Breaker Upper 1979-01-01 Movie
	Grump	Muppet Gimme a Break 1979-01-01 Movie
1978	Bert / Cookie Monster / Grover (voice)	Christmas Eve on Sesame Street 1978-12-03 Movie
	Fozzie Bear	Hip Hip Parade! 1978-11-21 Movie
	Miss Piggy / Fozzie Bear	Julie Andrews: One Step Into Spring 1978-03-09 Movie
	Miss Piggy	An Audience with... 1978-01-08 TV Show
1977	Miss Piggy / Fozzie Bear	The Bob Hope All Star Christmas Comedy Special 1977-12-19 Movie
	Chuck (voice)	Emmet Otter's Jug-Band Christmas 1977-12-04 Movie
	Grover / Cookie Monster / Bert (voice) (archive footage)	Sesame Street at Night? 1977-03-01 Movie
1976	Miss Piggy / Fozzie Bear / Animal / Sam Eagle / Marvin Suggs / George the Janitor (voice)	The Muppet Show 1976-09-05 TV Show
1975	Sam the Eagle (voice)	Muppet Picker Upper 1975-01-01 Movie
	Sam the Eagle	The Muppet Introduction 1975-01-01 Movie
	Sam the Eagle	Just a Few Announcements 1975-01-01 Movie
1974	Bert / Cookie Monster / Grover (voice)	Out to Lunch 1974-12-10 Movie
1973	N/A	Julie on Sesame Street 1973-11-23 Movie
1972	Rat (voice)	The Muppet Musicians of Bremen 1972-04-26 Movie
1971	Gawain (voice)	Tales from Muppetland: The Frog Prince 1971-05-12 Movie
	Self	Great Performances 1971-01-28 TV Show
	Miss Piggy (voice)	Great Performances 1971-01-28 TV Show
1970	Thig / Skippity / Hoppity / Boppity / Snerf (voice)	The Great Santa Claus Switch 1970-12-05 Movie
	Self	The Muppets on Puppets 1970-01-05 Movie
1969	Bert	Sesame Street 1969-11-10 TV Show
	N/A	Sesame Unpaved 1969-11-10 TV Show
	Bert	This Way to Sesame Street 1969-11-08 Movie
	Scoop / Beautiful Day Monster (voice)	Sesame Street Pitch Reel 1969-09-01 Movie
	Stepsister #1 / Splurge (voice)	Hey Cinderella! 1969-03-16 Movie
	Self	Peter Alexander präsentiert Spezialitäten 1969-03-09 TV Show
1968	Self - Guest	The Dick Cavett Show 1968-06-06 TV Show
1967	N/A	The Paperwork Explosion 1967-01-01 Movie
1965	Messenger boy	Time Piece 1965-05-07 Movie
1961	Self	The Mike Douglas Show 1961-12-11 TV Show
1953	Self	The Oscars 1953-03-19 TV Show
	N/A	Sesame Street: Play with Me Sesame TV Show
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Production

Year	Role	Movie/Tv
2023	Executive Producer	S.P.I.C. 2023-03-19 Movie
	Executive Producer	Fuzzy Head 2023-01-20 Movie
1996	Producer	Muppet Treasure Island 1996-02-16 Movie
1992	Executive Producer	The Muppet Christmas Carol 1992-12-10 Movie
1981	Producer	The Great Muppet Caper 1981-06-26 Movie
Year	Role	Movie/Tv

Directing

Year	Role	Movie/Tv
2020	Director	Derek DelGaudio's In & of Itself 2020-10-24 Movie
	Director	Muppet Guys Talking: A Special Conversation to Honor Jim Henson 2020-05-16 Movie
2017	Director	Muppet Guys Talking: Secrets Behind the Show the Whole World Watched 2017-03-12 Movie
2008	Director	Leverage 2008-12-07 TV Show
2007	Director	Death at a Funeral 2007-08-17 Movie
2004	Director	The Stepford Wives 2004-06-10 Movie
2002	Director	The Funkhousers 2002-08-01 TV Show
2001	Director	The Score 2001-07-13 Movie
1999	Director	Bowfinger 1999-08-12 Movie
1997	Director	In & Out 1997-09-10 Movie
1995	Director	The Indian in the Cupboard 1995-07-14 Movie
1992	Director	Housesitter 1992-06-12 Movie
1991	Director	What About Bob? 1991-05-17 Movie
	Director	Muppet*Vision 3D 1991-05-16 Movie
1988	Director	Dirty Rotten Scoundrels 1988-12-14 Movie
1986	Director	Little Shop of Horrors 1986-12-19 Movie
1984	Director	The Muppets Take Manhattan 1984-06-27 Movie
1982	Director	The Dark Crystal 1982-12-17 Movie
Year	Role	Movie/Tv

Crew

Year	Role	Movie/Tv
1997	Thanks	Eye of God 1997-10-17 Movie
1979	Creative Consultant	The Muppet Movie 1979-06-22 Movie
1978	Creative Consultant	Christmas Eve on Sesame Street 1978-12-03 Movie
Year	Role	Movie/Tv

Writing

Year	Role	Movie/Tv
1984	Screenplay	The Muppets Take Manhattan 1984-06-27 Movie
	Writer	The Muppet Script Movie
Year	Role	Movie/Tv

Camera

Year	Role	Movie/Tv
1965	Director of Photography	Run, Run 1965-10-01 Movie
Year	Role	Movie/Tv