Acting

Frank Oz

Born 1944

Known for Star Wars: Episode II - Attack of the Clones, Monsters, Inc., Star Wars: Episode III - Revenge of the Sith.

54 linked movie credits shown

Born05/25/1944

Age82 years old

BirthplaceHereford, Herefordshire, England, UK

DepartmentActing

Also known asФрэнк Оз, فرانک اوز, Richard Frank Oznowicz

Biography

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.

Movie Credits

The Muppets Go Hollywood (1979)

As Various Muppets

TV Movie, Family, Comedy, Music

Jim Henson Idea Man (2024)

As Self

Documentary

Being Elmo: A Puppeteer's Journey poster

Being Elmo: A Puppeteer's Journey (2011)

As Self

Documentary

The World of Jim Henson (1994)

As Self / Miss Piggy / Fozzie Bear

Documentary

The Muppets at Walt Disney World (1990)

As Miss Piggy / Fozzie Bear / Animal (voice)

Comedy, Family, TV Movie

The Muppets Celebrate Jim Henson (1990)

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

Documentary, Drama, Family, TV Movie, Comedy

A Muppet Family Christmas (1987)

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

Family, Comedy, Music, TV Movie

The Muppets Take Manhattan (1984)

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

Romance, Comedy, Family

The Great Muppet Caper (1981)

As Miss Piggy / Fozzie Bear / Animal / Sam the Eagle / Gramps / Swedish Chef (voice)

Comedy, Crime, Family, Mystery, Romance

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)

Family, Comedy, Adventure

Emmet Otter's Jug-Band Christmas (1977)

As Chuck (voice)

Family, Comedy, Music

The Muppets on Puppets (1970)

As Self

Documentary

Follow That Bird (1985)

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

Adventure, Comedy, Family, Music

Henson's Place: The Man Behind the Muppets poster

Henson's Place: The Man Behind the Muppets (1984)

As Frank Oz (self)

Documentary, Family

The Dark Crystal (1982)

As Aughra, a Keeper of Secrets / Chamberlain

Adventure, Family, Fantasy

Christmas Eve on Sesame Street (1978)

As Bert / Cookie Monster / Grover (voice)

Comedy, Family, Music, TV Movie

Echoes of Violence (2021)

As Dante

Crime, Thriller

Street Gang: How We Got to Sesame Street poster

Street Gang: How We Got to Sesame Street (2021)

As Self (archive footage)

Documentary

I Am Big Bird: The Caroll Spinney Story poster

I Am Big Bird: The Caroll Spinney Story (2014)

As Self

Documentary

Blues Brothers 2000 (1998)

As Warden

Action, Comedy, Crime

Sesame Street: Elmo Saves Christmas poster

Sesame Street: Elmo Saves Christmas (1996)

As Cookie Monster (voice)

Family, Music, Adventure, Comedy, TV Movie, Fantasy

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)

Music, Comedy, Family, Fantasy, Drama