Frank Oz
Hereford, Herefordshire, England, UK

Frank Oz born Richard Frank Oznowicz; is a British-born American film director, actor, voice actor and puppeteer who is known for creating and performing the characters Miss Piggy and Fozzie Bear in The Muppet Show and for directing films, including the 1986 Little Shop Of Horrors remake and Dirty Rotten Scoundrels. He is also the operator and voice of Yoda in the Star Wars series.

Top 10 collaborators

Roles

Match
Inside Out 2 (2024)
Subconscious Guard Dave (voice)
Jerry Nelson: A Celebratory Birthday Animatic (2022)
Grover (voice) / Cookie Monster (voice) / others (voice)
Echoes of Violence (2021)
Dante
Star Wars: The Rise of Skywalker (2019)
Yoda (voice)
Knives Out (2019)
Alan Stevens
Sesame Street: 50 Years and Counting (2019)
Cookie Monster
Star Wars: The Last Jedi (2017)
Yoda (voice)
Star Wars: The Force Awakens (2015)
Yoda (archive sound) (uncredited)
The Great Gilly Hopkins (2015)
Cookie Monster (voice)
Inside Out (2015)
Subconscious Guard Dave (voice)
Jim Henson: His Sesame Street Story (2009)
Jim Henson's Tales From Muppetland (2009)
A Sesame Street Christmas Carol (2006)
Bert (voice)
Sesame Street: Elmo's Potty Time (2006)
Grover (voice)
Best Ever Muppet Moments (2006)
Self
Zathura: A Space Adventure (2005)
Robot (voice)
Star Wars: Episode III - Revenge of the Sith (2005)
Yoda (voice)
Sesame Street: Cookie Monster's Best Bites (2004)
Cookie Monster (voice)
Muppets Magic From 'The Ed Sullivan Show!' (2003)
Muppet Performer
Sesame Street: Let's Eat! Funny Food Songs (2003)
Grover / Cookie Monster (voice)
Sesame Street: Bert & Ernie's Word Play (2002)
Bert / Cookie Monster (credit song) / T-Shirt Salesman / Fat Blue Anything Muppet in Fat Cat (voice) (archive footage)
Star Wars: Episode II - Attack of the Clones (2002)
Yoda (voice)
I Love Muppets (2002)
Self
Monsters, Inc. (2001)
Jeff Fungus (voice)
The Very Best of the Muppet Show: Volume 3 (2001)
Fozzie Bear / Miss Piggy / Sam the Eagle / Animal / Wolf
The Adventures of Elmo in Grouchland (1999)
Bert / Grover / Cookie Monster (voice)
Muppets from Space (1999)
Miss Piggy / Fozzie Bear / Animal / Sam the Eagle (voice)
Star Wars: Episode I - The Phantom Menace (1999)
Yoda (voice)
The Very Best of the Muppet Show (1999)
Fozzie Bear / Miss Piggy / Animal / Sam the Eagle
The Very Best of the Muppet Show: Volume 2 (1999)
Fozzie Bear / Miss Piggy / Animal / Sam the Eagle
CinderElmo (1999)
Bert / Grover / Cookie Monster (voice)
The Best of Kermit on Sesame Street (1998)
Grover (voice)
Sesame Street: Elmopalooza! (1998)
Grover / Cookie Monster / Bert (voice)
Blues Brothers 2000 (1998)
Warden
Sesame Street: Elmo Says BOO! (1997)
Bert (voice) (archive footage)
Sesame Street: Quiet Time (1997)
Bert ("Naptime") (voice)
Sesame Street: Elmo Saves Christmas (1996)
Cookie Monster (voice)
Muppet Treasure Island (1996)
Miss Piggy / Fozzie Bear / Sam the Eagle / Animal (voice)
Sesame Street: Do the Alphabet (1996)
Cookie Monster / Green (voice) (archive footage)
Sesame Street: Kid's Guide to Life: Learning to Share (1996)
Cookie Monster
Muppet Classic Theater (1994)
Miss Piggy / Fozzie Bear (voice)
Sesame Street All-Star 25th Birthday: Stars and Street Forever! (1994)
Bert / Grover (archive footage)
Sesame Street: 25 Wonderful Years: A Musical Celebration! (1993)
Grover
The Muppet Christmas Carol (1992)
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)
Innocent Blood (1992)
Pathologist
Muppet*Vision 3-D (1991)
Fozzie Bear
Disneyland's 35th Anniversary Special (1990)
Miss Piggy (voice)
The Muppets at Walt Disney World (1990)
Miss Piggy / Fozzie Bear / Animal (voice)
Sesame Street: Sing Yourself Silly! (1990)
Sesame Street: Monster Hits! (1990)
Cookie Monster (voice) / Grover (voice) / Clancy (voice)
Free to Be... a Family (1988)
Miss Piggy (voice)
Sesame Street: Put Down the Duckie: An All-Star Musical Special (1988)
Muppet Performer
The Best of Ernie and Bert (1988)
Bert
Hey, You're as Funny as Fozzie Bear (1988)
Fozzie Bear (voice)
A Muppet Family Christmas (1987)
Various Characters
Sesame Street: Sing Along (1987)
Labyrinth (1986)
The Wiseman
Sesame Street: Learning About Letters (1986)
Cookie Monster/Bert/Grover/Princess Penelope (voice)
The Muppets: A Celebration of 30 Years (1986)
Fozzie Bear / Miss Piggy / Sam the Eagle / Bert / Animal / Grover / Cookie Monster / Marvin Suggs
Sesame Street: Sleepytime Songs & Stories (1986)
Bert / Grover (Bedtime Stories and Songs) / Cookie Monster (Bedtime Stories and Songs) / Tallest and Smallest People (Bedtime Stories & Songs) (voice)
Spies Like Us (1985)
Test Monitor
Muppet Video: Rowlf's Rhapsodies with the Muppets (1985)
Miss Piggy / Fozzie Bear (voice)
Follow That Bird (1985)
Cookie Monster / Bert / Grover / Additional Muppets (voice)
Muppet Treasures (1985)
Fozzie Bear (voice)
Muppet Video: The Kermit and Piggy Story (1985)
Miss Piggy (voice)
The Muppet Revue (1985)
Fozzie Bear / Miss Piggy (voice)
Children's Songs and Stories with the Muppets (1985)
Miss Piggy (voice)
The Muppets Take Manhattan (1984)
Miss Piggy / Fozzie / Animal / Bert / Cookie Monster / Ocean Breeze Soap Board Member / Sam the Eagle (voice)
Don't Eat the Pictures: Sesame Street at the Metropolitan Museum of Art (1983)
Bert / Cookie Monster / Grover (voice)
Trading Places (1983)
Corrupt Cop
Big Bird in China (1983)
Bert / Grover / Cookie Monster (voice)
Return of the Jedi (1983)
Yoda (voice)
Rocky Mountain Holiday with John Denver and the Muppets (1983)
Miss Piggy / Fozzie Bear / Animal / Gramps (voice)
Muppet Breakthrough (1983)
Grump
The Dark Crystal (1982)
Aughra, a Keeper of Secrets / Chamberlain
The Fantastic Miss Piggy Show (1982)
Miss Piggy / Fozzie Bear / Animal (voice)
I Love Liberty (1982)
Miss Piggy / Fozzie Bear (voice)
Return of the Ewok (1982)
Yoda (voice)
Muppet Side Splitter (1981)
Grump (voice)
An American Werewolf in London (1981)
Mr. Collins / Miss Piggy (archive footage)
The Great Muppet Caper (1981)
Miss Piggy / Fozzie Bear / Sam the Eagle / Animal (voice)
The Muppets Go to the Movies (1981)
Miss Piggy, Fozzie Bear, Animal, Sam Eagle
The Blues Brothers (1980)
Corrections Officer
The Empire Strikes Back (1980)
Yoda (Voice)
John Denver and the Muppets: A Christmas Together (1979)
Miss Piggy / Fozzie Bear / Animal (voice)
The Muppet Movie (1979)
Miss Piggy / Fozzie Bear / Animal / Sam the Eagle / Doc Hopper's Men / Marvin Suggs / Swedish Chef (hands) / Motorcycle Guy (voice)
The Muppets Go Hollywood (1979)
Various Muppets
A Walking Tour of Sesame Street (1979)
Grover / Cookie Monster / Bert (archive footage)
Meal Break (1979)
Grump
Grump Critic (1979)
Grump
Let's Have the Dam Break (1979)
Grump
Muppet Breaker Upper (1979)
Grump / Quongo
Muppet Gimme a Break (1979)
Grump
Christmas Eve on Sesame Street (1978)
Bert / Cookie Monster / Grover (voice)
The Bob Hope All Star Christmas Comedy Special (1977)
Miss Piggy / Fozzie Bear
Emmet Otter's Jug-Band Christmas (1977)
Chuck (voice)
The Muppet Introduction (1975)
Sam the Eagle
Just a Few Announcements (1975)
Sam the Eagle
Muppet Picker Upper (1975)
Sam the Eagle (voice)
Out to Lunch (1974)
Bert / Cookie Monster / Grover (voice)
Julie on Sesame Street (1973)
The Muppet Musicians of Bremen (1972)
Rat
Tales from Muppetland: The Frog Prince (1971)
Gawain
The Great Santa Claus Switch (1970)
Thig / Skippity / Hoppity / Boppity / Snerf (voice)
Hey, Cinderella! (1969)
Stepsister #1 / Splurge (voice)
The Paperwork Explosion (1967)
Time Piece (1965)
Messenger boy

Crew

Death at a Funeral (2007)
Director
The Stepford Wives (2004)
Director
The Score (2001)
Director
Bowfinger (1999)
Director
In & Out (1997)
Director
Muppet Treasure Island (1996)
Producer
The Indian in the Cupboard (1995)
Director
The Muppet Christmas Carol (1992)
Executive Producer
Housesitter (1992)
Director
What About Bob? (1991)
Director
Muppet*Vision 3-D (1991)
Director
Dirty Rotten Scoundrels (1988)
Director
Little Shop of Horrors (1986)
Director
The Muppets Take Manhattan (1984)
Director | Screenplay
The Dark Crystal (1982)
Director
The Great Muppet Caper (1981)
Producer
Run, Run (1965)
Director of Photography