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.
Known For
Inside Out 2
(2024)
Subconscious Guard Dave (voice)
Inside Out
(2015)
Subconscious Guard Dave (voice)
The Blues Brothers
(1980)
Corrections Officer
Monsters, Inc.
(2001)
Jeff Fungus (voice)
Return of the Jedi
(1983)
Yoda (voice)
Labyrinth
(1986)
The Wiseman
Knives Out
(2019)
Alan Stevens
Star Wars: The Rise of Skywalker
(2019)
Yoda (voice)
Star Wars: The Force Awakens
(2015)
Yoda (archive sound) (uncredited)
Star Wars: The Last Jedi
(2017)
Yoda (voice)
Trading Places
(1983)
Corrupt Cop
The Empire Strikes Back
(1980)
Yoda (Voice)
Star Wars: Episode I - The Phantom Menace
(1999)
Yoda (voice)
Star Wars: Episode III - Revenge of the Sith
(2005)
Yoda (voice)
Star Wars: Episode II - Attack of the Clones
(2002)
Yoda (voice)
An American Werewolf in London
(1981)
Mr. Collins / Miss Piggy (archive footage)
Full Filmography
Acting
Time Piece
(1965)
Messenger boy
The Paperwork Explosion
(1967)
Hey, Cinderella!
(1969)
Stepsister #1 / Splurge (voice)
Sesame Street Pitch Reel
(1969)
Scoop / Beautiful Day Monster (voice)
The Great Santa Claus Switch
(1970)
Thig / Skippity / Hoppity / Boppity / Snerf (voice)
The Muppets on Puppets
(1970)
Himself
Tales from Muppetland: The Frog Prince
(1971)
Gawain
The Muppet Musicians of Bremen
(1972)
Rat
Julie on Sesame Street
(1973)
Out to Lunch
(1974)
Bert / Cookie Monster / Grover (voice)
The Muppet Introduction
(1975)
Sam the Eagle
Just a Few Announcements
(1975)
Sam the Eagle
Muppet Picker Upper
(1975)
Sam the Eagle (voice)
Emmet Otter's Jug-Band Christmas
(1977)
Chuck (voice)
The Bob Hope All Star Christmas Comedy Special
(1977)
Miss Piggy / Fozzie Bear
Christmas Eve on Sesame Street
(1978)
Bert / Cookie Monster / Grover (voice)
Hip Hip Parade!
(1978)
Fozzie Bear
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
John Denver and the Muppets: A Christmas Together
(1979)
Miss Piggy / Fozzie Bear / Animal (voice)
The Orson Welles Show
(1979)
Self / Fozzie Bear / Animal / Sam Eagle (voice)
Muppet Breaker Upper
(1979)
Grump / Quongo
Muppet Gimme a Break
(1979)
Grump
Meal Break
(1979)
Grump
Grump Critic
(1979)
Grump
Let's Have the Dam Break
(1979)
Grump
A Walking Tour of Sesame Street
(1979)
Grover / Cookie Monster / Bert (archive footage)
The Blues Brothers
(1980)
Corrections Officer
The Empire Strikes Back
(1980)
Yoda (Voice)
SPFX: The Empire Strikes Back
(1980)
Yoda
The Great Muppet Caper
(1981)
Miss Piggy / Fozzie Bear / Sam the Eagle / Animal (voice)
An American Werewolf in London
(1981)
Mr. Collins / Miss Piggy (archive footage)
The Muppets Go to the Movies
(1981)
Miss Piggy, Fozzie Bear, Animal, Sam Eagle
Muppet Side Splitter
(1981)
Grump (voice)
Of Muppets & Men
(1981)
Self
The Fantastic Miss Piggy Show
(1982)
Miss Piggy / Fozzie Bear / Animal (voice)
Return of the Ewok
(1982)
Yoda (voice)
The Dark Crystal
(1982)
Aughra, a Keeper of Secrets / Chamberlain
Night of 100 Stars
(1982)
Miss Piggy (voice)
I Love Liberty
(1982)
Miss Piggy / Fozzie Bear (voice)
Trading Places
(1983)
Corrupt Cop
Return of the Jedi
(1983)
Yoda (voice)
Rocky Mountain Holiday with John Denver and the Muppets
(1983)
Miss Piggy / Fozzie Bear / Animal / Gramps (voice)
The World of 'The Dark Crystal'
(1983)
Himself
Don't Eat the Pictures: Sesame Street at the Metropolitan Museum of Art
(1983)
Bert / Cookie Monster / Grover (voice)
Classic Creatures: Return of the Jedi
(1983)
Self
Big Bird in China
(1983)
Bert / Grover / Cookie Monster (voice)
Muppet Breakthrough
(1983)
Grump
The Muppets Take Manhattan
(1984)
Miss Piggy / Fozzie / Animal / Bert / Cookie Monster / Ocean Breeze Soap Board Member / Sam the Eagle (voice)
Henson's Place: The Man Behind the Muppets
(1984)
Frank Oz (self)
Spies Like Us
(1985)
Test Monitor
Follow That Bird
(1985)
Cookie Monster / Bert / Grover / Additional Muppets (voice)
Muppet Video: The Kermit and Piggy Story
(1985)
Miss Piggy (voice)
The Muppet Revue
(1985)
Fozzie Bear / Miss Piggy (voice)
Muppet Video: Rowlf's Rhapsodies with the Muppets
(1985)
Miss Piggy / Fozzie Bear (voice)
Muppet Treasures
(1985)
Fozzie Bear (voice)
Children's Songs and Stories with the Muppets
(1985)
Miss Piggy (voice)
Labyrinth
(1986)
The Wiseman
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)
Sesame Street: Learning About Letters
(1986)
Cookie Monster/Bert/Grover/Princess Penelope (voice)
A Muppet Family Christmas
(1987)
Various Characters
Sesame Street: Sing Along
(1987)
Hey, You're as Funny as Fozzie Bear
(1988)
Fozzie Bear (voice)
Sesame Street: Put Down the Duckie: An All-Star Musical Special
(1988)
Muppet Performer
The Best of Ernie and Bert
(1988)
Bert
Free to Be... a Family
(1988)
Miss Piggy (voice)
An Evening with Jim Henson and Frank Oz
(1989)
Self
50 Years of Television: A Golden Celebration
(1989)
Miss Piggy
Sesame Street: Sing Yourself Silly!
(1990)
The Muppets Celebrate Jim Henson
(1990)
Self / Miss Piggy / Fozzie Bear / Animal / Bert / ... (voice)
The Muppets at Walt Disney World
(1990)
Miss Piggy / Fozzie Bear / Animal (voice)
Sesame Street: Monster Hits!
(1990)
Cookie Monster (voice) / Grover (voice) / Clancy (voice)
Sing! Sesame Street Remembers Joe Raposo and His Music
(1990)
Self
Disneyland's 35th Anniversary Special
(1990)
Miss Piggy (voice)
Muppet*Vision 3-D
(1991)
Fozzie Bear
Innocent Blood
(1992)
Pathologist
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)
Sesame Street: 25 Wonderful Years: A Musical Celebration!
(1993)
Grover
Muppet Classic Theater
(1994)
Miss Piggy / Fozzie Bear (voice)
The World of Jim Henson
(1994)
Self
Sesame Street All-Star 25th Birthday: Stars and Street Forever!
(1994)
Bert / Grover (archive footage)
Sesame Street: Do the Alphabet
(1996)
Cookie Monster / Green (voice) (archive footage)
Sesame Street: Elmo Saves Christmas
(1996)
Cookie Monster (voice)
Muppet Treasure Island
(1996)
Miss Piggy / Fozzie Bear / Sam the Eagle / Animal (voice)
Sesame Street: Kid's Guide to Life: Learning to Share
(1996)
Cookie Monster
Sesame Street: Quiet Time
(1997)
Bert ("Naptime") (voice)
Sesame Street: Elmo Says BOO!
(1997)
Bert (voice) (archive footage)
Sesame Street: Elmopalooza!
(1998)
Grover / Cookie Monster / Bert (voice)
The Stories Behind the Making of 'The Blues Brothers'
(1998)
Self
Blues Brothers 2000
(1998)
Warden
The Best of Kermit on Sesame Street
(1998)
Grover (voice)
Star Wars: Episode I - The Phantom Menace
(1999)
Yoda (voice)
Muppets from Space
(1999)
Miss Piggy / Fozzie Bear / Animal / Sam the Eagle (voice)
The Adventures of Elmo in Grouchland
(1999)
Bert / Grover / Cookie Monster (voice)
CinderElmo
(1999)
Bert / Grover / Cookie Monster (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
Monsters, Inc.
(2001)
Jeff Fungus (voice)
The Beginning: Making 'Episode I'
(2001)
Self
The Very Best of the Muppet Show: Volume 3
(2001)
Fozzie Bear / Miss Piggy / Sam the Eagle / Animal / Wolf
Star Wars: Episode II - Attack of the Clones
(2002)
Yoda (voice)
From Puppets to Pixels: Digital Characters in 'Episode II'
(2002)
Self / Yoda
I Love Muppets
(2002)
Self
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)
Films Are Not Released, They Escape
(2002)
Self
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: Cookie Monster's Best Bites
(2004)
Cookie Monster (voice)
Jim Henson: Commercials and Experiments
(2004)
Muppet Music Moments
(2004)
Self
Muppet History 101
(2004)
When Star Wars Ruled the World
(2004)
Self
Empire of Dreams: The Story of the Star Wars Trilogy
(2004)
Self
The Story of Star Wars
(2004)
Yoda (archive footage)
Star Wars: Episode III - Revenge of the Sith
(2005)
Yoda (voice)
Zathura: A Space Adventure
(2005)
Robot (voice)
Sesame Street: Elmo's Potty Time
(2006)
Grover (voice)
Best Ever Muppet Moments
(2006)
Self
Treasures Untold: The Making of Disney's 'The Little Mermaid'
(2006)
Self
A Sesame Street Christmas Carol
(2006)
Bert (voice)
Reflections of 'The Dark Crystal'
(2007)
Himself
Jim Henson's Tales From Muppetland
(2009)
Jim Henson: His Sesame Street Story
(2009)
Being Elmo: A Puppeteer's Journey
(2011)
Self
Jim Henson: Behind the Seams
(2014)
I Am Big Bird: The Caroll Spinney Story
(2015)
Self
In Their Own Words: Jim Henson
(2015)
Self - Friend & Muppet Performer
Inside Out
(2015)
Subconscious Guard Dave (voice)
Star Wars: The Force Awakens
(2015)
Yoda (archive sound) (uncredited)
The Great Gilly Hopkins
(2015)
Cookie Monster (voice)
Star Wars: The Last Jedi
(2017)
Yoda (voice)
Muppet Guys Talking: Secrets Behind the Show the Whole World Watched
(2017)
Himself
The Director and the Jedi
(2018)
Self
Howard
(2018)
Self (archive footage)
Knives Out
(2019)
Alan Stevens
Star Wars: The Rise of Skywalker
(2019)
Yoda (voice)
Sesame Street: 50 Years and Counting
(2019)
Cookie Monster
Muppet Guys Talking: A Special Conversation to Honor Jim Henson
(2020)
Himself
Echoes of Violence
(2021)
Dante
Street Gang: How We Got to Sesame Street
(2021)
Self (archive footage)
Jerry Nelson: A Celebratory Birthday Animatic
(2022)
Grover (voice) / Cookie Monster (voice) / others (voice)
Inside Out 2
(2024)
Subconscious Guard Dave (voice)
Jim Henson Idea Man
(2024)
Self
Camera
Production
The Great Muppet Caper
(1981)
Producer
The Muppet Christmas Carol
(1992)
Executive Producer
Muppet Treasure Island
(1996)
Producer
Directing
The Dark Crystal
(1982)
Director
The Muppets Take Manhattan
(1984)
Director
Little Shop of Horrors
(1986)
Director
Dirty Rotten Scoundrels
(1988)
Director
What About Bob?
(1991)
Director
Muppet*Vision 3-D
(1991)
Director
Housesitter
(1992)
Director
The Indian in the Cupboard
(1995)
Director
In & Out
(1997)
Director
Bowfinger
(1999)
Director
The Score
(2001)
Director
The Stepford Wives
(2004)
Director
Death at a Funeral
(2007)
Director
Muppet Guys Talking: Secrets Behind the Show the Whole World Watched
(2017)
Director
Derek DelGaudio's In & of Itself
(2020)
Director
Muppet Guys Talking: A Special Conversation to Honor Jim Henson
(2020)
Director
Writing