Frank Oz

Frank Oz

  • Birthday: 1944-05-25
  • Place of birth: Hereford, Herefordshire, England, UK
  • Also know as: Фрэнк Оз

Biography

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.

Filmography

The Blues Brothers

1980

As Corrections Officer

Monsters, Inc.

2001

As Jeff Fungus (voice)

Trading Places

1983

As Corrupt Cop

Star Wars: Episode III - Revenge of the Sith

2005

As Yoda (voice)

Star Wars: Episode II - Attack of the Clones

2002

As Yoda (voice)

The Empire Strikes Back

1980

As Yoda (Voice)

Star Wars: Episode I - The Phantom Menace

1999

As Yoda (voice)

Return of the Jedi

1983

As Yoda (voice)

Muppets from Space

1999

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

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)

Zathura: A Space Adventure

2005

As Robot (voice)

The Muppets Take Manhattan

1984

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

Sesame Street: Sing Yourself Silly!

1990

As

Spies Like Us

1985

As Test Monitor

Innocent Blood

1992

As Pathologist

A Muppet Family Christmas

1987

As Various Characters

The Muppets Celebrate Jim Henson

1990

As Self / Miss Piggy / Fozzie Bear / Animal / Bert / ... (voice)

Follow That Bird

1985

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

Henson's Place: The Man Behind the Muppets

1984

As Frank Oz (self)

The Great Muppet Caper

1981

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

The Muppet Musicians of Bremen

1972

As Rat

The Muppets at Walt Disney World

1990

As Miss Piggy / Fozzie Bear / Animal (voice)

Tales from Muppetland: The Frog Prince

1971

As Gawain

Being Elmo: A Puppeteer's Journey

2011

As Self

Rocky Mountain Holiday with John Denver and the Muppets

1983

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

The Fantastic Miss Piggy Show

1982

As Miss Piggy / Fozzie Bear / Animal (voice)

The Muppets Go Hollywood

1979

As Various Muppets

The World of 'The Dark Crystal'

1983

As Himself

The Great Santa Claus Switch

1970

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

The Muppets on Puppets

1970

As Himself

Reflections of 'The Dark Crystal'

2007

As Himself

Hey, You're as Funny as Fozzie Bear

1988

As Fozzie Bear (voice)

Sesame Street: Elmo's Potty Time

2006

As Grover (voice)

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

1983

As Bert / Cookie Monster / Grover (voice)

Sesame Street: Do the Alphabet

1996

As Cookie Monster / Green (voice) (archive footage)

Sesame Street: Elmopalooza!

1998

As Grover / Cookie Monster / Bert (voice)

Sesame Street: Cookie Monster's Best Bites

2004

As Cookie Monster (voice)

I Am Big Bird: The Caroll Spinney Story

2015

As

Jim Henson: Commercials and Experiments

2004

As

Muppet Music Moments

2004

As Self

Muppet History 101

2004

As

Jim Henson: Behind the Seams

2014

As

Jim Henson's Tales From Muppetland

2009

As

Jim Henson: His Sesame Street Story

2009

As

Muppets Magic From 'The Ed Sullivan Show!'

2003

As Muppet Performer

When Star Wars Ruled the World

2004

As Self

In Their Own Words: Jim Henson

2015

As Self - Friend & Muppet Performer

Time Piece

1965

As Messenger boy

Inside Out

2015

As Subconscious Guard Dave (voice)

An American Werewolf in London

1981

As Mr. Collins / Miss Piggy (archive footage)

Return of the Ewok

1982

As Yoda (voice)

Empire of Dreams: The Story of the Star Wars Trilogy

2004

As Self

Star Wars: The Force Awakens

2015

As Yoda (archive sound) (uncredited)

The Adventures of Elmo in Grouchland

1999

As Bert / Grover / Cookie Monster (voice)

SPFX: The Empire Strikes Back

1980

As Yoda

The Beginning: Making 'Episode I'

2001

As Self

Sesame Street: Elmo Saves Christmas

1996

As Cookie Monster (voice)

Christmas Eve on Sesame Street

1978

As Bert / Cookie Monster / Grover (voice)

CinderElmo

1999

As Bert / Grover / Cookie Monster (voice)

Out to Lunch

1974

As Bert / Cookie Monster / Grover (voice)

The Story of Star Wars

2004

As Yoda (archive footage)

An Evening with Jim Henson and Frank Oz

1989

As Self

Muppet Treasure Island

1996

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

The Great Gilly Hopkins

2015

As Cookie Monster (voice)

Emmet Otter's Jug-Band Christmas

1977

As Chuck (voice)

Sesame Street: Monster Hits!

1990

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

Muppet Classic Theater

1994

As Miss Piggy / Fozzie Bear (voice)

John Denver and the Muppets: A Christmas Together

1979

As Miss Piggy / Fozzie Bear / Animal (voice)

Star Wars: The Last Jedi

2017

As Yoda (voice)

The Muppets Go to the Movies

1981

As Miss Piggy, Fozzie Bear, Animal, Sam Eagle

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

2017

As Himself

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

2002

As Self / Yoda

The Director and the Jedi

2018

As Self

The Orson Welles Show

1979

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

Sesame Street: 25 Wonderful Years: A Musical Celebration!

1993

As Grover

Muppet Video: The Kermit and Piggy Story

1985

As Miss Piggy (voice)

Knives Out

2019

As Alan Stevens

Classic Creatures: Return of the Jedi

1983

As Self

Sing! Sesame Street Remembers Joe Raposo and His Music

1990

As Self

Sesame Street: Put Down the Duckie: An All-Star Musical Special

1988

As Muppet Performer

Muppet Side Splitter

1981

As Grump (voice)

Labyrinth

1986

As The Wiseman

Star Wars: The Rise of Skywalker

2019

As Yoda (voice)

The Stories Behind the Making of 'The Blues Brothers'

1998

As Self

Sesame Street: Kid's Guide to Life: Learning to Share

1996

As Cookie Monster

Big Bird in China

1983

As Bert / Grover / Cookie Monster (voice)

Hey, Cinderella!

1969

As Stepsister #1 / Splurge (voice)

The Muppets: A Celebration of 30 Years

1986

As Fozzie Bear / Miss Piggy / Sam the Eagle / Bert / Animal / Grover / Cookie Monster / Marvin Suggs

I Love Muppets

2002

As Self

Best Ever Muppet Moments

2006

As Self

The World of Jim Henson

1994

As Self

Blues Brothers 2000

1998

As Warden

The Best of Ernie and Bert

1988

As Bert

Muppet Guys Talking: A Special Conversation to Honor Jim Henson

2020

As Himself

Julie on Sesame Street

1973

As

Disneyland's 35th Anniversary Special

1990

As Miss Piggy (voice)

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)

Sesame Street: 50 Years and Counting

2019

As Cookie Monster

Sesame Street: Bert & Ernie's Word Play

2002

As Bert / Cookie Monster (credit song) / T-Shirt Salesman / Fat Blue Anything Muppet in Fat Cat (voice) (archive footage)

Sesame Street: Sleepytime Songs & Stories

1986

As Bert / Grover (Bedtime Stories and Songs) / Cookie Monster (Bedtime Stories and Songs) / Tallest and Smallest People (Bedtime Stories & Songs) (voice)

Sesame Street: Quiet Time

1997

As Bert ("Naptime") (voice)

Sesame Street: Let's Eat! Funny Food Songs

2003

As Grover / Cookie Monster (voice)

The Bob Hope All Star Christmas Comedy Special

1977

As Miss Piggy / Fozzie Bear

Echoes of Violence

2021

As Dante

Street Gang: How We Got to Sesame Street

2021

As Self (archive footage)

The Best of Kermit on Sesame Street

1998

As Grover (voice)

Treasures Untold: The Making of Disney's 'The Little Mermaid'

2006

As Self

Sesame Street All-Star 25th Birthday: Stars and Street Forever!

1994

As Bert / Grover (archive footage)

The Dark Crystal

1982

As Aughra, a Keeper of Secrets / Chamberlain

Night of 100 Stars

1982

As Miss Piggy (voice)

Muppet Breaker Upper

1979

As Grump / Quongo

Muppet Gimme a Break

1979

As Grump

Muppet Breakthrough

1983

As Grump

The Muppet Introduction

1975

As Sam the Eagle

Just a Few Announcements

1975

As Sam the Eagle

Meal Break

1979

As Grump

Grump Critic

1979

As Grump

Let's Have the Dam Break

1979

As Grump

A Walking Tour of Sesame Street

1979

As Grover / Cookie Monster / Bert (archive footage)

A Sesame Street Christmas Carol

2006

As Bert (voice)

Films Are Not Released, They Escape

2002

As Self

Sesame Street: Learning About Letters

1986

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

Free to Be... a Family

1988

As Miss Piggy (voice)

Sesame Street: Elmo Says BOO!

1997

As Bert (voice) (archive footage)

Howard

2018

As Self (archive footage)

Sesame Street: Sing Along

1987

As

Jerry Nelson: A Celebratory Birthday Animatic

2022

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

Muppet Picker Upper

1975

As Sam the Eagle (voice)

The Paperwork Explosion

1967

As

Of Muppets & Men

1981

As Self

I Love Liberty

1982

As Miss Piggy / Fozzie Bear (voice)

Muppet*Vision 3-D

1991

As Fozzie Bear

The Muppet Revue

1985

As Fozzie Bear / Miss Piggy (voice)

Muppet Video: Rowlf's Rhapsodies with the Muppets

1985

As Miss Piggy / Fozzie Bear (voice)

Muppet Treasures

1985

As Fozzie Bear (voice)

50 Years of Television: A Golden Celebration

1989

As Miss Piggy

Children's Songs and Stories with the Muppets

1985

As Miss Piggy (voice)

Sesame Street Pitch Reel

1969

As Scoop / Beautiful Day Monster (voice)

Hip Hip Parade!

1978

As Fozzie Bear

The Very Best of the Muppet Show

1999

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

The Very Best of the Muppet Show: Volume 2

1999

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

The Very Best of the Muppet Show: Volume 3

2001

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

Inside Out 2

2024

As Subconscious Guard Dave (voice)

Jim Henson Idea Man

2024

As Self

Production

Dirty Rotten Scoundrels

1988

As Director

Death at a Funeral

2007

As Director

What About Bob?

1991

As Director

Housesitter

1992

As Director

The Muppet Christmas Carol

1992

As Executive Producer

Little Shop of Horrors

1986

As Director

In & Out

1997

As Director

Muppet Treasure Island

1996

As Producer

Bowfinger

1999

As Director

The Indian in the Cupboard

1995

As Director

The Score

2001

As Director

The Dark Crystal

1982

As Director

The Muppets Take Manhattan

1984

As Screenplay

The Muppets Take Manhattan

1984

As Director

The Stepford Wives

2004

As Director

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

2017

As Director

Run, Run

1965

As Director of Photography

Derek DelGaudio's In & of Itself

2020

As Director

Muppet Guys Talking: A Special Conversation to Honor Jim Henson

2020

As Director

Muppet*Vision 3-D

1991

As Director

The Great Muppet Caper

1981

As Producer

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