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Frank Oz

Frank Oz (born Richard Frank Oznowicz; May 25, 1944) 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.

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Actor

1965

[ ] Time Piece (Messenger boy)

1967

[ ] The Paperwork Explosion (????)

1969

[ ] Sesame Street Pitch Reel (Scoop / Beautiful Day Monster (voice))
[ ] Hey Cinderella! (Stepsister #1 / Splurge (voice))
[ ] This Way to Sesame Street (Bert)

1970

[ ] The Muppets on Puppets (Self)
[ ] The Great Santa Claus Switch (Thig / Skippity / Hoppity / Boppity / Snerf (voice))

1971

[ ] Tales from Muppetland: The Frog Prince (Gawain (voice))

1972

[ ] The Muppet Musicians of Bremen (Rat (voice))

1973

[ ] Julie on Sesame Street (????)

1974

[ ] Out to Lunch (Bert / Cookie Monster / Grover (voice))

1975

[ ] Muppet Picker Upper (Sam the Eagle (voice))
[ ] The Muppet Introduction (Sam the Eagle)
[ ] Just a Few Announcements (Sam the Eagle)
[ ] Sesamstraße - Wissen Sie wo Ernie wohnt? (Self)

1976

[ ] Kagayake! Gorō Mapetto Geba Geba 90-pun! (George the Janitor, Fozzie Bear)

1977

[ ] Emmet Otter's Jug-Band Christmas (Chuck (voice))
[ ] The Bob Hope All Star Christmas Comedy Special (Miss Piggy / Fozzie Bear)
[ ] Sesame Street at Night? (Grover / Cookie Monster / Bert (voice) (archive footage))

1978

[ ] Hip Hip Parade! (Fozzie Bear)
[ ] Christmas Eve on Sesame Street (Bert / Cookie Monster / Grover (voice))
[ ] Julie Andrews: One Step Into Spring (Miss Piggy / Fozzie Bear)
[ ] The Vent Event (Fozzie Bear)

1979

[ ] The Muppet Movie (Miss Piggy / Fozzie Bear / Animal / Sam the Eagle / Doc Hopper's Men / Marvin Suggs / Swedish Chef (hands) / Motorcycle Guy (voice))
[ ] The Muppets Go Hollywood (Various Muppets)
[ ] John Denver and the Muppets: A Christmas Together (Miss Piggy / Fozzie Bear / Animal (voice))
[ ] The Orson Welles Show (Self / Fozzie Bear / Animal / Sam Eagle (voice))
[ ] Muppet Breaker Upper (Grump / Quongo)
[ ] Muppet Gimme a Break (Grump)
[ ] Let's Have the Dam Break (Grump)
[ ] Meal Break (Grump)
[ ] Grump Critic (Grump)
[ ] A Walking Tour of Sesame Street (Grover / Cookie Monster / Bert (archive footage))

1980

[ 4/10 ] The Blues Brothers (Corrections Officer)
[ ] The Empire Strikes Back (Yoda (Voice))
[ ] SP FX: The Empire Strikes Back (Yoda)

1981

[ ] Of Muppets & Men (Self)
[ ] The Great Muppet Caper (Miss Piggy / Fozzie Bear / Sam the Eagle / Animal (voice))
[ 8/10 ] An American Werewolf in London (Mr. Collins)
[ ] The Muppets Go to the Movies (Miss Piggy / Fozzie Bear / Animal / Sam Eagle)
[ ] Muppet Side Splitter (Grump (voice))

1982

[ ] I Love Liberty (Miss Piggy / Fozzie Bear (voice))
[ ] The Fantastic Miss Piggy Show (Miss Piggy / Fozzie Bear / Animal (voice))
[ ] Return of the Ewok (Yoda (voice))
[ ] The Dark Crystal (Aughra, a Keeper of Secrets / Chamberlain)
[ ] Night of 100 Stars (Miss Piggy (voice))

1983

[ ] Trading Places (Corrupt Cop)
[ ] Return of the Jedi (Yoda (voice))
[ ] Rocky Mountain Holiday with John Denver and the Muppets (Miss Piggy / Fozzie Bear / Animal / Gramps (voice))
[ ] The World of 'The Dark Crystal' (Self)
[ ] Don't Eat the Pictures: Sesame Street at the Metropolitan Museum of Art (Bert / Cookie Monster / Grover (voice))
[ ] Classic Creatures: Return of the Jedi (Self)
[ ] Big Bird in China (Bert / Grover / Cookie Monster (voice))
[ ] Muppet Breakthrough (Grump)

1984

[ ] The Muppets Take Manhattan (Miss Piggy / Fozzie / Animal / Bert / Cookie Monster / Ocean Breeze Soap Board Member / Sam the Eagle (voice))
[ ] Henson's Place: The Man Behind the Muppets (Frank Oz (self))

1985

[ ] Spies Like Us (Test Monitor)
[ ] Follow That Bird (Cookie Monster / Bert / Grover / Additional Muppets (voice))
[ ] The Muppet Revue (Fozzie Bear / Miss Piggy (voice))
[ ] Muppet Video: Rowlf's Rhapsodies with the Muppets (Miss Piggy / Fozzie Bear (voice))
[ ] Muppet Treasures (Fozzie Bear / Miss Piggy / Animal)
[ ] Children's Songs and Stories with the Muppets (Miss Piggy (voice))
[ ] Muppet Video: The Kermit and Piggy Story (Miss Piggy (voice))

1986

[ ] Sesame Street: Learning About Letters (Cookie Monster/Bert/Grover/Princess Penelope (voice))
[ ] Labyrinth (The Wiseman)
[ ] The Muppets: A Celebration of 30 Years (Fozzie Bear / Miss Piggy / Sam the Eagle / Bert / Animal / Grover / Cookie Monster / Marvin Suggs (voice))
[ ] Sesame Street: Sleepytime Songs & Stories (Bert / Grover (Bedtime Stories and Songs) / Cookie Monster (Bedtime Stories and Songs) / Tallest and Smallest People (Bedtime Stories & Songs) (voice))
[ ] Sesame Street: Learning About Numbers (Grover / Fat Blue Tarnish Brother (voice))

1987

[ ] A Muppet Family Christmas (Miss Piggy / Fozzy Bear / Animal / Sam the Eagle / Bert / Grover / Cookie Monster)
[ ] Sesame Street: Sing Along (????)

1988

[ ] Free to Be... a Family (Miss Piggy (voice))
[ ] Hey, You're as Funny as Fozzie Bear (Fozzie Bear (voice))
[ ] Sesame Street: Put Down the Duckie (Bert/Grover/Cookie Monster (voice))
[ ] The Best of Ernie and Bert (Bert)

1989

[ ] 50 Years of Television: A Golden Celebration (Miss Piggy)
[ ] Miss Piggy's Hollywood (Miss Piggy / Fozzie Bear)
[ ] An Evening with Jim Henson and Frank Oz (Self)

1990

[ ] Sesame Street: Sing Yourself Silly! ((archive footage) (voice))
[ ] The Muppets Celebrate Jim Henson (Self / Miss Piggy / Fozzie Bear / Animal / Bert / Sam the Eagle (voice))
[ ] The Muppets at Walt Disney World (Miss Piggy / Fozzie Bear / Animal (voice))
[ ] Sesame Street: Monster Hits! (Cookie Monster (voice) / Grover (voice) / Clancy (voice))
[ ] Sing! Sesame Street Remembers Joe Raposo and His Music (Self)
[ ] Disneyland's 35th Anniversary Special (Miss Piggy (voice))
[ ] Jim Henson's Memorial Service (????)

1991

[ ] Sesame Street: Elmo's Sing-Along Guessing Game (Grover(voice))

1992

[ ] Innocent Blood (Pathologist)
[ ] The Muppet Christmas Carol (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))
[ ] Holiday Greetings from 'The Ed Sullivan Show' (Miss Piggy)
[ ] Home Alone 2: Lost in New York (Man putting money into donation bucket (uncredited))

1993

[ ] Sesame Street: 25 Wonderful Years: A Musical Celebration! (Grover)
[ ] Sesame Street Jam: A Musical Celebration (Bert / Grover / Cookie Monster (voice))
[ ] Sesame Street Stays Up Late! (Bert/Grover/Cookie Monster/Uncle Hank(voice))

1994

[ ] Muppet Classic Theater (Miss Piggy / Fozzie Bear (voice))
[ ] The World of Jim Henson (Self / Miss Piggy / Fozzie Bear)
[ ] Sesame Street | All-Star 25th Birthday: Stars and Street Forever! (Bert / Grover (archive footage))

1996

[ ] Sesame Street: Do the Alphabet (Cookie Monster / Green (voice) (archive footage))
[ ] Sesame Street: Elmo Saves Christmas (Cookie Monster (voice))
[ ] Muppet Treasure Island (Miss Piggy / Fozzie Bear / Sam the Eagle / Animal (voice))
[ ] Sesame Street: Kid's Guide to Life: Learning to Share (Cookie Monster)

1997

[ ] Sesame Street: Elmo Says BOO! (Bert (voice))
[ ] Sesame Street: Quiet Time (Bert ("Naptime") (voice))

1998

[ ] Sesame Street: Elmopalooza! (Grover / Cookie Monster / Bert (voice))
[ ] The Stories Behind the Making of 'The Blues Brothers' (Self)
[ ] Blues Brothers 2000 (Warden)
[ ] The Best of Kermit on Sesame Street (Grover (voice))

1999

[ ] Muppets from Space (Miss Piggy / Fozzie Bear / Animal / Sam the Eagle (voice))
[ ] Star Wars: Episode I - The Phantom Menace (Yoda (voice))
[ ] The Very Best of the Muppet Show (Fozzie Bear / Miss Piggy / Animal / Sam the Eagle)
[ ] The Very Best of the Muppet Show: Volume 2 (Fozzie Bear / Miss Piggy / Animal / Sam the Eagle)
[ ] The Adventures of Elmo in Grouchland (Bert / Grover / Cookie Monster (voice))
[ ] CinderElmo (Bert / Grover / Cookie Monster (voice))

2001

[ ] Monsters, Inc. (Jeff Fungus (voice))
[ ] The Very Best of the Muppet Show: Volume 3 (Fozzie Bear / Miss Piggy / Sam the Eagle / Animal / Wolf)
[ ] The Beginning: Making Episode I (Self)
[ ] Making "The Score" (Himself)

2002

[ ] Star Wars: Episode II - Attack of the Clones (Yoda (voice))
[ ] Films Are Not Released, They Escape (Self)
[ ] From Puppets to Pixels: Digital Characters in 'Episode II' (Self / Yoda)
[ ] I Love Muppets (Self)
[ ] Sesame Street: Bert & Ernie's Word Play (Bert / Cookie Monster (credit song) / T-Shirt Salesman / Fat Blue Anything Muppet in Fat Cat (voice) (archive footage))

2003

[ ] Muppets Magic from 'The Ed Sullivan Show!' (Muppet Performer)
[ ] Sesame Street: Let's Eat! Funny Food Songs (Grover / Cookie Monster (voice))

2004

[ ] Sesame Street: Cookie Monster's Best Bites (Cookie Monster (voice))
[ ] Jim Henson: Commercials and Experiments (????)
[ ] Muppet Music Moments (Self)
[ ] Muppet History 101 (????)
[ ] When Star Wars Ruled the World (Self)
[ ] Empire of Dreams: The Story of the Star Wars Trilogy (Self)
[ ] The Story of Star Wars (Yoda (archive footage))
[ ] Sesame Street: A Celebration of Me, Grover (Grover (voice) (archive footage))

2005

[ ] Star Wars: Episode III - Revenge of the Sith (Yoda (voice))
[ ] Zathura: A Space Adventure (Robot (voice))

2006

[ ] A Sesame Street Christmas Carol (Bert (voice) (archive footage))
[ ] Sesame Street: Elmo's Potty Time (Grover (voice))
[ ] Best Ever Muppet Moments (Self)
[ ] Treasures Untold: The Making of Disney's 'The Little Mermaid' (Self)

2007

[ ] Reflections of 'The Dark Crystal' (Self)

2009

[ ] Jim Henson's Tales from Muppetland (????)
[ ] Jim Henson: His Sesame Street Story (????)

2011

[ ] Being Elmo: A Puppeteer's Journey (Self)

2014

[ ] Jim Henson: Behind the Seams (????)

2015

[ ] I Am Big Bird: The Caroll Spinney Story (Self)
[ ] In Their Own Words: Jim Henson (Self - Friend & Muppet Performer)
[ ] Inside Out (Subconscious Guard Dave (voice))
[ 6/10 ] Star Wars: The Force Awakens (Yoda (archive sound) (uncredited))
[ ] The Great Gilly Hopkins (Cookie Monster (voice))
[ ] Sesame Street: Play All Day with Elmo! (????)

2017

[ 6/10 ] Star Wars: The Last Jedi (Yoda (voice))
[ ] Muppet Guys Talking: Secrets Behind the Show the Whole World Watched (Self)

2018

[ ] Howard (Self (archive footage))
[ ] The Director and the Jedi (Self)

2019

[ 7/10 ] Knives Out (Alan Stevens)
[ ] Star Wars: The Rise of Skywalker (Yoda (voice))
[ ] Sesame Street: 50 Years and Counting (Cookie Monster)

2020

[ ] Muppet Guys Talking: A Special Conversation to Honor Jim Henson (Self)

2021

[ ] Echoes of Violence (Dante)
[ ] Street Gang: How We Got to Sesame Street (Self (archive footage))

2022

[ ] Jerry Nelson: A Celebratory Birthday Animatic (Grover (voice) / Cookie Monster (voice) / others (voice))

2024

[ ] Inside Out 2 (Mind Cop Dave (voice))
[ ] Jim Henson Idea Man (Self)
[ ] Disney Legends Awards Ceremony (Self)

2025

[ ] The Muppet Script (Self (archive footage))
[ ] fozzie descuido venga la alegría (Fozzie)

????

[ ] Getting Ready to Read (Jim Hensons Muppets)

Directing

1982

[ ] The Dark Crystal (Director)

1984

[ ] The Muppets Take Manhattan (Director)

1986

[ ] Little Shop of Horrors (Director)

1988

[ ] Dirty Rotten Scoundrels (Director)

1991

[ ] What About Bob? (Director)

1992

[ ] Housesitter (Director)

1995

[ ] The Indian in the Cupboard (Director)

1997

[ ] In & Out (Director)

1999

[ ] Bowfinger (Director)

2001

[ ] The Score (Director)

2004

[ ] The Stepford Wives (Director)

2007

[ ] Death at a Funeral (Director)

2017

[ ] Muppet Guys Talking: Secrets Behind the Show the Whole World Watched (Director)

2020

[ ] Derek DelGaudio's In & of Itself (Director)
[ ] Muppet Guys Talking: A Special Conversation to Honor Jim Henson (Director)

Production

1981

[ ] The Great Muppet Caper (Producer)

1992

[ ] The Muppet Christmas Carol (Executive Producer)

1996

[ ] Muppet Treasure Island (Producer)

2023

[ ] S.P.I.C. (Executive Producer)
[ ] Fuzzy Head (Executive Producer)

Writing

1984

[ ] The Muppets Take Manhattan (Screenplay)

Camera

1965

[ ] Run, Run (Director of Photography)

Crew

1978

[ ] Christmas Eve on Sesame Street (Creative Consultant)

1979

[ ] The Muppet Movie (Creative Consultant)

1997

[ ] Eye of God (Thanks)