Frank Oz
Biography
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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Movie Appearances
The Blues Brothers
as Corrections Officer
1980
Monsters, Inc.
as Jeff Fungus (voice)
2001
Trading Places
as Corrupt Cop
1983
Muppets from Space
as Miss Piggy / Fozzie Bear / Animal / Sam the Eagle (voice)
1999
Return of the Jedi
as Yoda (voice)
1983
Star Wars: Episode I - The Phantom Menace
as Yoda (voice)
1999
Star Wars: Episode II - Attack of the Clones
as Yoda (voice)
2002
The Empire Strikes Back
as Yoda (Voice)
1980
Star Wars: Episode III - Revenge of the Sith
as Yoda (voice)
2005
The Muppet Movie
as Miss Piggy / Fozzie Bear / Animal / Sam the Eagle / Doc Hopper's Men / Marvin Suggs / Swedish Chef (hands) / Motorcycle Guy (voice)
1979
Zathura: A Space Adventure
as Robot (voice)
2005
Sesame Street: Sing Yourself Silly!
as (archive footage) (voice)
1990
The Muppets Take Manhattan
as Miss Piggy / Fozzie / Animal / Bert / Cookie Monster / Ocean Breeze Soap Board Member / Sam the Eagle (voice)
1984
Of Muppets & Men
as Self
1981
Spies Like Us
as Test Monitor
1985
A Sesame Street Christmas Carol
as Bert (voice) (archive footage)
2006
A Muppet Family Christmas
as Miss Piggy / Fozzy Bear / Animal / Sam the Eagle / Bert / Grover / Cookie Monster
1987
Innocent Blood
as Pathologist
1992
The Muppets Celebrate Jim Henson
as Self / Miss Piggy / Fozzie Bear / Animal / Bert / Sam the Eagle (voice)
1990
I Love Liberty
as Miss Piggy / Fozzie Bear (voice)
1982
TV Appearances
Sesame Street
as Bert
1969
The Muppet Show
as Miss Piggy / Fozzie Bear / Animal / Sam Eagle / Marvin Suggs / George the Janitor (voice)
1976
StarTalk with Neil deGrasse Tyson
as Self
2015
Muppets Tonight
as Miss Piggy / Fozzie Bear / Animal / George the Janitor
1996
The Jim Henson Hour
1989
Jim Henson's Little Muppet Monsters
1985
Sesame Street: Play with Me Sesame
2002
The Oscars
as Self
1953
Sesame Unpaved
1999
Peter Alexander präsentiert Spezialitäten
as Self
1969
An Audience with...
as Miss Piggy
1978
Jedi Temple Challenge
as Yoda (voice)
2020