Eric Jacobson
Biography
From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia. Eric Jacobson (b. July 25, 1970) is a puppeteer and Muppet performer, who has been the primary replacement puppeteer for Frank Oz's characters since 2001. Jacobson initially started playing Bert in 1997, but officially joined the cast as Bert and additional Muppets in 2000. His role expanded in 2002 to include new Grover segments, particularly Global Grover. In 2001 he and David Rudman played Cookie Monster until 2002 when Sesame Workshop chose David as Cookie so there would be more interaction between Bert/Grover and Cookie Monster. His second role came in 2001 with The Book of Pooh, where he worked on Piglet and Kanga. That year, he also began playing Miss Piggy, debuting at the "Muppetfest" convention. Subsequently, in It's a Very Merry Muppet Christmas Movie (2002), he performed the roles of Miss Piggy, Fozzie Bear and Animal. In The Muppets' Wizard of Oz (2005) he performed all of these characters, as well as Sam the Eagle. Jacobson currently is a puppeteer for many Muppet productions, for Sesame Street, and Play with Me Sesame (2002 on). Jacobson appeared as the Little Bad Wolf in the pilot episode of Jack's Big Music Show. Description above from the Wikipedia article Eric Jacobson, licensed under CC-BY-SA, full list of contributors on Wikipedia.
Movie Appearances
Schoolhouse Rock! 50th Anniversary Singalong
as Fozzie (voice)
2023
Dear Earth
as Animal (voice)
2021
A Muppets Christmas: Letters to Santa
as Fozzie Bear / Miss Piggy / Animal / Sam the Eagle (voice)
2008
Sesame Street: Abby in Wonderland
as Grover as the Mad Hatter / Bert as Tweedle Dee (voice)
2008
Keep Christmas With You
as Grover / Bert
2015
Lady Gaga & the Muppets Holiday Spectacular
as Miss Piggy, Fozzie Bear, Animal, Sam the Eagle (voice)
2013
Muppets Most Wanted
as Miss Piggy / Fozzie Bear / Animal / Sam Eagle (voice)
2014
The Muppets All-Star Comedy Gala
as Miss Piggy / Fozzie Bear / Sam Eagle (voice)
2012
Bert and Ernie's Great Adventures
as Bert
2010
Seth Rogen's Hilarity for Charity
as Fozzie Bear/Sam Eagle/Animal (voice)
2018
Oscar's Handmade Halloween
as Sesame Street Puppet Performer
2023
Sesame Street: Being Green
as Bert (voice)
2009
The Muppets
as Miss Piggy / Fozzie / Animal / Sam Eagle / Marvin Suggs (voice)
2011
Grover's Magic Carpet Ride
as Grover (voice)
2010
Sesame Street: The Nutcracker
as Grover / Oscar / Bert (voice)
2022
Weezer and the Muppets Go Fishin'
as Miss Piggy
2002
The Nick and Jessica Variety Hour
as Miss Piggy (voice)
2004
Once Upon a Sesame Street Christmas
as Bert / Grover / Two-Headed Monster (voice)
2016
The Muppets' Wizard of Oz
as The Cowardly Lion / Witches / Animal / Sam the Eagle (voice)
2005
It's a Very Merry Muppet Christmas Movie
as Miss Piggy / Fozzie Bear / Animal / Yoda / Elvises (voice)
2002
TV Appearances
Sesame Street
1969
The Tony Danza Show
as Miss Piggy (voice)
2004
Sesame Street: Play with Me Sesame
as Grover / Bert
2002
The Masked Singer
as Miss Piggy / Fozzie / Animal (voices)
2019
The Jonathan Ross Show
as Miss Piggy (voice)
2011
Take Two with Phineas and Ferb
as Miss Piggy (voice)
2010
Studio DC: Almost Live
as Miss Piggy, Fozzie Bear, Animal, Sam the Eagle
2008
The Muppets
as Miss Piggy / Fozzie Bear / Animal (voice)
2015
Last Week Tonight with John Oliver
as Sesame Street Muppet Performer
2014
The Muppets Mayhem
as Animal (voice)
2023
RuPaul's Drag Race All Stars
as Miss Piggy - Special Guest (voice)
2012
Sesame Street: Bert and Ernie's Great Adventures
as Bert
2008