Frank Oz

Actor

Born: May 25, 1944 (age 82)
From: Hereford, Herefordshire, England, UK

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.

Filmography (180)

fozzie descuido venga la alegría (2025)
Fozzie
The Muppet Script (2025)
Self (archive footage)
Disney Legends Awards Ceremony (2024)
Self
Inside Out 2 (2024)
Mind Cop Dave (voice)
Jim Henson Idea Man (2024)
Self
Jerry Nelson: A Celebratory Birthday Animatic (2022)
Grover (voice) / Cookie Monster (voice) / others (voice)
Street Gang: How We Got to Sesame Street (2021)
Self (archive footage)
Echoes of Violence (2021)
Dante
Derek DelGaudio's In & of Itself (2020)
Director
Muppet Guys Talking: A Special Conversation to Honor Jim Henson (2020)
Director
Star Wars: The Rise of Skywalker (2019)
Yoda (voice)
Knives Out (2019)
Alan Stevens
Sesame Street: 50 Years and Counting (2019)
Cookie Monster
Howard (2018)
Self (archive footage)
The Director and the Jedi (2018)
Self
Star Wars: The Last Jedi (2017)
Yoda (voice)
Muppet Guys Talking: Secrets Behind the Show the Whole World Watched (2017)
Director
Star Wars: The Force Awakens (2015)
Yoda (archive sound) (uncredited)
The Great Gilly Hopkins (2015)
Cookie Monster (voice)
In Their Own Words: Jim Henson (2015)
Self - Friend & Muppet Performer
Sesame Street: Play All Day with Elmo! (2015)
Inside Out (2015)
Subconscious Guard Dave (voice)
I Am Big Bird: The Caroll Spinney Story (2015)
Self
Jim Henson: Behind the Seams
Jim Henson: Behind the Seams (2014)
Being Elmo: A Puppeteer's Journey (2011)
Self
Jim Henson: His Sesame Street Story
Jim Henson: His Sesame Street Story (2009)
Jim Henson's Tales from Muppetland
Jim Henson's Tales from Muppetland (2009)
Death at a Funeral (2007)
Director
Reflections of 'The Dark Crystal' (2007)
Self
A Sesame Street Christmas Carol (2006)
Bert (voice) (archive footage)