May 25, 1944 - Hereford, Herefordshire, England, UK
Frank Oz (born Richard Frank Oznowicz; May 25, 1944) is a British-born American film director, actor, voice actor, and puppetee. 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 | 1980 | The Blues Brothers | Corrections Officer | |
| Movie | 2001 | Monsters, Inc. | Jeff Fungus (voice) | |
| Movie | 1983 | Trading Places | Corrupt Cop | |
| Movie | 1999 | Muppets from Space | Miss Piggy / Fozzie Bear / Animal / Sam the Eagle (voice) | |
| Movie | 1983 | Return of the Jedi | Yoda (voice) | |
| Movie | 1999 | Star Wars: Episode I - The Phantom Menace | Yoda (voice) | |
| Movie | 2002 | Star Wars: Episode II - Attack of the Clones | Yoda (voice) | |
| Movie | 1980 | The Empire Strikes Back | Yoda (Voice) | |
| Movie | 2005 | Star Wars: Episode III - Revenge of the Sith | Yoda (voice) | |
| Movie | 1979 | The Muppet Movie | Miss Piggy / Fozzie Bear / Animal / Sam the Eagle / Doc Hopper's Men / Marvin Suggs / Swedish Chef (hands) / Motorcycle Guy (voice) | |
| Movie | 2005 | Zathura: A Space Adventure | Robot (voice) | |
| Movie | 1990 | Sesame Street: Sing Yourself Silly! | ||
| Movie | 1984 | The Muppets Take Manhattan | Miss Piggy / Fozzie / Animal / Bert / Cookie Monster / Ocean Breeze Soap Board Member / Sam the Eagle (voice) | |
| Movie | 1981 | Of Muppets & Men | Self | |
| Movie | 1985 | Spies Like Us | Test Monitor | |
| Movie | 2006 | A Sesame Street Christmas Carol | Bert (voice) (archive footage) | |
| Movie | 1987 | A Muppet Family Christmas | Miss Piggy / Fozzy Bear / Animal / Sam the Eagle / Bert / Grover / Cookie Monster | |
| Movie | 1992 | Innocent Blood | Pathologist | |
| Movie | 1990 | The Muppets Celebrate Jim Henson | Self / Miss Piggy / Fozzie Bear / Animal / Bert / Sam the Eagle (voice) | |
| Movie | 1982 | I Love Liberty | Miss Piggy / Fozzie Bear (voice) | |
| Movie | 1985 | Follow That Bird | Cookie Monster / Bert / Grover / Additional Muppets (voice) | |
| Movie | 1984 | Henson's Place: The Man Behind the Muppets | Frank Oz (self) | |
| Movie | 1981 | The Great Muppet Caper | Miss Piggy / Fozzie Bear / Sam the Eagle / Animal (voice) | |
| Movie | 2002 | Films Are Not Released, They Escape | Self | |
| Movie | 1986 | Sesame Street: Learning About Letters | Cookie Monster/Bert/Grover/Princess Penelope (voice) | |
| Movie | 1985 | The Muppet Revue | Fozzie Bear / Miss Piggy (voice) | |
| Movie | 1985 | Muppet Video: Rowlf's Rhapsodies with the Muppets | Miss Piggy / Fozzie Bear (voice) | |
| Movie | 1985 | Muppet Treasures | Fozzie Bear / Miss Piggy / Animal | |
| Movie | 1972 | The Muppet Musicians of Bremen | Rat (voice) | |
| Movie | 1990 | The Muppets at Walt Disney World | Miss Piggy / Fozzie Bear / Animal (voice) | |
| Movie | 1971 | Tales from Muppetland: The Frog Prince | Gawain (voice) | |
| Movie | 2011 | Being Elmo: A Puppeteer's Journey | Self | |
| Movie | 1983 | Rocky Mountain Holiday with John Denver and the Muppets | Miss Piggy / Fozzie Bear / Animal / Gramps (voice) | |
| Movie | 1988 | Free to Be... a Family | Miss Piggy (voice) | |
| Movie | 1979 | The Muppets Go Hollywood | Various Muppets | |
| Movie | 1982 | The Fantastic Miss Piggy Show | Miss Piggy / Fozzie Bear / Animal (voice) | |
| Movie | 1983 | The World of 'The Dark Crystal' | Self | |
| Movie | 1970 | The Great Santa Claus Switch | Thig / Skippity / Hoppity / Boppity / Snerf (voice) | |
| Movie | 1970 | The Muppets on Puppets | Self | |
| Movie | 2007 | Reflections of 'The Dark Crystal' | Himself | |
| Movie | 1989 | 50 Years of Television: A Golden Celebration | Miss Piggy | |
| Movie | 2018 | Howard | Self (archive footage) | |
| Movie | 1985 | Children's Songs and Stories with the Muppets | Miss Piggy (voice) | |
| Movie | 1997 | Sesame Street: Elmo Says BOO! | Bert (voice) | |
| Movie | 1987 | Sesame Street: Sing Along | ||
| Movie | 2022 | Jerry Nelson: A Celebratory Birthday Animatic | Grover (voice) / Cookie Monster (voice) / others (voice) | |
| Movie | 1969 | Sesame Street Pitch Reel | Scoop / Beautiful Day Monster (voice) | |
| Movie | 1978 | Hip Hip Parade! | Fozzie Bear | |
| Movie | 1975 | Muppet Picker Upper | Sam the Eagle (voice) | |
| Movie | 2006 | Sesame Street: Elmo's Potty Time | Grover (voice) | |
| Movie | 1999 | The Very Best of the Muppet Show | Fozzie Bear / Miss Piggy / Animal / Sam the Eagle | |
| Movie | 1999 | The Very Best of the Muppet Show: Volume 2 | Fozzie Bear / Miss Piggy / Animal / Sam the Eagle | |
| Movie | 1983 | Don't Eat the Pictures: Sesame Street at the Metropolitan Museum of Art | Bert / Cookie Monster / Grover (voice) | |
| Movie | 2001 | The Very Best of the Muppet Show: Volume 3 | Fozzie Bear / Miss Piggy / Sam the Eagle / Animal / Wolf | |
| Movie | 1967 | The Paperwork Explosion | ||
| Movie | 1996 | Sesame Street: Do the Alphabet | Cookie Monster / Green (voice) (archive footage) | |
| Movie | 2004 | Sesame Street: Cookie Monster's Best Bites | Cookie Monster (voice) | |
| Movie | 1998 | Sesame Street: Elmopalooza! | Grover / Cookie Monster / Bert (voice) | |
| Movie | 2015 | I Am Big Bird: The Caroll Spinney Story | Self | |
| Movie | 2004 | Jim Henson: Commercials and Experiments | ||
| Movie | 2004 | Muppet History 101 | ||
| Movie | 2004 | Muppet Music Moments | Self | |
| Movie | 2014 | Jim Henson: Behind the Seams | ||
| Movie | 2009 | Jim Henson's Tales from Muppetland | ||
| Movie | 2009 | Jim Henson: His Sesame Street Story | ||
| Movie | 2024 | Inside Out 2 | Mind Cop Dave (voice) | |
| Movie | 2003 | Muppets Magic From 'The Ed Sullivan Show!' | Muppet Performer | |
| Movie | 2004 | When Star Wars Ruled the World | Self | |
| Movie | 2015 | In Their Own Words: Jim Henson | Self - Friend & Muppet Performer | |
| Movie | 1965 | Time Piece | Messenger boy | |
| Movie | 2024 | Jim Henson Idea Man | Self | |
| Movie | 2015 | Inside Out | Subconscious Guard Dave (voice) | |
| Movie | 1981 | An American Werewolf in London | Mr. Collins | |
| Movie | 1982 | Return of the Ewok | Yoda (voice) | |
| Movie | 2004 | Empire of Dreams: The Story of the Star Wars Trilogy | Self | |
| Movie | 2015 | Star Wars: The Force Awakens | Yoda (archive sound) (uncredited) | |
| Movie | 1980 | SP FX: The Empire Strikes Back | Yoda | |
| Movie | 1999 | The Adventures of Elmo in Grouchland | Bert / Grover / Cookie Monster (voice) | |
| Movie | 2001 | The Beginning: Making Episode I | Self | |
| Movie | 1989 | Miss Piggy's Hollywood | Miss Piggy / Fozzie Bear | |
| Movie | 2024 | Disney Legends Awards Ceremony | Self | |
| Movie | 1996 | Sesame Street: Elmo Saves Christmas | Cookie Monster (voice) | |
| Movie | 1988 | Hey, You're as Funny as Fozzie Bear | Fozzie Bear (voice) | |
| Movie | 1978 | Christmas Eve on Sesame Street | Bert / Cookie Monster / Grover (voice) | |
| Movie | 1999 | CinderElmo | Bert / Grover / Cookie Monster (voice) | |
| Movie | 1974 | Out to Lunch | Bert / Cookie Monster / Grover (voice) | |
| Movie | 2004 | The Story of Star Wars | Yoda (archive footage) | |
| Movie | 1989 | An Evening with Jim Henson and Frank Oz | Self | |
| Movie | 1996 | Muppet Treasure Island | Miss Piggy / Fozzie Bear / Sam the Eagle / Animal (voice) | |
| Movie | 2015 | The Great Gilly Hopkins | Cookie Monster (voice) | |
| Movie | 1990 | Sesame Street: Monster Hits! | Cookie Monster (voice) / Grover (voice) / Clancy (voice) | |
| Movie | 1977 | Emmet Otter's Jug-Band Christmas | Chuck (voice) | |
| Movie | 1994 | Muppet Classic Theater | Miss Piggy / Fozzie Bear (voice) | |
| Movie | 2017 | Star Wars: The Last Jedi | Yoda (voice) | |
| Movie | 1981 | The Muppets Go to the Movies | Miss Piggy / Fozzie Bear / Animal / Sam Eagle | |
| Movie | 1979 | John Denver and the Muppets: A Christmas Together | Miss Piggy / Fozzie Bear / Animal (voice) | |
| Movie | 2017 | Muppet Guys Talking: Secrets Behind the Show the Whole World Watched | Self | |
| Movie | 2002 | From Puppets to Pixels: Digital Characters in 'Episode II' | Self / Yoda | |
| Movie | 2018 | The Director and the Jedi | Self | |
| Movie | 1979 | The Orson Welles Show | Self / Fozzie Bear / Animal / Sam Eagle (voice) | |
| Movie | 1993 | Sesame Street: 25 Wonderful Years: A Musical Celebration! | Grover | |
| Movie | 1985 | Muppet Video: The Kermit and Piggy Story | Miss Piggy (voice) | |
| Movie | 2019 | Knives Out | Alan Stevens | |
| Movie | 1983 | Classic Creatures: Return of the Jedi | Self | |
| Movie | 1990 | Sing! Sesame Street Remembers Joe Raposo and His Music | Self | |
| Movie | 1988 | Sesame Street | Put Down the Duckie: An All-Star Musical Special | Muppet Performer | |
| Movie | 1981 | Muppet Side Splitter | Grump (voice) | |
| Movie | 1986 | Labyrinth | The Wiseman | |
| Movie | 2019 | Star Wars: The Rise of Skywalker | Yoda (voice) | |
| Movie | 1998 | The Stories Behind the Making of 'The Blues Brothers' | Self | |
| Movie | 1996 | Sesame Street: Kid's Guide to Life: Learning to Share | Cookie Monster | |
| Movie | 1969 | Hey Cinderella! | Stepsister #1 / Splurge (voice) | |
| Movie | 1983 | Big Bird in China | Bert / Grover / Cookie Monster (voice) | |
| Movie | 1986 | The Muppets: A Celebration of 30 Years | Fozzie Bear / Miss Piggy / Sam the Eagle / Bert / Animal / Grover / Cookie Monster / Marvin Suggs (voice) | |
| Movie | 2002 | I Love Muppets | Self | |
| Movie | 1994 | The World of Jim Henson | Self / Miss Piggy / Fozzie Bear | |
| Movie | 2006 | Best Ever Muppet Moments | Self | |
| Movie | 1998 | Blues Brothers 2000 | Warden | |
| Movie | 1988 | The Best of Ernie and Bert | Bert | |
| Movie | 2020 | Muppet Guys Talking: A Special Conversation to Honor Jim Henson | Self | |
| Movie | 1973 | Julie on Sesame Street | ||
| Movie | 1990 | Disneyland's 35th Anniversary Special | Miss Piggy (voice) | |
| Movie | 1992 | 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) | |
| Movie | 2019 | Sesame Street: 50 Years and Counting | Cookie Monster | |
| Movie | 2002 | 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) | |
| Movie | 1997 | Sesame Street: Quiet Time | Bert ("Naptime") (voice) | |
| Movie | 1986 | 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) | |
| Movie | 2003 | Sesame Street: Let's Eat! Funny Food Songs | Grover / Cookie Monster (voice) | |
| Movie | 1977 | The Bob Hope All Star Christmas Comedy Special | Miss Piggy / Fozzie Bear | |
| Movie | 2021 | Echoes of Violence | Dante | |
| Movie | 2021 | Street Gang: How We Got to Sesame Street | Self (archive footage) | |
| Movie | 1998 | The Best of Kermit on Sesame Street | Grover (voice) | |
| Movie | 2006 | Treasures Untold: The Making of Disney's 'The Little Mermaid' | Self | |
| Movie | 1994 | Sesame Street | All-Star 25th Birthday: Stars and Street Forever! | Bert / Grover (archive footage) | |
| Movie | 1982 | The Dark Crystal | Aughra, a Keeper of Secrets / Chamberlain | |
| Movie | 1982 | Night of 100 Stars | Miss Piggy (voice) | |
| Movie | 1979 | Muppet Breaker Upper | Grump / Quongo | |
| Movie | 1979 | Muppet Gimme a Break | Grump | |
| Movie | 1983 | Muppet Breakthrough | Grump | |
| Movie | 1975 | Just a Few Announcements | Sam the Eagle | |
| Movie | 1975 | The Muppet Introduction | Sam the Eagle | |
| Movie | 1979 | Let's Have the Dam Break | Grump | |
| Movie | 1979 | Grump Critic | Grump | |
| Movie | 1979 | Meal Break | Grump | |
| Movie | 1979 | A Walking Tour of Sesame Street | Grover / Cookie Monster / Bert (archive footage) | |
| Movie | 2004 | Sesame Street: A Celebration of Me, Grover | Grover (voice) (archive footage) | |
| Movie | 1969 | This Way to Sesame Street | Bert | |
| Movie | 1978 | Julie Andrews: One Step Into Spring | Miss Piggy / Fozzie Bear | |
| Movie | 1977 | Sesame Street at Night? | Grover / Cookie Monster / Bert (voice) (archive footage) | |
| Movie | 1992 | Holiday Greetings from 'The Ed Sullivan Show' | Miss Piggy | |
| Movie | 2025 | The Muppet Script | Self (archive footage) | |
| Movie | 2001 | Making "The Score" | Himself | |
| Movie | 1990 | Jim Henson's Memorial Service | ||
| Movie | N/A | Getting Ready to Read | Jim Hensons Muppets | |
| Movie | 2019 | The Saga: Star Wars with Tommy Wiseau | Yoda (voice) | |
| Movie | 2025 | fozzie descuido venga la alegría | Fozzie | |
| Movie | 1991 | Muppet*Vision 3D | Fozzie Bear / Miss Piggy / Sam the Eagle / Construction Worker (voice) | |
| Movie | 1976 | Kagayake! Gorō Mapetto Geba Geba 90-pun! | George the Janitor, Fozzie Bear | |
| Movie | 1978 | The Vent Event | Fozzie Bear | |
| TV Show | 1969 | Sesame Street | Bert | 3126 |
| TV Show | 1976 | The Muppet Show | Miss Piggy / Fozzie Bear / Animal / Sam Eagle / Marvin Suggs / George the Janitor (voice) | 120 |
| TV Show | 2015 | StarTalk with Neil deGrasse Tyson | Self | 1 |
| TV Show | 1996 | Muppets Tonight | Miss Piggy / Fozzie Bear / Animal / George the Janitor | 22 |
| TV Show | 1989 | The Jim Henson Hour | 12 | |
| TV Show | 1985 | Jim Henson's Little Muppet Monsters | 13 | |
| TV Show | N/A | Sesame Street: Play with Me Sesame | 26 | |
| TV Show | 1953 | The Oscars | Self | 1 |
| TV Show | 1969 | Sesame Unpaved | 67 | |
| TV Show | 1969 | Peter Alexander präsentiert Spezialitäten | Self | 2 |
| TV Show | 1978 | An Audience with... | Miss Piggy | 1 |
| TV Show | 2020 | Star Wars: Jedi Temple Challenge | Yoda (voice) | 10 |
| TV Show | 2022 | Obi-Wan Kenobi | Yoda (voice) (archive footage) (uncredited) | 1 |
| TV Show | 2014 | Star Wars Rebels | Yoda (voice) | 2 |
| TV Show | 2024 | STEVE! (martin) a documentary in 2 pieces | Self - Director | 1 |
| TV Show | 1961 | The Mike Douglas Show | Self | 1 |
| TV Show | 1968 | The Dick Cavett Show | Self - Guest | 1 |
| TV Show | 2004 | Kulturplatz | Self | 1 |
| TV Show | 1971 | Great Performances | Self | 1 |
| TV Show | 1971 | Great Performances | Miss Piggy (voice) | 1 |
| TV Show | 2015 | In Their Own Words | Self | 1 |
| TV Show | 2022 | LIGHT & MAGIC | Self - Yoda Puppeteer (archive footage) | 1 |
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| Movie | 1991 | What About Bob? | Director | Directing |
| Movie | 1992 | Housesitter | Director | Directing |
| Movie | 1992 | The Muppet Christmas Carol | Executive Producer | Production |
| Movie | 1986 | Little Shop of Horrors | Director | Directing |
| Movie | 1997 | In & Out | Director | Directing |
| Movie | 1988 | Dirty Rotten Scoundrels | Director | Directing |
| Movie | 1996 | Muppet Treasure Island | Producer | Production |
| Movie | 2007 | Death at a Funeral | Director | Directing |
| Movie | 1999 | Bowfinger | Director | Directing |
| Movie | 1995 | The Indian in the Cupboard | Director | Directing |
| Movie | 2001 | The Score | Director | Directing |
| Movie | 1982 | The Dark Crystal | Director | Directing |
| Movie | 1984 | The Muppets Take Manhattan | Screenplay | Writing |
| Movie | 1984 | The Muppets Take Manhattan | Director | Directing |
| Movie | 2004 | The Stepford Wives | Director | Directing |
| Movie | 1981 | The Great Muppet Caper | Producer | Production |
| Movie | 2017 | Muppet Guys Talking: Secrets Behind the Show the Whole World Watched | Director | Directing |
| Movie | 1965 | Run, Run | Director of Photography | Camera |
| Movie | 2023 | S.P.I.C. | Executive Producer | Production |
| Movie | 1997 | Eye of God | Thanks | Crew |
| Movie | 2020 | Derek DelGaudio's In & of Itself | Director | Directing |
| Movie | 2020 | Muppet Guys Talking: A Special Conversation to Honor Jim Henson | Director | Directing |
| Movie | 1979 | The Muppet Movie | Creative Consultant | Crew |
| Movie | 1978 | Christmas Eve on Sesame Street | Creative Consultant | Crew |
| Movie | 2023 | Fuzzy Head | Executive Producer | Production |
| TV Show | 2008 | Leverage | Director | Directing |
| TV Show | 2002 | The Funkhousers | Director | Directing |
