Overview
Known for
Acting
Gender
Male
Birthday
25 May, 1944 (80 years old)
Frank Oz
Biography
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.
Known For
Acting
2024
Inside Out 2
2024
Jim Henson Idea Man
2021
Street Gang: How We Got to Sesame Street
2021
Echoes of Violence
2020
Star Wars: Jedi Temple Challenge
2019
Star Wars: The Rise of Skywalker
2019
Knives Out
2018
Howard
2017
Star Wars: The Last Jedi
2015
Star Wars: The Force Awakens
2015
The Great Gilly Hopkins
2015
Inside Out
2015
I Am Big Bird: The Caroll Spinney Story
2011
Being Elmo: A Puppeteer's Journey
2006
A Sesame Street Christmas Carol
2006
Sesame Street: Elmo's Potty Time
2005
Zathura: A Space Adventure
2005
Star Wars: Episode III - Revenge of the Sith
2004
Empire of Dreams: The Story of the Star Wars Trilogy
2002
Star Wars: Episode II - Attack of the Clones
2001
Monsters, Inc.
1999
The Adventures of Elmo in Grouchland
1999
Muppets from Space
1999
Star Wars: Episode I - The Phantom Menace
1998
Blues Brothers 2000
1996
Sesame Street: Elmo Saves Christmas
1996
Muppet Treasure Island
1996
Sesame Street: Do the Alphabet
1992
The Muppet Christmas Carol
1992
Innocent Blood
1987
A Muppet Family Christmas
1986
Labyrinth
1985
Spies Like Us
1985
Follow That Bird
1984
The Muppets Take Manhattan
1983
Trading Places
1983
Return of the Jedi
1982
The Dark Crystal
1982
Return of the Ewok
1981
An American Werewolf in London
1981
The Great Muppet Caper
1980
The Blues Brothers
1980
The Empire Strikes Back
1979
John Denver and the Muppets: A Christmas Together
1979
The Muppet Movie
1978
Christmas Eve on Sesame Street
1977
Emmet Otter's Jug-Band Christmas
1976
The Muppet Show
1969
Sesame Street