Frank Oz

Acting · Born 1944-05-25 · Hereford, Herefordshire, England, UK

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.

Known for

• The Muppet Script (2025)
• fozzie descuido venga la alegría (2025)
• Jim Henson Idea Man (2024)
• Disney Legends Awards Ceremony (2024)
• Echoes of Violence (2021)
• Street Gang: How We Got to Sesame Street (2021)
• Muppet Guys Talking: A Special Conversation to Honor Jim Henson (2020)
• Knives Out (2019)
• Star Wars: The Rise of Skywalker (2019)
• Sesame Street: 50 Years and Counting (2019)
• Howard (2018)
• The Director and the Jedi (2018)
• Star Wars: The Last Jedi (2017)
• Muppet Guys Talking: Secrets Behind the Show the Whole World Watched (2017)
• I Am Big Bird: The Caroll Spinney Story (2015)
• In Their Own Words: Jim Henson (2015)
• Star Wars: The Force Awakens (2015)
• The Great Gilly Hopkins (2015)
• Sesame Street: Play All Day with Elmo! (2015)
• Jim Henson: Behind the Seams (2014)
• Being Elmo: A Puppeteer's Journey (2011)
• Jim Henson's Tales from Muppetland (2009)
• Jim Henson: His Sesame Street Story (2009)
• Reflections of 'The Dark Crystal' (2007)