Frank Richard Oznowicz (born May 25, 1944), known professionally as Frank Oz, 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.

Фільмографія

• 2025The Muppets Take Scripthatten — Original Film Writer
• 2025fozzie descuido venga la alegría — Fozzie
• 2024Думками навиворіт 2 — Mind Cop Dave (voice)
• 2023Fuzzy Head — Executive Producer
• 2023S.P.I.C. — Executive Producer
• 2022Jerry Nelson: A Celebratory Birthday Animatic — Grover (voice) / Cookie Monster (voice) / others (voice)
• Obi-Wan Kenobi — Yoda (voice) (archive footage) (uncredited)
• 2021Echoes of Violence — Dante
• 2020Derek DelGaudio's In & of Itself — Director
• Jedi Temple Challenge — Yoda (voice)
• 2020Muppet Guys Talking: A Special Conversation to Honor Jim Henson — Self, Director
• 2019Sesame Street: 50 Years and Counting — Grover / Cookie Monster / Various Characters
• 2019Зоряні війни: Епізод 9 — Скайвокер. Сходження — Yoda (voice)
• 2019Ножі наголо — Alan Stevens
• 2017Muppet Guys Talking: Secrets Behind the Show the Whole World Watched — Self, Director
• 2017Зоряні війни: Епізод 8 — Останні джедаї — Yoda (voice)
• 2015Sesame Street: Play All Day with Elmo!
• 2015The Great Gilly Hopkins — Cookie Monster (voice)
• 2015Думками навиворіт — Subconscious Guard Dave (voice)
• 2015Зоряні війни: Епізод 7 — Пробудження сили — Yoda (archive sound) (uncredited)
• 2014Jim Henson: Behind the Seams
• Зоряні війни: Повстанці — Yoda (voice)
• 2009Jim Henson's Tales from Muppetland
• 2009Jim Henson: His Sesame Street Story
• Генії Помсти — Director
• 2007Смерть на похороні — Director
• 2006A Sesame Street Christmas Carol — Bert (voice) (archive footage)
• 2006Sesame Street: Elmo's Potty Time — Grover (voice)
• 2006The Sound of the Squid — Squid
• 2005Затура: Космічна пригода — Robot (voice)
• 2005Зоряні війни: Епізод 3 — Помста ситхів — Yoda (voice)
• 2004Jim Henson: Commercials and Experiments
• 2004Muppet History 101
• 2004Sesame Street: A Celebration of Me, Grover — Grover (voice) (archive footage)
• 2004Sesame Street: Cookie Monster's Best Bites — Cookie Monster (voice)
• 2004Sesame Street: Elmo's World: The Street We Live On! — Cookie Monster / Bert / Grover (voice)
• 2004The Story of Star Wars — Yoda (archive footage)
• 2004Степфордські дружини — Director
• 2003Muppets Magic from 'The Ed Sullivan Show!' — Muppet Performer
• 2003Sesame Street: Let's Eat! Funny Food Songs — Grover / Cookie Monster (voice)
• 2002Sesame Street: Bert & Ernie's Word Play — Bert / Cookie Monster (credit song) / T-Shirt Salesman / Fat Blue Anything Muppet in Fat Cat (voice) (archive footage)
• Sesame Street: Play with Me Sesame
• The Funkhousers — Director
• 2002Зоряні війни: Епізод 2 — Атака клонів — Yoda (voice)
• 2001The Very Best of the Muppet Show: Volume 3 — Fozzie Bear / Miss Piggy / Sam the Eagle / Animal / Wolf
• 2001Ведмежатник — Director
• 2001Корпорація монстрів — Jeff Fungus (voice)
• 2000Sesame Street: Elmo's World: Flowers, Bananas & More! — Prince Charming (voice)
• 1999CinderElmo — Bert / Grover / Cookie Monster (voice)
• Sesame Unpaved
• 1999The Very Best of the Muppet Show — Fozzie Bear / Miss Piggy / Animal / Sam the Eagle
• 1999The Very Best of the Muppet Show: Volume 2 — Fozzie Bear / Miss Piggy / Animal / Sam the Eagle
• 1999Бовфінґер — Director
• 1999Зоряні війни: Епізод 1 — Прихована загроза — Yoda (voice)
• 1999Мапети з космосу — Miss Piggy / Fozzie Bear / Animal / Sam the Eagle (voice)
• 1999Пригоди Елмо у Брудляндії — Bert / Grover / Cookie Monster (voice)
• 1998Sesame Street: Elmopalooza! — Grover / Cookie Monster / Bert (voice)
• 1998The Best of Kermit on Sesame Street — Grover (voice)
• 1998Брати Блюз 2000 — Warden
• 1997Eye of God — Thanks
• 1997Sesame Street: Elmo Says BOO! — Bert (voice)
• 1997Sesame Street: Quiet Time — Bert ("Naptime") (voice)
• 1997Вхід і вихід — Director
• Muppets Tonight — Miss Piggy / Fozzie Bear / Animal / George the Janitor
• 1996Sesame Street: Do the Alphabet — Cookie Monster / Green (voice) (archive footage)
• 1996Sesame Street: Elmo Saves Christmas — Cookie Monster (voice)
• 1996Sesame Street: Kid's Guide to Life: Learning to Share — Cookie Monster
• 1996Маппети. Острів скарбів — Miss Piggy / Fozzie Bear / Sam the Eagle / Animal (voice), Producer
• 1995Orson Welles: The One-Man Band
• 1995Індіанець у шафі — Director
• 1994Muppet Classic Theater — Miss Piggy / Fozzie Bear (voice)
• 1994Return of the Ewok — Yoda
• 1994Sesame Street | All-Star 25th Birthday: Stars and Street Forever! — Bert / Grover (archive footage)
• 1993Sesame Street Stays Up Late! — Bert/Grover/Cookie Monster/Uncle Hank(voice)
• 1993Sesame Street's 25th Birthday: A Musical Celebration — Bert / Grover / Cookie Monster (voice)
• 1993Sesame Street: 25 Wonderful Years: A Musical Celebration! — Grover
• 1992Getting Ready to Read — Bert / Grover / Cookie Monster (voice)
• 1992Holiday Greetings from 'The Ed Sullivan Show' — Miss Piggy
• 1992Господарка дому — Director
• 1992Невинна кров — Pathologist
• 1992Різдвяна пісня Маппетів — 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), Executive Producer
• 1992Сам удома 2: Загублений у Нью-Йорку — Man Putting Money into Donation Bucket (uncredited)
• 1991Sesame Street: Elmo's Sing-Along Guessing Game — Grover(voice)
• 1991А як же Боб? — Director
• 1990Disneyland's 35th Anniversary Celebration — Miss Piggy (voice)
• 1990Jim Henson's Memorial Service
• 1990Sesame Street: Monster Hits! — Cookie Monster (voice) / Grover (voice) / Clancy (voice)
• 1990Sesame Street: Sing Yourself Silly! — (archive footage) (voice)
• 1990The Muppets at Walt Disney World — Miss Piggy / Fozzie Bear / Animal (voice)
• 198950 Years of Television: A Golden Celebration — Miss Piggy
• 1989Miss Piggy's Hollywood — Miss Piggy / Fozzie Bear
• The Jim Henson Hour — Fozzie Bear (voice), Miss Piggy / Fozzie Bear (voice)
• 1988Free to Be... a Family — Miss Piggy (voice)
• 1988Hey, You're as Funny as Fozzie Bear — Fozzie Bear (voice)
• 1988Sesame Street: Put Down the Duckie — Bert / Grover / Cookie Monster (voice)
• 1988The Best of Ernie and Bert — Bert
• 1988Відчайдушні шахраї — Director
• 1987A Muppet Family Christmas — Miss Piggy / Fozzy Bear / Animal / Sam the Eagle / Bert / Grover / Cookie Monster
• 1987Sesame Street: Sing Along
• 1986Sesame Street: Learning About Letters — Cookie Monster/Bert/Grover/Princess Penelope (voice)
• 1986Sesame Street: Learning About Numbers — Grover / Fat Blue Tarnish Brother (voice)
• 1986Sesame Street: Sleepytime Songs & Stories — Bert / Grover (Bedtime Stories and Songs) / Cookie Monster (Bedtime Stories and Songs) / Tallest and Smallest People (Bedtime Stories & Songs) (voice)
• 1986The Muppets: A Celebration of 30 Years — Fozzie Bear / Miss Piggy / Sam the Eagle / Bert / Animal / Grover / Cookie Monster / Marvin Suggs (voice)
• 1986Крамничка жахів — Director
• 1986Лабіринт — The Wiseman
• 1985Children's Songs and Stories with the Muppets — Miss Piggy (voice)
• 1985Follow That Bird — Cookie Monster / Bert / Grover / Additional Muppets (voice)
• Jim Henson's Little Muppet Monsters
• 1985Muppet Perk-Up — Grump (voice)
• 1985Muppet Treasures — Fozzie Bear / Miss Piggy / Animal
• 1985Muppet Video: Rowlf's Rhapsodies with the Muppets — Miss Piggy / Fozzie Bear (voice)
• 1985Muppet Video: The Kermit and Piggy Story — Miss Piggy (voice)
• 1985The Muppet Revue — Fozzie Bear / Miss Piggy (voice)
• 1985Шпигуни як ми — Test Monitor
• 1984Маппети підкорюють Нью-Йорк — Miss Piggy / Fozzie / Animal / Bert / Cookie Monster / Ocean Breeze Soap Board Member / Sam the Eagle (voice), Director, Screenplay
• 1983Big Bird in China — Bert / Grover / Cookie Monster (voice)
• 1983Don't Eat the Pictures: Sesame Street at the Metropolitan Museum of Art — Bert / Cookie Monster / Grover (voice)
• 1983Muppet Breakthrough — Grump
• 1983Rocky Mountain Holiday with John Denver and the Muppets — Miss Piggy / Fozzie Bear / Animal / Gramps (voice)
• 1983Зоряні війни: Епізод 6 — Повернення джедая — Yoda (voice)
• 1983Помінятися місцями — Corrupt Cop
• 1982I Love Liberty — Miss Piggy / Fozzie Bear (voice)
• 1982Night of 100 Stars — Miss Piggy (voice)
• 1982The Fantastic Miss Piggy Show — Miss Piggy / Fozzie Bear / Animal (voice)
• 1982Темний кристал — Aughra, a Keeper of Secrets / Chamberlain, Director
• 1981Muppet Side Splitter — Grump (voice)
• 1981The Great Muppet Caper — Miss Piggy / Fozzie Bear / Animal / Sam the Eagle / Gramps / Swedish Chef (voice), Producer
• 1981The Muppets Go to the Movies — Miss Piggy / Fozzie Bear / Sam the Eagle (voice)
• 1981Американський перевертень у Лондоні — Mr. Collins
• 1980Брати Блюз — Corrections Officer
• 1980Зоряні війни: Епізод 5 — Імперія завдає удару у відповідь — Yoda (Voice)
• 1979A Walking Tour of Sesame Street — Grover / Cookie Monster / Bert (archive footage)
• 1979Grump Critic — Grump
• 1979John Denver and the Muppets: A Christmas Together — Miss Piggy / Fozzie Bear / Animal (voice)
• 1979Let's Have the Dam Break — Grump
• 1979Meal Break — Grump
• 1979Muppet Breaker Upper — Grump / Quongo
• 1979Muppet Gimme a Break — Grump
• 1979The Muppet Movie — Miss Piggy / Fozzie Bear / Animal / Sam the Eagle / Doc Hopper's Men / Marvin Suggs / Swedish Chef (hands) / Motorcycle Guy (voice), Creative Consultant
• 1979The Muppets Go Hollywood — Miss Piggy / Fozzie Bear / Animal / Sam the Eagle (voice)
• An Audience with... — Miss Piggy
• 1978Christmas Eve on Sesame Street — Bert / Cookie Monster / Grover (voice), Creative Consultant
• 1978Hip Hip Parade! — Fozzie Bear
• 1978Julie Andrews: One Step Into Spring — Miss Piggy / Fozzie Bear
• 1978The Vent Event — Fozzie Bear
• 1977Emmet Otter's Jug-Band Christmas — Chuck (voice)
• 1977The Bob Hope All Star Christmas Comedy Special — Miss Piggy / Fozzie Bear
• 1977The Royal Variety Performance 1977
• 1976Kagayake! Gorō Mapetto Geba Geba 90-pun! — George the Janitor, Fozzie Bear
• The Muppet Show — Miss Piggy / Fozzie Bear / Animal / Sam Eagle / Marvin Suggs / George the Janitor (voice)
• 1975Just a Few Announcements — Sam the Eagle
• 1975Muppet Picker Upper — Sam the Eagle (voice)
• 1975The Muppet Introduction — Sam the Eagle
• Суботнього вечора в прямому ефірі — The Mighty Favog (voice), The Flood (voice)
• 1974Out to Lunch — Bert / Cookie Monster / Grover (voice)
• 1973Julie on Sesame Street — Bert/ Cookie Monster/ Grover (voice)
• 1972The Muppet Musicians of Bremen — Rat (voice)
• Great Performances — Self, Miss Piggy (voice)
• 1971Tales from Muppetland: The Frog Prince — Gawain (voice)
• 1970The Great Santa Claus Switch — Thig / Skippity / Hoppity / Boppity / Snerf (voice)
• 1969Hey Cinderella! — Stepsister #1 / Splurge (voice)
• 1969Sesame Street Pitch Reel — Scoop / Beautiful Day Monster (voice)
• 1969This Way to Sesame Street — Bert
• Вулиця Сезам — Bert/Cookie Monster/Grover
• 1967The Paperwork Explosion
• 1965Run, Run — Director of Photography
• 1965Time Piece — Messenger Boy
• The Wonderful World of Disney — Miss Piggy (voice)
• Оскар — Self, Miss Piggy

Ток-шоу, премії та інші появи (43)

• 2025The Muppet Script — Self (archive footage)
• Disney Legends Award Ceremony — Self - Honoree
• 2024Jim Henson Idea Man — Self
• СТІВ! (мартін): фільм у 2 частинах — Self - Director
• LIGHT & MAGIC — Self - Yoda Puppeteer (archive footage)
• 2021Street Gang: How We Got to Sesame Street — Self (archive footage)
• 2018Howard — Self (archive footage)
• 2018The Director and the Jedi — Self
• 2015I Am Big Bird: The Caroll Spinney Story — Self
• In Their Own Words — Self
• 2015In Their Own Words: Jim Henson — Self - Friend & Muppet Performer
• StarTalk with Neil deGrasse Tyson — Self
• Пізнє шоу зі Стівеном Кольбером — Self - Guest
• 2011Being Elmo: A Puppeteer's Journey — Self
• 2007Reflections of 'The Dark Crystal' — Self
• 2006Best Ever Muppet Moments — Self
• 2006Treasures Untold: The Making of Disney's 'The Little Mermaid' — Self
• 2004Empire of Dreams: The Story of the Star Wars Trilogy — Self
• Kulturplatz — Self
• 2004Muppet Music Moments — Self
• 2004When Star Wars Ruled the World — Self
• 2002Films Are Not Released, They Escape — Self
• 2002From Puppets to Pixels: The Making of Star Wars Episode II — Self / Yoda
• 2002I Love Muppets — Self
• 2001Making "The Score" — Himself
• 2001The Beginning: The Making of Star Wars Episode I — Self
• 1998The Stories Behind the Making of 'The Blues Brothers' — Self
• 1994The World of Jim Henson — Self / Miss Piggy / Fozzie Bear
• 1990Sing! Sesame Street Remembers Joe Raposo and His Music — Self
• 1990The Muppets Celebrate Jim Henson — Self / Miss Piggy / Fozzie Bear / Animal / Bert / Sam the Eagle (voice)
• 1989An Evening with Jim Henson and Frank Oz — Self
• 1989Sesame Street: 20 Years & Still Counting! 1969-1989 — Self – Bert / Grover / Cookie Monster
• 1984Henson's Place: The Man Behind the Muppets — Self
• 1983Classic Creatures: Return of the Jedi — Self
• 1983The World of 'The Dark Crystal' — Self
• 1981Of Muppets & Men — Self
• 1980SP FX: The Empire Strikes Back — Self
• 1979The Orson Welles Show — Self / Fozzie Bear / Animal / Sam Eagle (voice)
• 1975Sesame Street- Do you know where Ernie lives? — Self
• 1970The Muppets on Puppets — Self / Various Characters
• Peter Alexander präsentiert Spezialitäten — Self
• The Dick Cavett Show — Self - Guest
• The Mike Douglas Show — Self