Personal Info
Birthday
May 25, 1944
Place of Birth
Hereford, Herefordshire, England, UK
Known For
Acting
Frank Oz
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.
Directed Movies (16)
7.6
Derek DelGaudio's In & of Itself
Movie2020
0.0
Muppet Guys Talking: A Special Conversation to Honor Jim Henson
Movie2020
8.2
Muppet Guys Talking: Secrets Behind the Show the Whole World Watched
Movie2017
7.6
Leverage
TV Series2008
6.9
Death at a Funeral
Movie2007
5.7
The Stepford Wives
Movie2004
6.7
The Score
Movie2001
6.2
Bowfinger
Movie1999
6.5
In & Out
Movie1997
6.5
The Indian in the Cupboard
Movie1995
6.2
Housesitter
Movie1992
6.9
What About Bob?
Movie1991
7.1
Dirty Rotten Scoundrels
Movie1988
7.0
Little Shop of Horrors
Movie1986
6.6
The Muppets Take Manhattan
Movie1984
7.2
The Dark Crystal
Movie1982
Acting Filmography (170)
No Backdrop
0.0
fozzie descuido venga la alegría
Movie2025
0.0
The Muppet Script
Movie2025
6.0
Disney Legends Awards Ceremony
Movie2024
7.5
Inside Out 2
Movie2024
7.9
Jim Henson Idea Man
Movie2024
7.8
STEVE! (martin) a documentary in 2 pieces
TV Series2024
7.9
LIGHT & MAGIC
TV Series2022
No Backdrop
0.0
Jerry Nelson: A Celebratory Birthday Animatic
Movie2022
7.0
Obi-Wan Kenobi
TV Series2022
7.4
Street Gang: How We Got to Sesame Street
Movie2021
5.1
Echoes of Violence
Movie2021
7.0
Jedi Temple Challenge
TV Series2020
0.0
Muppet Guys Talking: A Special Conversation to Honor Jim Henson
Movie2020
6.3
Star Wars: The Rise of Skywalker
Movie2019
7.8
Knives Out
Movie2019
No Backdrop
5.5
Sesame Street: 50 Years and Counting
Movie2019
6.8
Howard
Movie2018
7.2
The Director and the Jedi
Movie2018
6.7
Star Wars: The Last Jedi
Movie2017
8.2
Muppet Guys Talking: Secrets Behind the Show the Whole World Watched
Movie2017
7.2
Star Wars: The Force Awakens
Movie2015
6.6
The Great Gilly Hopkins
Movie2015
No Backdrop
7.0
In Their Own Words: Jim Henson
Movie2015
6.1
The Late Show with Stephen Colbert
TV Series2015
No Backdrop
0.0
Sesame Street: Play All Day with Elmo!
Movie2015
0.0
In Their Own Words
TV Series2015
7.9
Inside Out
Movie2015
7.4
I Am Big Bird: The Caroll Spinney Story
Movie2015
6.7
StarTalk with Neil deGrasse Tyson
TV Series2015
7.7
Star Wars Rebels
TV Series2014
7.2
Being Elmo: A Puppeteer's Journey
Movie2011
No Backdrop
5.8
Reflections of 'The Dark Crystal'
Movie2007
6.7
A Sesame Street Christmas Carol
Movie2006
7.1
Sesame Street: Elmo's Potty Time
Movie2006
No Backdrop
6.0
Best Ever Muppet Moments
Movie2006
6.4
Zathura: A Space Adventure
Movie2005
7.5
Star Wars: Episode III - Revenge of the Sith
Movie2005
7.6
Empire of Dreams: The Story of the Star Wars Trilogy
Movie2004
No Backdrop
8.8
When Star Wars Ruled the World
Movie2004
6.0
Kulturplatz
TV Series2004
No Backdrop
0.0
Sesame Street: A Celebration of Me, Grover
Movie2004
No Backdrop
7.2
The Story of Star Wars
Movie2004
7.6
Sesame Street: Elmo's World: The Street We Live On!
Movie2004
0.0
Sesame Street: Cookie Monster's Best Bites
Movie2004
No Backdrop
8.5
Muppets Magic from 'The Ed Sullivan Show!'
Movie2003
10.0
Sesame Street: Let's Eat! Funny Food Songs
Movie2003
No Backdrop
6.0
Films Are Not Released, They Escape
Movie2002
6.8
From Puppets to Pixels: The Making of Star Wars Episode II
Movie2002
8.2
Sesame Street: Bert & Ernie's Word Play
Movie2002
6.6
Star Wars: Episode II - Attack of the Clones
Movie2002
No Backdrop
5.5
Sesame Street: Play with Me Sesame
TV Series2002
6.3
I Love Muppets
Movie2002
No Backdrop
0.0
Making "The Score"
Movie2001
7.9
Monsters, Inc.
Movie2001
7.3
The Beginning: The Making of Star Wars Episode I
Movie2001
0.0
The Very Best of the Muppet Show: Volume 3
Movie2001
No Backdrop
5.0
Sesame Street: Elmo's World: Flowers, Bananas & More!
Movie2000
6.3
The Adventures of Elmo in Grouchland
Movie1999
6.1
Muppets from Space
Movie1999
6.6
Star Wars: Episode I - The Phantom Menace
Movie1999
7.0
The Very Best of the Muppet Show
Movie1999
6.0
The Very Best of the Muppet Show: Volume 2
Movie1999
No Backdrop
0.0
Sesame Unpaved
TV Series1999
6.3
CinderElmo
Movie1999
6.5
The Stories Behind the Making of 'The Blues Brothers'
Movie1998
No Backdrop
9.0
The Best of Kermit on Sesame Street
Movie1998
6.1
Sesame Street: Elmopalooza!
Movie1998
5.3
Blues Brothers 2000
Movie1998
6.4
Sesame Street: Elmo Says BOO!
Movie1997
6.0
Sesame Street: Quiet Time
Movie1997
6.0
Sesame Street: Elmo Saves Christmas
Movie1996
7.4
Muppets Tonight
TV Series1996
6.7
Muppet Treasure Island
Movie1996
6.0
Sesame Street: Do the Alphabet
Movie1996
No Backdrop
0.0
Sesame Street: Kid's Guide to Life: Learning to Share
Movie1996
6.6
Orson Welles: The One-Man Band
Movie1995
7.4
The World of Jim Henson
Movie1994
No Backdrop
5.0
Return of the Ewok
Movie1994
6.9
Muppet Classic Theater
Movie1994
7.0
Sesame Street | All-Star 25th Birthday: Stars and Street Forever!
Movie1994
7.0
Sesame Street Stays Up Late!
Movie1993
7.3
Sesame Street: 25 Wonderful Years: A Musical Celebration!
Movie1993
7.0
Sesame Street Jam: A Musical Celebration
Movie1993
7.4
The Muppet Christmas Carol
Movie1992
6.8
Home Alone 2: Lost in New York
Movie1992
6.2
Innocent Blood
Movie1992
No Backdrop
0.0
Getting Ready to Read
Movie1992
No Backdrop
4.0
Sesame Street: Elmo's Sing-Along Guessing Game
Movie1991
6.8
The Muppets Celebrate Jim Henson
Movie1990
No Backdrop
6.0
Disneyland's 35th Anniversary Celebration
Movie1990
10.0
Jim Henson's Memorial Service
Movie1990
No Backdrop
10.0
Sing! Sesame Street Remembers Joe Raposo and His Music
Movie1990
6.6
The Muppets at Walt Disney World
Movie1990
No Backdrop
6.0
Sesame Street: Sing Yourself Silly!
Movie1990
6.0
Sesame Street: Monster Hits!
Movie1990
No Backdrop
9.0
50 Years of Television: A Golden Celebration
Movie1989
10.0
An Evening with Jim Henson and Frank Oz
Movie1989
No Backdrop
0.0
Miss Piggy's Hollywood
Movie1989
No Backdrop
8.9
The Jim Henson Hour
TV Series1989
No Backdrop
8.8
Free to Be... a Family
Movie1988
6.8
Sesame Street: Put Down the Duckie
Movie1988
7.0
The Best of Ernie and Bert
Movie1988
No Backdrop
6.0
Hey, You're as Funny as Fozzie Bear
Movie1988
6.9
A Muppet Family Christmas
Movie1987
6.0
Sesame Street: Sing Along
Movie1987
7.3
Labyrinth
Movie1986
7.0
Sesame Street: Learning About Letters
Movie1986
6.2
The Muppets: A Celebration of 30 Years
Movie1986
0.0
Sesame Street: Sleepytime Songs & Stories
Movie1986
10.0
Sesame Street: Learning About Numbers
Movie1986
6.2
Spies Like Us
Movie1985
No Backdrop
8.3
Jim Henson's Little Muppet Monsters
TV Series1985
6.4
Follow That Bird
Movie1985
6.3
Muppet Treasures
Movie1985
No Backdrop
0.0
The Muppet Revue
Movie1985
No Backdrop
6.8
Muppet Video: The Kermit and Piggy Story
Movie1985
7.3
Children's Songs and Stories with the Muppets
Movie1985
6.6
The Muppets Take Manhattan
Movie1984
6.9
Henson's Place: The Man Behind the Muppets
Movie1984
8.9
Classic Creatures: Return of the Jedi
Movie1983
6.6
Don't Eat the Pictures: Sesame Street at the Metropolitan Museum of Art
Movie1983
7.2
Trading Places
Movie1983
6.0
Big Bird in China
Movie1983
7.9
Return of the Jedi
Movie1983
6.7
Rocky Mountain Holiday with John Denver and the Muppets
Movie1983
6.7
The World of 'The Dark Crystal'
Movie1983
7.2
The Dark Crystal
Movie1982
7.8
The Fantastic Miss Piggy Show
Movie1982
0.0
I Love Liberty
Movie1982
No Backdrop
5.8
Night of 100 Stars
Movie1982
No Backdrop
6.6
Of Muppets & Men
Movie1981
No Backdrop
0.0
Muppet Side Splitter
Movie1981
7.4
An American Werewolf in London
Movie1981
6.9
The Great Muppet Caper
Movie1981
7.0
The Muppets Go to the Movies
Movie1981
8.3
SP FX: The Empire Strikes Back
Movie1980
7.7
The Blues Brothers
Movie1980
8.4
The Empire Strikes Back
Movie1980
7.2
John Denver and the Muppets: A Christmas Together
Movie1979
7.2
The Muppet Movie
Movie1979
6.2
The Muppets Go Hollywood
Movie1979
No Backdrop
0.0
A Walking Tour of Sesame Street
Movie1979
8.0
The Orson Welles Show
Movie1979
7.5
Christmas Eve on Sesame Street
Movie1978
0.0
Hip Hip Parade!
Movie1978
No Backdrop
7.0
Julie Andrews: One Step Into Spring
Movie1978
5.3
An Audience with...
TV Series1978
6.9
Emmet Otter's Jug-Band Christmas
Movie1977
8.0
The Muppet Show
TV Series1976
No Backdrop
0.0
Sesame Street- Do you know where Ernie lives?
Movie1975
6.9
Saturday Night Live
TV Series1975
No Backdrop
6.0
Muppet Picker Upper
Movie1975
No Backdrop
0.0
The Muppet Introduction
Movie1975
8.0
Out to Lunch
Movie1974
No Backdrop
7.3
Julie on Sesame Street
Movie1973
6.4
The Muppet Musicians of Bremen
Movie1972
6.8
Tales from Muppetland: The Frog Prince
Movie1971
6.1
Great Performances
TV Series1971
6.1
The Great Santa Claus Switch
Movie1970
8.0
The Muppets on Puppets
Movie1970
7.1
Sesame Street
TV Series1969
No Backdrop
0.0
This Way to Sesame Street
Movie1969
9.0
Sesame Street Pitch Reel
Movie1969
7.0
Hey Cinderella!
Movie1969
6.8
The Dick Cavett Show
TV Series1968
No Backdrop
5.0
The Paperwork Explosion
Movie1967
7.1
Time Piece
Movie1965
5.8
The Mike Douglas Show
TV Series1961
7.9
The Wonderful World of Disney
TV Series1954
7.0
The Oscars
TV Series1953