Frank Oz

1944 (82) • Acting

Born: 5/25/1944 (82) in Hereford, Herefordshire, England, UK

Known for: Acting

Frank Oz

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.

Known For

Star Wars: Episode III - Revenge of the Sith

75%

Yoda (voice)

2005

Star Wars: Episode II - Attack of the Clones

66%

Yoda (voice)

2002

Zathura: A Space Adventure

65%

Robot (voice)

2005

Obi-Wan Kenobi

70%

Yoda (voice) (archive footage) (uncredited)

2022

Death at a Funeral

69%

Director

2007

The Score

67%

Director

2001

Little Shop of Horrors

70%

Director

1986

The Stepford Wives

57%

Director

2004

The Muppets Take Scripthatten

Original Film Writer

2025

fozzie descuido venga la alegría

Fozzie

2025

The Muppet Script

Self (archive footage)

2025

Inside Out 2

75%

Mind Cop Dave (voice)

2024

Jim Henson Idea Man

78%

Self

2024

STEVE! (martin) a documentary in 2 pieces

78%

Self - Director

2024

S.P.I.C.

Executive Producer

2023

Fuzzy Head

34%

Executive Producer

2023

LIGHT & MAGIC

79%

Self - Yoda Puppeteer (archive footage)

2022

Jerry Nelson: A Celebratory Birthday Animatic

Grover (voice) / Cookie Monster (voice) / others (voice)

2022

Obi-Wan Kenobi

70%

Yoda (voice) (archive footage) (uncredited)

2022

Street Gang: How We Got to Sesame Street

74%

Self (archive footage)

2021

Echoes of Violence

51%

Dante

2021

Derek DelGaudio's In & of Itself

76%

Director

2020

Jedi Temple Challenge

70%

Yoda (voice)

2020

Muppet Guys Talking: A Special Conversation to Honor Jim Henson

Self

2020

Muppet Guys Talking: A Special Conversation to Honor Jim Henson

Director

2020

Star Wars: The Rise of Skywalker

62%

Yoda (voice)

2019

Knives Out

78%

Alan Stevens

2019

Sesame Street: 50 Years and Counting

55%

Grover / Cookie Monster / Various Characters

2019

Howard

68%

Self (archive footage)

2018

The Director and the Jedi

72%

Self

2018

Star Wars: The Last Jedi

67%

Yoda (voice)

2017

Muppet Guys Talking: Secrets Behind the Show the Whole World Watched

82%

Self

2017

Muppet Guys Talking: Secrets Behind the Show the Whole World Watched

82%

Director

2017

Star Wars: The Force Awakens

72%

Yoda (archive sound) (uncredited)

2015

The Great Gilly Hopkins

66%

Cookie Monster (voice)

2015

In Their Own Words: Jim Henson

70%

Self - Friend & Muppet Performer

2015