Frank Oz American actor and director

Frank Oz is a 79 years old American actor and director from Hereford, England. He was born on May 25, 1944 in Hereford, England as Frank Richard Oznowicz.

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Oz is an English-born American film director puppeteer and actor who created and performed the Muppet characters Miss Piggy and Fozzie Bear along with Jim Henson in The Muppet Show as well as Cookie Monster Bert and Grover in Sesame Street. His work as a film director includes 1986's Little Shop of Horrors remake and Dirty Rotten Scoundrels. He is also the puppeteer and voice of Yoda in the Star Wars film series.
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Is Frank Oz still alive?

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Frank Oz Movies (88)

There are 88 movies of Frank Oz.

His first feature film was Monsters, Inc. (2001, as Jeff Fungus (voice)). He was 57 when he starred in this movie. Since 2001, he has appeared in 88 feature films. The last one is Jim Henson: His Sesame Street Story (2009). .

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Frank Oz movie characters

The names of the characters/jobs in the films he starred in are as follows:

Character/Job	Movie	Age
Jeff Fungus	Monsters, Inc. (2001)	57
Subconscious Guard Dave	Inside Out (2015)	71
Fungus	Monsters University (2013)	69
Yoda	Star Wars: The Force Awakens (2015)	71
Yoda	Star Wars: Episode I - The Phantom Menace (1999)	54
Yoda	Star Wars: Episode III - Revenge of the Sith (2005)	60
	Knives Out (2019)	75
Yoda	Star Wars: Episode II - Attack of the Clones (2002)	57
Yoda	Star Wars: The Last Jedi (2017)	73
Robot	Zathura: A Space Adventure (2005)	61
Yoda	The Empire Strikes Back (1980)	35
Yoda	Return of the Jedi (1983)	39
Mr. Collins / Miss Piggy	An American Werewolf in London (1981)	37
Corrupt Cop	Trading Places (1983)	39
Corrections Officer	The Blues Brothers (1980)	36
Cookie Monster	The Great Gilly Hopkins (2015)	72
Miss Piggy / Fozzie Bear / Animal / Sam the Eagle / Doc Hopper's Men / Marvin Suggs / Swedish Chef / Motorcycle Guy	The Muppet Movie (1979)	35
Himself	Empire of Dreams: The Story of the Star Wars Trilogy (2004)	60
Miss Piggy / Fozzie / Animal / Bert / Cookie Monster / Ocean Breeze Soap Board Member / Sam the Eagle	The Muppets Take Manhattan (1984)	40
Himself	When Star Wars Ruled the World (2004)	60
Aughra, A Keeper Of Secrets / Chamberlain	The Dark Crystal (1982)	38
Miss Piggy	Muppets from Space (1999)	55
Miss Piggy, Fozzie Bear, Animal	The Great Muppet Caper (1981)	37
Miss Piggy as Emily Cratchit / Fozzie Bear as Fozziewig / Sam the Eagle / Animal / George the Janitor	The Muppet Christmas Carol (1992)	48
Miss Piggy / Fozzie Bear / Sam the Eagle / Animal	Muppet Treasure Island (1996)	51
Test Monitor	Spies Like Us (1985)	41
Pathologist	Innocent Blood (1992)	48
Himself	Being Elmo: A Puppeteer's Journey (2011)	67
	I Am Big Bird: The Caroll Spinney Story (2015)	70
Bert / Grover / Cookie Monster	The Adventures of Elmo in Grouchland (1999)	55
Yoda	The Story of Star Wars (2004)	60
Cookie Monster	Sesame Street: Elmo Saves Christmas (1997)	53
Himself	The Director and the Jedi (2018)	73
Cookie Monster / Bert / Grover	Follow That Bird (1985)	41
Chuck	Emmet Otter's Jug-Band Christmas (1977)	33
Various Characters	A Muppet Family Christmas (1987)	43
Himself	The Beginning: Making 'Episode I' (2001)	56
Himself, various voices	The Muppets Celebrate Jim Henson (1990)	46
Bert / Grover / Cookie Monster	CinderElmo (1999)	54
Miss Piggy / Fozzie Bear / Sam the Eagle	Muppet*Vision 3-D (1991)	46
Various Muppets	The Muppets Go Hollywood (1979)	34
Himself/Yoda	From Puppets to Pixels: Digital Characters in 'Episode II' (2002)	58
Himself	The World of 'The Dark Crystal' (1983)	38
Yoda	SPFX: The Empire Strikes Back (1980)	36
Yoda	Return of the Ewok (1982)	37
Gawain	Tales from Muppetland: The Frog Prince (1971)	26
Bert / Cookie Monster / Grover	Christmas Eve on Sesame Street (1978)	34
Miss Piggy / Fozzie Bear / Animal	The Muppets at Walt Disney World (1990)	45
Grover, Cookie Monster, Bert	Sesame Street: Elmopalooza (1998)	53
Cookie Monster / Grover / Clancy	Sesame Street: Monster Hits! (1990)	45
Himself	Classic Creatures: Return of the Jedi (1983)	39
Himself	Of Muppets & Men: The Making of the Muppet Show (1981)	36
Cookie Monster / Green	Sesame Street: Do the Alphabet (1996)	51
Various Voices	Muppets Magic From 'The Ed Sullivan Show!' (2003)	58
Himself	Reflections of 'The Dark Crystal' (2007)	63
	Sesame Street: Sing Yourself Silly! (1990)	45
Miss Piggy	John Denver and the Muppets: A Christmas Together (1979)	35
Himself	Muppet Guys Talking: Secrets Behind the Show the Whole World Watched (2017)	72
Bert / Cookie Monster / Grover	Don't Eat the Pictures: Sesame Street at the Metropolitan Museum of Art (1983)	39
	Muppet Classic Theater (1994)	50
Himself	Sing! Sesame Street Remembers Joe Raposo and His Music (1990)	45
Grover	Sesame Street: Elmo's Potty Time (2006)	62
Frank Oz	Henson's Place: The Man Behind the Muppets (1984)	39
Miss Piggy, Fozzie Bear, Animal, Sam Eagle	The Muppets Go to the Movies (1981)	36
	Jim Henson's Tales From Muppetland (2009)	65
	Jim Henson: Behind the Seams (2014)	70
Messenger boy	Time Piece (1965)	20
Rat	The Muppet Musicians of Bremen (1972)	27
Muppet Performer	Sesame Street: Put Down the Duckie: An All-Star Musical Special (1988)	44
Various Muppets	Rocky Mountain Holiday with John Denver and the Muppets (1983)	38
Miss Piggy	Muppet Video: The Kermit and Piggy Story (1985)	0
Thig / Skippity / Hoppity / Boppity / Snerf	The Great Santa Claus Switch (1970)	26
	In Their Own Words: Jim Henson (2015)	71
	Muppet Music Moments (2004)	60
	The Paperwork Explosion (1967)	22
Himself	Bert & Ernie's Word Play	0
Himself	The Muppets on Puppets (1970)	25
Bert / Cookie Monster / Grover	Out to Lunch (1974)	30
Himself / Fozzie Bear / Animal	The Orson Welles Show (1979)	34
Grump	Muppet Side Splitter (1981)	37
Miss Piggy	The Fantastic Miss Piggy Show (1982)	38
Fozzie Bear	Hey, You're as Funny as Fozzie Bear (1988)	44
Self	An Evening with Jim Henson and Frank Oz (1989)	45
	Sesame Street: 25 Wonderful Years: A Musical Celebration! (1993)	49
	Sesame Street: Cookie Monster's Best Bites (2004)	59
	Jim Henson: Commercials and Experiments (2004)	60
	Muppet History 101 (2004)	60
	Jim Henson: His Sesame Street Story (2009)	65

Frank Oz TV Shows (10)

His first TV Show was The Oscars (1953).

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Awards (3)

Awarded Daytime Emmy Award , awarded Primetime Emmy Award , awarded Primetime Emmy Award for Outstanding Comedy Series in 1977 ,

Education

He graduated from Laney College

What is Frank's zodiac sign?

Frank Oz zodiac sign is gemini.

Where does He lives?

He is living in New York City.

When is Oz's next birthday?

Frank Oz was born on the 25th of May 1944, which was a Thursday. He will be turning 80 in only 362 days from today (29 May, 2023).

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