Portrait of Frank Oz

Acting

Frank Oz

Career

Active from 1965 to 2025, busiest in 1985 with 9 main titles.

Leading roles
54
top three billing
Average score
GoodWatch score69/100
Highest rated
Poster for The Muppet Show
The Muppet Show
GoodWatch score92/100

What stands out

Compared with the average well-known movie, over 66 of their titles. Select a trait to filter titles.

Energy: 3.9 versus catalog average 4.6EnergyHeart: 5.1 versus catalog average 4.2HeartHumor: 4.0 versus catalog average 2.6HumorWorld: 5.7 versus catalog average 5.6WorldCraft: 5.2 versus catalog average 5.3CraftStyle: 6.5 versus catalog average 5.9Style
Frank Oz Catalog average

Rarely in their work

  • Psychological
    3.5, average 5.5
  • Violence
    2.2, average 4.1
  • Melancholy
    3.0, average 4.7
  • Tension
    4.3, average 6.0

Main genres

Select a genre to see those titles.

Recurring tags

  • Family-Friendly 13
  • Nostalgic 9
  • Wholesome Entertainment 6
  • Gentle Humor 4
  • Musical Comedy 4
  • Feel-Good 4
  • Sesame Street 4
  • Educational 4
  • Musical 4
  • Intergenerational Appeal 3
  • Comfort Viewing 3
  • Nostalgic Variety Show 3

Works often with

People in at least two of their main titles.

Movies and TV shows

155
Type
Role
Score
Decade
Genre
Group by

2020s

11 titles · average score 64
fozzie descuido venga la alegría
fozzie descuido venga la alegría (2025)

as Fozzie

The Muppets Take Scripthatten
The Muppets Take Scripthatten (2025)

Original Film Writer

Inside Out 2
Inside Out 2 (2024)
GoodWatch score 79

as Mind Cop Dave (voice)

Fuzzy Head
Fuzzy Head (2023)
GoodWatch score 38

Executive Producer

S.P.I.C.
S.P.I.C. (2023)

Executive Producer

Obi-Wan Kenobi
Obi-Wan Kenobi (2022)
GoodWatch score 71

TV show · as Yoda (voice) (archive footage) (uncredited)

Jerry Nelson: A Celebratory Birthday Animatic
Jerry Nelson: A Celebratory Birthday Animatic (2022)

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

Echoes of Violence
Echoes of Violence (2021)
GoodWatch score 44

as Dante

Derek DelGaudio's In & of Itself
Derek DelGaudio's In & of Itself (2020)
GoodWatch score 86

Director

Jedi Temple Challenge
Jedi Temple Challenge (2020)

TV show · as Yoda (voice)

Muppet Guys Talking: A Special Conversation to Honor Jim Henson
Muppet Guys Talking: A Special Conversation to Honor Jim Henson (2020)

Director

2010s

9 titles · average score 74
Knives Out
Knives Out (2019)
GoodWatch score 85

as Alan Stevens

Star Wars: The Rise of Skywalker
Star Wars: The Rise of Skywalker (2019)
GoodWatch score 55

as Yoda (voice)

Sesame Street: 50 Years and Counting
Sesame Street: 50 Years and Counting (2019)

as Grover / Cookie Monster / Various Characters

Muppet Guys Talking: Secrets Behind the Show the Whole World Watched
Muppet Guys Talking: Secrets Behind the Show the Whole World Watched (2017)

Director

Star Wars: The Last Jedi
Star Wars: The Last Jedi (2017)
GoodWatch score 71

as Yoda (voice)

Inside Out
Inside Out (2015)
GoodWatch score 89

as Subconscious Guard Dave (voice)

Star Wars: The Force Awakens
Star Wars: The Force Awakens (2015)
GoodWatch score 79

as Yoda (archive sound) (uncredited)

The Great Gilly Hopkins
The Great Gilly Hopkins (2015)
GoodWatch score 60

as Cookie Monster (voice)

Star Wars Rebels
Star Wars Rebels (2014)
GoodWatch score 83

TV show · as Yoda (voice)

2000s

19 titles · average score 67
Death at a Funeral
Death at a Funeral (2007)
GoodWatch score 68

Director

Sesame Street: Elmo's Potty Time
Sesame Street: Elmo's Potty Time (2006)

as Grover (voice)

Star Wars: Episode III - Revenge of the Sith
Star Wars: Episode III - Revenge of the Sith (2005)
GoodWatch score 74

as Yoda (voice)

Zathura: A Space Adventure
Zathura: A Space Adventure (2005)
GoodWatch score 67

as Robot (voice)

The Stepford Wives
The Stepford Wives (2004)
GoodWatch score 42

Director

Sesame Street: Cookie Monster's Best Bites
Sesame Street: Cookie Monster's Best Bites (2004)

as Cookie Monster (voice)

Sesame Street: Let's Eat! Funny Food Songs
Sesame Street: Let's Eat! Funny Food Songs (2003)

as Grover / Cookie Monster (voice)

Muppets Magic from 'The Ed Sullivan Show!'
Muppets Magic from 'The Ed Sullivan Show!' (2003)

as Muppet Performer

Star Wars: Episode II - Attack of the Clones
Star Wars: Episode II - Attack of the Clones (2002)
GoodWatch score 60

as Yoda (voice)

Sesame Street: Play with Me Sesame
Sesame Street: Play with Me Sesame (2002)

TV show

The Score
The Score (2001)
GoodWatch score 70

Director

Monsters, Inc.
Monsters, Inc. (2001)
GoodWatch score 85

as Jeff Fungus (voice)

1990s

39 titles · average score 63
Bowfinger
Bowfinger (1999)
GoodWatch score 71

Director

Muppets from Space
Muppets from Space (1999)
GoodWatch score 60

as Miss Piggy / Fozzie Bear / Animal / Sam the Eagle (voice)

Blues Brothers 2000
Blues Brothers 2000 (1998)
GoodWatch score 46

as Warden

In & Out
In & Out (1997)
GoodWatch score 67

Director

Muppets Tonight
Muppets Tonight (1996)
GoodWatch score 55

TV show · as Miss Piggy / Fozzie Bear / Animal / George the Janitor

Muppet Treasure Island
Muppet Treasure Island (1996)
GoodWatch score 71

as Miss Piggy / Fozzie Bear / Sam the Eagle / Animal (voice)

The Indian in the Cupboard
The Indian in the Cupboard (1995)
GoodWatch score 61

Director

Sesame Street's 25th Birthday: A Musical Celebration
Sesame Street's 25th Birthday: A Musical Celebration (1993)

as Bert / Grover / Cookie Monster (voice)

Housesitter
Housesitter (1992)
GoodWatch score 53

Director

The Muppet Christmas Carol
The Muppet Christmas Carol (1992)
GoodWatch score 75

as 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)

What About Bob?
What About Bob? (1991)
GoodWatch score 68

Director

The Muppets at Walt Disney World
The Muppets at Walt Disney World (1990)
GoodWatch score 70

as Miss Piggy / Fozzie Bear / Animal (voice)

1980s

41 titles · average score 72
Dirty Rotten Scoundrels
Dirty Rotten Scoundrels (1988)
GoodWatch score 77

Director

A Muppet Family Christmas
A Muppet Family Christmas (1987)
GoodWatch score 77

as Miss Piggy / Fozzy Bear / Animal / Sam the Eagle / Bert / Grover / Cookie Monster

Little Shop of Horrors
Little Shop of Horrors (1986)
GoodWatch score 80

Director

The Muppets: A Celebration of 30 Years
The Muppets: A Celebration of 30 Years (1986)
GoodWatch score 70

as Fozzie Bear / Miss Piggy / Sam the Eagle / Bert / Animal / Grover / Cookie Monster / Marvin Suggs (voice)

Follow That Bird
Follow That Bird (1985)
GoodWatch score 63

as Cookie Monster / Bert / Grover / Additional Muppets (voice)

Spies Like Us
Spies Like Us (1985)
GoodWatch score 45

as Test Monitor

Muppet Treasures
Muppet Treasures (1985)

as Fozzie Bear / Miss Piggy / Animal

The Muppets Take Manhattan
The Muppets Take Manhattan (1984)
GoodWatch score 73

as Miss Piggy / Fozzie / Animal / Bert / Cookie Monster / Ocean Breeze Soap Board Member / Sam the Eagle (voice)

Don't Eat the Pictures: Sesame Street at the Metropolitan Museum of Art
Don't Eat the Pictures: Sesame Street at the Metropolitan Museum of Art (1983)
GoodWatch score 72

as Bert / Cookie Monster / Grover (voice)

The Dark Crystal
The Dark Crystal (1982)
GoodWatch score 73

as Aughra, a Keeper of Secrets / Chamberlain

The Fantastic Miss Piggy Show
The Fantastic Miss Piggy Show (1982)
GoodWatch score 76

as Miss Piggy / Fozzie Bear / Animal (voice)

The Great Muppet Caper
The Great Muppet Caper (1981)
GoodWatch score 74

as Miss Piggy / Fozzie Bear / Animal / Sam the Eagle / Gramps / Swedish Chef (voice)

1970s

28 titles · average score 76
The Muppet Movie
The Muppet Movie (1979)
GoodWatch score 80

as Miss Piggy / Fozzie Bear / Animal / Sam the Eagle / Doc Hopper's Men / Marvin Suggs / Swedish Chef (hands) / Motorcycle Guy (voice)

John Denver and the Muppets: A Christmas Together
John Denver and the Muppets: A Christmas Together (1979)
GoodWatch score 73

as Miss Piggy / Fozzie Bear / Animal (voice)

The Muppets Go Hollywood
The Muppets Go Hollywood (1979)
GoodWatch score 65

as Miss Piggy / Fozzie Bear / Animal / Sam the Eagle (voice)

Christmas Eve on Sesame Street
Christmas Eve on Sesame Street (1978)
GoodWatch score 80

as Bert / Cookie Monster / Grover (voice)

Julie Andrews: One Step Into Spring
Julie Andrews: One Step Into Spring (1978)

as Miss Piggy / Fozzie Bear

Emmet Otter's Jug-Band Christmas
Emmet Otter's Jug-Band Christmas (1977)
GoodWatch score 89

as Chuck (voice)

The Muppet Show
The Muppet Show (1976)
GoodWatch score 92

TV show · as Miss Piggy / Fozzie Bear / Animal / Sam Eagle / Marvin Suggs / George the Janitor (voice)

Saturday Night Live
Saturday Night Live (1975)
GoodWatch score 69

TV show · as The Mighty Favog (voice) / The Flood (voice)

The Muppet Musicians of Bremen
The Muppet Musicians of Bremen (1972)
GoodWatch score 71

as Rat (voice)

Tales from Muppetland: The Frog Prince
Tales from Muppetland: The Frog Prince (1971)
GoodWatch score 74

as Gawain (voice)

Great Performances
Great Performances (1971)
GoodWatch score 70

TV show · as Miss Piggy (voice) / Self

The Great Santa Claus Switch
The Great Santa Claus Switch (1970)

as Thig / Skippity / Hoppity / Boppity / Snerf (voice)

1960s

6 titles · average score 71
Sesame Street
Sesame Street (1969)
GoodWatch score 69

TV show · as Bert/Cookie Monster/Grover

This Way to Sesame Street
This Way to Sesame Street (1969)

as Bert

Hey Cinderella!
Hey Cinderella! (1969)
GoodWatch score 72

as Stepsister #1 / Splurge (voice)

Sesame Street Pitch Reel
Sesame Street Pitch Reel (1969)

as Scoop / Beautiful Day Monster (voice)

Run, Run
Run, Run (1965)
GoodWatch score 65

Director of Photography

Time Piece
Time Piece (1965)
GoodWatch score 79

as Messenger Boy

1950s

2 titles · average score 81
The Wonderful World of Disney
The Wonderful World of Disney (1954)
GoodWatch score 81

TV show · as Miss Piggy (voice)

The Oscars
The Oscars (1953)

TV show · as Self / Miss Piggy