Frank Oz was born on Frank Richard Oznowicz; May 25,1944 and is an American actor, puppeteer, and filmmaker.
12 Facts About Frank Oz
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Frank Oz performed the character of Yoda in the Star Wars series, beginning with The Empire Strikes Back and reprising the role in six subsequent films and various media over the course of the next forty years.
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Frank Oz's parents moved to England where the father joined the Dutch Brigades.
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Frank Oz worked as an apprentice puppeteer at Children's Fairyland as a teenager with the Vagabond Puppets, a production of the Oakland Recreation Department, where Lettie Connell was his mentor.
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Frank Oz was 19 when he joined Henson in New York to work on the Muppets in 1963.
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Frank Oz's characters have included Miss Piggy, Fozzie Bear, Animal, and Sam Eagle on The Muppet Show, and Grover, Cookie Monster and Bert on Sesame Street.
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Frank Oz directed the 2017 documentary Muppet Guys Talking: Secrets Behind the Show the Whole World Watched in which he and other Muppet performers discuss working behind the scenes with Jim Henson and the Muppets.
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Frank Oz appeared in a similar role and scene in Trading Places, directed by Landis.
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Frank Oz had roles in several other Landis films including An American Werewolf in London, Spies Like Us, Innocent Blood, and Blues Brothers 2000.
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Frank Oz played a lawyer in the critically acclaimed 2019 film Knives Out.
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Frank Oz married his second wife Victoria Labalme in 2011.
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Frank Oz maintained a residence in England for nine years and, as of 2012, lives in Manhattan.