Frank Oz

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film actor film director human puppeteer screenwriter stage actor television actor television director voice actor

Frank Oz is an acclaimed puppeteer, actor, and filmmaker best known for performing iconic Muppet characters and voicing Yoda in the Star Wars franchise.

Statements (60)

Predicate	Object
instanceOf	film actor → film director → human → puppeteer → screenwriter → stage actor → television actor → television director → voice actor →
birthName	Frank Richard Oznowicz →
countryOfCitizenship	United Kingdom → United States of America →
dateOfBirth	1944-05-25 →
directorOf	Bowfinger (1999 film) → Death at a Funeral (2007 film) → Dirty Rotten Scoundrels (1988 film) → In & Out (1997 film) → Little Shop of Horrors (1986 film) → The Muppets Take Manhattan (1984 film) → The Score (2001 film) → What About Bob? (1991 film) →
employer	Sesame Workshop → The Jim Henson Company → The Muppets Studio →
familyName	Oznowicz →
genre	comedy film → fantasy film →
givenName	Frank →
languageSpoken	English →
name	Frank Oz →
notableCharacterPerformed	Animal → Bert → Cookie Monster → Fozzie Bear → Grover → Miss Piggy → Sam Eagle → Yoda →
notableWork	Bowfinger (1999 film) → Death at a Funeral (2007 film) → Dirty Rotten Scoundrels (1988 film) → In & Out (1997 film) → Little Shop of Horrors (1986 film) → Sesame Street → Star Wars film series → The Dark Crystal → The Muppet Show → The Score (2001 film) → What About Bob? (1991 film) →
occupation	actor → film director → puppeteer → screenwriter → voice actor →
performedPuppetryFor	Yoda →
placeOfBirth	Hereford, England, United Kingdom →
voicedCharacter	Yoda →
workedOn	The Great Muppet Caper (1981 film) → The Muppet Movie (1979 film) →
workedWith	Jim Henson →

Referenced by (8)

Subject (surface form when different)	Predicate
Star Wars: The Last Jedi → Zathura: A Space Adventure →	castMember
Dirty Rotten Scoundrels → What About Bob? →	director
Frank Oz →	name
Star Wars: Episode VI – Return of the Jedi →	starred
Star Wars: Episode II – Attack of the Clones →	starring
Star Wars: Episode III – Revenge of the Sith →	stars