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Frank Oz

Highest Rated:: 97% Star Wars: Episode V - The Empire Strikes Back (1980)
Lowest Rated:: 27% The Stepford Wives (2004)

Birthday:: May 25, 1944
Birthplace:: Hereford, England, UK
Bio:: Born in Hereford, England, Frank Oz (born Frank Oznowicz) graduated from California's Oakland City College during 1962 and joined the humans behind Jim Henson's fledgling Muppet group as a puppeteer the following year. He was part of the first-season cast of Saturday Night Live as the Mighty Favag…

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Highest Rated Movies

Filmography

Range of Movie T-meters: 27% - 97%

Number of Movies: 60

Box Office Since 2001: $934.4M

Year	Rating	Title	Credit	Box Office
2013		Monsters University	Actor	--
2012	96%	Monsters, Inc. 3D	Fungus	$34.0M
2011	94%	Being Elmo: A Puppeteer's Journey	Frank Oz	$0.3M
2009		Sesame Street: Elmo's Animal Adventures	Actor	--
2009		Muppets 201: Rarities from the Henson Vault	Actor	--
2007	61%	Death at a Funeral	Director	$8.4M
2006		Sesame Street: Elmo's Potty Time	Actor	--
2005	75%	Zathura	Robot	$28.0M
2005		Piggy Banks (Born Killers)	Actor	--
2005	80%	Star Wars: Episode III - Revenge of the Sith 3D	Yoda	$380.2M
2004	27%	The Stepford Wives	Director	$59.3M
2004		Empire of Dreams: The Story of the Star Wars Trilogy	Actor	--
2004		Sesame Street - Fiesta!	Actor	--
2002	67%	Star Wars: Episode II - Attack of the Clones 3D	Yoda	$310.3M
2002	89%	It's a Very Merry Muppet Christmas Movie	Animal	--
2001	73%	The Score	Director	$70.3M
1999	57%	Star Wars: Episode I - The Phantom Menace	Yoda	$43.5M
1999	77%	The Adventures of Elmo in Grouchland	Bert	--
1999	80%	Bowfinger	Director	--
1999	63%	Muppets From Space	Animal	--
1998	45%	Blues Brothers 2000	Prison Warden	--
1998		Sesame Street: The Great Numbers Game	Actor	--
1997	73%	In & Out	Director	--
1996	70%	Muppet Treasure Island	Benjamina Gunn (Miss Piggy)	--
1995	68%	The Indian in the Cupboard	Director	--
1994		Muppet Classic Theater	Actor	--
1994		World of Jim Henson	Actor	--
1993		Sesame Street - Celebrates Around the World	Actor	--
1992	38%	Innocent Blood	Pathologist	--
1992	37%	Housesitter	Director	--
1992	69%	The Muppet Christmas Carol	Animal	--
1991	82%	What About Bob?	Director	--
1991		Sesame Street: Sing, Hoot & Howl	Actor	--
1990		The Muppets at Walt Disney World	Actor	--
1990		The Muppets Celebrate Jim Henson	Actor	--
1988	88%	Dirty Rotten Scoundrels	Director	--
1987		A Muppet Family Christmas	Actor	--
1986	64%	Labyrinth	The Wiseman	--
1986	90%	Little Shop of Horrors	Director	--
1986		Sesame Street: Learning About Letters	Actor	--
1985	35%	Spies Like Us	Test Monitor	--
1985	91%	Sesame Street Presents - Follow that Bird	Bert	--
1984	81%	The Muppets Take Manhattan	Animal Director Screenwriter	--
1983	79%	Star Wars: Episode VI - Return of the Jedi	Yoda	--
1983	89%	Trading Places	Corrupt Cop	--
1982	71%	The Dark Crystal	Director Aughra	--
1982		Return of the Ewok	Actor	--
1981		The Muppets Go To The Movies	Actor	--
1981	78%	The Great Muppet Caper	Producer Animal	--
1981	89%	An American Werewolf in London	Mr. Collins	--
1980	86%	The Blues Brothers	Corrections Officer	--
1980	97%	Star Wars: Episode V - The Empire Strikes Back	Yoda	--
1979	90%	The Muppet Movie	Animal	--
1977		Emmet Otter's Jug-Band Christmas	Actor	--
1976		The Muppet Show	Actor	--
1972		Muppet Musicians of Bremen	Actor	--
1972		Frog Prince	Actor	--
1969		Hey, Cinderella!	Actor	--
1969		Sesame Street: Let's Make Music	Actor	--
1967		The Paperwork Explosion	Actor	--

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Quotes from Frank Oz's Characters

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1. Yoda: Do or do not. There is no try.
From Star Wars: Episode V - The Empire Strikes Back. Submitted by Michael B (23 days ago)

1. Lady Holiday: We have to make drastic changes in the new line before the show tomorrow. All my girls are going around looking like barn-yard animals. Good heavens, who are you?
2. Miss Piggy: My name is Miss Piggy and I would like to be a high-fashion model.
3. Lady Holiday: Doesn't surprise me. Seems to be the way we're heading.
From The Great Muppet Caper. Submitted by Christopher B (2 months ago)