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* He played Yoda in the ''Franchise/StarWars'' films, puppeteering him in ''Film/TheEmpireStrikesBack'', ''Film/ReturnOfTheJedi'' and ''Film/ThePhantomMenace'' [[note]]it was replaced by a CGI Yoda in later home video releases[[/note]] and voicing him in ''Film/AttackOfTheClones'', ''Film/RevengeOfTheSith''. He also had a vocal cameo in ''Film/TheForceAwakens''. He reprised the role in ''Film/TheLastJedi'', in which Yoda is a puppet again, and had another voice cameo in ''Film/TheRiseOfSkywalker''.

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* He played Yoda in the ''Franchise/StarWars'' films, puppeteering him in ''Film/TheEmpireStrikesBack'', ''Film/ReturnOfTheJedi'' and ''Film/ThePhantomMenace'' [[note]]it was replaced by a CGI Yoda in later home video releases[[/note]] and voicing him in ''Film/AttackOfTheClones'', ''Film/AttackOfTheClones'' and ''Film/RevengeOfTheSith''. He also had a vocal cameo in ''Film/TheForceAwakens''. He reprised the role in ''Film/TheLastJedi'', in which Yoda is a puppet again, and had another voice cameo in ''Film/TheRiseOfSkywalker''.
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* LargeHam: He tends to ham up the performance of many of his Muppet characters, and [[JustForPun not just Miss Piggy]], but Animal, Sam the Eagle, Bert, Grover and Cookie Monster all have had ''many'' hammy moments.

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* LargeHam: He tends to ham up the performance of many of his Muppet characters, and [[JustForPun not just Miss Piggy]], but Fozzie Bear, Animal, Sam the Eagle, Bert, Grover and Cookie Monster all have had ''many'' hammy moments.
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Frank Oz (born Frank Richard Oznowicz; May 25, 1944) is an American film director, actor, voice actor and puppeteer born in Hereford, England. Next to Creator/JimHenson, Oz is considered one of the greatest puppeteers in modern history, and was instrumental in the development of Henson's [[Franchise/TheMuppets Muppets]], especially when it came to their comedic style (much of the Muppets' humor came from Henson and Oz cracking each other, and by extension, everyone else, up).

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Frank Oz (born Frank Richard Oznowicz; May 25, 1944) is an American film director, actor, voice actor and puppeteer born in Hereford, England. Next to Creator/JimHenson, Oz is considered one of the greatest puppeteers in modern history, and was instrumental in the development of Henson's [[Franchise/TheMuppets Muppets]], especially when it came to their comedic style (much of the Muppets' humor came from Henson and Oz cracking each other, and by extension, everyone else, up).
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Frank Oz (born Frank Richard Oznowicz; May 25, 1944) is an American film director, actor, voice actor and puppeteer born in Hereford, England. Next to Creator/JimHenson, Oz is considered one of the greatest puppeteers in modern history, and was instrumental in the development of Henson's [[Franchise/TheMuppets Muppets]].

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Frank Oz (born Frank Richard Oznowicz; May 25, 1944) is an American film director, actor, voice actor and puppeteer born in Hereford, England. Next to Creator/JimHenson, Oz is considered one of the greatest puppeteers in modern history, and was instrumental in the development of Henson's [[Franchise/TheMuppets Muppets]].
Muppets]], especially when it came to their comedic style (much of the Muppets' humor came from Henson and Oz cracking each other, and by extension, everyone else, up).
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After moving to America with his family as a child, he grew up surrounded by puppetry. His parents were both puppeteers (his father Mike Oznowicz even served a term as the president of Puppeteers of America), and he performed in puppet shows as a teen at the Children's Fairyland amusement park in UsefulNotes/{{Oakland}}. After befriending Creator/JimHenson he became one of the original Creator/MuppetPerformers in 1963 and is still technically involved with the organization (though he retired from regular performing in 2001).

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After moving to America with his family as a child, he grew up surrounded by puppetry. His parents were both puppeteers (his father Mike Oznowicz even served a term as the president of Puppeteers of America), and he performed in puppet shows as a teen at the Children's Fairyland amusement park in UsefulNotes/{{Oakland}}. After befriending Creator/JimHenson Jim Henson he became one of the original Creator/MuppetPerformers in 1963 and is still technically involved with the organization (though he retired from regular performing in 2001).
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Frank Oz (born Frank Richard Oznowicz; May 25, 1944) is an American film director, actor, voice actor and puppeteer born in Hereford, England.

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Frank Oz (born Frank Richard Oznowicz; May 25, 1944) is an American film director, actor, voice actor and puppeteer born in Hereford, England.
England. Next to Creator/JimHenson, Oz is considered one of the greatest puppeteers in modern history, and was instrumental in the development of Henson's [[Franchise/TheMuppets Muppets]].
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* ThoseTwoGuys: Arguably, with Jim Henson. Whether it was as Ernie and Bert, Kermit and Miss Piggy, or Kermit and Fozzie, Henson and Oz provided the Muppet legacy with some of their funniest moments of all-time.
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After moving to America with his family as a child, he grew up surrounded by puppetry. His parents were both puppeteers (his father Mike Oznowicz even served a term as the president of Puppeteers of America), and he performed in puppet shows as a teen at the Children's Fairyland amusement park in UsefulNotes/{{Oakland}}. After befriending Creator/JimHenson he joined Franchise/TheMuppets in 1963 and is still technically involved with the organization (though he retired from regular performing in 2001).

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After moving to America with his family as a child, he grew up surrounded by puppetry. His parents were both puppeteers (his father Mike Oznowicz even served a term as the president of Puppeteers of America), and he performed in puppet shows as a teen at the Children's Fairyland amusement park in UsefulNotes/{{Oakland}}. After befriending Creator/JimHenson he joined Franchise/TheMuppets became one of the original Creator/MuppetPerformers in 1963 and is still technically involved with the organization (though he retired from regular performing in 2001).
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Frank Oz (born Frank Richard Oznowicz; 25 May 1944) is an American film director, actor, voice actor and puppeteer born in Hereford, England.

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Frank Oz (born Frank Richard Oznowicz; 25 May 25, 1944) is an American film director, actor, voice actor and puppeteer born in Hereford, England.
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Frank Oz (born Frank Richard Oznowicz; 25 May 1944) is a American film director, actor, voice actor and puppeteer born in Hereford, England.

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Frank Oz (born Frank Richard Oznowicz; 25 May 1944) is a an American film director, actor, voice actor and puppeteer born in Hereford, England.
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* PlayingWIthCharacterType: Oz usually played goofy, silly-looking creatures. Yoda is a goofy, silly-looking character who is actually very wise and powerful beneath his facade. By the prequels, Yoda's veneer of goofiness is gone and it reaches PlayingAgainstType as Yoda is almost entirely serious.

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* PlayingWIthCharacterType: PlayingWithCharacterType: Oz usually played goofy, silly-looking creatures. Yoda is a goofy, silly-looking character who is actually very wise and powerful beneath his facade. By the prequels, Yoda's veneer of goofiness is gone and it reaches PlayingAgainstType as Yoda is almost entirely serious.
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* LargeHam: He tends to ham up the performance of many of his Muppet characters, and [[JustForPun not just Miss Piggy]], but Animal, Sam the Eagle, Bert, Grover and Cookie Monster all have had ''many'' hammy moments.
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Frank Oz (born Frank Richard Oznowicz; 25 May 1944) is a British-born American film director, actor, voice actor and puppeteer.

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Frank Oz (born Frank Richard Oznowicz; 25 May 1944) is a British-born American film director, actor, voice actor and puppeteer.
puppeteer born in Hereford, England.
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Frank Oz (born Frank Richard Oznowicz; May 25, 1944 in Hereford, England) is a British-born American film director, actor, voice actor and puppeteer.

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Frank Oz (born Frank Richard Oznowicz; 25 May 25, 1944 in Hereford, England) 1944) is a British-born American film director, actor, voice actor and puppeteer.



* He reprised his role as Yoda in ''WesternAnimation/StarWarsRebels''.

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* He reprised his role as Yoda in ''WesternAnimation/StarWarsRebels''.
''WesternAnimation/StarWarsRebels''. He also did Yoda's voice for ''Series/StarWarsJediTempleChallenge''.
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* He performed Grover, Bert, Cookie Monster and many other characters on ''Series/SesameStreet'' from 1969 until 2001, when he stopped being a full-time performer so he could focus on his directing career. Bert and Grover are now performed by Eric Jacobson, and Cookie Monster is performed by David Rudman. He still occasionally returns to perform them.

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* He performed Grover, Bert, Cookie Monster and many other characters on ''Series/SesameStreet'' from 1969 until 2001, when he stopped being a full-time performer so he could focus on his directing career. Bert and Grover are now performed by Eric Jacobson, and Cookie Monster is performed by David Rudman. He still occasionally returns Until about 2012, he would return to perform them.them in some miscellaneous sketches.
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Frank Oz (born Frank Richard Oznowicz; May 25, 1944) is a British-born American film director, actor, voice actor and puppeteer.

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Frank Oz (born Frank Richard Oznowicz; May 25, 1944) 1944 in Hereford, England) is a British-born American film director, actor, voice actor and puppeteer.
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* PlayingWIthCharacterType: Oz usually played goofy, silly-looking creatures. Yoda is a goofy, silly-looking character who is actually very wise and powerful beneath his facade. By the prequels, Yoda's veneer of goofiness is gone and it reaches PlayingAgainstType as Yoda is almost entirely serious.
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* CrossDressingVoices: As Miss Piggy.

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* CrossDressingVoices: As Miss Piggy.Piggy, plus some one-off female voices on ''Sesame Street''.

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Frank Oz (born Frank Richard Oznowicz; May 25, 1944) is an American film director, actor, voice actor and puppeteer.

He is most famous for his puppetry and voice work, alongside Creator/JimHenson in ''Franchise/TheMuppets'' and ''Series/SesameStreet'', and as [[Characters/StarWarsYoda Yoda]] in the ''Franchise/StarWars'' franchise.

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Frank Oz (born Frank Richard Oznowicz; May 25, 1944) is an a British-born American film director, actor, voice actor and puppeteer.

After moving to America with his family as a child, he grew up surrounded by puppetry. His parents were both puppeteers (his father Mike Oznowicz even served a term as the president of Puppeteers of America), and he performed in puppet shows as a teen at the Children's Fairyland amusement park in UsefulNotes/{{Oakland}}. After befriending Creator/JimHenson he joined Franchise/TheMuppets in 1963 and is still technically involved with the organization (though he retired from regular performing in 2001).

He is most famous for his puppetry and voice work, alongside Creator/JimHenson work in ''Franchise/TheMuppets'' and ''Series/SesameStreet'', and as [[Characters/StarWarsYoda Yoda]] in the ''Franchise/StarWars'' franchise.franchise. He has also had success as a film director.
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* He played Yoda in the ''Franchise/StarWars'' films, puppeteering him in ''Film/TheEmpireStrikesBack'', ''Film/ReturnOfTheJedi'' and ''Film/ThePhantomMenace'' [[note]]it was replaced by a CGI Yoda in later home video releases[[/note]] and voicing him in ''Film/AttackOfTheClones'', ''Film/RevengeOfTheSith''. He also had a vocal cameo in ''Film/TheForceAwakens''. [[spoiler:He reprised the role in ''Film/TheLastJedi'', in which Yoda is a puppet again.]]

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* He played Yoda in the ''Franchise/StarWars'' films, puppeteering him in ''Film/TheEmpireStrikesBack'', ''Film/ReturnOfTheJedi'' and ''Film/ThePhantomMenace'' [[note]]it was replaced by a CGI Yoda in later home video releases[[/note]] and voicing him in ''Film/AttackOfTheClones'', ''Film/RevengeOfTheSith''. He also had a vocal cameo in ''Film/TheForceAwakens''. [[spoiler:He He reprised the role in ''Film/TheLastJedi'', in which Yoda is a puppet again.]]again, and had another voice cameo in ''Film/TheRiseOfSkywalker''.
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* He's the lawyer of a BigScrewedUpFamily fighting over their patriarch's heritage in Creator/RianJohnson's ''Film/KnivesOut''.

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* He played a corrupt cop in ''Film/TradingPlaces''
* In ''Film/TheBluesBrothers'', he's the prison guard in charge of the prisoner's personal effects; in ''Film/BluesBrothers2000'' he plays a prison warden who is presumably the same character.

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* He played a corrupt cop He's had small roles in ''Film/TradingPlaces''
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a bunch of Creator/JohnLandis movies. In ''Film/TheBluesBrothers'', he's the prison guard in charge of the prisoner's personal effects; in ''Film/BluesBrothers2000'' he plays a prison warden who is presumably the same character.character. He's a representative from the US Embassy in ''Film/AnAmericanWerewolfInLondon'', a corrupt cop in ''Film/TradingPlaces'', a test monitor in ''Film/SpiesLikeUs'', and a pathologist in ''Film/InnocentBlood''. Landis in turn plays a theatrical producer in ''Film/TheMuppetsTakeManhattan''.
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* He played Yoda in the ''Franchise/StarWars'' films, puppeteering him in ''Film/TheEmpireStrikesBack'', ''Film/ReturnOfTheJedi'' and ''Film/ThePhantomMenace'' [[note]]it was replaced by a CGI Yoda in later home video releases[[/note]] and voicing him in ''Film/AttackOfTheClones'', ''Film/RevengeOfTheSith''. He also had a vocal cameo in ''Film/TheForceAwakens''. [[spoiler:He also has a OneSceneWonder moment in ''Film/TheLastJedi''.]]

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* He played Yoda in the ''Franchise/StarWars'' films, puppeteering him in ''Film/TheEmpireStrikesBack'', ''Film/ReturnOfTheJedi'' and ''Film/ThePhantomMenace'' [[note]]it was replaced by a CGI Yoda in later home video releases[[/note]] and voicing him in ''Film/AttackOfTheClones'', ''Film/RevengeOfTheSith''. He also had a vocal cameo in ''Film/TheForceAwakens''. [[spoiler:He also has a OneSceneWonder moment reprised the role in ''Film/TheLastJedi''.''Film/TheLastJedi'', in which Yoda is a puppet again.]]
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He is most famous for his puppetry and voice work, alongside Creator/JimHenson in ''Franchise/TheMuppets'' and ''Series/SesameStreet'', and as Yoda in the ''Franchise/StarWars'' franchise.

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He is most famous for his puppetry and voice work, alongside Creator/JimHenson in ''Franchise/TheMuppets'' and ''Series/SesameStreet'', and as Yoda [[Characters/StarWarsYoda Yoda]] in the ''Franchise/StarWars'' franchise.
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He is most famous for his puppetry work alongside Creator/JimHenson in ''Franchise/TheMuppets'' and ''Series/SesameStreet'', and for animating and voicing Yoda in the ''Franchise/StarWars'' franchise.

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He is most famous for his puppetry work and voice work, alongside Creator/JimHenson in ''Franchise/TheMuppets'' and ''Series/SesameStreet'', and for animating and voicing as Yoda in the ''Franchise/StarWars'' franchise.
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* WhatCouldHaveBeen: Frank Ox was at one point planning to direct an adaptation of the musical Theatre/{{Dreamgirls}}, but this never happened.

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* WhatCouldHaveBeen: Frank Ox Oz was at one point planning to direct an adaptation of the musical Theatre/{{Dreamgirls}}, but this never happened.
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He is most famous for his puppetry work in ''Franchise/TheMuppets'' and ''Series/SesameStreet'' and for animating and voicing Yoda in the ''Franchise/StarWars'' franchise.

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He is most famous for his puppetry work alongside Creator/JimHenson in ''Franchise/TheMuppets'' and ''Series/SesameStreet'' ''Series/SesameStreet'', and for animating and voicing Yoda in the ''Franchise/StarWars'' franchise.

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