Actor
Eric Jacobson
56 years · Fort Worth, Texas, USA · 68 films
From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia. Eric Jacobson (b. July 25, 1970) is a puppeteer and Muppet performer, who has been the primary replacement puppeteer for Frank Oz's characters since 2001. Jacobson initially started playing Bert in 1997, but officially joined the cast as Bert and additional Muppets in 2000. His role expanded in 2002 to include new Grover segments, particularly Global Grover. In 2001 he and David Rudman played Cookie Monster until 2002 when Sesame Workshop chose David as Cookie so there would be more interaction between Bert/Grover and Cookie Monster. His second role came in 2001 with The Book of Pooh, where he worked on Piglet and Kanga. That year, he also began playing Miss Piggy, debuting at the "Muppetfest" convention. Subsequently, in It's a Very Merry Muppet Christmas Movie (2002), he performed the roles of Miss Piggy, Fozzie Bear and Animal. In The Muppets' Wizard of Oz (2005) he performed all of these characters, as well as Sam the Eagle. Jacobson currently is a puppeteer for many Muppet productions, for Sesame Street, and Play with Me Sesame (2002 on). Jacobson appeared as the Little Bad Wolf in the pilot episode of Jack's Big Music Show. Description above from the Wikipedia article Eric Jacobson, licensed under CC-BY-SA, full list of contributors on Wikipedia.
Best known for
The Muppets
2011 · Miss Piggy / Fozzie / Animal / Sam Eagle / Marvin Suggs (voice)
Muppets Most Wanted
2014 · Miss Piggy / Fozzie Bear / Animal / Sam Eagle (voice)
On Disney Plus
Muppets Haunted Mansion
2021 · Miss Piggy / Fozzie / Animal / Sam Eagle
On Hulu
The Muppets' Wizard of Oz
2005 · The Cowardly Lion / Witches / Animal / Sam the Eagle (voice)
The Muppet Show
2026 · Miss Piggy / Fozzie Bear / Animal / Sam Eagle (voice)
On Disney Plus
It's a Very Merry Muppet Christmas Movie
2002 · Miss Piggy / Fozzie Bear / Animal / Yoda / Elvises (voice)
Filmography 68
Storm on Sesame Street
2026 · Grover
On Netflix
The Muppet Show
2026 · Miss Piggy / Fozzie Bear / Animal / Sam Eagle (voice)
On Disney Plus
Elmo and Mark Rober's Merry Giftmas
2025 · Grover / Oscar the Grouch / Bert (voice)
On Netflix
Happy Birthday Jim Henson
2024 · Oscar the Grouch (voice)
Cookie Monster's Bake Sale: Back to School
2024 · Grover / Bert
On HBO Max
Jim Henson Idea Man
2024 · Self (archive footage)
On Disney Plus
Oscar's Handmade Halloween
2023 · Sesame Street Puppet Performer
On HBO Max Amazon Channel
Elmo's Mindfulness Spectacular
2023 · Grover
Schoolhouse Rock! 50th Anniversary Singalong
2023 · Fozzie (voice)
On Disney Plus
Sesame Street: The Nutcracker
2022 · Grover / Oscar / Bert (voice)
On Netflix
Muppets Haunted Mansion
2021 · Miss Piggy / Fozzie / Animal / Sam Eagle
On Hulu
Furry Friends Forever: Elmo Gets a Puppy
2021 · Grover / Oscar the Grouch (voice)
On Netflix
A Swingin' Sesame Street Celebration
2020 · Bert / Grover / Oscar the Grouch (voice)
The Monster at the End of This Story
2020 · Grover (voice)
On Hoopla
The Power of We: A Sesame Street Special
2020 · Oscar The Grouch
On HBO Max
The Disney Family Singalong - Volume II
2020 · The Muppets Puppeteer
Sesame Street: Elmo's Playdate
2020 · Grover / Bert (voice)
Sesame Street's 50th Anniversary Celebration
2019 · Bert / Grover / Guy Smiley / Harvey Kneeslapper / ... (voice)
On Hoopla
When You Wish Upon a Pickle: A Sesame Street Special
2018 · Bert / Grover / Oscar / Guy Smiley
On Hoopla
Seth Rogen's Hilarity for Charity
2018 · Fozzie Bear / Sam Eagle / Animal (voice)
On Netflix
Sesame Street: The Magical Wand Chase
2017 · Grover / Oscar the Grouch
On Hoopla
Once Upon a Sesame Street Christmas
2016 · Bert / Grover / Two-Headed Monster (voice)
On Hoopla
Keep Christmas With You
2015 · Grover / Bert
Fozzie's Bear-ly Funny Fridays
2015 · Fozzie (voice)