Eric Jacobson
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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 Davi
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.
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Born
Jul 25, 1970
Fort Worth, Texas, USA
Known For
Acting
Movies
71 acting
1 crew
Popularity
1.4
Known For
The Muppets
2011
as Miss Piggy / Fozzie / Animal / Sam Eagle / Marvin Suggs (voice)
The Muppet Show
2026
as Miss Piggy / Fozzie Bear / Animal / Sam Eagle (voice)
Muppets Most Wanted
2014
as Miss Piggy / Fozzie Bear / Animal / Sam Eagle (voice)
Muppets Haunted Mansion
2021
as Miss Piggy / Fozzie / Animal / Sam Eagle
It's a Very Merry Muppet Christmas Movie
2002
as Miss Piggy / Fozzie Bear / Animal / Yoda / Elvises (voice)
The Muppets' Wizard of Oz
2005
as The Cowardly Lion / Witches / Animal / Sam the Eagle (voice)
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