Eric Jacobson

Personal Info

Known For Actor

Gender Male

Birthday 1970-07-25 (54 years old)

Place of Birth Fort Worth, Texas, USA

Eric Jacobson

Biography

​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.

Known For

Actor

2024
Happy Birthday Jim Henson

as Oscar the Grouch

2023
Oscar's Handmade Halloween

as Sesame Street Puppet Performer

2023
The Muppets Mayhem

as Animal (voice)

2022
Sesame Street The Nutcracker

as Grover / Oscar / Bert (voice)

2021
Dear Earth

as Animal (voice)

2021
Muppets Haunted Mansion

as Miss Piggy / Fozzie / Animal / Sam Eagle

2021
Furry Friends Forever: Elmo Gets a Puppy

as Grover / Oscar the Grouch (voice)

2020
2020
Sesame Street: Elmo's Playdate

as Grover / Bert (voice)

2020
Muppets Now

as Miss Piggy

2019
Sesame Street's 50th Anniversary Celebration

as Bert / Grover / Guy Smiley / Harvey Kneeslapper / ... (voice)

2019
The Masked Singer

as Miss Piggy / Fozzie / Animal (voices)

2018
When You Wish Upon a Pickle: A Sesame Street Special

as Bert / Grover / Oscar / Guy Smiley

2018
The Muppets Take The O2

as Miss Piggy / Fozzie Bear / Animal / Sam Eagle / Newsman / Himself (voice)

2018
Seth Rogen's Hilarity for Charity

as Fozzie Bear/Sam Eagle/Animal (voice)

2017
Sesame Street: The Magical Wand Chase

as Grover / Oscar the Grouch

2016
Once Upon a Sesame Street Christmas

as Bert / Grover (voice)

2015
Keep Christmas With You

as Grover / Bert

2015
2015
The Muppets

as Miss Piggy / Fozzie Bear / Animal (voice)

2015
Muppet Moments

as Miss Piggy

2014
Muppets Most Wanted

as Miss Piggy / Fozzie Bear / Animal / Sam Eagle (voice)

2014
Last Week Tonight with John Oliver

as Sesame Street Muppet Performer

2013
Lady Gaga & the Muppets Holiday Spectacular

as Miss Piggy, Fozzie Bear, Animal, Sam the Eagle (voice)

2012
The Muppets All-Star Comedy Gala

as Miss Piggy / Fozzie Bear / Sam Eagle (voice)

2012
RuPaul's Drag Race All Stars

as Self - Special Guest

2011
The Muppets

as Miss Piggy / Fozzie / Animal / Sam Eagle / Marvin Suggs (voice)

2011
The Jonathan Ross Show

as Miss Piggy (voice)

2011
So Random!

as Miss Piggy

2010
Grover's Magic Carpet Ride

as Grover (voice)

2010
Good Luck Charlie

as Miss Piggy / Fozzie Bear / Animal (voice)

2009
2008
A Muppets Christmas: Letters to Santa

as Fozzie Bear / Miss Piggy / Animal / Sam the Eagle (voice)

2008
The Muppets: Stars & Stripes FOREVER!

as Sam the American Eagle

2008
The Muppets - Studio DC - Almost Live

as Miss Piggy / Fozzie Bear / Animal (voice)

2008
Sesame Street: Abby in Wonderland

as Grover as the Mad Hatter / Bert as Tweedle Dee (voice)

2008
Studio DC: Almost Live

as Miss Piggy, Fozzie Bear, Animal, Sam the Eagle

2005
The Muppets' Wizard of Oz

as The Cowardly Lion / Witches / Animal / Sam the Eagle (voice)

2005
Jack's Big Music Show

as Little Bad Wolf (voice)

2004
Sesame Street: A Celebration of Me, Grover

as Grover / Bert / Grover's Mommy (voice)

2004
The Nick and Jessica Variety Hour

as Miss Piggy (voice)

2004
Weezer: Video Capture Device - Treasures from the Vault 1991-2002

as Animal / Fozzie Bear / Miss Piggy ("Keep Fishin")

2004
The Tony Danza Show

as Miss Piggy

2003
It's a Very Merry Muppet Christmas Movie

as Miss Piggy / Fozzie Bear / Animal / Yoda / Elvises (voice)

2003
2002
2001
Scrubs

as Grover (voice)

1976
The Muppet Show

as Animal

Writer

2006

Creator

2013
Camp Lakebottom

as Creator