Eric Jacobson
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Eric Jacobson is an American puppeteer. He is best known for his involvement with the Muppets, performing Miss Piggy, Fozzie Bear, Animal, and Sam Eagle for The Muppets Studio, as well as Sesame Street characters Bert, Grover, Oscar the Grouch, and Guy Smiley—all roles that he inherited from the characters' original performers, Frank Oz, Caroll Spinney, and Jim Henson.[1][2]
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Born | Fort Worth, Texas, U.S. |
Occupation | Puppeteer |
Years active | 1994–present |
Spouse | Mary Jacobson |
Children | 1 |
Since 1994, Jacobson has been a regular performer for Sesame Street, where he has received Daytime Emmy Award and Primetime Emmy Award nominations. Since 2001, Jacobson has appeared as part of the Muppets cast in several feature films and television series, including The Muppets' Wizard of Oz, The Muppets, Muppets Most Wanted, the ABC primetime television series, The Muppets, and the Disney+ series, The Muppets Mayhem.
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