Eric Jacobson

Eric Jacobson is an American puppeteer. He is best known for 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.
== Filmography ==
Year 	Production 	Role 	Other notes
1994–present	Sesame Street 	Bert (1997 – present), Grover (1998 – present), Guy Smiley (2005 – present), Oscar the Grouch(2015 – present)	Performer
1995–1998 	The Puzzle Place 	Leon MacNeal, Blue Piece Police 	Season 3 (puppetry only)
1996–1998 	Once Upon a Tree 	Billy-Bob the Bobcat 	Performer
1997–2006 	Bear in the Big Blue House 	Harry the Duck, Tucker Tutter 	Performer
2001–2003 	The Book of Pooh 	Piglet 	Performer (puppetry only)
2002 	It's a Very Merry Muppet Christmas Movie 	Miss Piggy, Fozzie Bear, Animal, Yoda 	Performer
2005 	The Muppets' Wizard of Oz 	Miss Piggy, Fozzie Bear, Animal, Sam Eagle 	Performer
2005 	Jack's Big Music Show 	Little Bad Wolf, Phil the Coo-Coo Bird 	Performer
2006–2011 	Pinky Dinky Doo 	Additional voices 	
2007–2008 	Bunnytown 	Super Bunny 	Performer
2008 	A Muppets Christmas: Letters to Santa 	Miss Piggy, Fozzie Bear, Animal, Sam Eagle 	Performer
2008 	Studio DC: Almost Live 	Miss Piggy, Fozzie Bear, Animal, Sam Eagle 	Performer
2008–2009 	Muppet YouTube Shorts 	Miss Piggy, Fozzie Bear, Animal, Sam Eagle 	Performer
2010 	Disney's Honorary VoluntEars Cavalcade 	Miss Piggy 	Voice, theme park parade
2010 	The Muppets Kitchen with Cat Cora 	Miss Piggy, Fozzie Bear 	Performer
2011 	So Random! 	Miss Piggy 	Performer, Episode: "Miss Piggy"
2011 	The Muppets 	Miss Piggy, Fozzie Bear, Animal, Sam Eagle, Marvin Suggs 	Performer
2011 	Take Two with Phineas and Ferb 	Miss Piggy 	Performer, Episode "Miss Piggy"
2013 	Good Luck Charlie 	Miss Piggy, Fozzie Bear, Animal 	Performer, Episode: "Duncan Dream House"
2013 	Scooby-Doo! Adventures: The Mystery Map 	Shaggy Rogers 	Performer (puppetry only)
2014 	Muppets Most Wanted 	Miss Piggy, Fozzie Bear, Sam Eagle, Animal 	Performer
2014 	Nerdy Nummies 	Miss Piggy 	Performer
2015 	Muppet Moments 	Miss Piggy, Fozzie Bear, Sam Eagle, Animal 	Performer
2015–2016 	The Muppets 	Miss Piggy, Fozzie Bear, Animal, Sam Eagle 	Performer
2016–2019 	The Muppets Present...Great Moments in American History	Miss Piggy, Fozzie Bear, Sam Eagle 	Voices, theme park show
2017 	The Muppets Take the Bowl 	Miss Piggy, Fozzie Bear, Animal, Sam Eagle, Newsman 	Performer, live show at the Hollywood Bowl, Sept. 8–10
2018 	The Muppets Take the O2 	Miss Piggy, Fozzie Bear, Animal, Sam Eagle, Newsman 	Performer, live show at the UK, Jul. 13–14
2019 	Big City Greens 	Dr. Enamel 	Voice role, Episode: "Hurty Tooth"
Credited as Fozzie Bear with Jacobson credited as Fozzie Bear's "personal handyman"
2019 	Muppet Babies Play Date 	Miss Piggy (baby), Fozzie Bear (baby), Animal (baby) 	Performer (puppetry only)
2020 	The Not-Too-Late Show with Elmo 	Bert, Grover, Oscar the Grouch, Two-Headed Monster (left head) 	Performer
2020 	Muppets Now 	Fozzie Bear, Miss Piggy, Sam Eagle, Animal 	Performer
2021 	Muppets Haunted Mansion 	Miss Piggy, Fozzie Bear, Sam Eagle, Animal 	Performer, Halloween special for Disney+
2021 	The Muppets Christmas Caroling Coach 	Fozzie Bear, Miss Piggy, Sam Eagle 	Voices, theme park show at Disneyland during Disney Merriest Nights
Category:American puppeteers