Eric Jacobson
Acting

Eric Jacobson

July 25, 1970 (55 years old) Fort Worth, Texas, USA

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.

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Known For

Sesame Street

Sesame Street

1969 • TV

Jeopardy!

Jeopardy!

1984 • TV

Scrubs

Scrubs

2001 • TV

Last Week Tonight with John Oliver

Last Week Tonight with John Oliver

2014 • TV

Elmo's Christmas Countdown

Elmo's Christmas Countdown

2007 • Movie

Sesame Street: Elmo's Playdate

Sesame Street: Elmo's Playdate

2020 • Movie

Movie Credits (51)

Acting

2007

Elmo's Christmas Countdown

as Bert / Grover (voice)

2020

Sesame Street: Elmo's Playdate

as Grover / Bert (voice)

2002

Sesame Street: Bert & Ernie's Word Play

as Bert / Grover (voice)

2006

A Sesame Street Christmas Carol

as Additional Muppet Performer (voice) (archive footage)

2024

Cookie Monster's Bake Sale: Back to School

as Grover / Bert

2011

The Muppets

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

2014

Muppets Most Wanted

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

2004

Sesame Street: A Celebration of Me, Grover

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

2009

Sesame Street: Being Green

as Bert (voice)

2002

It's a Very Merry Muppet Christmas Movie

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

2008

Sesame Street: Abby in Wonderland

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

2009

Sesame Street: Bedtime with Elmo

as Bert (voice)

2008

The Muppets: Stars & Stripes FOREVER!

as Sam American Eagle (voice)

2005

The Muppets' Wizard of Oz

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

2021

Muppets Haunted Mansion

as Miss Piggy / Fozzie / Animal / Sam Eagle

1999

CinderElmo

as Muppet Performer (voice)

2018

Seth Rogen's Hilarity for Charity

as Fozzie Bear/Sam Eagle/Animal (voice)

2004

The Nick and Jessica Variety Hour

as Miss Piggy (voice)

2008

A Muppets Christmas: Letters to Santa

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

2020

The Disney Family Singalong - Volume II

as The Muppets Puppeteer

Crew

2026

The Muppet Show

Executive Producer

TV Credits (24)

Acting

1969

Sesame Street

2780 episodes

1984

Jeopardy!

as Bert / Grover / Oscar the Grouch (voice)

1 episodes

2001

Scrubs

as Grover (voice)

1 episodes

2014

Last Week Tonight with John Oliver

as Sesame Street Muppet Performer

1 episodes

1997

The View

as Miss Piggy (voice)

1 episodes

2022

The Jennifer Hudson Show

as Oscar the Grouch (Voice)

1 episodes

2010

Good Luck Charlie

as Miss Piggy / Fozzie Bear / Animal (voice)

1 episodes

2019

The Masked Singer

as Miss Piggy / Fozzie / Animal (voices)

1 episodes

2012

RuPaul's Drag Race All Stars

as Miss Piggy - Special Guest (voice)

1 episodes

2004

The Tony Danza Show

as Miss Piggy (voice)

2 episodes

2011

The Jonathan Ross Show

as Miss Piggy (voice)

1 episodes

2023

The Muppets Mayhem

as Animal (voice)

10 episodes

2011

So Random!

as Miss Piggy - Special Guest (voice)

1 episodes

2010

Take Two with Phineas and Ferb

as Miss Piggy (voice)

1 episodes

2015

The Muppets

as Miss Piggy / Fozzie Bear / Animal (voice)

16 episodes

2015

Muppet Moments

as Miss Piggy

41 episodes

2020

Muppets Now

as Miss Piggy (voice)

6 episodes

2009

Sesame Street: Play with Me Sesame

as Grover / Bert

26 episodes

2005

Jack's Big Music Show

as Little Bad Wolf (voice)

1 episodes

2008

Studio DC: Almost Live

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

2 episodes

Crew

2006

Tom and Jerry Tales

Writer

2013

Camp Lakebottom

Creator

Personal Info

Known For
Acting
Gender
Male
Birthday
July 25, 1970 (55 years old)
Place of Birth
Fort Worth, Texas, USA
Popularity
0.6

Career Stats

51
Movies
24
TV Shows