Eric Jacobson
Born
1970-07-25
Place of birth
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...
Known for
The Muppets
Miss Piggy / Fozzie / Animal / Sam Eagle / Marvin Suggs (voice)
Muppets Most Wanted
Miss Piggy / Fozzie Bear / Animal / Sam Eagle (voice)
Last Week Tonight with John Oliver
Sesame Street Muppet Performer
Good Luck Charlie
Miss Piggy / Fozzie Bear / Animal (voice)
Sesame Street
TV Series
Muppets Haunted Mansion
Miss Piggy / Fozzie / Animal / Sam Eagle
Jeopardy!
Bert / Grover / Oscar the Grouch (voice)
The Muppets' Wizard of Oz
The Cowardly Lion / Witches / Animal / Sam the Eagle (voice)
RuPaul's Drag Race All Stars
Miss Piggy - Special Guest (voice)
The Masked Singer
Miss Piggy / Fozzie / Animal (voices)
The View
Miss Piggy (voice)
The Muppets
Miss Piggy / Fozzie Bear / Animal (voice)
It's a Very Merry Muppet Christmas Movie
Miss Piggy / Fozzie Bear / Animal / Yoda / Elvises (voice)
Seth Rogen's Hilarity for Charity
Fozzie Bear/Sam Eagle/Animal (voice)
The Muppet Show
Miss Piggy / Fozzie Bear / Animal / Sam Eagle (voice)