| Eric Jacobson | |
|---|---|
| Born | July 25, 1970 |
| Occupation | Actor, Director, Puppeteer |
| Years active | 1997–present |
| Spouse | Mary |
Eric Jacobson (born July 25, 1970) is a puppeteer and Muppet performer, who has been the primary replacement puppeteer for Frank Oz's characters since 2001.
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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. However, Oz still comes in to record new material with those characters occasionally.
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 is currently an active puppeteer for many Muppet productions, such as Disney's The Muppets Studio and Sesame Workshop's Sesame Street.
Jacobson appeared as the Little Bad Wolf in the pilot episode of Jack's Big Music Show.[1]
Jacobson's Miss Piggy has appeared on Rove Live,[2] Live with Regis and Kelly,[3] The Tony Danza Show,[4] Good Morning America, This Morning.[5] and appeared in an episode in the Disney Channel Original Series So Random alongside Sterling Knight</ref>His Grover has appeared on Good Morning Australia,[6] Rove Live,[7] and Jimmy Kimmel Live . His Fozzie has appeared on Saturday Night Live,[8] Jimmy Kimmel Live,[9] and The Late Late Show with Craig Ferguson.[10] Extreme Makeover: Home Edition included Muppet guests, such as Jacobson's Miss Piggy, Fozzie Bear, and Animal. Jacobson's Bert appeared in episode 22 of Between the Lions' season 2, "Tweet! Tweet!".[11]