Eric Jacobson
Known for: Acting
Born: July 25, 1970
Place of birth: Fort Worth, Texas, USA
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. Description above from the Wikipedia article Eric Jacobson, licensed under CC-BY-SA, full list of contributors on Wikipedia.
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Filmography
71 movies · 27 TV shows, newest first
5.9
Storm on Sesame Street
2026
7.2
The Muppet Show
2026
6.0
Elmo and Mark Rober's Merry Giftmas
2025
10.0
Happy Birthday Jim Henson
2024
NR
Cookie Monster's Bake Sale: Back to School
2024
7.8
Jim Henson Idea Man
2024
NR
Oscar's Handmade Halloween
2023
6.1
The Muppets Mayhem
2023
NR
Elmo's Mindfulness Spectacular
2023
6.0
Schoolhouse Rock! 50th Anniversary Singalong
2023
7.5
Sesame Street: The Nutcracker
2022
5.6
The Jennifer Hudson Show
20228.0
Dear Earth
2021
6.4
Muppets Haunted Mansion
2021
6.7
Furry Friends Forever: Elmo Gets a Puppy
2021
7.0
A Swingin' Sesame Street Celebration
2020
5.4
The Monster at the End of This Story
2020
NR
The Power of We: A Sesame Street Special
2020
5.8
Muppets Now
2020
6.9
The Disney Family Singalong - Volume II
2020
5.0
Sesame Street: Elmo's Playdate
2020
9.3
Sesame Street's 50th Anniversary Celebration
2019
7.5
The Masked Singer
2019
5.5
Muppet Babies: Play Date
2019
7.2
When You Wish Upon a Pickle: A Sesame Street Special
20188.3
The Muppets Take The O2
2018
5.1
Seth Rogen's Hilarity for Charity
2018
7.0
Sesame Street: The Magical Wand Chase
2017
6.6
Once Upon a Sesame Street Christmas
2016
9.0
Keep Christmas With You
2015
7.0
The Muppets
2015
NR
Fozzie's Bear-ly Funny Fridays
2015
7.0
Muppet Moments
2015
NR
Michael Buble's Christmas in New York
2014
7.8
Last Week Tonight with John Oliver
2014
6.3
Muppets Most Wanted
2014
6.4
Robbie Williams - One Night At the Palladium
2013
5.8
Lady Gaga & the Muppets Holiday Spectacular
2013
7.9
Camp Lakebottom
2013
5.8
The Muppets All-Star Comedy Gala
2012
7.3
RuPaul's Drag Race All Stars
2012
NR
Sesame Street: Elmo's Magic Numbers
2012
NR
Sesame Street: Singing with the Stars
2012
6.7
The Muppets
2011
5.2
The Jonathan Ross Show
2011
7.0
So Random!
2011
NR
Sesame Street: Wild Words and Outdoor Adventures
2011
7.5
Take Two with Phineas and Ferb
2010
NR
Bert and Ernie's Great Adventures
2010
7.9
Good Luck Charlie
2010NR
Grover's Magic Carpet Ride
2010
NR
Sesame Street: The Best Pet in the World
2010
NR
The Muppets: Ringing of the Bells
2009
NR
Sesame Street: Elmo and Friends: The Letter Quest and Other Magical Tales
2009
6.0
Sesame Street: Elmo's World: All About Faces
2009
6.0
Sesame Street: Bedtime with Elmo
2009
NR
Sesame Street: Being Green
2009
5.9
A Muppets Christmas: Letters to Santa
2008
NR
Sesame Street: Abby in Wonderland
2008
NR
Sesame Street: Bert and Ernie's Great Adventures
2008
8.0
Studio DC: Almost Live
2008
6.0
Sesame Street: Elmo's World: Summer Vacation
2008
8.0
The Muppets - Studio DC - Almost Live
2008
6.0
Sesame Street: Elmo's World: Opposites
2008
NR
Sesame Street: Count on Sports
2008
NR
Sesame Street: Play with Me Sesame: Let's Play Games
2008
6.2
Elmo's Christmas Countdown
2007
6.7
A Sesame Street Christmas Carol
2006
7.8
Tom and Jerry Tales
2006
NR
The Great Gonzo: A Portrait of the Artist as a Young Weirdo
2005
8.9
Jack's Big Music Show
2005
5.2
The Muppets' Wizard of Oz
20056.4
The Tony Danza Show
2004
NR
Sesame Street: A Celebration of Me, Grover
2004
NR
The Nick and Jessica Variety Hour
2004
7.6
Sesame Street: Elmo's World: The Street We Live On!
2004
8.6
Weezer: Video Capture Device - Treasures from the Vault 1991-2002
2004
NR
Sesame Street: What's the Name of That Song?
2004
NR
Elmo's World: Family Feature (Starring Elmo and Friends!)
2003
5.3
Jimmy Kimmel Live!
2003
6.0
It's a Very Merry Muppet Christmas Movie
2002
7.3
Sesame Street: Elmo's World: Happy Holidays!
2002
NR
Weezer and the Muppets Go Fishin'
2002
8.2
Sesame Street: Bert & Ernie's Word Play
2002
NR
Sesame Street: Elmo's World: Wake Up with Elmo!
2002
5.5
Sesame Street: Play with Me Sesame
2002
6.0
Sesame Street: Elmo's World: Wild Wild West!
2001
8.2
Scrubs
2001
7.0
Sesame Street: Elmo's Musical Adventure: The Story of Peter and the Wolf
2001
5.0
Sesame Street: Elmo's World: Flowers, Bananas & More!
2000
8.0
Sesame Street: Elmo's World: Singing, Drawing & More!
2000
6.3
CinderElmo
1999
4.3
The View
1997
6.9
Jeopardy!
1984
6.9
Saturday Night Live
1975
7.1
Sesame Street
1969NR
Untitled Miss Piggy Film
—NR
Shadows Over Sesame Street
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