Personal Info
Known For
Acting
Birthdate
1970-07-25 (Age: 56)
Place of Birth
Fort Worth, Texas, USA
Eric Jacobson
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. Description above from the Wikipedia article Eric Jacobson, licensed under CC-BY-SA, full list of contributors on Wikipedia.
Filmography (63)
The Muppet Show
2026
Elmo and Mark Rober's Merry Giftmas
2025
Happy Birthday Jim Henson
2024
Cookie Monster's Bake Sale: Back to School
2024
Jim Henson Idea Man
2024
Oscar's Handmade Halloween
2023
Elmo's Mindfulness Spectacular
2023
Schoolhouse Rock! 50th Anniversary Singalong
2023
Sesame Street: The Nutcracker
2022Dear Earth
2021
Muppets Haunted Mansion
2021
Furry Friends Forever: Elmo Gets a Puppy
2021
A Swingin' Sesame Street Celebration
2020
The Monster at the End of This Story
2020
