Eric Jacobson is an American puppeteer. He is best known for his involvement with
The Muppets, performing Miss Piggy, Fozzie Bear, Animal, and Sam Eagle for
The Muppets Studio, as well as
Sesame Street characters Bert, Grover, Oscar the Grouch, and Guy Smiley—all roles that he inherited from the characters' original performers, Frank Oz, Caroll Spinney, and Jim Henson. Since 1994, Jacobson has been a regular performer for
Sesame Street, where he has received Daytime Emmy Award and Primetime Emmy Award nominations. Since 2001, Jacobson has appeared as part of
The Muppets cast in several feature films and television series, including
The Muppets' Wizard of Oz,
The Muppets,
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