Eric Jacobson
Known for
Acting
Born
July 25, 1970 (age 56)
Birthplace
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 came in 2001 with The Book of Pooh, where he worked on Piglet and Kanga. That year, he also began p...
Best known work
The Muppets
2011
Muppets Most Wanted
2014
Last Week Tonight with John Oliver
2014
Saturday Night Live
1975
Good Luck Charlie
2010
Sesame Street
1969
Muppets Haunted Mansion
2021
Scrubs
2001
Jimmy Kimmel Live!
2003
Jeopardy!
1984Filmography
TBA
Untitled Miss Piggy Filmas Miss Piggy (voice)
TBA
2026
Storm on Sesame Streetas Grover
2026
The Muppet Showas Miss Piggy / Fozzie Bear / Animal / Sam Eagle (voice), Executive Producer
2025
Elmo and Mark Rober's Merry Giftmasas Grover / Oscar the Grouch / Bert (voice)
2024
Happy Birthday Jim Hensonas Oscar the Grouch (voice)
2024
Cookie Monster's Bake Sale: Back to Schoolas Grover / Bert
2024
Jim Henson Idea Manas Self (archive footage)
2023
Oscar's Handmade Halloweenas Sesame Street Puppet Performer
2023
2023
Elmo's Mindfulness Spectacularas Grover
2023
Schoolhouse Rock! 50th Anniversary Singalongas Fozzie (voice)
2022
Sesame Street: The Nutcrackeras Grover / Oscar / Bert (voice)
2022
2021
Dear Earthas Animal (voice)
2021
Muppets Haunted Mansionas Miss Piggy / Fozzie / Animal / Sam Eagle
2021
Furry Friends Forever: Elmo Gets a Puppyas Grover / Oscar the Grouch (voice)
2020
A Swingin' Sesame Street Celebrationas Bert / Grover / Oscar the Grouch (voice)
2020
The Monster at the End of This Storyas Grover (voice)
2020
The Power of We: A Sesame Street Specialas Oscar The Grouch
2020
2020
The Disney Family Singalong - Volume IIas The Muppets Puppeteer
2020
Sesame Street: Elmo's Playdateas Grover / Bert (voice)
2019
Sesame Street's 50th Anniversary Celebrationas Bert / Grover / Guy Smiley / Harvey Kneeslapper / ... (voice)
2019