Eric Jacobson (Oscar the Grouch, Bert, Grover, Two-Headed Monster)
Eric Jacobson is an Emmy-nominated performer who began his career as a puppeteer on Sesame Street in 1994.
Eric Jacobson is an Emmy-nominated performer and Emmy-winning producer who began his career as a puppeteer on Sesame Street in 1994. He currently performs Oscar the Grouch, Bert, Grover, Guy Smiley, and half of The Two-Headed Monster.
Besides these Sesame Street characters, Jacobson also performs Miss Piggy, Fozzie Bear, Animal, and Sam Eagle for The Muppets™. Jacobson’s list of film and television credits includes The Muppets (2011), Muppets Most Wanted, Bear in the Big Blue House, The Puzzle Place, Once Upon a Tree, Jack’s Big Music Show, Bunnytown, The Book of Pooh, The Muppets (2015), The Not-Too-Late Show with Elmo, and The Muppets Mayhem. Jacobson has also appeared live on stages from the Hollywood Bowl to Carnegie Hall, performing with the likes of Basil Twist, The Puppet Company, The Cosmic Bicycle Theater, and the Swedish Cottage Marionette Theater of Central Park.
Most recently, Eric Jacobson teamed up with Matt Vogel to spearhead and star in the long-awaited return of The Muppet Show. The anniversary special won four primetime Emmys and earned Jacobson his first, for executive producing.
