The Resume

(May 25, 1944- )
Raised in California
Birth name is Richard Frank Oznowicz
Muppet characters include Miss Piggy and Fozzie Bear on 'The Muppet Show (1976-1981),' and Cookie Monster, Grover, and Bert on 'Sesame Street' (1969-2000)
Voice actor for Yoda in the 'Star Wars' films
Directed 'The Muppets Take Manhattan (1984),' 'Little Shop of Horrors (1986),' 'Dirty Rotten Scoundrels (1988),' 'What About Bob? (1991),' 'In & Out (1997),' 'Bowfinger (1999),' 'The Score (2001)' and 'The Stepford Wives (2004)'

Why he might be annoying:

He created Yoda's odd syntax, which 'often parodied, has been.'
He is a mediocre director.
He uses a lot of profanity in interviews.
He sounds like a Muppet, even when not doing a character.
He thought Jar-Jar Binks would be 'the next big thing.'
He eventually got tired of the Muppets and no longer performs with them.
On the set of 'The Score,' Marlon Brando humiliated him by calling him 'Miss Piggy.'

Why he might not be annoying:

He is extremely modest.
He is known for his professionalism.
He has terrific comic timing.
By the time he left the Muppets, Jim Henson's son had commercialized them anyway.
He played a major role in three great entertainment franchises: 'Star Wars,' the Muppets, and 'Sesame Street.'

Credit: Wieland Kalligaro

Featured in the following Annoying Collections:

• Anthology Series Hosts
• Blues Brothers [1980]
• Carmen Miranda Impersonators
• Celebrities Born on the Same Date [May] (Ranked: 5251944)
• Directors Who Make Cameos in Their Films
• Ed Sullivan Show Guests
• Fantasy Film Stars of the 80's
• Horseshoe Haircut
• I Appeared in a Muppet Movie
• I Covered '(Its Not Easy) Being Green'
• I Covered 'Fever'
• I Portrayed a Witch
• I Portrayed Aladdin
• I Portrayed an Alien
• I Portrayed Pinocchio
• I Portrayed Theodore Roosevelt
• I Recorded 'The Twelve Days of Christmas'
• Kiddie Programs
• Known By a Middle Name
• Little Shop of Horrors [1986]
• Muppet Show Guests
• Nasal Voices
• Night of 100 Stars [March 8, 1982]
• Profiles 11001-11250 (Ranked: 11182)
• Puppeteers/Ventriloquists
• Sesame Street
• Silver Foxes [Gray and Don't Care]
• Star Wars [Series]
• White Men Loved by Blacks
• Wieland Kalligaro's Profiles [Series 1]

Year In Review:

For 2024, as of last weekly ranking, Out of 20 Votes: 0% Annoying
In 2023, Out of 161 Votes: 68.94% Annoying
In 2022, Out of 453 Votes: 57.17% Annoying
In 2021, Out of 618 Votes: 46.12% Annoying
In 2020, Out of 92 Votes: 48.91% Annoying
In 2019, Out of 437 Votes: 63.39% Annoying
In 2018, Out of 1505 Votes: 64.85% Annoying
In 2017, Out of 160 Votes: 77.50% Annoying
In 2016, Out of 634 Votes: 88.64% Annoying
In 2015, Out of 474 Votes: 54.22% Annoying
In 2014, Out of 10 Votes: 50.0% Annoying
In 2013, Out of 28 Votes: 35.71% Annoying
In 2012, Out of 85 Votes: 50.59% Annoying
In 2011, Out of 181 Votes: 73.48% Annoying
In 2010, Out of 95 Votes: 65.26% Annoying
In 2009, Out of 209 Votes: 64.59% Annoying
In 2008, Out of 984 Votes: 74.09% Annoying
In 2007, Out of 1669 Votes: 78.55% Annoying
In 2006, Out of 2339 Votes: 78.54% Annoying
In 2005, Out of 406 Votes: 45.32% Annoying
In 2004, Out of 329 Votes: 43.77% Annoying