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Eric Jacobson
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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.
As actor
The Muppet Show
Elmo and Mark Rober's Merry Giftmas
Happy Birthday Jim Henson
Cookie Monster's Bake Sale: Back to School
Jim Henson Idea Man
Schoolhouse Rock! 50th Anniversary Singalong
Oscar's Handmade Halloween
Elmo's Mindfulness Spectacular
Sesame Street: The Nutcracker
Dear Earth
Muppets Haunted Mansion
Furry Friends Forever: Elmo Gets a Puppy
Sesame Street: Elmo's Playdate
The Disney Family Singalong - Volume II
The Monster at the End of This Story
The Power of We: A Sesame Street Special
A Swingin' Sesame Street Celebration
Sesame Street's 50th Anniversary Celebration
Seth Rogen's Hilarity for Charity
When You Wish Upon a Pickle: A Sesame Street Special
The Muppets Take The O2
Sesame Street: The Magical Wand Chase
Once Upon a Sesame Street Christmas
Keep Christmas With You
Fozzie's Bear-ly Funny Fridays
Muppets Most Wanted
Michael Buble's Christmas in New York
Lady Gaga & the Muppets Holiday Spectacular
Robbie Williams - One Night At the Palladium
The Muppets All-Star Comedy Gala