Age: 55
male
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 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. Description above from the Wikipedia article Eric Jacobson, licensed under CC-BY-SA, full list of contributors on Wikipedia.
Eric Jacobson
Bert
for Bert in Follow That Bird Again! (2025)
Suggested by tomzillawash3r3
While Big Bird is very happy with his true family, he still could not help but wonder where his real family has been all these years. He asks his old caretaker Granny Bird about their whereabouts and without a warning, Big Bird sets off with Snuffy to find the truth. He meets a little lost hatchling along the road as well as other bird families and guest stars while the Sesame Street gang once again get on their vehicles and Follow That Bird! Meanwhile, up in the skies is a much larger bird stalking the crew who has a keen interest in Big Bird.
