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Peter Mayhew

Peter Mayhew

Known For Acting
Birthday May 19, 1944
Died Apr 30, 2019 (74)
Birthplace Barnes, London, England, UK
Popularity 0.3 (history)
Updated Dec 19, 2024 (Update)
Entry Date Apr 13, 2024
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Peter Mayhew (May 19, 1944 – April 30, 2019) was a British-American actor, best known for playing Chewbacca in the Star Wars films. Mayhew was born on 19 May 1944 in Barnes, Surrey, where he was also raised. His height was a product not of gigantism — "I don't have the big head" — but of an overact ... ive pituitary gland secondary to a genetic disease called Marfan Syndrome. The overactive pituitary gland was treated successfully in his mid-teens. His peak height was 7 feet 3 inches (2.21 m)

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Star Wars: The Force Awakens

Star Wars: The Force Awakens

2015

as Chewbacca

Yesterday Was a Lie

Yesterday Was a Lie

2009

as Dead Man

The Story of Star Wars

The Story of Star Wars

2004

as Chewbacca (archive footage)

Comic Book Villains

Comic Book Villains

2002

as Peter Mayhew

Return of the Jedi

Return of the Jedi

1983

as Chewbacca

Return of the Ewok

Return of the Ewok

1982

as Chewbacca

SPFX: The Empire Strikes Back

SPFX: The Empire Strikes Back

1980

as Chewbacca

The Empire Strikes Back

The Empire Strikes Back

1980

as Chewbacca

The Star Wars Holiday Special

The Star Wars Holiday Special

1978

as Chewbacca

Terror

Terror

1978

as The Mechanic

Star Wars

Star Wars

1977

as Chewbacca

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