George Wendt

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Known For

Acting

Born

1948-10-17

Place of Birth

Chicago, Illinois, USA

George Wendt

Biography

From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia. George Robert Wendt Jr. (October 17, 1948 – May 20, 2025) was an American actor, best known for the role of Norm Peterson on the television show Cheers. Description above from the Wikipedia article George Wendt, licensed under CC-BY-SA, full list of contributors on Wikipedia.

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Known For

The Simpsons

The Simpsons

Family Guy

Family Guy

Columbo

Columbo

Seinfeld

Seinfeld

Frasier

Frasier

Saturday Night Live

Saturday Night Live

Saturday Night Live

Saturday Night Live

M*A*S*H

M*A*S*H

Cheers

Cheers

The Goldbergs

The Goldbergs

Acting History

SNL50: Beyond Saturday Night as Self

Love's Second Act

A History of the World in Six Glasses as Self

Christmas with the Campbells as Robert

The Independents as Eduardo

Aliens, Clowns & Geeks as Father Mahoney

For Madmen Only: The Stories of Del Close as Himself

The Climb as Jim

Stealing a Survivor as Mr. Martin

Christmas 9 to 5 as Manny O'Quinn

Thank You Kindly as Bradley Walden

VFW as Thomas Zabriski

Grand-Daddy Day Care as Big Lou

The Masked Singer as Moose

Fancy Nancy as Grandpa Clancy (voice)

Bill Nye Saves the World as Polio

Sandy Wexler as Testimonial

Mommy I Didn't Do It as D.A. Pierce

'85: The Greatest Team in Football History as Self

Must See TV: An All Star Tribute to James Burrows as Self

Clipped as Buzzy

Fresh Off the Boat as Harv

Kirstie as Duke

The Goldbergs as Ned Frank

Merry In-Laws as Mr Claus

A Christmas Wedding Date as Mr. Destiny

The Seven Year Hitch as Mr. Henderson

Comedy Bang! Bang! as Self

Franklin & Bash as Henry 'Hank' Shae

Color Me Obsessed: A Film About The Replacements as Self

Portlandia as George Heely

Harry's Law as Franklin Chickory

The Women of SNL as Dominick (archive footage)

Hot in Cleveland as Yoder

Santa Buddies as Santa Claus

Celebrity Ghost Stories as Self

Childrens Hospital as Governor Jasper Ruth

A Colbert Christmas: The Greatest Gift of All! as Santa

Less Than Kind as Tiny

Bryan Loves You as Mr. Flynn

Unnatural Causes as Chuck

Beyond a Reasonable Doubt: Making '12 Angry Men' as Self

Larry the Cable Guy's Christmas Spectacular as Santa Claus

Saturday Morning as Harold

LA Blues as Mickey

Chasing October as Self

Santa Baby as Santa Claus

Family as Harold Thompson

Modern Men as Tug

Top Chef as Himself - Guest Judge

The Life Coach as George

Masters of Horror

Kids in America as Coach Thompson

The Colbert Report as Santa

Edmond as Pawn Shop Owner

Saturday Night Live in the '80s: Lost and Found as Self

King of the Ants as Duke Wayne

Rock Me Baby as Monty

Mayor of the Sunset Strip as Self

My Dinner with Jimi as Bill Uttley

NBC 75th Anniversary Special as Self

George Lopez as Ed

The Gift of the Magi as Shopkeeper

Odessa or Bust as The Chef

Strange Relations as Howard

Primetime Glick

Teddy Bears' Picnic as General Edison 'Pete' Gerberding

The Prime Gig as Archie

Wild About Harry as Frankie

TV Funhouse as Self

The Pooch and the Pauper as Sheldon Sparks

Lakeboat as Collins

Outside Providence as Joey

Alice in Wonderland as Fred Tweedledee

Family Guy as Norm Peterson (voice)

The Frasier Story as Self

Becker as Frank

Rupert's Land as Ivan Bloat

Dennis the Menace Strikes Again! as Policeman (uncredited)

Monty Python: Live at Aspen as Audience Member (uncredited)

Anarchy TV as Abbey Archer

Saturday Night Live: A Tribute to Chris Farley as Self

Spice World as Film Producer

Alien Avengers II as Charlie

The Lovemaster as Therapist

Blessed Assurance as Sam

Space Truckers as Keller

Sabrina, the Teenage Witch as Mike Shelby

Spin City as Dan Donaldson

Alien Avengers as Charlie

Bye Bye Birdie as Harry MacAfee

The Naked Truth as Les Polanski

Shame II: The Secret as Mac

The George Wendt Show

Man of the House as Chet Bronski

The Little Rascals as Lumberyard Clerk

Hostage for a Day as Warren Kooey

Frasier as Norm Peterson

Late Night with Conan O'Brien as Self - Guest

Forever Young as Harry Finley

Michael Jackson: Live in Bucharest - The Dangerous Tour as Self - Dad in video

The Larry Sanders Show as George Wendt

Guilty by Suspicion as Bunny Baxter

Masters of Menace as Dr. Jack Erheart

Disneyland's 35th Anniversary Special as Self

The Earth Day Special as Norm Peterson

Wings as Norm Peterson

The Simpsons as Norm Peterson (voice)

Birds of a Feather as Himself

Seinfeld as George Wendt

Tales from the Crypt as Mr. Crosswhite

Miss Piggy's Hollywood as Self

Never Say Die as Mr. Witten

Mickey's 60th Birthday as Norm Peterson

Whose Line Is It Anyway? as Himself

Plain Clothes as Chet Butler

Gung Ho as Buster

House as Harold Gorton

The Twilight Zone as (segment "The World Next Door")

Fletch as Fat Sam

The Romance of Betty Boop as Johnny Throat/Punchie (voice)

The Ratings Game as Mr. Sweeney

No Small Affair as Jake

Garfield in the Rough as Ranger #2 (voice)

Thief of Hearts as Marty Morrison

Dreamscape as Charlie Prince

Young Lust: A Soap Opera as Avery Lumpig

Garfield on the Town as Raoul / Member of the Claws (voice)

Likely Stories, Vol. 4

Airplane II: The Sequel as Ticket Agent (uncredited)

Jekyll and Hyde... Together Again as Injured Man

St. Elsewhere as Norm Peterson

Cheers as Norm Peterson

Making the Grade

My Bodyguard as Engineer

Bill Murray Live from the Second City as Self

Taxi as The Exterminator

A Wedding as Caterer (uncredited)

Saturday Night Live as Self - Host

Saturday Night Live as Self - Cameo (uncredited)

M*A*S*H as Pvt. La Roche

Columbo as Graham McVeigh

Re-Animator: The Musical as Dean Halsey