Peter Mayhew
Actor
- Born
- May 19, 1944 · Barnes, London, England, UK
- Died
- April 30, 2019 (age 74)
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 overactive 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)
Known for
Star Wars
May 25, 1977
Star Wars: The Force Awakens
December 15, 2015
The Empire Strikes Back
May 20, 1980
Return of the Jedi
May 25, 1983
Star Wars: Episode III - Revenge of the Sith
May 17, 2005
Fanboys
February 6, 2009
The Star Wars Holiday Special
November 17, 1978
Sinbad and the Eye of the Tiger
May 25, 1977
Empire of Dreams: The Story of the Star Wars Trilogy
September 20, 2004
Terror
October 26, 1979
Comic Book Villains
September 3, 2002
The Making of Star Wars
September 16, 1977
Acting26
- 2016Secrets of the Force Awakens: A Cinematic Journey as Self
- 2015Star Wars: The Force Awakens as Chewbacca
- 2010Jedi Junkies as Self
- 2009Yesterday Was a Lie as Dead Man
- 2009Fanboys as Self (uncredited)
- 2005Collectormania 7 as Self
- 2005Star Wars: Episode III - Revenge of the Sith as Chewbacca
- 2004The Characters of Star Wars as Self
- 2004Empire of Dreams: The Story of the Star Wars Trilogy as Self
- 2004