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.

Known For

George

The Life Coach

Harry Finley

Forever Young

Keller

Space Truckers

Duke Wayne

King of the Ants

Harold Gorton

House

Bunny Baxter

Guilty by Suspicion

Charlie Prince

Dreamscape

Santa Claus

Santa Buddies

Fat Sam

Fletch

Santa Claus

Santa Baby

Mr. Flynn

Bryan Loves You

Buster

Gung Ho

Chet Bronski

Man of the House

Avery Lumpig

Young Lust: A Soap Opera

Joey

Outside Providence

Archie

The Prime Gig

Jake

No Small Affair

Santa

A Colbert Christmas: The Greatest Gift of All!

Ranger #2 (voice)

Garfield in the Rough

Dr. Jack Erheart

Masters of Menace

Self

Bill Murray Live from the Second City

Raoul / Member of the Claws (voice)

Garfield on the Town

Big Lou

Grand-Daddy Day Care

Robert

Christmas with the Campbells

What the Elf?!

Charlie

Alien Avengers

Collins

Lakeboat

Mr Claus

Merry In-Laws

General Edison 'Pete' Gerberding

Teddy Bears' Picnic

Mr. Henderson

The Seven Year Hitch

Charlie

Alien Avengers II

Harold

Saturday Morning

Mac

Shame II: The Secret

Chet Butler

Plain Clothes

Lumberyard Clerk

The Little Rascals

Warren Kooey

Hostage for a Day

Self

NBC 75th Anniversary Special

Self

Color Me Obsessed: A Film About The Replacements

Frankie

Wild About Harry

Therapist

The Lovemaster

Mr. Witten

Never Say Die

Love's Second Act

Harold Thompson

Family

Chuck

Unnatural Causes

Fred Tweedledee

Alice in Wonderland

Self

Must See TV: An All Star Tribute to James Burrows

Marty Morrison

Thief of Hearts

Self

Miss Piggy's Hollywood

Pawn Shop Owner

Edmond

The Chef

Odessa or Bust

Santa Claus

Larry the Cable Guy's Christmas Spectacular

Injured Man

Jekyll and Hyde... Together Again

Norm Peterson

Mickey's 60th Birthday

Mr. Destiny

A Christmas Wedding Date

D.A. Pierce

Mommy I Didn't Do It

Self

'85: The Greatest Team in Football History

Ticket Agent (uncredited)

Airplane II: The Sequel

Film Producer

Spice World

Testimonial

Sandy Wexler

Self

Mayor of the Sunset Strip

Sheldon Sparks

The Pooch and the Pauper

Self - Dad in video

Michael Jackson: Live in Bucharest - The Dangerous Tour

Mr. Sweeney

The Ratings Game

Pops

Bliss

Sam

Blessed Assurance

Self

Beyond a Reasonable Doubt: Making '12 Angry Men'

Jim

The Climb

Dominick (archive footage)

The Women of SNL

Self

Saturday Night Live: A Tribute to Chris Farley

Thomas Zabriski

VFW

Manny O'Quinn

Christmas 9 to 5

Policeman (uncredited)

Dennis the Menace Strikes Again!

Ivan Bloat

Rupert's Land

Howard

Strange Relations

Caterer (uncredited)

A Wedding

Mickey

LA Blues

Coach Thompson

Kids in America

Shopkeeper

The Gift of the Magi

Harry MacAfee

Bye Bye Birdie

Father Mahoney

Aliens, Clowns & Geeks

Eduardo

The Independents

Self

Disneyland's 35th Anniversary Special

Audience Member (uncredited)

Monty Python: Live at Aspen

Abbey Archer

Anarchy TV

Norm Peterson

The Earth Day Special

Johnny Throat/Punchie (voice)

The Romance of Betty Boop

Bill Uttley

My Dinner with Jimi

Engineer

My Bodyguard

Himself

For Madmen Only: The Stories of Del Close

Self

Chasing October

Mr. Martin

Stealing a Survivor

Likely Stories, Vol. 4

Personal Info

Known For

Acting

Known Credits

92

Gender

Male

Birthday

1948-10-17

Place of Birth

Chicago, Illinois, USA

Also Known As

George Robert Wendt III