George Wendt

George Wendt ( born October 17, 1948 in Chicago, Illinois ) is an American actor.

Career

The best known role of George Wendt is likely to be the seated at the bar and drinking beer permanent guest standard in the television series Cheers. He is next to Ted Danson and Rhea Perlman is the only actor who appeared in every episode of Cheers. Wendt is also the only actor of the same character - Norm Peterson - played in seven different television series: Cheers except he played this character in guest appearances

For his role in Cheers Wendt was nominated six times for an Emmy.

Filmography (selection)

Others

• In the television series M * A * S * H, he played a soldier a billiard ball stuck in his mouth, but got out again this only with a doctor's help.
• In an episode of the detective series Columbo, he plays a horse breeder who is his brother, who brings him repeatedly in trouble shoots.
• In a film adaptation of Alice in Wonderland, he plays along with Robbie Coltrane Tweedledee and Tweedledum, the pair of twins.
• In Michael Jackson's music video Black or White Wendt plays the father of Macaulay Culkin.
• In the following days the loving heart of the series Becker he plays a bartender in a Bahnhofsbar.
• In the movie Fletch - The Troublemaker he played the drug dealer Sam.
• In an episode of Masters of Horror he plays the main role.
• In an episode of Seinfeld playing himself and speaks with George Costanza on the Cheers series.
• He played 2011 in a series Hot in Cleveland Amish Joder that when he enters the Armischbar, is welcomed by all present with a " Hello Joda ". The bartender of this bar is reminiscent of Woody Harrelson, the bartender of Cheers
• In 2012, he played Dean in the musical version of Stuart Gordon's cult film Re-Animator.