Peter Mayhew
Born: 1944-05-19 in Barnes, London, England, UK
Died: 2019-04-30
Known For: Acting
Biography
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)
Filmography
2016
2015
- Star Wars: The Force Awakens as Chewbacca
2012
- Comic Book Men as Self
2010
- Jedi Junkies as Himself
2009
- Glee as Chewbacca
- Fanboys as Self (uncredited)
- Yesterday Was a Lie as Dead Man
2005
- Star Wars: Episode III - Revenge of the Sith as Chewbacca
2004
- Empire of Dreams: The Story of the Star Wars Trilogy as Self
- When Star Wars Ruled the World as Self
- The Characters of Star Wars as Self
- Comic Book: The Movie as Peter Mayhew
- The Story of Star Wars as Chewbacca (archive footage)
2002
- Comic Book Villains as Peter Mayhew
1999
- The Very Best of the Muppet Show as Special Guest Star / Chewbacca
1983
- Return of the Jedi as Chewbacca
- Classic Creatures: Return of the Jedi as Self
1982
- The Kenny Everett Television Show as Various
- Return of the Ewok as Chewbacca
1981
1980
- The Empire Strikes Back as Chewbacca
- SP FX: The Empire Strikes Back as Chewbacca
- The Making of The Empire Strikes Back as Self
1979
- Terror as The Mechanic
1978
- The Star Wars Holiday Special as Chewbacca
1977
- Star Wars as Chewbacca
- Sinbad and the Eye of the Tiger as Minoton
- The Making of Star Wars as Self (uncredited)
1976
- The Muppet Show as Chewbacca