Peter Mayhew
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)
Born: May 19, 1944
Place of Birth: Barnes, London, England, UK
Known For
Filmography
as Chewbacca
as Self
as Himself
as Dead Man
as Chewbacca
as Self (uncredited)
as Chewbacca
as Self
as Chewbacca (archive footage)
as Peter Mayhew
as Peter Mayhew
as Special Guest Star / Chewbacca
as Chewbacca
as Various
as Chewbacca
as Chewbacca
as Chewbacca
as Chewbacca
as The Mechanic
as Self (uncredited)
as Minoton
as Chewbacca
as Chewbacca