Peter Mayhew
Acting
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)
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Peter Mayhew
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Filmography of
Peter Mayhew
... 2016
Chewbacca
... 2015
Himself
... 2010
Dead Man
... 2009
Self (uncredited)
... 2009
... 2005
... 2004
... 2004
... 2004
Chewbacca (archive footage)
... 2004
Peter Mayhew
... 2004
Peter Mayhew
... 2002
Special Guest Star / Chewbacca
... 1999
... 1983
Chewbacca
... 1983
Chewbacca
... 1982
Chewbacca
... 1980
... 1980
Chewbacca
... 1980
Chewbacca
... 1978
The Mechanic
... 1978
Self (uncredited)
... 1977
Minoton
... 1977
Chewbacca
... 1977