George Wendt Add to My Celebs Age 63 Birthday Oct. 17th, 1948 Born in Chicago, Illinois, USA Height 5' 8"

George Wendt's Main TV Roles Show Character(s) Cheers Norm Peterson The Naked Truth Les Polonsky Making the Grade Gus Bertoia Modern Men Tug The Building Cappucino Guy The George Wendt Show George Cole… The Martin Short Show (1994) George Wendt The Tortellis Norm Peterson

Main Movie Roles 2008 - Bryan Loves You 2008 - Clean Break 2005 - Kids in America 1999 - Outside Providence 1997 - Spice World 1995 - Man of the House 1994 - The Little Rascals 1992 - Forever Young 1991 - Guilty by Suspicion 1986 - House 1986 - Gung Ho 1985 - Fletch 1984 - Dreamscape 1982 - Airplane II: The Sequel 1980 - My Bodyguard 1980 - Somewhere in Time 1980 - Bronco Billy

NOTE: Complete List of Works can be found at IMDB


BIOGRAPHY:

George Wendt was born and raised in Chicago, Illinois, USA. He attended a strict Jesuit prep school and then dropped out of Notre Dame University after a few uneventful years. He worked with the Windy City's famed Second City comedy troupe from 1974-1980. He is best known for playing Norm Peterson on the hit televison series, "Cheers" (1982). He is married to actress Bernadette Birkett, who provided the rare offscreen voice of Norm's unseen wife Vera. The couple have two sons and a daughter. They met while working at the Second City in Chicago.


TRIVIA:

• Children: Hilary Wendt (b. 1985), Joe Wendt (b. 1987) and Daniel Wendt (b. 1990) with 'Bernadette Birkett' (qv).
• Uncle of 'Jason Sudeikis' (qv).
• Along with 'John Ratzenberger' (qv), 'Richard Belzer' (qv) and 'Paul Fusco (I)' (qv), he is one of only four actors to play the same character (Hilary Norman 'Norm' Peterson) on six different shows: _"Cheers" (1982)_ (qv), _"Frasier" (1993)_ (qv), _"Wings" (1990)_ (qv), _"St. Elsewhere" (1982)_ (qv), _"The Tortellis" (1987)_ (qv) and _"The Simpsons" (1989)_ (qv). He has appeared in episodes of all six series with 'John Ratzenberger' (qv).
• Played 'Macaulay Culkin' (qv)'s father in 'Michael Jackson (I)' (qv)'s video 'Black or White'.
• In a tribute George wrote for the Second City book, he said that when he joined Second City, it wasn't directly through the troupe as a performer. He had studied the shows for a while and befriended an employee whom he asked about joining. She told him to show up after a performance one day in the afternoon, which he subsequently did. The stage area was littered with cigarette butts, when the woman handed him a broom and said "Welcome to the theater, kid."
• Brother-in-law of 'Joe Birkett' (qv).
• Graduate of Rockhurst College (now known as Rockhurst University) in Kansas City, MO.
• Has played Norm Peterson on seven different shows: _"Cheers" (1982)_ (qv), _"St. Elsewhere" (1982)_ (qv), _"The Tortellis" (1987)_ (qv), _"The Simpsons" (1989)_ (qv), _"Wings" (1990)_ (qv), _"Frasier" (1993)_ (qv), and _"Family Guy" (1999)_ (qv).

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