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George Wendt
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George Wendt was an American actor best known for playing the lovable bartender Norm Peterson on the hit television series "Cheers," which aired from 1982 to 1993. He became a recognizable face in American pop culture through this role and appeared in numerous other TV shows and films throughout his long career.
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Chicago, Illinois, USA
George Robert Wendt Jr. (October 17, 1948 – May 20, 2025) was an American actor, best known for the role of Norm Peterson on the television show Cheers.
Known for
- SNL50: Beyond Saturday Night — Self2025
- Love's Second Act2024
- A History of the World in Six Glasses — Self2024
- What the Elf?!2023
- Christmas with the Campbells — Robert2022
- Aliens, Clowns & Geeks — Father Mahoney2021
- The Independents — Eduardo2021
- The Climb — Jim2020
- For Madmen Only: The Stories of Del Close — Self2020
- Stealing a Survivor — Mr. Martin2020
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- human
- Given name
- George
- Gender
- male
- Citizenship
- United States
- Place of birth
- Chicago
- Place of death
- Studio City
- Occupation
- television actor
- Languages spoken
- English language
- Native language
- English language
- Student of
- Del Close
- Image
- George Wendt 1989.jpg
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- George Wendt
- date of birth
- 1948-10-17
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- George Wendt
- relative
- Jason Sudeikis
- start of work period
- 1978-00-00
- writing language
- English language
- birth name
- George Robert Wendt Jr
- date of death
- 2025-05-20
- name in native language
- George Wendt
- cause of death
- coronary artery disease
- manner of death
- natural causes
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Encyclopedic overview
George Robert Wendt Jr. (October 17, 1948 – May 20, 2025) was an American actor . Wendt played Norm Peterson on the NBC sitcom Cheers from 1982 to 1993, which earned him six consecutive nominations for the Primetime Emmy Award for Outstanding Supporting Actor in a Comedy Series. After Cheers ended, he starred in his own short-lived CBS sitcom, The George Wendt Show (1995).
Wendt also appeared in the comedy films Airplane II: The Sequel (1982), No Small Affair (1984), Fletch (1985), The Little Rascals (1994), Man of the House (1995), Spice World (1997), Outside Providence (1999), and Sandy Wexler (2017), and the dramas Somewhere in Time (1980), Dreamscape (1984), Guilty by Suspicion (1991), Forever Young (1992), Lakeboat (2000), and The Climb (2019).
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