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Film & TV
Barnes, London, England, UK
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…
Known for
- Secrets of the Force Awakens: A Cinematic Journey — Self2016
- Star Wars: The Force Awakens — Chewbacca2015
- Comic Book Men — Self2012
- Jedi Junkies — Self2010
- Fanboys — Self (uncredited)2009
- Yesterday Was a Lie — Dead Man2009
- Glee — Chewbacca2009
- Star Wars: Episode III - Revenge of the Sith — Chewbacca2005
- Collectormania 7 — Self2005
- Comic Book: The Movie — Peter Mayhew2004
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Key facts
- Born
- Peter William Mayhew , ( 1944-05-19 ) 19 May 1944, Barnes , Surrey , England
- Died
- 30 April 2019 (2019-04-30) (aged 74), Boyd, Texas , US
- Resting place
- Azleland Memorial Park and, Mausoleum Reno, Texas , US
- Occupation
- Actor
- Years active
- 1976–2016
- Known for
- Playing Chewbacca in the, Star Wars franchise
- Height
- 7 ft 3 in (221 cm)
- Spouse
- Mary Cigainero ( married</span>"}]]}'>m. 1999 )
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Wikidata facts
- Instance of
- human
- Given name
- William
- Gender
- male
- Citizenship
- United States
- Place of birth
- Barnes
- Place of death
- Boyd
- Occupation
- television actor
- Languages spoken
- English language
- Native language
- English language
- Field of work
- acting
- Official website
- www.chewbacca.com
- Image
- Peter Mayhew 2015.jpg
- Height
- 218
- Number of children
- 3
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- Commons category
- Peter Mayhew
- date of birth
- 1944-05-19
- name in native language
- Peter Mayhew
- start of work period
- 1977-00-00
- date of death
- 2019-04-30
- end of work period
- 2019-00-00
- manner of death
- natural causes
- cause of death
- myocardial infarction
- birth name
- Peter William Mayhew
- social media followers
- 327643
- writing language
- English language
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Peter Mayhew (Londres, 19 de maio de 1944 - Boyd, 30 de abril de 2019) foi um ator britânico, conhecido por seu papel como Chewbacca na saga Star Wars. Trabalhou em Uma Nova Esperança (1977), O Império Contra-Ataca (1980), O Retorno de Jedi (1983), fez uma breve aparição em A Vingança dos Sith (2005), além de ter retornado para o papel em Star Wars: O Despertar da Força (2015). Peter Mayhew foi escolhido para o papel de Chewbacca devido a sua altura (2,20 m). Em 2 de maio de 2019, a família de Mayhew anunciou no Twitter que ele havia morrido em sua casa em Boyd, no Texas, em 30 de abril, poucas semanas antes de seu 75º aniversário. Mayhew teve um ataque cardíaco.
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