Overview
Known for
Acting
Gender
Male
Birthday
19 May, 1944 (80 years old)
Death date
30 Apr, 2019
Peter Mayhew
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)
Known For
Acting
2023
A Disturbance in the Force: How the Star Wars Holiday Special Happened
2015
Star Wars: The Force Awakens
2009
Fanboys
2005
Star Wars: Episode III - Revenge of the Sith
2004
Empire of Dreams: The Story of the Star Wars Trilogy
2002
Comic Book Villains
1983
Return of the Jedi
1982
Return of the Ewok
1980
The Empire Strikes Back
1978
The Star Wars Holiday Special
1978
Terror
1977
Sinbad and the Eye of the Tiger
1977
Star Wars