George Wendt

Birthplace: Chicago, Illinois
Birthday: October 17, 1948

A hefty, curly-haired supporting player, George Wendt gained national recognition as Norm Peterson, the beer-swilling accountant-turned-housepainter-and-sometime-decorator on the long-running NBC sitcom "Cheers" (1982-93), parlaying his sudsmeister image into a run as pitchman for a national brewery. A native of Chicago, Wendt spent two years traveling throughout Europe and North Africa after earning a degree in economics, before returning home and enrolling in the Second City comedy troupe's acting workshop. Graduating to their c…more

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Actor

House of Dreams
A Guy Walks Into a Bar
A Guy Walks Into a Bar
The Pooch and the Pauper
Officer Sparks
The George Wendt Show
George Coleman

Director

Cheers
Director

Music

Bye Bye Birdie
Song Performer ("Kids")
Bye Bye Birdie
Song Performer ( Kids )

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Career Milestones

2000
Starred in the Off-Broadway production Empty Plate
1998
Appeared alongside Stacy Keach and David Dukes in the London production of Art
1998
Made Broadway bow in Art with Judd Hirsh and Joe Morton
1997
Played Sam in CBS TV-movie The Price of Heaven , directed by Peter Bogdanovich
1997
Returned to series TV as co-star of the NBC sitcom The Naked Truth ; statyed with the show for half a season