Biography
From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia. 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. Description above from the Wikipedia article George Wendt, licensed under CC-BY-SA, full list of contributors on Wikipedia.
Known For
Complete Filmography

Love's Second Act
2024
Jamie is a filmmaker who needs inspiration to finish her screenplay after a studio buys the pitch. She finds it in ex-boyfriend, Nick, who still works...
What the Elf?!
2023
When a B-list actress gets canned from her network show, she takes the only other job she's qualified for: a Christmas Elf at the mall.

Christmas with the Campbells
2022
as Robert
When Jesse is dumped right before the holidays by her boyfriend, Shawn, his parents convince her to still spend Christmas with them, and Shawn's hands...

The Independents
2021
as Eduardo
Three solo-artists who collide at the same crossroads and discover harmony. Thus is born “RGB” (at least until they come up with a better band name) ...

Aliens, Clowns & Geeks
2021
as Father Mahoney
An out-of-work actor stumbles upon key to the universe, is drawn into intergalactic war between clowns and aliens.

For Madmen Only: The Stories of Del Close
2020
as Himself
Comedy guru Del Close, mentor to everyone from Bill Murray to Tina Fey, sets out to write his autobiography for D.C. Comics. As he leads us through se...

The Climb
2020
as Jim
Kyle and Mike are best friends who share a close bond — until Mike sleeps with Kyle’s fiancée. A stormy but enduring relationship ensues between Kyle,...

Christmas 9 to 5
2019
as Manny O'Quinn
Jennifer is a tough crime beat reporter who gets the assignment of her life: to find the true meaning of Christmas. When she goes undercover in a depa...

Bliss
2019
as Pops
In need of creative inspiration, a professionally stagnant and hard-partying Los Angeles artist recklessly indulges in a series of drug binges. As the...

VFW
2019
as Thomas Zabriski
A typical night for veterans at a VFW turns into an all-out battle for survival when a desperate teen runs into the bar with a bag of stolen drugs. Wh...

Grand-Daddy Day Care
2019
as Big Lou
A man has to figure out a way to make extra money when his father-in-law moves in.

Sandy Wexler
2017
as Testimonial
When a hapless but dedicated talent manager signs his first client who actually has talent, his career finally starts to take off.

Mommy I Didn't Do It
2017
as D.A. Pierce
After finishing law school, Ellen Plainview is looking forward to spending some much needed time with her seventeen-year-old daughter, Julie. But when...

'85: The Greatest Team in Football History
2016
as Self
Through never-been-seen-before footage and fascinating interviews with key members of the 1985 Chicago Bears -- Mike Ditka, Jim McMahon, Mike Singleta...

Must See TV: An All Star Tribute to James Burrows
2016
as Self
The stars of America's greatest comedies - like Cheers, Friends, Taxi and The Big Bang Theory - get together for one night only to honor Director Jame...

Merry In-Laws
2012
as Mr Claus
When down-to-earth Alex says yes to her boyfriend's marriage proposal, she has no idea that her future-in-laws are none other than Mr. and Mrs. Claus.

A Christmas Wedding Date
2012
as Mr. Destiny
After being fired, Rebecca hours back to her old home town to attend her friends wedding on Christmas Eve and visit her mother. But when she tries to ...

The Seven Year Hitch
2012
as Mr. Henderson
Jennifer and Kevin are childhood best friends who have lived together, platonically, as adults for many years. When Jennifer decides to marry her chea...

Color Me Obsessed: A Film About The Replacements
2011
as Self
For some aging music fans and kids with a passion for musical history, The Replacements are rock and roll defined. Gorman Bechard's remarkable history...

The Women of SNL
2010
as Dominick (archive footage)
A look back at some of the funniest female characters and sketches in SNL's 39-year history.

Santa Buddies
2009
as Santa Claus
When Puppy Paws, the fun-loving son of Santa Paws, gets bored, he finds Budderball on Santa's naughty list and figures he's just the dog to show him h...

A Colbert Christmas: The Greatest Gift of All!
2008
as Santa
Hark! The Herald Pundit Sings! America’s favorite Christmas tradition is now on DVD! Families have gathered around the TV to enjoy Stephen Colbert’s C...

Bryan Loves You
2008
as Mr. Flynn
A Psychotherapist investigates a cult that takes over an Arizona town in 1993.

Unnatural Causes
2008
as Chuck
A dramatic thriller about a couple who own an advertising agency. The husband apparently commits suicide, but the police and the insurance company dec...

Beyond a Reasonable Doubt: Making '12 Angry Men'
2008
as Self
A making of featurette of 12 Angry Men made exclusively for the Collector's Edition DVD.

Larry the Cable Guy's Christmas Spectacular
2007
as Santa Claus
Larry the Cable Guy's Christmas Spectacular is a one-hour variety sketch-comedy show. You'll see a hilarious roast of Santa Claus; a politically corre...

Saturday Morning
2007
as Harold
Joey Piscopo stars in this quirky romantic comedy as Wes, a young man who becomes magically attractive to women on Saturday mornings (between six and ...

LA Blues
2007
as Mickey
Opening in a Hollywood parking lot on New Years Eve as a crowd gathers around an ambulance as a guy is being loaded in on a gurney, the story is told ...

Chasing October
2007
as Self
"Chasing October" is a docu-comedy that chronicles one fan's crusade to take the Chicago Cubs to the World Series "by any means necessary." Director M...

Santa Baby
2006
as Santa Claus
Mary Class is a highly successful business executive - who just happens to be the daughter of Santa Claus. But when her father falls ill, Mary returns...

Family
2006
as Harold Thompson
Harold is a seemingly peaceful neighbor in a quiet mid-western neighborhood, but underneath, he's a murderous psychopath who sets his eyes on a couple...

The Life Coach
2005
as George
A mockumentary about the rise and fall of Hollywood's life coach to the stars.

Kids in America
2005
as Coach Thompson
Inspired by real events, this ribald comedy pits an unlikely gang of students against their principal after she bars safe-sex activities on campus. Pr...

Edmond
2005
as Pawn Shop Owner
Seemingly mild-mannered businessman Edmond Burke visits a fortuneteller and hears a remark that spurs him to leave his wife abruptly and seek what is ...

King of the Ants
2004
as Duke Wayne
A young drifter, struggling to makes ends meet, accepts a job to kill a prominent accountant. When he isn't paid for the hit, revenge is now his path.

King of the Ants
2004
Co-Producer
A young drifter, struggling to makes ends meet, accepts a job to kill a prominent accountant. When he isn't paid for the hit, revenge is now his path.

Mayor of the Sunset Strip
2003
as Self
A look at the history of fame in the world through the eyes of pop star impresario, Rodney Bingenheimer

My Dinner with Jimi
2003
as Bill Uttley
The story of the night The Turtles met The Beatles and Howard Kaylan had dinner with Jimi Hendrix.

NBC 75th Anniversary Special
2002
as Self
A celebration of NBC's 75 year history, featuring clips of special moments.

The Gift of the Magi
2001
as Shopkeeper
A romantic tale of a young married couple who have little money to buy each other Christmas presents. And so she cuts off and sells her beautiful hair...

Odessa or Bust
2001
as The Chef
An old actor chronicles his not so successful Hollywood career as an aspiring actor.

Teddy Bears' Picnic
2001
as General Edison 'Pete' Gerberding
In Harry Shearer's tongue-in-cheek comedy, a waiter at Zanbesu Glen (a chi-chi Northern California resort) uses his movie camera to spy on the annual ...

The Prime Gig
2001
as Archie
Pendelton "Penny" Wise is a smooth-talking con-artist who scams people with phoney travel comp vacations over the phone when, desperate for more fast ...

Strange Relations
2001
as Howard
Drama - A NYC psychiatrist is diagnosed with leukemia - and when he finds out he was adopted, he travels to England in search of his birth mother and ...

Wild About Harry
2000
as Frankie
A sleazy chef is forced to face the truth about the man he has become and realizes that he has the chance to begin again.

The Pooch and the Pauper
2000
as Sheldon Sparks
The bulldog Liberty (who's thoughts we're able to hear) is the "First Dog of the USA", i.e. the president's dog. As such he has a lot of representativ...

Lakeboat
2000
as Collins
A college student befriends various crew members while working a summer internship at sea.

Outside Providence
1999
as Joey
In this coming-of-age comedy, Tim Dunphy is leading a go-nowhere existence, spending his days smoking pot and hanging out with his best friend, Drugs ...

Alice in Wonderland
1999
as Fred Tweedledee
Alice follows a white rabbit down a rabbit-hole into a whimsical Wonderland, where she meets characters like the delightful Cheshire Cat, the clumsy W...

Rupert's Land
1998
as Ivan Bloat
In this Canadian road movie, two brothers who haven't seen each other in years are uncomfortably reunited when they have to travel together from Vanco...

Dennis the Menace Strikes Again!
1998
as Policeman (uncredited)
Barricade the doors. Lock the windows. Because he's baaaack. That one-boy wrecking crew, Dennis the Menace, returns for more mischief and mayhem. Base...

Monty Python: Live at Aspen
1998
as Audience Member (uncredited)
In March 1998 in Aspen, Colorado, the surviving members of the Monty Python team – John Cleese, Terry Gilliam, Eric Idle, Terry Jones and Michael Pali...

Anarchy TV
1998
as Abbey Archer
A group of anarchists use their public-access TV show to satirize the government until a right-wing preacher attempts to shut them down.

Saturday Night Live: A Tribute to Chris Farley
1998
as Self
Chris Farley was one of the most popular comedians of the 1990s, thanks to his hilarious skits on "Saturday Night Live," which featured Matt Foley, ev...

Spice World
1997
as Film Producer
World famous pop group the Spice Girls zip around London in their luxurious double decker tour bus having various adventures and performing for their ...

Alien Avengers II
1997
as Charlie
Weird things are happening in the town of Justice, Arizona: three sheriffs have disappeared, and someone is killing the rancher's livestock in a bizar...

The Lovemaster
1997
as Therapist
Standup comic Craig Shoemaker tells the therapist stories of his failed relationships with women (dates, wife etc.)

Blessed Assurance
1997
as Sam
Upon his discharge following the Korean War, soldier Jerry moves back to the small town in South Carolina where he grew up. Jerry is reunited with his...

Space Truckers
1996
as Keller
John Canyon is one of the last independent space transport entrepreneurs. Rough times force him to carry suspicious cargo to Earth without questions b...

Alien Avengers
1996
as Charlie
Charlie and Rhonda are a sweet and comfortable married couple on vacation with their lovely daughter Daphne. They find a rundown boarding house and it...

Bye Bye Birdie
1995
as Harry MacAfee
In 1995, ABC presented a telemovie version of the Broadway musical Bye Bye Birdie produced by RHI Entertainment. It starred Seinfeld's Jason Alexande...

Shame II: The Secret
1995
as Mac
A motorcycle riding lawyer fights to save the life of a mentally retarded man on death row. His own mother is ready to let him go.

Man of the House
1995
as Chet Bronski
Ben Archer is not happy. His mother, Sandy, has just met a man, and it looks like things are pretty serious. Driven by a fear of abandonment, Ben trie...

The Little Rascals
1994
as Lumberyard Clerk
When nine-year-old Alfalfa falls for Darla, his "He-Man-Woman-Hating" friends attempt to sabotage their relationship.

Hostage for a Day
1994
as Warren Kooey
Harried suburban man Warren Kooey fakes a hostage situation in order to get the money he needs to escape his humdrum life.

Forever Young
1992
as Harry Finley
A 1939 test pilot asks his best friend to use him as a guinea pig for a cryogenics experiment. Daniel McCormick wants to be frozen for a year so that ...

Michael Jackson: Live in Bucharest - The Dangerous Tour
1992
as Self - Dad in video
Michael Jackson's "Dangerous Tour" still sets the bar high for every touring artist today. Outdoing himself with the "Bad Tour", which was already con...

Guilty by Suspicion
1991
as Bunny Baxter
Owing to his alleged involvement with communist parties, film director David Merrill is forbidden from working in Hollywood. He decides to fight for h...

Masters of Menace
1990
as Dr. Jack Erheart
The Masters of Menace are actually a motorcycle gang. When one of their own dies while performing a dangerous bike stunt, they decide to cross the cou...

Disneyland's 35th Anniversary Special
1990
as Self
Celebration of Disneyland's 35th Anniversary

The Earth Day Special
1990
as Norm Peterson
The Earth Day Special is a television special revolving around Earth Day that aired on ABC on April 22, 1990. Sponsored by Time Warner, the two hour s...

Miss Piggy's Hollywood
1989
as Self
In this special, Miss Piggy and her associate producer Gonzo attempt to take viewers on a star-studded trip around Hollywood and fail miserably.

Never Say Die
1988
as Mr. Witten
Investigative journalist Alf Winters (Morrison), meets his American girlfriend, Melissa Jones (Eilbacher), at Auckland airport. As they park outside A...

Mickey's 60th Birthday
1988
as Norm Peterson
This film combines live action/original animation and library animation. Mickey steals a magic hat from a Sorcerer and is put under a spell by the ang...

Plain Clothes
1988
as Chet Butler
To prove his brother's innocence, undercover officer Nick enrolls in high school again, dealing with crushes, bullies, humiliations, popularity swings...

Gung Ho
1986
as Buster
When a western Pennsylvania auto plant is acquired by a Japanese company, brokering auto worker Hunt Stevenson faces the tricky challenge of mediating...

House
1985
as Harold Gorton
Roger Cobb, a divorced horror novelist coming to terms with the disappearance of his young son, inherits an old mansion home to malevolent supernatura...

Fletch
1985
as Fat Sam
When investigative reporter Irwin "Fletch" Fletcher goes undercover to write a piece on the drug trade at a local beach, he's approached by wealthy bu...

The Romance of Betty Boop
1985
as Johnny Throat/Punchie (voice)
In 1930s, hard-working girl Betty Boop sings at nights at her uncle Mischa's popular NY nightclub and dreams of marrying a posh rich playboy, Waldo. G...

The Ratings Game
1984
as Mr. Sweeney
A New Jersey trucker creates a hit TV show with help from his girlfriend in the ratings business.

No Small Affair
1984
as Jake
A 16-year-old aspiring photographer pursues a beautiful "older woman" of 22, a down-on-her-luck rock singer.

Garfield in the Rough
1984
as Ranger #2 (voice)
Garfield is taken on a camping trip by Jon, much against his will. A series of very funny disasters follow. But not all is well, as a panther has esca...

Thief of Hearts
1984
as Marty Morrison
A woman trapped in a boring marriage begins an affair with a handsome man who seems able to read her mind. She doesn't know that he has broken into he...

Dreamscape
1984
as Charlie Prince
In order to diagnose the psychic traumas suffered by his patients, Dr. Paul Novotny gets young Alex Gardner to enter their dreams.

Young Lust: A Soap Opera
1984
as Avery Lumpig
The reunion of Garytown High School’s class of ‘71 is a catalyst for a series of comic crises involving sex, drugs, murder and anatomical oddities.

Garfield on the Town
1983
as Raoul / Member of the Claws (voice)
Garfield escapes from the car on a trip to the vet and finds the place where he grew up.

Airplane II: The Sequel
1982
as Ticket Agent (uncredited)
A faulty computer causes a passenger space shuttle to head straight for the sun, and man-with-a-past Ted Striker must save the day and get the shuttle...

Jekyll and Hyde... Together Again
1982
as Injured Man
While conducting a research experiment intended to bring about an alternative to modern surgery, exhausted Los Angeles surgeon Dr. Daniel Jekyll falls...

My Bodyguard
1980
as Engineer
Clifford Peach, an easygoing teenager, is finding less than easy to fit in at his new high school, where a tough-talking bully terrorizes his classmat...

Bill Murray Live from the Second City
1980
as Self
Bill Murray celebrates Second City Theatre’s 20th birthday and looks back on his own memories (and lack thereof) performing on the famed Chicago stage...

A Wedding
1978
as Caterer (uncredited)
Muffin's wedding to Dino Corelli is to be a big affair. Except the ageing priest isn't too sure of the ceremony, only the families actually turn up as...