
Known for
Acting
Born
May 19, 1944
Birthplace
Barnes, London, England, UK
Died
April 30, 2019 (aged 74)
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)
2016
2015
as Chewbacca
2012
2010
as Self
2009
as Dead Man
2009
2009
as Self (uncredited)
2005
as Self
2005
as Chewbacca
2004
as Self
2004
2004
2004
as Chewbacca (archive footage)
2004
as Peter Mayhew
2002
as Peter Mayhew
1999
1999
as Special Guest Star / Chewbacca
1994
as Chewbacca
1983
1983
as Chewbacca
1982
1981
1980
1980
1980
as Chewbacca