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Peter Mayhew

Acting

6 movies available on YTS

Actor info

  • Name :

    Peter Mayhew

  • Born :

    May 19, 1944 in Barnes, London, England, UK (74 years at death)

  • Died :

    April 30, 2019

  • Known for :

    Acting

  • Gender :

    Male

  • Film career :

    25 films (1977–2016)

  • Also known as :

    Peter William Mayhew

  • Links :

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)

Notable films

6 YIFY Movies starring Peter Mayhew