Norbert Weisser (born 1946) is a German actor who has been based in the United States since the mid-1960s.
Career
Based in
Los Angeles
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, Weisser is a founding member of Odyssey Theatre Ensemble, the ProVisional Theater, and the
Padua Playwrights Festival. A long-time collaborator of
Murray Mednick, he originated the role of the Trickester in the playwright's epic seven-hour ''Coyote Cycle'', and has starred in numerous American and European theatrical productions, including opposite
Ed Harris in
Ronald Harwood's ''
Taking Sides'' and
John O'Keefe's ''Times Like These,'' where he received an
Ovation Award, an
LA Weekly Theater Award and an L.A. Drama Critics Circle Award nomination for his performance. He has also directed plays at the Magic Theatre in
San Francisco
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and at the
Mark Taper Forum.
Besides his extensive stage work, Weisser is also a prolific film and television actor, with over 90 credits to his name. Chiefly a
character actor
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, he has starred in well-known and acclaimed films including ''
Midnight Express'', ''
The Thing'', ''
Chaplin Chaplin may refer to:
People
* Charlie Chaplin (1889–1977), English comedy film actor and director
* Chaplin (name), other people named Chaplin
Films
* ''Unknown Chaplin'' (1983)
* Chaplin (film), ''Chaplin'' (film) (1992)
* Chaplin (2011 fi ...
'', ''
Hocus Pocus'', ''
Schindler's List,'' and ''
Pollock
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,'' and numerous titles directed by
Albert Pyun. He had a memorable
guest role in "
Madrigal" (a
fifth season episode
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of ''
Breaking Bad
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''), reprised in ''
Better Call Saul
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'', and had provided voice-over and
motion capture
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to a number of video games such as ''
Medal of Honor: Allied Assault'' and ''
Wolfenstein II: The New Colossus''.
Personal life
Weisser lives in
Venice, Los Angeles, California, with his wife Tandy. His son
Morgan Weisser is also an actor.
Theatre credits
Filmography
Video games
References
External links
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1946 births
Living people
German male film actors
German male stage actors
American male film actors
American male stage actors
Emigrants from West Germany to the United States