Peter Mayhew

Personal Details

  • Born

    • Birthday: 19 May 1944

  • Died

    • Deathday: 30 April 2019

  • Source ID

    • TMDb: 24343

Peter Mayhew

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.

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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)

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Selected highlights from Peter Mayhew’s filmography, featuring their best-known movies and TV shows in the Watchmora catalogue.