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Norbert Weisser (born 1946) is a German actor who has been based in the United States since the mid-1960s.


Career

Based in
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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
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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
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, he has starred in well-known and acclaimed films including '' Midnight Express'', '' The Thing'', ''
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'', '' Hocus Pocus'', '' Schindler's List,'' and ''
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,'' and numerous titles directed by Albert Pyun. He had a memorable guest role in " Madrigal" (a fifth season
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of ''
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'', and had provided voice-over and
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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

* * {{DEFAULTSORT:Weisser, Norbert 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