Peter Mayhew
Actor
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)
Filmography
Star Wars: The Force Awakens
as Chewbacca 2015
The Empire Strikes Back
as Chewbacca 1980
Return of the Jedi
as Chewbacca 1983
Star Wars: Episode III - Revenge of the Sith
as Chewbacca 2005
Fanboys
as Self (uncredited) 2009
The Star Wars Holiday Special
as Chewbacca 1978
Sinbad and the Eye of the Tiger
as Minoton 1977
Empire of Dreams: The Story of the Star Wars Trilogy
as Self 2004
Terror
as The Mechanic 1979
Comic Book Villains
as Peter Mayhew 2002
Return of the Ewok
as Chewbacca 1982
Secrets of the Force Awakens: A Cinematic Journey
as Self 2016
The Making of Star Wars
as Self (uncredited) 1977
Comic Book: The Movie
as Peter Mayhew 2004
The Story of Star Wars
as Chewbacca (archive footage) 2004
Yesterday Was a Lie
as Dead Man 2009