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Norbert Weisser Born July 9, 1946
Neu-Isenburg, GermanyYears active 1977–2009 Norbert Weisser (born July 9, 1946) is a German-born American film and theatre actor, probably most known for his many roles in Albert Pyun-directed films (15 and counting).
Weisser is a founding member of the Odyssey Theater and the Padua Hills Playwrights Festival, where he developed the role of Trickster in Murray Mednick's epic seven-hour The Coyote Cycle. He has played roles in theaters throughout Europe and the US, including Broadway, where he played Rode opposite Ed Harris in Ronald Harwood's Taking Sides at the Brooks Atkinson Theater. Most recently he played Oskar in John O'Keefe's Times Like These in San Francisco, Albany, New York and Los Angeles, where he received an Ovation Award, an LA Weekly Theater Award and an LA Drama Critics Circle nomination for his performance.
Weisser has directed plays at the Magic Theater in San Francisco and at the Mark Taper Forum's New Playwrights Festival in Los Angeles.
Recently he produced two Albert Pyun films, Infection and Cool Air. He is the father of fellow actor Morgan Weisser, who starred in both movies.
Weisser's television credits include: Amelia Earhart: The Final Flight, Riders of the Purple Sage, My Antonia, From the Earth to the Moon, Alias, The Agency, NCIS, ER, and Ghost Whisperer.
Selected filmography
Year Title Role Notes 1978 Midnight Express Erich 1982 Android Keller 1982 The Thing Norwegian 1983 Twilight Zone: The Movie Soldier No. 1 (segment #1) 1986 Three Amigos German's Friend 1987 Down Twisted Alsandro Deltoid 1987 Walker Prange 1989 Deceit Bailey / Farnsworth III 1990 Captain America Alaskan surveyor 1991 The Rocketeer Zeppelin Pilot 1992 Chaplin German Diplomat 1993 Schindler's List Albert Hujar 1993 Hocus Pocus Thackery's Father 1994 The Road to Wellville Dr. Spitzvogel 1996 Adrenalin: Fear the Rush Cuzo 1997 Omega Doom The Head 1998 From the Earth to the Moon Dr. Werner von Braun (mini-series) 2000 Pollock Hans Namuth 2001 Ticker Dugger 2004 Around the Bend Walter External links
Categories:- 1946 births
- German film actors
- German stage actors
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