Cast & creators
Peter Mayhew Movies and TV Shows
Peter Mayhew is connected to titles such as Glee, Star Wars, The Empire Strikes Back. Use Gatsby to browse this filmography and find where related movies and shows may be available to watch.
Known for Acting
Born May 19, 1944
Died April 30, 2019
From Barnes, London, England, UK
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)