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Biography

George Wendt was born and raised in Chicago, Illinois, USA. He attended a strict Jesuit prep school and then dropped out of Notre Dame…more

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Chicago, Illinois, USA

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Star (9)

Role
- Modern Men
  Tug Clarke
  - S 1: Ep 7 Give 'Til You Learn
    4/28/06
  - S 1: Ep 6 The Homewrecker
    4/21/06
  - S 1: Ep 4 Timmy, Can You Hear Me?
    4/7/06
  - S 1: Ep 3 Sexual Healing
    3/31/06
  - S 1: Ep 2 The Breakup
    3/24/06
  - + 1 More Credits
- Situation: Comedy
  Himself
- House of Dreams
  Host
  - S 1: Ep 13 Episode #13
    3/29/04
  - S 1: Ep 12 Episode #12
    3/22/04
  - S 1: Ep 11 Episode #11
    3/17/04
  - S 1: Ep 10 Episode #10
    3/10/04
  - S 1: Ep 9 Episode #9
    3/1/04
  - + 8 More Credits
- The Naked Truth
  Les Polonsky
  - S 2: Ep 13 The Source
    5/14/97
  - S 2: Ep 12 The Spa (2)
    4/3/97
  - S 2: Ep 11 The Parents (1)
    4/3/97
  - S 2: Ep 10 The Debt
    3/28/97
  - S 2: Ep 9 The Birds
    3/21/97
  - + 8 More Credits
- The George Wendt Show
  George Coleman
  - S 1: Ep 6 A River Runs Through His Head
    4/12/95
  - S 1: Ep 5 Prom Night: The Return
    4/5/95
  - S 1: Ep 4 Rash Behavior
    3/29/95
  - S 1: Ep 3 Grave Concerns
    3/22/95
  - S 1: Ep 2 A Need for a Seed
    3/15/95
  - + 3 More Credits
- Cheers
  Hilary Norman "Norm" Peterson
  - S 11: Ep 26 Last Call! A Cheers Celebration
    5/20/93
  - S 11: Ep 27 One for the Road
    5/20/93
  - S 11: Ep 25 The Guy Can't Help It
    5/13/93
  - S 11: Ep 23 Rebecca Gaines, Rebecca Loses (1)
    5/6/93
  - S 11: Ep 22 It's Lonely on the Top
    4/29/93
  - + 266 More Credits
- Cheers
  Norm Peterson
  - S 11: Ep 24 Rebecca Gaines, Rebecca Loses (2)
    5/6/93
- Making the Grade
  Gus Bertoia
  - S 1: Ep 6 Enter Miss Right
    5/10/82
  - S 1: Ep 5 Guess Who's Coming to Class
    5/3/82
  - S 1: Ep 4 Shepherd's Pie Syndrome
    4/26/82
  - S 1: Ep 3 Teach Me Tonight
    4/19/82
  - S 1: Ep 2 Marriage, Dave Style
    4/12/82
  - + 1 More Credits
- Modern Men
  Tug
  - S 1: Ep 0 Unaired Pilot
Recurring Role (6)

Role
- Saturday Night Live
  Bob Swerski
  - S 33: Ep 5 SNL Family Thanksgiving Leftovers
    11/24/07
  - S 29: Ep 3 Halle Berry/Britney Spears
    10/18/03
  - S 23: Ep 14 SNL Remembers Chris Farley
    2/21/98
- Sabrina, the Teenage Witch
  Mike Shebly
  - S 6: Ep 12 Sabrina and the Candidate
    2/1/02
  - S 6: Ep 11 Cloud Ten
    1/25/02
- Sabrina, the Teenage Witch
  Mike Shelby
  - S 6: Ep 10 Deliver Us from E-mail
    1/18/02
  - S 6: Ep 7 Hex, Lies & No Videotape
    11/16/01
  - S 6: Ep 3 What's News
    10/19/01
- Saturday Night Live
  Himself
  - — The Best of Dana Carvey
    10/10/98
  - S 23: Ep 4 Chris Farley/The Mighty Mighty Bosstones
    10/25/97
  - S 20: Ep 16 John Goodman/Tragically Hip
    3/25/95
  - S 18: Ep 11 Danny DeVito/Bon Jovi
    1/9/93
  - S 18: Ep 9 Tom Arnold/Neil Young
    12/5/92
  - + 7 More Credits
- Late Night With David Letterman
  Guest
  - S 12: Ep 2 Show #1744
    2/3/93
  - S 10: Ep 16 Show #1437
    3/1/91
  - S 9: Ep 35 Show #1302
    5/9/90
  - S 4: Ep 12 Show #0519
    2/25/85
- Late Night With David Letterman
  Guest (cameo)
  - S 9: Ep 1 8th Anniversary Special
    2/1/90
Guest Star (60)

Role
- Harry's Law
  Mayor Franklin Chickory
  - S 2: Ep 7 American Girl
    11/9/11
- Hot in Cleveland
  Yoder
  - S 2: Ep 11 Where Is Elka
    6/15/11
- Ghost Whisperer
  George the Plumber
  - S 5: Ep 22 The Children's Parade
    5/21/10
- Less Than Kind
  Tiny
  - S 2: Ep 8 Road Trip
    4/16/10
- Family Guy
  Norm
  - S 7: Ep 15 Three Kings
    5/10/09
- The Colbert Report
  Santa Claus
  - S 4: Ep 0 A Colbert Christmas: The Greatest Gift of All!
    11/23/08
- Last Comic Standing
  Self/Talent Scout
  - S 6: Ep 4 Auditions 4
    6/12/08
- Masters Of Horror
  Harold
  - S 2: Ep 2 Family
    11/3/06
- Lingo
  Himself
  - S 4: Ep 46 #196 George & George vs. Rachel & Trista
    9/26/05
- George Lopez
  Boss
  - S 4: Ep 8 Trouble in Paradise
    11/23/04
  - S 4: Ep 7 The Simple Life
    11/16/04
- Rock Me Baby
  Monty Dix
  - S 1: Ep 14 Not So Grand Parents
    4/6/04
- Dweezil and Lisa
  Himself
  - S 1: Ep 6 Chicago Tour
    2/20/04
- The Wayne Brady Show (syndicated)
  Guest
  - S 2: Ep 85 1/19/04
    1/19/04
- Late Night with Conan O'Brien
  Himself
  - S 11: Ep 53 Ethan Hawke, George Wendt, Natalie MacMaster
    1/2/04
- The Jamie Kennedy Experiment
  Himself/Talk Show Host
  - S 1: Ep 16 Show 16
    5/5/02
- Frasier
  Norm Peterson
  - S 9: Ep 21 Cheerful Goodbyes
    4/30/02
- Sabrina, the Teenage Witch
  Mike Shelby
  - S 6: Ep 18 I, Busybody
    4/12/02
- Becker
  Frank
  - S 4: Ep 14 V-Day
    2/4/02
- Primetime Glick
  Himself
  - S 1: Ep 10 George Wendt / Chevy Chase
    8/22/01
- The Weakest Link (US)
  Himself
  - S 1: Ep 9 Comedians Edition
    5/21/01
- TV Funhouse
  Himself
  - S 1: Ep 8 Chinese New Year's Day
    1/24/01
- Madigan Men
  Carl [Gradowski]
  - S 1: Ep 9 Meet the Wolfes (a.k.a. Neighbors)
    12/15/00
- Madigan Men
  Carl
  - S 1: Ep 8 The Kid's Alright
    12/8/00
  - S 1: Ep 7 Three Guys, a Girl and a Conversation Nook
    12/1/00
  - S 1: Ep 11 The Strike (a.k.a. Alpha-Architect)
- The Rosie O'Donnell Show
  Himself
  - S 4: Ep 120 Show #744
    3/15/00
- Whose Line Is It Anyway? (UK)
  Himself
  - S 9: Ep 16 Greg Proops, George Wendt, Colin Mochrie, Ryan Stiles
    10/23/97
  - S 9: Ep 12 Series 9 Compilation 2
    9/25/97
  - S 9: Ep 7 Greg Proops, George Wendt, Colin Mochrie, Ryan Stiles
    8/14/97
- Spin City
  Dan Donaldson
  - S 1: Ep 8 The High and the Mighty
    11/12/96
- Good Company
  Himself
  - S 1: Ep 3 Day 1346: Friendship
    3/18/96
- Columbo
  Graham McVeigh
  - S 10: Ep 10 Strange Bedfellows
    5/8/95
- Late Show with David Letterman
  Guest
  - S 2: Ep 119 Show #0338
    3/3/95
- The Simpsons
  Norm Peterson
  - S 6: Ep 11 Fear of Flying
    12/18/94
- The Martin Short Show
  Guest Star
  - S 1: Ep 3 A Hippo Never Forgets
    9/27/94
- The Larry Sanders Show
  Himself
  - S 3: Ep 6 Hank's Night in the Sun
    7/27/94
- Birds of a Feather
  Himself
  - S 5: Ep 14 It Happened In Hollywood
    12/25/93
- The Primetime Emmy Awards
  Himself - Presenter
  - S 45: Ep 1 The 45th Annual Primetime Emmy Awards
    9/19/93
  - S 44: Ep 1 The 44th Annual Primetime Emmy Awards
    8/30/92
- The Building
  Guest Star
  - S 1: Ep 3 The Waiting Game
    9/3/93
- The Tonight Show with Jay Leno
  Guest
  - S 1: Ep 194 Cast of Cheers
    5/20/93
- Live! with Kelly
  Himself
  - S 5: Ep 160 April 20, 1993
    4/20/93
- The Edge
  Guest Star
  - S 1: Ep 15 115
    3/7/93
- Bob
  Himself
  - S 1: Ep 16 Da Game
    2/4/93
- Seinfeld
  Himself
  - S 4: Ep 1 The Trip (1)
    8/12/92
- The Dennis Miller Show
  Himself
  - S 1: Ep 25 February 21, 1992
    2/21/92
- Roc
  Stan Mason
  - S 1: Ep 17 The Stan Who Came to Dinner
    1/18/92
- Tales from the Crypt
  Mr. Crosswhite
  - S 3: Ep 7 The Reluctant Vampire
    7/10/91
- The Arsenio Hall Show
  Himself
  - S 3: Ep 119 March 14, 1991
    3/14/91
- Wings
  Norm Peterson
  - S 2: Ep 2 The Story of Joe
    10/5/90
- Disneyland
  Norm Peterson
  - S 34: Ep 15 Disneyland's 35th Anniversary Celebration
    2/4/90
- People's Choice Awards
  Himself
  - S 16: Ep 1 The 16th Annual People's Choice Awards
    1/1/90
- The Jim Henson Hour
  Himself
  - S 1: Ep 5 The Ratings Game
    5/14/89
- Day by Day
  Stan
  - S 2: Ep 13 Fraternity
    2/19/89
- The Tortellis
  Norm Peterson
  - S 1: Ep 3 Frankie Comes To Dinner
    2/4/87
- The Twilight Zone (1985)
  Barney Schlesinger
  - S 2: Ep 9 The World Next Door
    10/18/86
- St. Elsewhere
  Norm
  - S 3: Ep 24 Cheers
    3/27/85
- M*A*S*H
  Pt. La Roche
  - S 11: Ep 2 Trick or Treatment
    11/1/82
- Alice (1985)
  Monty
  - S 6: Ep 22 Monty Falls for Alice
    4/18/82
- Late Night With David Letterman
  Guest
- Taxi
  exterminator
  - S 3: Ep 20 Latka the Playboy
    5/21/81
- Soap
  Counterman
  - S 4: Ep 15 Episode 84
    4/13/81
- Hart To Hart
  Sgt. Tate
  - S 2: Ep 9 Murder is a Drag
    2/3/81
- Saturday Night Live
  Bob Swerski
- ET In TV Land
  Himself
  - — Cheers
Cameo (1)

Role
- Family Guy
  Norm (from Cheers)
  - S 5: Ep 9 Road to Rupert
    1/28/07
Director (1)

Role
- Cheers
  Director
  - S 6: Ep 19 Airport V
    2/25/88

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- George is 5'8" tall.
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- George's favorite movies are The Godfather and The Godfather II. His favorite line from a movie is "Take the gun, leave the cannoli." He loves the book Grapes of Wrath and the TV show The Honeymooners.
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- George Wendt played a character named Norm Peterson on 6 shows: Cheers (1982), St. Elsewhere (1982), The Tortellis (1987), The Simpsons (1989), Wings (1990), and Frasier (1993).
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- George Wendt: (about his favorite comedian George Carlin) He's so outrageous. He doens't hit on all the cylinders all the time for me, but he's just so courageous.
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- George Wendt: My look hasn't changed in 30 years.
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- George Wendt: Improvising is best left to those who really love it. Improvising itself is kind of fun, but the apprehension before the improv is not. I don't think that fast; I can't write that fast. Some people can look at a bunch of suggestions and can come up with a premise, but that was never my long suit.
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