Peter Mayhew

Actor · Born 19 May 1944 in Barnes, London, England, UK · Died 30 April 2019 · 5 credits in the Movie Owl catalogue

4 of Peter Mayhew’s films and series stream in Sweden right now — 4 on Disney+ and 4 on Tele2 Play. Highest rated available: The Empire Strikes Back (1980) ★ 8.7.

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)

Acting

• Star Wars (1977)
• Star Wars: The Force Awakens (2015)
• The Empire Strikes Back (1980)
• Return of the Jedi (1983)

As self

• Comic Book Men (2012)

Not streaming in Sweden right now

• Fanboys (2009)
• The Star Wars Holiday Special (1978)
• Sinbad and the Eye of the Tiger (1977)
• Empire of Dreams: The Story of the Star Wars Trilogy (2004)
• Terror (1979)
• Comic Book Villains (2002)
• The Making of Star Wars (1977)
• Secrets of the Force Awakens: A Cinematic Journey (2016)
• Comic Book: The Movie (2004)
• The Story of Star Wars (2004)
• Yesterday Was a Lie (2009)
• SP FX: The Empire Strikes Back (1980)