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George Wendt

1948 - 2025

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George Robert Wendt Jr. (October 17, 1948 – May 20, 2025) was an American actor. He played Norm Peterson on the NBC sitcom Cheers from 1982 to 1993, which earned him six consecutive nominations for the Primetime Emmy Award for Outstanding Supporting Actor in a Comedy Series. After Cheers ended, he starred in his own short-lived CBS sitcom, The George Wendt Show (1995). Read more on Wikipedia

His biography is available in different languages on Wikipedia. George Wendt is the 2,194th most popular actor (up from 5,163rd in 2019), the 3,859th most popular biography from United States (up from 7,532nd in 2019) and the 1,070th most popular American Actor.

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Among actors, George Wendt ranks 2,194 out of 13,578. Before him are Angela Winkler, Tuba Büyüküstün, Jacky Cheung, Eric Braeden, Alan Dale, and Jonathan Bailey. After him are Richard Bohringer, Ray Wise, Kristofer Hivju, Mike Connors, Fabrice Luchini, and Prakash Raj.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1948, George Wendt ranks 250. Before him are Volker Finke, Ang Rita, Dee Wallace, Kenny Loggins, Meg Foster, and Wadih Sa'adeh. After him are Muse Bihi Abdi, Terry Goodkind, Mahamane Ousmane, Jan Tomaszewski, Steve Winwood, and Manuel Bento. Among people deceased in 2025, George Wendt ranks 145. Before him are Marcel Ophüls, Manga, Clive Revill, Maria Teresa Horta, Giuseppe Moioli, and Rinus Israël. After him are Lima, Peter Bichsel, Kailash Purryag, Nadia Cassini, Edgar Lungu, and Cleopa Msuya.

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In United States

Among people born in United States, George Wendt ranks 3,859 out of 20,380. Before him are Henry van Dyke Jr. (1852), Orson Scott Card (1951), Raymond Franz (1922), Lois McMaster Bujold (1949), Frank Knight (1885), and Melissa Etheridge (1961). After him are Irving Baxter (1876), Roy Jones Jr. (1969), Ray Wise (1947), Jimmy Butler (1989), Terry Goodkind (1948), and Mike Connors (1925).

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Among ACTORS In United States

Among actors born in United States, George Wendt ranks 1,070. Before him are Meg Foster (1948), Richard Anderson (1926), Arielle Dombasle (1953), M. Emmet Walsh (1935), Lenny Montana (1926), and Ellen Pompeo (1969). After him are Ray Wise (1947), Mike Connors (1925), Erika Eleniak (1969), Neil Patrick Harris (1973), Mitch Pileggi (1952), and Jim Beaver (1950).

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