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George Robert Wendt Jr. was an American actor. Wendt 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).

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entertainment · American actor (1948–2025) · film actor · television actor · stage actor · comedian · also George Wendt, Wendt

Born 17 October 1948 · Died 20 May 2025 · Q505969

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I live just a few blocks from where Friends was shot and from where Seinfeld was shot and I
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I have some characteristics in common with him besides our fondness for beer. But I think I’m a lot happier than Norm.
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2026· 3 entries

Aug 22, 2026Documented record88% confidence

“I live just a few blocks from where Friends was shot and from where Seinfeld was shot and I”

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Aug 22, 2026Documented record85% confidence

“I have some characteristics in common with him besides our fondness for beer. But I think I’m a lot happier than Norm.”

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Aug 18, 2026Documented record69% confidence

Mafab.hu: Képgaléria: Meghalt George Wendt, a Cheers színésze

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2025· 11 entries

Jun 6, 2025Documented record69% confidence

National Catholic Register: The ‘Norm Effect’: Why George Wendt’s ‘Cheers’ Character Still Resonates in a Lonely World

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Jun 5, 2025Documented record69% confidence

Men's Journal: Cause of Death Revealed for ‘Cheers’ Star George Wendt

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Jun 1, 2025Documented record69% confidence

New York Post: Jason Sudeikis breaks silence on uncle George Wendt’s death

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May 21, 2025Documented record69% confidence

Newsweek: George Wendt Death: ‘Cheers’ Co-Stars Speak Out

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May 21, 2025Documented record69% confidence

The Cheat Sheet: What Was ‘Cheers’ Star George Wendt’s Net Worth?

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May 21, 2025Documented record69% confidence

Hollywood Life: George Wendt’s Health: About the ‘Cheers’ Star Who Died

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May 21, 2025Documented record69% confidence

Yahoo: Who Is George Wendt’s Wife? Bernadette Birkett’s Job & Kids

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May 21, 2025Documented record69% confidence

IrishCentral: George Wendt, beloved "Cheers" star with deep Irish roots, dies at 76

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May 20, 2025Documented record69% confidence

The Vindicator: George Wendt, who played Norm on ‘Cheers,’ dies at 76

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May 20, 2025Documented record69% confidence

The Telegraph: George Wendt, who played beloved barfly Norm on ‘Cheers’ and found another home onstage, dies at 76

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May 20, 2025Documented record86% confidence

Died 2025-05-20.

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2023· 1 entry

2023Source gives the year onlyDocumented record70% confidence

Wendt competed in season nine of The Masked Singer as "Moose" where he was mostly sitting during the performance

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2016· 1 entry

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"I basically quit and didn't inform the university

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2015· 1 entry

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Wendt starred opposite his former Second City co-star Tim Kazurinsky in Bruce Graham's new comedy Funnyman at Northlight Theatre

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2009· 2 entries

Oct 1, 2009Documented record70% confidence

Wendt appeared on The Colbert Report the day before the IOC announced which city will host the 2016 Summer Olympics

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2009Source gives the year onlyDocumented record70% confidence

Wendt starred as Santa Claus in Santa Buddies and also had a small role in the film Opposite Day

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2008· 1 entry

2008Source gives the year onlyDocumented record66% confidence

Starred in the Broadway musical Hairspray as the character of Edna Turnblad

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2006· 1 entry

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Wendt made several appearances on Late Night with Conan O'Brien where he performed short skits

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2003· 1 entry

2003Source gives the year onlyDocumented record70% confidence

Wendt appeared as a celebrity fisherman in the music video for Cobra Verde's "Riot Industry" along with Rudy Ray Moore (of "Dolemite" fame) and The Minutemen's Mike Watt

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2000· 1 entry

2000Source gives the year onlyDocumented record66% confidence

Played First Mate Collins in the film Lakeboat

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1998· 1 entry

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Wendt was one of the three characters in a London West End production of 'Art' with David Dukes and Stacy Keach

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1995· 1 entry

1995Source gives the year onlyDocumented record66% confidence

Appeared in the film Man of the House as Chet Bronski, the stepfather of Norman (Zachary Browne), starring with Chevy Chase, Jonathan Taylor Thomas, and Farrah Fawcett

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1994· 1 entry

1994Source gives the year onlyDocumented record66% confidence

Played the Lumber store guy in the film The Little Rascals

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1992· 1 entry

1992Source gives the year onlyDocumented record66% confidence

Appeared onstage in Chicago at the Body Politic Theatre in a musical satire called Wild Men, and played the same role in New York in 1993

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1991· 1 entry

1991Source gives the year onlyDocumented record70% confidence

Wendt played the father in Michael Jackson's music video "Black or White"

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1989· 1 entry

1989Source gives the year onlyDocumented record70% confidence

Wendt appeared as the eponymous protagonist in a BBC TV dramatization of Ivan Goncharov's novel Oblomov

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1988· 1 entry

1988Source gives the year onlyDocumented record66% confidence

Played the part of "Witten" in the New Zealand-made film, Never Say Die

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1982· 1 entry

1982Source gives the year onlyDocumented record70% confidence

Wendt landed his first role as a series regular on the CBS sitcom Making the Grade, which was created by Gary David Goldberg

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1978· 1 entry

1978Source gives the year onlyDocumented record66% confidence

And Birkett later voiced his off-screen wife, Vera, in Cheers

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1974· 1 entry

1974Source gives the year onlyDocumented record70% confidence

Wendt met actress Bernadette Birkett at the Second City theater in Chicago

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1948· 1 entry

Oct 17, 1948Documented record86% confidence

Born 1948-10-17.

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