Peter Mayhew [24343] Gender: Male Popularity: 3.0252 Birthplace: Barnes, London, England, UK Birthday: 1944-05-19 Deathday: 2019-04-30 Age: 74 years Movies: 24 Links: Homepage, IMDB 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) A Disturbance in the Fo2023-03-11 Secrets of the Force Aw2016-04-16 Star Wars: The Force Aw2015-12-15 Jedi Junkies2010-05-25 Yesterday Was a Lie2009-12-11 Fanboys2009-02-06 Star Wars: Episode III 2005-05-17 The Characters of Star 2004-09-21 When Star Wars Ruled th2004-09-18 Empire of Dreams: The S2004-09-12 The Story of Star Wars2004-08-18 Comic Book: The Movie2004-01-27 Comic Book Villains2002-09-03 Classic Creatures: Retu1983-11-21 Return of the Jedi1983-05-25 Return of the Ewok1982-01-01 The Making of The Empir1980-09-22 SP FX: The Empire Strik1980-09-22 The Empire Strikes Back1980-05-20 The Star Wars Holiday S1978-11-17 Terror1978-05-01 The Making of Star Wars1977-09-16 Sinbad and the Eye of t1977-07-15 Star Wars1977-05-25