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Known For

Acting

Known Credits

68

Gender

Male

Birthday

1946-07-09 (79 years old)

Place of Birth

Neu-Isenburg, Germany

Also Known As

Norbert Weisser

Biography

Norbert Weisser (born July 9, 1946) is a German-born American film and theatre actor, probably most known for his many roles in Albert Pyun-directed movies (15 and counting). Weisser is a founding member of the Odyssey Theater and the Padua Hills Playwrights Festival, where he developed the role of Trickster in Murray Mednick's epic seven-hour The Coyote Cycle. He has played roles in theaters throughout Europe and the US, including Broadway, where he played Rode opposite Ed Harris in Ronald Harwood's Taking Sides at the Brooks Atkinson Theater. Most recently he played Oskar in John O'Keefe's Times Like These in San Francisco, Albany, New York and Los Angeles, where he received an Ovation Award, an LA Weekly Theater Award and an LA Drama Critics Circle nomination for his performance. Weisser has directed plays at the Magic Theater in San Francisco and at the Mark Taper Forum's New Playwrights Festival in Los Angeles. Recently he produced two Albert Pyun films, Infection and Cool Air. He is the father of fellow actor Morgan Weisser, who starred in both movies. Weisser's television credits include: Amelia Earhart: The Final Flight, Riders of the Purple Sage, My Antonia, From the Earth to the Moon, Alias, The Agency, NCIS, ER, and Ghost Whisperer.

Known For

Acting

Schindler's List

1993

Schindler's List

as

Albert Hujar

Hocus Pocus

1993

Hocus Pocus

as

Thackery's Father

¡Three Amigos!

1986

¡Three Amigos!

as

German's Friend

Angels & Demons

2009

Angels & Demons

as

CERN Scientist

Captain America

1990

Captain America

as

Alaskan Surveyor

Infection

2005

Infection

as

Dr. Franks / Deputy Ben

Around the Bend

2004

Around the Bend

as

Walter

Chaplin

1992

Chaplin

as

German Diplomat

Android

1982

Android

as

Keller

Radioactive Dreams

1986

Radioactive Dreams

as

Sternwood

Omega Doom

1996

Omega Doom

as

The Head

Down Twisted

1987

Down Twisted

as

Alsandro Deltoid

Cool Air

2006

Cool Air

as

Deltoid

Keefer

1978

Keefer

as

Vorst

Sweet Lies

1987

Sweet Lies

as

Bill

Heatseeker

1995

Heatseeker

as

Tsui Tung

Riders of the Purple Sage

1996

Riders of the Purple Sage

as

Deacon Tull

Crazy Six

1997

Crazy Six

as

Jerzy

Seeds of Tragedy

1991

Seeds of Tragedy

as

Gunter

Keeping Secrets

1991

Keeping Secrets

as

Photographer

Twilight Zone: The Movie

1983

Twilight Zone: The Movie

as

Soldier No. 1

The Radicals

1989

The Radicals

as

Michael Sattler

Sorcerers

1998

Sorcerers

as

Lord Manor

Deceit

1992

Deceit

as

Bailey / Farnsworth III

The Rocketeer

1991

The Rocketeer

as

Zeppelin Pilot

The Secret of the Ice Cave

1989

The Secret of the Ice Cave

as

Dr. Victor Talbot

Blast

1997

Blast

as

Commando Rescuer

Walker

1987

Walker

as

Prange

Stark

1985

Stark

as

Powell

Bad Bizness

2003

Bad Bizness

as

Stephens

Pollock

2000

Pollock

as

Hans Namuth

The Killers Within

1995

The Killers Within

as

Bernhard Hiller

The Incident

1990

The Incident

as

Riefenstahl

Beggarman, Thief

1979

Beggarman, Thief

as

Egon Hubisch

Arcade

1993

Arcade

as

Albert

The Thing

1982

The Thing

as

Norwegian

The Road to Wellville

1994

The Road to Wellville

as

Dr. Spitzvogel

Midnight Express

1978

Midnight Express

as

Erich

My Antonia

1995

My Antonia

as

Otto

From Hollywood to Deadwood

1989

From Hollywood to Deadwood

as

Peter Mueller

Ticker

2001

Ticker

as

Dugger

The Deadly Triangle

1977

The Deadly Triangle

as

Ernst Haag

Ghost Whisperer

Ghost Whisperer

as

Patrick Roth

Alias

Alias

as

Jeroen Schiller

Knight Rider

Knight Rider

as

Fredo Lureni

Hunter

Hunter

as

Craig Borson

ER

ER

as

Dr. Adler

Breaking Bad

Breaking Bad

as

Peter Schuler

Masquerade

Masquerade

as

Lohmann

From the Earth to the Moon

From the Earth to the Moon

as

Wernher Von Braun

Aaahh!!! Real Monsters

Aaahh!!! Real Monsters

as

Farfegnuton (voice)

Better Call Saul

Better Call Saul

as

Peter Schuler

Production

Infection

2005

Infection

as

Cool Air

2006

Cool Air

as

Crew

Directing