Norbert Weisser

Norbert Weisser
Weisser c. 1990
Born	1946 (age 78–79) Germany
Occupation	Actor
Years active	1968–present
Spouse	Tandy
Children	Morgan Weisser
Website	norbertweisser.com

Norbert Weisser (born 1946) ^[1] is a German actor who has been based in the United States since the mid-1960s.

Career

Based in Los Angeles, Weisser is a founding member of Odyssey Theatre Ensemble, the ProVisional Theater, and the Padua Playwrights Festival. ^[2] A long-time collaborator of Murray Mednick, he originated the role of the Trickester in the playwright's epic seven-hour Coyote Cycle, and has starred in numerous American and European theatrical productions, including opposite Ed Harris in Ronald Harwood's Taking Sides ^[3] and John O'Keefe's Times Like These, where he received an Ovation Award, an LA Weekly Theater Award and an L.A. Drama Critics Circle Award nomination for his performance. He has also directed plays at the Magic Theatre in San Francisco and at the Mark Taper Forum. ^{[4] [5]}

Besides his extensive stage work, Weisser is also a prolific film and television actor, with over 90 credits to his name. Chiefly a character actor, he has starred in well-known and acclaimed films including Midnight Express , The Thing , Chaplin , Hocus Pocus , Schindler's List, and Pollock, and numerous titles directed by Albert Pyun. He had a memorable guest role in "Madrigal" (a fifth season episode of Breaking Bad ), reprised in Better Call Saul , and had provided voice-over and motion capture to a number of video games such as Medal of Honor: Allied Assault and Wolfenstein II: The New Colossus . ^{[5] [6]}

Personal life

Weisser lives in Venice, Los Angeles, California, with his wife Tandy. His son Morgan Weisser is also an actor. ^[7]

Theatre credits

Year	Title	Role	Venue	Notes
1970-1972	The Threepenny Opera	Mac Heath	Odyssey Theater Ensemble
1978	Julius Caesar	Decimus Brutus	The Matrix Theatre Company
1982-1983	Mary Barnes	Eddie	Odyssey Theater Ensemble
1983	Eminent Domain	Victor Salt	The Matrix Theatre Company
	Black Hole in Space	David Reed	MET Theater
1984-1985	The Coyote Cycle	The Trickster	Randall Davey Audubon Estate LA Theater Works
1985	Three Sisters	Vershinin	Dallas Theater Center
1993	The Ramp	Friederich	South Coast Repertory
1996	Taking Sides	Helmuth Rode	Brooks Atkinson Theatre
2000	The Coyote Cycle	The Trickster	Vineyard Playhouse
2001	See Under: Love	Neigel	Traveling Jewish Theater
2002	Times Like These	Oskar Weiss	Padua Playwrights
2003	Danny Boy	Mr. Jones	Mark Taper Forum
2004-2005	Times Like These	Oskar Weiss	Traveling Jewish Theater Capital Repertory Theatre
2006	Clown Show for Bruno	Bruno Schulz	Irish Repertory Theatre (22nd Street)
2007	Silent Partners	Hans Eisler	The Workmen's Circle
2009	Charles' Story	Todd	Pacific Resident Theatre
2010	The Fire Raisers	Gottlieb Biedermann	Odyssey Theater Ensemble
2012	Way to Heaven	The Commandant
2013	The Kepler Project	Johannes Kepler	Morrison Planetarium
2016	The Gary Plays / Charles' Story	Todd	Atwater Village Theater
2017	Krapp's Last Tape	Krapp	The Odyssey Theater

Filmography

Film Year Title Role Notes 1978 Midnight Express Erich 1980 Heaven's Gate Linus Uncredited 1982 The Thing Norwegian Dead body Android Keller 1983 Twilight Zone: The Movie German Soldier (segment "Time Out") 1984 City Limits Bolo 1985 Radioactive Dreams Frank Sternwood 1986 Three Amigos German Thug 1987 Down Twisted Alsandro Deltoid Walker Jared Prange 1988 Sweet Lies Bill From Hollywood to Deadwood Peter Mueller 1989 The Radicals Michael Sattler The Secret of the Ice Cave Dr. Victor Talbot 1990 Deceit Bailey / Farnsworth III Captain America Alaskan Surveyor Midnight Cabaret Tony 1991 The Rocketeer Zeppelin Pilot 1992 Chaplin German Diplomat 1993 Hocus Pocus Mr. Binx Arcade Albert Kroll Schindler's List Unterscharführer Albert Hujar 1994 The Road to Wellville Dr. Spitzvogel 1995 The Killers Within Bernhard Hiller 1996 Adrenalin: Fear the Rush Cuzo Nemesis 3: Prey Harder Edson Omega Doom The Head Nemesis 4: Death Angel Tokuda 1997 Blast Lead Commando Crazy Six Jerzy 1998 Sorcerers Lord Manor 1999 The Learning Curve Usher 2000 Pollock Hans Namuth 2001 Ticker Billy Dugger 2004 Around the Bend Walter 2005 Invasion Dr. Franks 2006 Cool Air Deltoid 2008 Road to Hell Interrogator Farnsworth 2009 Angels & Demons Dr. Kozcinsky 2010 Tales of an Ancient Empire Xuxia Being Killed Geoffrey's Dad 2014 One Weekend Grandfather 2019 She's in Portland Rex The Laundromat Alwin Giordano

Television Year Title Role Notes 1977 The Hardy Boys/Nancy Drew Mysteries Gurt 2 episodes The Deadly Triangle Ernst Haag Television film McNamara's Band Engineer 1978 Keefer Vorst 1979 Barnaby Jones Hans Mueller Episode: "The Protectors" Lou Grant Robert Bovic Episode: "Bomb" Beggarman, Thief Egon Hubisch Television film 1982 The Greatest American Hero Yuri Petchernec Episode: "It's All Downhill from Here" Tales of the Gold Monkey Hanus 2 episodes 1983 AfterMASH Henry Smith Episode: "Klinger vs. Klinger" 1984 Masquerade Lohmann Episode: "Sleeper" 1985 Stark Powell Television film Knight Rider Fredo Lureni Episode: "Knight Racer" 1986 Scarecrow and Mrs. King German Officer In Play Episode: "All the World's a Stage" Hunter Craig Borson Episode: "Change Partners and Dance" 1987 Spies Werner Episode: "Right or Rong" 1989 A Peaceable Kingdom Rudy Farrell Episode: "Reunion" 1990 The Incident Riefenstahl Television film 1991 Under Cover Doctor Episode: "War Game" Seeds of Tragedy Gunter Television film 1992 In the Line of Duty: Siege at Marion John Singer Northern Exposure Reinhart Episode: "The Three Amigos" 1994 Amelia Earhart: The Final Flight KLM Mechanic Television film 1995 My Antonia Otto Inseln unter dem Wind Wagner 4 episodes 1996 Riders of the Purple Sage Deacon Tull Television film Und tschüss! In Amerika Wagner Deutschlandlied Lieutenant Chuccle Miniseries 1997 Aaahh!!! Real Monsters Farfegnuton Voice, Episode: "Side by Side/Hooked on Phobics" 1998 From the Earth to the Moon Dr. Wernher von Braun Miniseries Brimstone Martin Benedict Episode: "Repentance" 2001 Alias Jeroen Schiller Episode: "Doppelgänger" 2002 The Agency Konrad Episode: "The Understudy" 2004 NCIS Johannes Rutger Episode: "Left for Death" ER Dr. Adler Episode: "Time of Death" 2006 Ghost Whisperer Patrick Roth Episode: "The Curse of the Ninth" 2008 Gemini Division Albert Dresner 6 episodes 2012 Breaking Bad Peter Schuler Episode: "Madrigal" 2020 Better Call Saul Peter Schuler Episode: "JMM"

Video games

Year	Title	Role	Notes
2002	Medal of Honor: Allied Assault		Voice
2004	Call of Duty: Finest Hour
2014	Wolfenstein: The New Order	Enemy Soldier	Voice
2017	Wolfenstein II: The New Colossus	Adolf Hitler	Voice

References

1. Stoudt, Charlotte (November 30, 2011). "The Spotlight: Norbert Weisser in 'Way to Heaven' at the Odyssey". The Los Angeles Times . Retrieved January 26, 2023. I was born in 1946...
2. Weisser, Norbert. "LinkedIn".
3. "Norbert Weisser". Playbill. Retrieved June 18, 2019.
4. "Norbert Weisser Fansite". www.norbert-weisser.com. Retrieved June 18, 2019.
5. "Norbert Weisser". www.norbertweisser.com. Retrieved June 18, 2019.
6. "Norbert Weisser | LATW". latw.org. Retrieved June 18, 2019.
7. "Norbert Weisser" . Retrieved January 26, 2023. Norbert Weisser, born in Germany, came to the US in the mid-'60s. He lives with his wife Tandy in Venice, California...His son, Morgan Weisser, is also an actor.

External links

• Official website
• Norbert Weisser at IMDb