Known For:
Acting
Birthday:
July 9, 1946
Place of Birth:
Neu-Isenburg, Germany
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.
Year | Movie | Role |
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2023 | Albert Pyun: King of Cult Movies | Self |
2020 | She's in Portland | |
2009 | Angels & Demons | CERN Scientist |
2006 | Cool Air | Deltoid |
2005 | Infection | Dr. Franks / Deputy Ben |
2004 | Around the Bend | Walter |
2003 | Bad Bizness | Stephens |
2001 | Ticker | Dugger |
2000 | Pollock | Hans Namuth |
1998 | Sorcerers | Lord Manor |
1997 | Crazy Six | Jerzy |
1997 | Blast | Commando Rescuer |
1996 | Nemesis 4: Death Angel | Tokuda |
1996 | Omega Doom | The Head |
1996 | Adrenalin: Fear the Rush | Cuzo |
1996 | Nemesis 3: Time Lapse | Edson |
1996 | Riders of the Purple Sage | Deacon Tull |
1995 | Heatseeker | Tsui Tung |
1995 | The Killers Within | Bernhard Hiller |
1995 | My Antonia | Otto |
1994 | The Road to Wellville | Dr. Spitzvogel |
1994 | Amelia Earhart: The Final Flight | KLM Mechanic |
1993 | Schindler's List | Albert Hujar |
1993 | Hocus Pocus | Thackery's Father |
1993 | Arcade | Albert |
1992 | Chaplin | German Diplomat |
1992 | Deceit | Bailey / Farnsworth III |
1992 | In the Line of Duty: Siege at Marion | John Singer |
1991 | Seeds of Tragedy | Gunter |
1991 | Keeping Secrets | Photographer |
1991 | The Rocketeer | Zeppelin Pilot |
1990 | Captain America | Alaskan Surveyor |
1990 | Midnight Cabaret | Tony |
1990 | The Incident | Riefenstahl |
1989 | The Radicals | Michael Sattler |
1989 | The Secret of the Ice Cave | Dr. Victor Talbot |
1989 | From Hollywood to Deadwood | Peter Mueller |
1987 | Down Twisted | Alsandro Deltoid |
1987 | Sweet Lies | Bill |
1987 | Walker | Prange |
1986 | ¡Three Amigos! | German's Friend |
1986 | Radioactive Dreams | Sternwood |
1985 | Stark | Powell |
1983 | Twilight Zone: The Movie | Soldier No. 1 |
1982 | Android | Keller |
1982 | The Thing | Norwegian |
1979 | Beggarman, Thief | Egon Hubisch |
1978 | Keefer | Vorst |
1978 | Midnight Express | Erich |
1977 | The Deadly Triangle | Ernst Haag |
Year | TV Show | Role |
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2015 | Better Call Saul | Peter Schuler |
2008 | Gemini Division | |
2008 | Breaking Bad | Peter Schuler |
2005 | Ghost Whisperer | Patrick Roth |
2001 | Alias | Jeroen Schiller |
1998 | Brimstone | |
1998 | From the Earth to the Moon | Wernher Von Braun |
1994 | ER | Dr. Adler |
1994 | Aaahh!!! Real Monsters | Farfegnuton (voice) |
1990 | Northern Exposure | Reinhart |
1989 | Mancuso, F.B.I. | |
1984 | Hunter | Craig Borson |
1983 | Scarecrow and Mrs. King | |
1983 | Masquerade | Lohmann |
1982 | Knight Rider | Fredo Lureni |
1982 | Tales of the Gold Monkey |