George Wendt

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George Wendt
Wendt at the 41st Primetime Emmy Awards in September 1989
Born	George Robert Wendt Jr. (1948-10-17) October 17, 1948 (age 76) Chicago, Illinois, U.S.
Alma mater	Rockhurst University
Occupation	Actor
Years active	1978–present
Known for	Norm Peterson in Cheers
Spouse	Bernadette Birkett ​ (m. 1978)​
Children	3
Relatives	Tom Howard (grandfather) Jason Sudeikis (nephew)

George Robert Wendt Jr. (born October 17, 1948)^[1] is an American actor. He is best known for playing Norm Peterson on the NBC sitcom Cheers (1982–1993), which earned him six consecutive nominations for the Primetime Emmy Award for Outstanding Supporting Actor in a Comedy Series. After Cheers ended in 1993, he starred in his own sitcom, The George Wendt Show (1995), but it was cancelled after only a few episodes. Wendt also appeared in the films Airplane II: The Sequel (1982), No Small Affair (1984), Fletch (1985), The Little Rascals (1994), Spice World (1997), Outside Providence (1999), Santa Buddies (2009), and Sandy Wexler (2017).