Norbert Weisser

Norbert Weisser

  • Birthday: 1946-07-09
  • Place of birth: Neu-Isenburg, Germany

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.

Filmography

Schindler's List

1993

As Albert Hujar

Hocus Pocus

1993

As Thackery's Father

¡Three Amigos!

1986

As German's Friend

Angels & Demons

2009

As CERN Scientist

Captain America

1990

As Alaskan Surveyor

Nemesis 4: Death Angel

1996

As Tokuda

Infection

2005

As Dr. Franks / Deputy Ben

Around the Bend

2004

As Walter

Android

1982

As Keller

Omega Doom

1996

As The Head

Radioactive Dreams

1986

As Sternwood

Down Twisted

1987

As Alsandro Deltoid

Nemesis 3: Time Lapse

1996

As Edson

Cool Air

2006

As Deltoid

Sweet Lies

1987

As Bill

Heatseeker

1995

As Tsui Tung

Crazy Six

1997

As Jerzy

Riders of the Purple Sage

1996

As Deacon Tull

Seeds of Tragedy

1991

As Gunter

The Radicals

1989

As Michael Sattler

Deceit

1992

As Bailey / Farnsworth III

The Secret of the Ice Cave

1989

As Dr. Victor Talbot

The Rocketeer

1991

As Zeppelin Pilot

Blast

1997

As Commando Rescuer

Stark

1985

As Powell

Bad Bizness

2003

As Stephens

Midnight Cabaret

1990

As Tony

Pollock

2000

As Hans Namuth

The Killers Within

1995

As Bernhard Hiller

The Incident

1990

As Riefenstahl

Beggarman, Thief

1979

As Egon Hubisch

Arcade

1993

As Albert

The Thing

1982

As Norwegian

The Road to Wellville

1994

As Dr. Spitzvogel

Midnight Express

1978

As Erich

My Antonia

1995

As Otto

From Hollywood to Deadwood

1989

As Peter Mueller

Ticker

2001

As Dugger

Keefer

1978

As Vorst

Keeping Secrets

1991

As Photographer

Sorcerers

1998

As Lord Manor

Chaplin

1992

As German Diplomat

Twilight Zone: The Movie

1983

As Soldier No. 1

Walker

1987

As Prange

Production

Infection

2005

As Producer

Cool Air

2006

As Producer

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