Norbert Weisser

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Norbert Weisser

Born	July 9, 1946 Germany

Norbert Weisser (born July 9, 1946) is a German-born American 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, and 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 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 has 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, Riders Of The Purple Sage, My Antonia, From The Earth To The Moon, Alias, The Agency, Navy NCIS, ER, GHOST WHISPERER.

[edit] Selected Filmography

Year	Title	Role	Other notes
2004	Around the Bend	Walter
2001	Ticker	Dugger
2000	Pollock	Hans Namuth
1998	From the Earth to the Moon	Dr. Werner von Braun	(mini-series)
1997	Omega Doom	The Head
1996	Adrenalin: Fear the Rush	Cuzo
1994	The Road to Wellville	Dr. Spitzvogel
1993	Schindler's List	Albert Hujar
1993	Hocus Pocus	Thackery's Father
1992	Chaplin	German Diplomat
1991	The Rocketeer	Zeppelin Pilot
1990	Captain America	Alaskan surveyor
1987	Walker	Prange
1986	The Three Amigos	German's Friend
1983	Twilight Zone: The Movie	Soldier No. 1	(segment #1)
1982	Android	Keller
1982	The Thing	Norwegian
1978	Midnight Express	Erich