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Norbert Weisser (born July 9, 1946) is a German-born American actor.
Among his motion picture credits are: Midnight Express, The Thing, Three Amigos, Chaplin, The Road To Wellville, Schindler’s List, Pollock and Around The Bend. He has starred in over 15 Albert Pyun movies. Television credits include: Amelia Earheart, Riders Of The Purple Sage, My Antonia, From The Earth To The Moon, Alias, The Agency, Navy NCIS, ER, GHOST WHISPERER. Check IMDb for full list of credits. 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, NY 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. At the moment he is producing two Albert Pyun films: ‘Infection’ and ‘Cool Air’ to be release at the end of '07. He is the father of fellow actor Morgan Weisser, who also has recently starred in the latest two Albert Pyun-movies, Infection(2005) and Cool Air(2006).
Norbert Weisser, born in Neu-Isenburg Germany, came to Los Angeles in 1966 and began acting in the LA Experimental theatre scene of the 60s and 70s. He became a founding member of the Odyssey Theatre Ensemble, the ProVisional Theatre, We Tell Stories and the Padua Hills Playwrights' Festival where he originated the role of Trickster through collaboration with playwright Murray Mednick in the epic seven hour "Coyote Cycle". Some of his roles in theatre include: Rode in Ronald Harwood's "Taking Sides" at the Brooks Atkinson Theatre on Broadway, Mac Heath in "The Three Penny Opera" and Eddy in "Mary Barnes" at the Odyssey Theatre L.A. (for which he received a Drama Logue Award for: best supporting actor), Decius in "Julius Cesar" at the Matrix Theatre L.A., Fredric in "The Ramp" at the South Coast Repertory Theatre, Vershinin in "The Three Sisters" at the Dallas Theatre Center TX, Neigel in "See Under Love" at the ATJT in San Francisco and most recently Oscar in John O'Keefe's "Times Like These" in San Francisco, Albany, NY and Los Angeles where he received an Ovation Award, an LA Weekly Award and an LA Drama Critics Circle nomination for best actor in a leading role. He directed Mednick's "The Coyote Cycle" in San Francisco at the Magic Theatre and "Heads" at the Los Angeles Marc Taper Forum's New Works Festival. His motion picture credits include: Midnight Express, Heavens Gate, The Thing, Android, Three Amigos, Walker, Chaplin, Hocus Pocus, The Road to Wellville, Schindler's List, Pollock and Around the Bend. Some of his television credits are: The Incident, Seeds of Tragedy, Amelia Earheart, Riders of the Purple Sage, My Antonia, From the Earth to the Moon, Alias, Navy NCIS and ER. He writes screenplays with Thomas Morris and Don Keith Opper and is currently producing two Albert Pyun films, Infection and Cool Air, to be released at the end of 2005. Weisser is represented by SDB Partners in LA. He lives with his wife in Venice, California. They have a son, Morgan Weisser, who is also an actor.







