Norbert Weisser
Biography
Norbert Weisser is a German actor who has made his home in America since the middle of the 1960s. He helped found the Odyssey Theatre Ensemble, the ProVisional Theater and the Padua Playwrights Festival, and he created the part of the Trickester in Murray Mednick's Coyote Cycle. His performance in John O'Keefe's Times Like These brought him an Ovation Award and an LA Weekly Theater Award plus an L.A. Drama Critics Circle Award nomination, and he took a role alongside Ed Harris in Taking Sides, by Ronald Harwood. He has also directed for the Magic Theatre in San Francisco and the Mark Taper Forum. A character actor with over 90 credits, he appeared in Midnight Express (1978), The Thing (1982), Hocus Pocus (1993) and Schindler's List (1993), as well as Chaplin, Pollock and many titles directed by Albert Pyun, and he guest starred in the Breaking Bad episode Madrigal, a role he reprised in Better Call Saul.
80years old
Turns 81 on July 9in 269 days
- Born Neu-Isenburg
- Star sign: CancerThe sign runs June 21 to July 22
Movie Career
- Films
- 18
- Career span
- 32 years1978 to 2010
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Beyond film
Weisser worked often with the playwright Murray Mednick. He was the first to play the Trickester in Mednick's Coyote Cycle, which runs seven hours, and he has appeared in many theatrical productions in America and Europe.
Norbert Weisser movies on Netflix
Best known for
The films on Netflix they are best known for, with the part played in each.
Most often with
Albert Pyun directed twelve of these films, Alan Parker two. Three actors appear in three of them each. Pick a number on the chart or a name in the list to see the films they share.
Films together
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Albert PyunDirector, 12 films, 1985 to 2010
All films by Albert Pyun
All films by Alan Parker
Also two films together10 more actors
- Thom MathewsBlast (1997) and Crazy Six (1997)
- Michael HalseyTicker (2001) and Omega Doom (1996)
- Laurie O'BrienInfection (2005) and Around the Bend (2004)
- Jill PierceBlast (1997) and Omega Doom (1996)
- Sue PriceNemesis 3: Time Lapse (1996) and Nemesis 4: Death Angel (1996)
- Jahi J.J. ZuriNemesis 3: Time Lapse (1996) and Omega Doom (1996)
- Morgan WeisserAbelar: Tales of an Ancient Empire (2010) and Infection (2005)
- Simon PolandNemesis 4: Death Angel (1996) and Omega Doom (1996)
- Xavier DeclieAbelar: Tales of an Ancient Empire (2010) and Nemesis 3: Time Lapse (1996)
- Earl WhiteNemesis 3: Time Lapse (1996) and Omega Doom (1996)
When several people share the same number of films, the ones with the most films on Netflix are in the chart.
Box office
What Norbert Weisser's films earned in cinemas worldwide.
Combined worldwide box office
$461 million
7 of the 18 films have a worldwide figure.
Of the 18 films: 7 worldwide figure; 2 us gross only; 1 never in cinemas; 8 figure not found.
- 7Worldwide figure
- 2US gross only
- 1Never in cinemas
- 8Figure not found
Highest grossing
The seven biggest films earned 100% of the total. The bars are drawn to scale.
- 1$321M69.7% of the total
- 2$52M11.2% of the total
- 3$35M7.6% of the total
- 4$26M5.6% of the total
- 5$20M4.3% of the total
- 6$7.0M1.5% of the total
- 7$380K0.1% of the total
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