# Norbert Weisser

Norbert Weisser (born 1946) is a German actor who has been based in the United States since the mid-1960s.

## Career

Based in Los Angeles, Weisser is a founding member of Odyssey Theatre Ensemble, the ProVisional Theater, and the Padua Playwrights Festival. A long-time collaborator of Murray Mednick, he originated the role of the Trickester in the playwright's epic seven-hour Coyote Cycle, and has starred in numerous American and European theatrical productions, including opposite Ed Harris in Ronald Harwood's Taking Sides and John O'Keefe's Times Like These, where he received an Ovation Award, an LA Weekly Theater Award and an L.A. Drama Critics Circle Award nomination for his performance. He has also directed plays at the Magic Theatre in San Francisco and at the Mark Taper Forum.
Besides his extensive stage work, Weisser is also a prolific film and television actor, with over 90 credits to his name. Chiefly a character actor, he has starred in well-known and acclaimed films including Midnight Express, The Thing, Chaplin, Hocus Pocus, Schindler's List, and Pollock, and numerous titles directed by Albert Pyun. He had a memorable guest role in "Madrigal" (a fifth season episode of Breaking Bad), reprised in Better Call Saul, and had provided voice-over and motion capture to a number of video games such as Medal of Honor: Allied Assault and Wolfenstein II: The New Colossus.

## Personal life

Weisser lives in Venice, Los Angeles, California, with his wife Tandy. His son Morgan Weisser is also an actor.

## Theatre credits

| Year | Title | Role | Venue |
| 1970-1972 | The Threepenny Opera | Mac Heath | Odyssey Theater Ensemble |
| 1978 | Julius Caesar | Decimus Brutus | The Matrix Theatre Company |
| 1982-1983 | Mary Barnes | Eddie | Odyssey Theater Ensemble |
| 1983 | Eminent Domain | Victor Salt | The Matrix Theatre Company |
| 1983 | Black Hole in Space | David Reed | MET Theater |
| 1984-1985 | The Coyote Cycle | The Trickster | Randall Davey Audubon Estate LA Theater Works |
| 1985 | Three Sisters | Vershinin | Dallas Theater Center |
| 1993 | The Ramp | Friederich | South Coast Repertory |
| 1996 | Taking Sides | Helmuth Rode | Brooks Atkinson Theatre |
| 2000 | The Coyote Cycle | The Trickster | Vineyard Playhouse |
| 2001 | See Under: Love | Neigel | Traveling Jewish Theater |
| 2002 | Times Like These | Oskar Weiss | Padua Playwrights |
| 2003 | Danny Boy | Mr. Jones | Mark Taper Forum |
| 2004-2005 | Times Like These | Oskar Weiss | Traveling Jewish Theater Capital Repertory Theatre |
| 2006 | Clown Show for Bruno | Bruno Schulz | Irish Repertory Theatre (22nd Street) |
| 2007 | Silent Partners | Hans Eisler | The Workmen's Circle |
| 2009 | Charles' Story | Todd | Pacific Resident Theatre |
| 2010 | The Fire Raisers | Gottlieb Biedermann | Odyssey Theater Ensemble |
| 2012 | Way to Heaven | The Commandant | Odyssey Theater Ensemble |
| 2013 | The Kepler Project | Johannes Kepler | Morrison Planetarium |
| 2016 | The Gary Plays / Charles' Story | Todd | Atwater Village Theater |
| 2017 | Krapp's Last Tape | Krapp | The Odyssey Theater |

## Filmography

| Film Year Title Role Notes 1978 Midnight Express Erich 1980 Heaven's Gate Linus Uncredited 1982 The Thing Norwegian Android Keller 1983 Twilight Zone: The Movie German Soldier (segment "Time Out") 1984 City Limits Bolo 1985 Radioactive Dreams Frank Sternwood 1986 Three Amigos German Thug 1987 Down Twisted Alsandro Deltoid Walker Jared Prange 1988 Sweet Lies Bill From Hollywood to Deadwood Peter Mueller 1989 The Radicals Michael Sattler The Secret of the Ice Cave Dr. Victor Talbot 1990 Deceit Bailey / Farnsworth III Captain America Alaskan Surveyor Midnight Cabaret Tony 1991 The Rocketeer Zeppelin Pilot 1992 Chaplin German Diplomat 1993 Hocus Pocus Mr. Binx Arcade Albert Kroll Schindler's List Unterscharführer Albert Hujar 1994 The Road to Wellville Dr. Spitzvogel 1995 The Killers Within Bernhard Hiller 1996 Adrenalin: Fear the Rush Cuzo Nemesis 3: Prey Harder Edson Omega Doom The Head Nemesis 4: Death Angel Tokuda 1997 Blast Lead Commando Crazy Six Jerzy 1998 Sorcerers Lord Manor 1999 The Learning Curve Usher 2000 Pollock Hans Namuth 2001 Ticker Billy Dugger 2004 Around the Bend Walter 2005 Invasion Dr. Franks 2006 Cool Air Deltoid 2008 Road to Hell Interrogator Farnsworth 2009 Angels & Demons Dr. Kozcinsky 2010 Tales of an Ancient Empire Xuxia Being Killed Geoffrey's Dad 2014 One Weekend Grandfather 2019 She's in Portland Rex The Laundromat Alwin Giordano | Television Year Title Role Notes 1977 The Hardy Boys/Nancy Drew Mysteries Gurt 2 episodes The Deadly Triangle Ernst Haag Television film McNamara's Band Engineer 1978 Keefer Vorst 1979 Barnaby Jones Hans Mueller Episode: "The Protectors" Lou Grant Robert Bovic Episode: "Bomb" Beggarman, Thief Egon Hubisch Television film 1982 The Greatest American Hero Yuri Petchernec Episode: "It's All Downhill from Here" Tales of the Gold Monkey Hanus 2 episodes 1983 AfterMASH Henry Smith Episode: "Klinger vs. Klinger" 1984 Masquerade Lohmann Episode: "Sleeper" 1985 Stark Powell Television film Knight Rider Fredo Lureni Episode: "Knight Racer" 1986 Scarecrow and Mrs. King German Officer In Play Episode: "All the World's a Stage" Hunter Craig Borson Episode: "Change Partners and Dance" 1987 Spies Werner Episode: "Right or Rong" 1989 A Peaceable Kingdom Rudy Farrell Episode: "Reunion" 1990 The Incident Riefenstahl Television film 1991 Under Cover Doctor Episode: "War Game" Seeds of Tragedy Gunter Television film 1992 In the Line of Duty: Siege at Marion John Singer Northern Exposure Reinhart Episode: "The Three Amigos" 1994 Amelia Earhart: The Final Flight KLM Mechanic Television film 1995 My Antonia Otto Inseln unter dem Wind Wagner 4 episodes 1996 Riders of the Purple Sage Deacon Tull Television film Und tschüss! In Amerika Wagner Deutschlandlied Lieutenant Chuccle Miniseries 1997 Aaahh!!! Real Monsters Farfegnuton Voice, Episode: "Side by Side/Hooked on Phobics" 1998 From the Earth to the Moon Dr. Wernher von Braun Miniseries Brimstone Martin Benedict Episode: "Repentance" 2001 Alias Jeroen Schiller Episode: "Doppelgänger" 2002 The Agency Konrad Episode: "The Understudy" 2004 NCIS Johannes Rutger Episode: "Left for Death" ER Dr. Adler Episode: "Time of Death" 2006 Ghost Whisperer Patrick Roth Episode: "The Curse of the Ninth" 2008 Gemini Division Albert Dresner 6 episodes 2012 Breaking Bad Peter Schuler Episode: "Madrigal" 2020 Better Call Saul Peter Schuler Episode: "JMM" |

### Video games

| Year | Title | Role | Notes |
| 2002 | Medal of Honor: Allied Assault | | Voice |
| 2004 | Call of Duty: Finest Hour | | Voice |
| 2014 | Wolfenstein: The New Order | Enemy Soldier | Voice |
| 2017 | Wolfenstein II: The New Colossus | Adolf Hitler | Voice |