Peter William Mayhew was an English-American actor, best known for portraying Chewbacca in the Star Wars film series. He played the character in all of his live-action appearances from the 1977 original to 2015’s The Force Awakens before his retirement from the role. Mayhew gained his first acting job when the producers of Sinbad and the Eye of the Tiger discovered him from a photograph.
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Peter William Mayhew was an English-American actor, best known for portraying Chewbacca in the Star Wars film series. He played the character in all of his live-action appearances from the 1977 original to 2015’s The Force Awakens before his retirement from the role. His height was a product of Marfan syndrome, not gigantism; \”I don’t have the big head\”, Mayhew said when asked about the cause of his height. His peak height was 7 feet 3 inches. Mayhew gained his first acting job when the producers of Sinbad and the Eye of the Tiger discovered him from a photograph in a newspaper article about men with large feet.
He became a naturalised citizen of the United States in 2005. He married Mary Angelique Luker, a native of Texas, on 7 August 1999. The two lived in Boyd, Texas, and together they had three children: Katy, Sheril, and Kathleen. Mayhew wrote two books for younger audiences: Growing Up Giant, which explains that being different is a strength instead of a weakness, and the anti-bullying book for children My Favorite Giant.
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