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 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 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 Notes1970–1972The Threepenny OperaMac HeathOdyssey Theater Ensemble1978Julius CaesarDecimus BrutusThe Matrix Theatre Company1982–1983Mary BarnesEddieOdyssey Theater Ensemble1983Eminent DomainVictor SaltThe Matrix Theatre CompanyBlack Hole in SpaceDavid ReedMET Theater1984–1985The Coyote CycleThe TricksterRandall Davey Audubon Estate LA Theater Works1985Three SistersVershininDallas Theater Center1993The RampFriederichSouth Coast Repertory1996Taking SidesHelmuth RodeBrooks Atkinson Theatre2000The Coyote CycleThe TricksterVineyard Playhouse2001See Under: LoveNeigelTraveling Jewish Theater2002Times Like TheseOskar WeissPadua Playwrights2003Danny BoyMr. JonesMark Taper Forum2004–2005Times Like TheseOskar WeissTraveling Jewish Theater Capital Repertory Theatre2006Clown Show for BrunoBruno SchulzIrish Repertory Theatre (22nd Street)2007Silent PartnersHans EislerThe Workmen's Circle2009Charles' StoryToddPacific Resident Theatre 2010The Fire RaisersGottlieb BiedermannOdyssey Theater Ensemble 2012Way to HeavenThe Commandant 2013The Kepler ProjectJohannes KeplerMorrison Planetarium 2016The Gary Plays / Charles' StoryToddAtwater Village Theater 2017Krapp's Last TapeKrappThe Odyssey Theater
Filmography Film Year Title Role Notes 1978 Midnight Express Erich 1980 Heaven's Gate Linus Uncredited 1982 NorwegianDead body 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 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 AmerikaWagner 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 2014 Wolfenstein: The New Order Enemy Soldier Voice 2017 Wolfenstein II: The New Colossus Adolf Hitler Voice
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