# Fame.am profile — machine-readable export
# Canonical URL: https://fame.am/person/peter-mayhew
# Generated: 2026-09-01T09:18:10.414Z

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url: "https://fame.am/person/peter-mayhew"
name: "Peter Mayhew"
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description: "He was the man inside the fur — seven-foot-three and the only choice to play a Wookiee who could out-roar the Empire and still land every emotional beat without a word."
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deathDate: "2019-04-30"
livingStatus: "DECEASED"
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# bio (long form, separated for readability)
bio: |
  Peter William Mayhew was born 19 May 1944, a British hospital orderly whose height made him visible long before Hollywood called. George Lucas cast him in 1977 because the frame was right and the warmth came through the mask — Chewbacca in the original Star Wars, then every live-action film through 2015's The Force Awakens. He voiced the character in The Clone Wars, wore the bandolier on The Muppet Show, and spent four decades answering to a name that wasn't his but somehow was. He retired from the role before his death on 30 April 2019, having played a creature who never spoke English and still became one of the most beloved figures in cinema.