Norbert Weisser

Norbert Weisser born July 9 1946 is a Germanborn American film and theatre actor probably most known for his many roles in Albert Pyundirected movies 15 and counting Weisser is a founding member of the Odyssey Theater and the Padua Hills Playwrights Festival where he developed the role of Trickster in Murray Mednicks epic sevenhour The Coyote Cycle He has played roles in theaters throughout Europe and the US including Broadway where he played Rode opposite Ed Harris in Ronald Harwoods Taking Sides at the Brooks Atkinson Theater Most recently he played Oskar in John OKeefes Times Like These in San Francisco Albany New York and Los Angeles where he received an Ovation Award an LA Weekly Theater Award and an LA Drama Critics Circle nomination for his performance Weisser has directed plays at the Magic Theater in San Francisco and at the Mark Taper Forums New Playwrights Festival in Los Angeles Recently he produced two Albert Pyun films Infection and Cool Air He is the father of fellow actor Morgan Weisser who starred in both movies Weissers television credits include Amelia Earhart The Final Flight Riders of the Purple Sage My Antonia From the Earth to the Moon Alias The Agency NCIS ER and Ghost Whisperer