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Terry Kiser

テリー・カイザー　/　てりー・かいざー

American film actor

August 1, 1939 (age 86)　・　Omaha, Nebraska, United States

Nebraska
film actor
television actor

My Take

There is a beautiful irony in Terry Kiser's career. A serious stage actor from Omaha, Kansas-trained and a Theatre World Award winner, with more than 140 credits over fifty years, yet the whole world remembers him best as a corpse. Playing the dead Bernie Lomax in Weekend at Bernie's is a strange kind of immortality, but a real one. I have a soft spot for character actors like him, the dependable faces who hold scenes together for decades while the stars come and go. To turn one absurd role into something genuinely timeless takes more craft than it gets credit for.

Overview

Terry Kiser (born August 1, 1939) is an American actor. While he has more than 140 acting credits to his name, with a career spanning more than 50 years, he is best known for portraying the deceased title character Bernie Lomax in the comedy Weekend at Bernie's and its sequel, Weekend at Bernie's II.

Summary adapted from Wikipedia, licensed under CC BY-SA 4.0.

1. Profile

Name (English): Terry Kiser
Name (Japanese): テリー・カイザー
Reading: てりー・かいざー
Born: August 1, 1939 (age 86)
Zodiac / Chinese zodiac: Leo / Rabbit
Origin: Omaha, Nebraska, United States
Blood type: Private
Height: Private
Agency: Private
Occupation: film actor / television actor

2. Background

Elementary school: Private
Junior high: Private
High school: Westside High School
University: University of Kansas

Awards & achievements

1967 Theatre World Award

3. Relationships

Spouse: Private
Children: Private
Parents: Private
Siblings: Private

4. Personality

Motto

Private

6. Links

Wikipedia (Japanese)https://ja.wikipedia.org/wiki/%E3%83%86%E3%83%AA%E3%83%BC%E3%83%BB%E3%82%AB%E3%82%A4%E3%82%B6%E3%83%BC

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