disabled actors (really disabled)
by whkeech-962-268806 | created - 01 Sep 2012 | updated - 02 Apr 2016 | PublicOk, I am in a wheelchair, I thought there should be a list of actors who are disabled...enjoy
(So, no Artie, from Glee, although, he is great in the role...)
1. Katie Leclerc
Actress | Switched at Birth
Katie Leclerc's career began in 2005, when she made her first appearance on Veronica Mars (2004). This jump-started a series of minor roles and small appearances in movies and TV shows. She got her breakout role starring as a deaf teenager, Daphne Vasquez, who finds out she was taken home by the ...
Ménière's disease
2. Chris Burke
Actor | Life Goes On
Chris Burke was born on August 26, 1965 in Point Lookout, New York, USA. He is an actor, known for Elämä voittaa (1989), Mona Lisa Smile (2003) and Heaven & Hell: North & South, Book III (1994).
Corky!!
3. RJ Mitte
Actor | Breaking Bad
In 2006 R.J. Mitte moved to Hollywood, California, with his family to support the foray of his sister, actress Lacianne Carriere, into print and commercial work. For fun, Mitte began training with Los Angeles talent manager Addison K. Witt in Sherman Oaks, Cal. And though many of the actors in the ...
CP like me
4. Daryl Mitchell
Actor | 10 Things I Hate About You
Daryl Mitchell was born on July 16, 1965 in The Bronx, New York, USA. He is an actor and producer, known for 10 things I hate about you (1999), Inside Man (2006) and Galaxy quest (1999). He has been married to Carol since 1998. They have four children.
Was shot
5. Christopher Reeve
Actor | Superman
Christopher D'Olier Reeve was born September 25, 1952, in New York City, to journalist Barbara Johnson (née Barbara Pitney Lamb) and writer/professor F.D. Reeve (Franklin D'Olier Reeve). He came from an upper-class family; his paternal grandfather was CEO of Prudential Financial, and one of his ...
was a quad after a riding injury
6. Marlee Matlin
Actress | CODA
Marlee Beth Matlin was born on August 24, 1965 in Morton Grove, Illinois, to Libby (Hammer) and Donald Matlin, an automobile dealer. She has two older brothers. Her family is of Russian Jewish and Polish Jewish descent.
Marlee lost much of her hearing at the age of eighteen months. That did not stop...
7. Sean Berdy
Actor | The Society
Sean Berdy was born on June 3rd, 1993 in Boca Raton, Florida, to parents Terrie and Scott Berdy. At a young age Sean began putting on impromptu comedic shows alongside his brother, Tyler, to the delight of family and friends. Seeing the joy he brought to others while performing, he became ...
8. Teal Sherer
Actress | Survivor's Remorse
Teal Sherer is known for Survivor's Remorse (2014), The Guild (2007) and NCIS: New Orleans (2014).
9. Lauren Potter
Actress | Glee
Lauren Potter was born on May 10, 1990 in Inland Empire, California, USA. She is an actress and producer, known for Glee (2009), Those Who Wish Me Dead (2021) and Guest Room (2015).
10. Jade Calegory
Actor | Mac and Me
Jade Calegory was born on April 12, 1976. He is an actor, known for Mac ja minä (1988), Kids Incorporated (1984) and Alien Nation (1989).
11. Russell Harvard
Actor | There Will Be Blood
Russell Harvard was born April 16, 1981 in Pasadena, Texas to Kay and Henry Harvard. Russell and his brother, Renny, were born deaf. When the boys were old enough to start school, the family moved to Austin, Texas so they could attend the Texas School for the Deaf (TSD). Russell attended TSD from ...
12. Mitch Longley
Actor | Port Charles
Mitch Longley grew up in Rowayton CT. As a child and teenager, he performed in local community and school plays, acting and singing. He was a student at Brien McMahon High School and was involved in various after school programs and athletics including band. He became an avid tennis player and his ...
13. Santina Muha
Actress | One Day at a Time
Santina Muha was born on May 6, 1983 in Toms River, New Jersey, USA. She is an actress and producer, known for One Day at a Time (2017), Don't Worry, He Won't Get Far on Foot (2018) and Greener Grass (2019).
14. Keith Cavill
Self | Murderball
Keith Cavill hails from Wayne, New Jersey. Keith first began riding bikes and dirt bikes when he was eight years old. Moreover, Cavill played football, soccer, and ice hockey while a student at Wayne Hills High School. Keith suffered a spinal injury in August, 2003 that left him a quadriplegic in ...
15. Kurt Yaeger
Actor | Sunrise
Kurt Yaeger became an amputee, broke his pelvis in half, bladder torn in half, broke seven vertebra, and a number of other injuries in a motorcycle accident. After two years of recovery he shot multiple films and tv shows then landed Greg the Peg on the hit series Sons of Anarchy (2008) which ...
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