TOP 30 LITTLE PEOPLE....
by Ctopher90 | created - 21 Oct 2013 | updated - 25 Aug 2016 | PublicA list dedicated to the finest of little person actors/actresses.
1. Peter Dinklage
Actor | Game of Thrones
Peter Dinklage is an American actor. Since his breakout role in The Station Agent (2003), he has appeared in numerous films and theatre plays. Since 2011, Dinklage has portrayed Tyrion Lannister in the HBO series Game of Thrones (2011) . For this he won an Emmy for Outstanding Supporting Actor in a...
2. Warwick Davis
Actor | Willow
English actor Warwick Davis was born in Epsom, Surrey, England, the son of Susan J. (Pain) and Ashley Davis, an insurance broker. Davis was born with the condition spondyloepiphyseal dysplasia congenital (SED), which caused his dwarfism. He was educated at City of London Freemen's School. When he ...
3. Danny Woodburn
Actor | Seinfeld
Danny Woodburn is an entertainer on stage, film, television, and the comedy club circuit.
Born and raised in the Philadelphia area, he is the son of a nurse and a professional golfer. He is a graduate of Philadelphia's Temple University's School of Film and Theater and recipient of their Outstanding...
4. Linda Hunt
Actress | The Year of Living Dangerously
Linda Hunt is a veteran character actress who only just began acting in motion pictures when director Peter Weir required her peculiarities to animate one of cinema's most esoteric characters, Billy Kwan, the intellectual and virtuous Chinese-Australian dwarf and photographer, in the Australian ...
5. Tony Cox
Actor | Bad Santa
Tony Cox was born on March 31, 1958 in Uniontown, Alabama, USA. He is known for his work on Bad Santa (2003), Spaceballs (1987) and Epic Movie (2007). He has been married to Otelia since 1989. They have one child.
6. Billy Barty
Actor | Masters of the Universe
Billy Barty was born William John Bertanzetti on October 25, 1924 in Millsboro, Pennsylvania. He began performing at age three and began making pictures in 1927. He played Mickey Rooney's little brother in the "Mickey McGuire" comedy shorts series. He was equally adept in both comedy and drama, and...
7. Deep Roy
Actor | Charlie and the Chocolate Factory
Deep Roy was born on January 26, 1949 in Nairobi, Kenya as Mohinder Purba. He is known for his work on Charlie and the Chocolate Factory (2005), Star Trek (2009) and Corpse Bride (2005).
8. David Rappaport
Actor | Time Bandits
British actor David Rappaport earned more roles and respect than most guys his size (or any size for that matter) who attempted a professional acting career. Born with the genetic condition dwarfism (he was 3' 11"), he was often typecast in bizarre, sometimes silly and demeaning roles; but, like ...
9. Hervé Villechaize
Actor | The Man with the Golden Gun
Hervé Villechaize was born in Paris on April 23, 1943. He stopped growing very early and his father (who was a surgeon) tried to find a cure by visiting several doctors and hospitals. But there was none, so Hervé had to live with his small height and also with undersized lungs. He studied at the ...
10. Gary Coleman
Actor | Diff'rent Strokes
Without a doubt Gary Coleman was THE child TV star of the late 1970s and early 1980s. A refreshingly confident little tyke with sparkling dark, saucer-like eyes and an ingratiating, take-on-anyone burst of personality, the boy charmed the pants right off of TV viewers the minute he was glimpsed in ...
11. Jordan Prentice
Actor | In Bruges
Jordan Prentice was born on January 30, 1973 in London, Ontario, Canada. He is an actor, known for In Bruges (2008), Howard the Duck (1986) and Mirror Mirror (2012).
12. Zelda Rubinstein
Actress | Poltergeist
A marvelously quirky and distinctive 4' 3" character actress, with a larger-than-life presence on film and TV, Zelda Rubinstein gave up a long and stable career in the medical field as a lab technician in order to strive for something more self-fulfilling as middle age settled in. At the age of 45,...
13. Martin Klebba
Actor | Pirates of the Caribbean: Dead Man's Chest
Martin Klebba was born on June 23, 1969 in Troy, Michigan, USA. He is known for his work on Pirates of the Caribbean: Dead Man's Chest (2006), Jurassic World (2015) and Left Behind (2014). He has been married to Michelle Dilgard since June 18, 2011.
14. Michael J. Anderson
Actor | Mulholland Dr.
Michael Anderson was born in Huron, South Dakota, at 10:30 P.M., on Halloween night. Subject to a genetic anomaly known as Osteogenesis Imperfecta, he grew up in a wheelchair. After graduating high school, he traveled America, singing for tips and living in his car. For six years, he attended the ...
15. Verne Troyer
Actor | The Love Guru
With a decades-long career as an actor and stuntman, Verne Troyer was best known for playing "Mini-Me," Dr. Evil's smaller and more concentrated pure evil protégé, in the hit comedies Austin Powers: The Spy Who Shagged Me (1999) and Austin Powers in Goldmember (2002), and for his role in Harry ...
16. Phil Fondacaro
Actor | Willow
Phil Fondacaro started his career in 1981 when a casting call went out for "little people" for the feature film Under the Rainbow (1981). This was the beginning of a career that is still going strong to this day. From that time he has worked in every genre. including drama, comedy, horror and ...
17. Debbie Lee Carrington
Actress | Men in Black
Debbie Lee Carrington was born on December 14, 1959 in San Jose, California, USA as Deborah Lee Carrington. She is known for her work on Men in Black (1997), Total Recall (1990) and Howard the Duck (1986). She died on March 23, 2018 in Pleasanton, California.
18. Kiruna Stamell
Actress | La migliore offerta
Kiruna Stamell was born on March 13, 1981 in Paddington, Sydney, New South Wales, Australia. She is an actress, known for La migliore offerta (2013), Moulin Rouge! (2001) and EastEnders (1985).
19. Meredith Eaton
Actress | Paranormal Activity 3
Meredith Eaton is well known for her breakout recurring role as feisty attorney Bethany Horowitz, on the ABC hit series Boston Legal (2004). Meredith has also guest starred on several critically acclaimed prime time shows, such as House M.D. (2004), Law & Order: Special Victims Unit (1999), and ...
20. Josh Ryan Evans
Actor | Passions
Despite being one of the smallest actors in Hollywood at 37 inches, Josh proved quality early on in life. By creating and distributing his own business cards before he was even a teenager, Josh landed a spot on "The Dancing Baby" ice cream commercial, which led to his role in Baby Geniuses (1999), ...
21. Jack Purvis
Actor | Time Bandits
Jack Purvis was born on July 13, 1937 in London, England. He is known for his work on Time Bandits (1981), Brazil (1985) and Star Wars (1977). He was married to Marjie Purvis. He died on November 21, 1997 in Bushey, Hertfordshire, England.
22. Malcolm Dixon
Actor | Time Bandits
Malcolm Dixon was born in 1934 in Auckland, County Durham, England as Malcolm W. Dixon. He was an actor, known for Time Bandits (1981), Star Wars: Episode VI - Return of the Jedi (1983) and Flash Gordon (1980). He was married to Anita B. Senior. He died on April 9, 2020 in the UK.
23. Mike Edmonds
Actor | Time Bandits
Mike Edmonds was born on January 13, 1944 in Chelmsford, Essex, England. He is an actor, known for Time Bandits (1981), Star Wars: Episode VI - Return of the Jedi (1983) and Who Framed Roger Rabbit (1988).
24. Tiny Ross
Actor | Time Bandits
Lived in Rhyl for many years with his wife Lala, his son Richard still lives and works in the area, I lived next door to Tiny for 18 years, such a lovely man, I do remember climbing on his coal shed roof one day and fell through into the garden, he wasn't best pleased, Tiny also acted in panto all ...
25. Emmanuel Lewis
Actor | Webster
Emmanuel Lewis was born March 9th, 1971 in Brooklyn, New York. The youngest son of Margaret Lewis, a former computer-science professional, Emmanuel attended regular public schools in Brooklyn until his busy acting career took him to Hollywood. He has four siblings. His acting career began one day ...
26. Arturo Gil
Actor | Spaceballs
Arturo Gil has a rare form of dwarfism and only stands three and half feet tall. His height hasn't stopped him from doing anything unless it's a vertical issue. A step stool or a ladder comes in handy. Gil was born in New Orleans, Louisiana but was raised in San Juan, Puerto Rico and is bilingual ...
27. Rick Howland
Actor | Lost Girl
Rick Howland is a Canadian, Green Card toting LA Actor, best known as Trick in five seasons of the hit SyFy series "Lost Girl". 2019 and the beginning of 2020 saw him play; Borachio in the staging of "Much Ado About Nothing", the antagonist in the feature film "Captain Tsunami's Army", opposite ...
28. Mikey Post
Actor | Bedtime Stories
Mikey Post was born on April 29, 1982 in Columbus, Ohio, USA. He was an actor and producer, known for Bedtime Stories (2008), Black Knight (2001) and Buttwhistle (2014). He died on February 17, 2018.
29. Brad Williams
Writer | Brad Williams: Daddy Issues
Brad Williams was born on January 13, 1984 in Los Angeles, California, USA. He is an actor and writer, known for Brad Williams: Daddy Issues (2016), Brad Williams: Fun Size (2015) and Little Evil (2017).
30. Kenny Baker
Actor | Time Bandits
Kenny Baker was born on August 24, 1934 in Birmingham, England as Kenneth George Baker. He was an actor, known for Time Bandits (1981), Star Wars: Episode III - Revenge of the Sith (2005) and The Elephant Man (1980). He was married to Eileen Baker. He died on August 13, 2016 in Preston, Lancashire,...



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