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Verne Troyer
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American actor (1969–2018)
Verne Troyer was an American actor best known for playing Mini-Me in the "Austin Powers" film series, becoming one of the most recognizable actors with dwarfism in Hollywood. His career in movies and television helped increase visibility for people with disabilities in entertainment during the late 1990s and 2000s.
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Film & TV
Sturgis, Michigan, USA
Verne Troyer (January 1, 1969 – April 21, 2018) was an actor best known for his role as "Mini-Me," Dr. Evil's smaller and more concentrated pure evil protégé, in the hit comedy Austin Powers: The Spy Who Shagged Me (1999) and Austin Powers in Goldmember (2002). Even though Verne has become recognized as a "Big Man in the business," he has been working in show business as an actor and stuntman for…
Known for
- Aliens, Clowns & Geeks — Emperor Beezel-Chug2021
- The 420 Movie2020
- Good Mythical Crew — Self2016
- My 90 Year Old Roommate — Self2016
- I Hate Christian Laettner — Self2015
- Gnome Alone — The Gnome2015
- Convenience — Dwight2015
- Trailer Park Boys: Drunk, High and Unemployed — Self2015
- The Adventures of Uncle Colt and Cletus: Hedge-Hoggin — Genie2013
- Whose Line Is It Anyway? — Self2013
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Wikidata facts
- Instance of
- human
- Gender
- male
- Citizenship
- United States
- Place of birth
- Sturgis
- Place of death
- Los Angeles
- Occupation
- television actor
- Languages spoken
- English language
- Native language
- English language
- Mass
- 16
- Image
- Verne Troyer Chiller Theatre Expo 2017-10-28.jpg
- Height
- 0.81
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- Commons category
- Verne Troyer
- date of birth
- 1969-01-01
- birth name
- Vernon Jay Troyer
- date of death
- 2018-04-21
- medical condition
- dwarfism
- unmarried partner
- Brittney Powell
- name in native language
- Vernaoner Jeckson Troyer
- start of work period
- 1994-00-00
- end of work period
- 2016-00-00
- social media followers
- 1330000
- manner of death
- alcoholism
- writing language
- English language
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Encyclopedic overview
Verne Jay Troyer (January 1, 1969 – April 21, 2018) was an American actor, comedian and occasional stunt coordinator and performer. He was best known for playing Mini-Me in the Austin Powers film series. He had cartilage–hair hypoplasia and was 2 ft 8 in (81 cm) tall.
Early life
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