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National Short Person Day: The most famous little people in Hollywood
To celebrate National Short Person Day, we take a look at the list of the most famous little people in Hollywood. How many do you recognise?
It’s the end of the year and National Short Person Day is here once again. We’re going to take a look at the most famous little people in Hollywood and go through their careers.
There have been plenty of little people who have graced our screens over the years in various roles in TV and film, with the most well-known names and faces listed below.
Peter Dinklage
The Game of Thrones star got his breakthrough role with The Station Agent in 2003 and since then has gone on to win multiple awards, with arguably his most recognisable role coming as Tyrion Lannister in the hit TV series filled with dragons and beheadings. Dinklage, born in 1969, also stars in the most recent addition to The Hunger Games movies, titled The Ballad of Singbirds and Snakes, where he plays the Dean of the Academy in the Capitol.
Warwick Davis
The British film star has been active in the industry since he was 12-years-old, and in one of the highest-grossing supporting actors of all time. Davies played Wicket W. Warrick in Star Wars: Episode IV - Return of the Jedi and Yoda in Star Wars: Episode I - The Phanton Menace, as well as featuring in the Harry Potter films as Professor Filius Flitwick. Outside of film, he has featured in various British TV projects such as Celebrity Squares and An Idiot Abroad, with Ricky Gervais.
Verne Troyer
Troyer was an American actor, best known for playing Mini-Me in the Austin Powers film series. Born in Michigan, Troyer worked as both an actor and a comedian before his death in 2018. He first worked as a stunt double which led to a career in acting and from then on, Troyer appeared in various Hollywood roles, including Griphook in Harry Potter and the Sorcerer’s Stone, a role that was voiced by Warwick Davis.
Danny Woodburn
Woodburn is a graduate of Philadelphia’s Temple University’s School of Film and Theater and his firm major role came as Mickey Abbott in Seinfield. The Bones star is a long-time advocate for performers with disability in film, television and theatre, and serves on the Performers With Disabilities Committee of Screen Actors Guild-American Federation of Television and Radio Artists (SAG-AFTRA).
Linda Hunt
The veteran actress, born in 1945, was a well-known theatre performer before moving to the big screen when she took up the offer of playing in Robert Altman’s musical comedy Popeye in 1980. From then on, she moved to work in both the film and TV industries, with voice acting work coming soon after, playing Grandmother Willow in the animated film Pocahontas.