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Get the Verne Troyer Austin Powers T Shirt . Verne Troyer (January 1, 1969 – April 21, 2018) was an American actor, comedian, and stunt performer best known for playing Mini-Me in the Austin Powers film series. He was notable for having been only 2 ft 8 in (81 cm) tall, the result of cartilage–hair hypoplasia;[1][2] this made him one of the shortest men in the world.
Get the Verne Troyer Austin Powers T Shirt . Troyer’s film career began when a former president of Little People of America contacted him, looking for someone of a “certain size” to serve as a stunt double for the infant character “Baby Bink” in John Hughes‘ film Baby’s Day Out (1994).[8] He gained further work as a stunt double with some minor comedic roles in several films of the 1990s, including Dunston Checks In, Jingle All the Way (both 1996), Men in Black (1997),[9] and My Giant (1998).[10]
Get the Verne Troyer Austin Powers T Shirt . Troyer first met with Jay Roach to discuss portraying Mini-Me in the Austin Powers series,[11] directed by Roach and starring co-creator Mike Myers, before filming for the series’ second film began. Myers was impressed with Troyer’s performance, rewriting the script for Austin Powers: The Spy Who Shagged Me (1999) to give Mini-Me more screen time and remove the character’s death.[12] Troyer reprised the role three years later in Austin Powers in Goldmember (2002), and collaborated again with Myers on The Love Guru(2008).[9]
Get the Verne Troyer Austin Powers T Shirt . After reaching a large audience as Mini-Me, Troyer portrayed the goblin Griphook in Harry Potter and the Sorcerer’s Stone (2001),[13][14] and played the role of Percy in Terry Gilliam‘s fantasy film The Imaginarium of Doctor Parnassus (2009).[15] He also made several appearances as himself in reality television series, including The Surreal Life (2005), Welcome to Sweden (2007),[9] and the sixth series of the British Celebrity Big Brother (2009).
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