Martin Klebba

Martin Klebba
Klebba and Meredith Eaton, May 2007
Born	(1969-06-23) June 23, 1969 Troy, Michigan, U.S.
Education	Athens High School
Occupation	Actor/Stuntman
Years active	1992–present
Height	4 ft 1 in (124 cm)
Spouse	Michelle Dilgard (2011–present)
Children	1 son (Alec) and 1 daughter (Makenzie)

Martin Klebba (born June 23, 1969) is an American actor and stunt performer. Klebba has a form of dwarfism called acromicric dysplasia; he is 4'1" tall.

Personal life

Klebba was born and grew up in Troy, Michigan, graduating from Athens High School. Martin was wed to Michelle Dilgard in 2011 and in a 2011 interview with Kale Slade, Martin revealed that in his free time, he likes to play video games with his son and spend time with his wife. Martin is the father of son, Alec Klebba, and daughter, Makenzie Rae Klebba, born September 26, 2012.

Klebba runs a nonprofit foundation called Coalition for Dwarf Advocacy, which gives 100% of its donations to the cause of helping little people.

Career

Early Career

Klebba was an occasional guest on The Howard Stern Show in the 1990s, and was given the nickname "Marty the Midget".

Film

Klebba has acted in various productions, most notably Pirates of the Caribbean as "Marty", one of Captain Jack Sparrow's Black Pearl crew, in all three of the first trilogy. In 2003, he played the ring announcer in the Cradle 2 the Grave. In 2009, Klebba played the role of "Count Le Petite" in All's Faire in Love, a romantic comedy set at a Renaissance fair. He has also been in low budget horror/comedy films Feast 2: Sloppy Seconds & Feast 3: The Happy Finish as "Thunder."

He has numerous stunt credits as well including Hancock, Zombieland, Bedtime Stories, Evan Almighty, Meet the Spartans, Epic Movie, and Van Helsing.

Television

Klebba starred as Friday, one of the seven dwarfs, in the 2001 made-for-TV film Snow White. In 2003, Klebba starred as Hank Dingo in the Comedy Central made-for-TV movie Knee High P.I.. He also made an appearance as a demon in the Charmed, season 6 episode Witch Wars (2004). He has also appeared in iCarly and Drake & Josh as Nug Nug.

Klebba made many appearances as Randall Winston in the television series Scrubs. He starred in the CSI: Crime Scene Investigation episode "The Chick Chop Flick Shop" (2007) as Dickie Jones, and in the CSI: NY episode "Uncertainty Rules" (2010) as Calvin Moore. Also in 2010, Klebba guest starred as Hibachi in Pair of Kings, a Disney TV series. He played Todd Moore in the Bones (TV series) season 5 episode "Dwarf in the Dirt"' (2010).

Klebba has also been featured on the TLC reality show, Little People, Big World, with his good friend Amy Roloff. He will be featured in one episode of VH-1's I'm Married to a... in which his average sized wife talks about being married to a little person.

In 2011, Klebba appeared on The Cape as a series regular named "Rollo".

Filmography

Year	Title	Role	Notes
2001	Planet of the Apes	Monkey Grinder's Pet	Uncredited
2001	Corky Romano	Mini Bouncer	Uncredited
2001	How High	Party Guest	Uncredited
2001	Snow White: The Fairest of Them All	Friday
2002	Run Ronnie Run	Music Video Doorman
2002	Big Fat Liar	Kissing Bandit	Uncredited
2002	Death to Smoochy	Rhinette / Krinkle Kid #3
2002	Men in Black II	Family Child Alien
2002	Austin Powers in Goldmember	Dancer	Uncredited
2002	Blood Shot	Secret Weapon	Short film
2003	National Security	Security Guard	Uncredited
2003	Cradle 2 the Grave	Fight Announcer
2003	Pirates of the Caribbean: The Curse of the Black Pearl	Marty
2003	El Matador	Me Too
2003	A Light in the Forest	Boar
2003	Looney Tunes: Back in Action	Dancing Yosemite Sam
2003	The Haunted Mansion	Happy Ghost	Uncredited
2004	Van Helsing	Dwerger	Uncredited
2005	Americano	Matador
2006	Pirates of the Caribbean: Dead Man's Chest	Marty
2007	Pirates of the Caribbean: At World's End	Marty
2007	Cougar Club	Short Boss Man	Uncredited
2007	The Santa Trap	Special Ops Elf
2008	Hancock	Prisoner	Uncredited
2009	American High School	Principal Mann	Direct-to-DVD
2010	A Short Film	Cowboy	Short film
2011	Night of the Little Dead	Little Dead	Short film
2011	Pair of Kings	Guest
2011	In the Gray		Producer
2012	Project X	Guest
2012	Mirror Mirror	Butcher
2013	Movie 43	Killer Chaun
2013	Oz the Great and Powerful	Nikko
2013	Motel
2014	Left Behind

External links

• Martin Klebba at IMDb