Verne Troyer

Verne Troyer
Troyer at the Supernova Pop Culture Expo Hits Sydney, Australia 2012.
Born	(1969-01-01) January 1, 1969 Sturgis, Michigan, United States
Occupation(s)	Actor Stunt performer
Years active	1994–present
Spouse	Genevieve Gallen (2004; annulled)

Verne J. Troyer (born January 1, 1969) is an American actor and stunt performer. Troyer is notable for his height of 2 ft 8 in (0.81 m), the result of cartilage–hair hypoplasia dwarfism, making him one of the shortest men in the world. He is best known for playing Mini-Me in the Austin Powers series of comedy films.

Personal life

Verne Troyer attending the Kandy Masquerade party at the Playboy Mansion on 28 February 2009.

Troyer was born in Sturgis, Michigan, the son of Susan, a factory worker, and Reuben Troyer, a repair technician. He has two siblings, Davon and Deborah. He grew up in Centreville, Michigan and graduated from Centreville High School in 1987.

Troyer reportedly married model Genevieve Gallen on February 22, 2004 but filed for an annulment the next day. Though the couple's engagement was widely reported, Troyer and his attorney deny that the two ever had any formal wedding plans, saying that Gallen had fabricated the story for her own financial gain.

It was announced on the 29th of March 2013 that Troyer would be the Grand Marshall in the Paris, Tennessee Fish Fry Parade. He has also struggled with several addictions, including cocaine-addiction and alcoholism.

Sex tape scandal

On June 25, 2008, a private home videotape was released which showed Troyer and his former live-in girlfriend Ranae Shrider having sex. The video, which had been filmed in Fort Cobb, Oklahoma, Shrider's home town, and during the Easter Weekend of 2008 at Raffles L’Ermitage hotel , was leaked to the public by Shrider to TMZ. Kevin Blatt, the man responsible for brokering the deal for the Paris Hilton sex tape in 2003, tried to sell the video. Troyer sued TMZ, Blatt, and online rental company SugarDVD, for invasion of privacy and copyright infringement.

Filmography

Verne Troyer at the 2009 San Diego Comic-Con International.

Year	Film	Role	Notes
1994	Baby's Day Out	Stuntman	first film role as Stuntman
1996	Dunston Checks In	Stuntman
1996	Jingle All the Way	Stuntman & "little santa"
1996	Pinocchio's Revenge	Pinocchio's miniature double	first acting film role
1997	Men in Black	Alien Son
1997	Volcano	Stuntman
1997	RocketMan	Stuntman
1997	Wishmaster	Creature stage #1
1998	My Giant	Wrestler
1998	Fear and Loathing in Las Vegas	Wee Waiter
1998	The Wacky Adventures of Ronald McDonald: Scared Silly	Sundae
1998	Mighty Joe Young	Baby Joe
1999	Here Lies Lonely	Virgil
1999	Instinct	Gorilla Performer
1999	Austin Powers: The Spy Who Shagged Me	Mini-Me
2000	Mission Imp	Ethan Runt
2000	Bit Players	Marty Rosenthal
2000	How the Grinch Stole Christmas	Band Member
2001	Bubble Boy	Dr Phreak
2001	Harry Potter and the Philosopher's Stone	Griphook the Goblin (voice by Warwick Davis)	Credited as Vern Troyer
2002	Run for the Money	Atilla
2002	Austin Powers in Goldmember	Mini-Me
2003	Pauly Shore is Dead	Himself
2007	Postal	Himself
2007	Drake & Josh	Chuck	Cameo appearance
2008	The Love Guru	Coach Punch Cherkov
2008	College	Himself
2009	The Imaginarium of Doctor Parnassus	Percy
2012	Keith Lemon: The Film	Archimedes

Television work

• Masked Rider (1995–1996) (stunts for Paul Pistore)
• Shasta McNasty (1999–2000)
• Jack of All Trades (2000) – Napoleon Bonaparte
• Sabrina, the Teenage Witch (2002) – Angus
• Boston Public (2003) – Taylor Prentice (2 episodes)
• Karroll's Christmas (2004)
• The Girls Next Door (2005) – himself (episode "Fight Night")
• The Surreal Life (2005)
• Bo! in the USA (2006)
• The Surreal Life: Fame Games (2007)
• Welcome to Sweden (2007)
• Celebrity Juice (2008, 2010, 2012) – himself
• The Smoking Gun Presents: World's Dumbest... (2008) – commentator
• The Podge and Rodge Show (2008) – himself
• Celebrity Big Brother (2009) – himself
• Friday Night with Jonathan Ross (2009) – himself
• The Paul O'Grady Show (2009) – himself
• WWE Raw (2009) – guest host

External links

• Verne Troyer at IMDb
• Verne Troyer interview on Movieset.com

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