VERNE TROYER
January 1, 1969 – April 21, 2018 (age 49)
Cause of Death: Alcohol Poisoning
One of the most famous and shortest people in the world, Verne Troyer made career out of playing the little guy, whether he was playing the goblin Griphook in “Harry Potter and the Sorcerer’s Stone” (2001) or Mini-Me in two of the “Austin Powers” (1999 & 2002) films, Troyer brought reality and even great comedic timing to those roles. A friend of Mike Myers, the actor would later put Troyer in one of his following films titled “The Love Guru” (2008). Troyer would show up in supporting capacities in “Men In Black” (1997), “Fear and Loathing in Las Vegas” (1998), “Bubble Boy” (2001), and “The Imaginarium Of Doctor Parnassus” (2009). The latter part of his career was simply Troyer playing himself, like his stint on the “Trailer Park Boyz” series. His death was originally reported as a suicide, with the coroner later finding very high levels of alcohol in his system, seeming to confirm that report. Although he will be truly missed, his legacy will live on forever.
VERNE TROYER’S FILMOGRAPHY
1996 | Pinocchio’s Revenge | Pinocchio |
1996 | Jingle All the Way | Mini Santa (uncredited) |
1997 | Men In Black |
Alien Son |
1997 | Wishmaster | Creature Stage #1 |
1998 | My Giant |
Wrestler (uncredited) |
1998 | Fear and Loathing in Las Vegas | Wee Waitor |
1998 | Mighty Joe Young | Baby Joe |
1999 | Instinct |
Gorilla Performers |
1999 | Austin Powers: The Spy Who Shagged Me | Mini-Me |
1999 | Here Lies Lonely | Virgil |
2000 | Bit Players (short) |
Marty Rosenthal |
2000 | How the Grinch Stole Christmas | Band Member |
2001 | Bubble Boy | Dr. Phreak |
2001 | Harry Potter and the Sorcerer’s Stone | Griphook |
2002 | Hard Cash | Attila |
2002 | Austin Powers in Goldmember | Mini-Me |
2003 | Pauly Shore Is Dead | Himself |
2007 | Postal |
Himself |
2008 | The Love Guru |
Coach Punch Cherkov |
2008 | College |
Himself |
2009 | The Imaginarium of Doctor Parnassus | Percy |
2012 | Keith Lemon: The Film | Archimedes |
2013 | Convenience | Dwight |
2013 | The Adventures of Uncle Colt and Cletus (short) | Genie |
2015 | Gnome Alone | The Gnome |
2018 | The Delivery (short) | The Boss |
2018 | Hipsters, Gangsters, Aliens and Geeks | Emperor Beezel-Chugg |
VERNE TROYER’S TELEVISION APPEARANCES
1998 | Young Hercules | Baby Ruff | Episode: “A Serpent’s Tooth” |
1999 | Shasta McNasty | Vern | 2 Episodes |
1999 | V.I.P. | Director | Episode: “The Quick and the Dead” |
2000 | Jack Of All Trades |
Napoleon Bonaparte | 4 Episodes |
2000 | Freedom | Cassius | Episode: “Freezone” |
2002 | Sabrina, the Teenage Witch | Angus | Episode: “Witch Way Out” |
2003 | Boston Public |
Taylor Prentice | 2 Episodes |
2003 | Scrubs |
Small Man at Bar | Episode: “My Drama Queen” |
2004 | Karroll’s Christmas | Spike | Television movie |
2005 | Half & Half | Reggie | Episode: “The Big Thorne in My Side Episode” |
2007 | MADtv | Himself | Episode: “#12.20” |
2009 | Two and a Half Men | Circus Midget | Episode: “Untainted by Filth” |
2009 | Cubed |
Himself | Episode: “#1.13 “ |
2013 | Lemon La Vida Loca | Himself | Episode: “#2.5” |
2014 | Where’s This Party? | William Tabbot | Television series |
2015 | Trailer Park Boys: Drunk, High & Unemployed | Himself | Television movie |
2017 | Garage Talks | Himself | Episode: “Episode #4” |
2017 | Trailer Park Boys: Out of the Park | Himself | Episode: “USA – Los Angeles Pt. 2” |
2018 | My 90-Year-Old Roommate | Himself | Episode: “Going Viral” |