Kiran Shah (born September 28, 1956) is a Kenyan-Indian actor and stunt-double.
He is 4 ft 2 in and best known for The Chronicles of Narnia: The Lion, the Witch and the Wardrobe (2005), The Rise of Skywalker (2019), and The Lord of the Rings: The Fellowship of the Ring (2001).
Not to be confused with Deep Roy, another Kenyan-born little person of Indian descent who began acting in The '70s and is less than a year younger than Shah. You can see how people would get them mixed up.
Filmography
Film Roles
- 1977: The People That Time Forgot as Bolum
- 1981: Raiders of the Lost Ark as Abu
- 1982: The Dark Crystal as Additional Performer
- 1983: Return of the Jedi as Ewok/EG-6
- 1984: Greystoke: The Legend of Tarzan, Lord of the Apes as Primate Sequences
- 1985: Legend as Blunder
- 1986: Gothic as Fuselil Monster
- 1987: The Sign Of Four as Tonga
- 1988: The Adventures of Baron Munchausen as Executioner's Assistant
- 1990: Jekyll And Hyde 1990 as Sara's Son
- 1990: Bullseye as Little Boss at Auction
- 1991: The Crucifer Of Blood as Tonga
- 1993: UFO as Genghis Khan
- 1994: Black Beauty as Man with Tambourine (Uncredited Role)
- 1999: Alice in Wonderland (1999) as The White Rabbit
- 2001: Harry Potter and the Philosopher's Stone as Goblin (uncredited)
- 2002: The Biggest Step as Luk
- 2005: The Chronicles of Narnia: The Lion, the Witch and the Wardrobe as Ginaarbrik
- 2009: Paa as 6 year old Auro
- 2010: Harvey Putter And The Ridiculous Premise as Dumpy the Housechmuck
- 2011: Your Highness as Tiniest One
- 2011: Kong Curling as Pepismannen
- 2012: A Fantastic Fear of Everything as Small Man in Duvet
- 2012: The Hobbit: An Unexpected Journey as Goblin Scribe
- 2015: The Force Awakens as Teedo
- 2016: Rogue One as Oolin Musters
- 2017: The Last Jedi as Neepers Panpick
- 2018: Solo as Karjj
- 2019: The Rise of Skywalker as Nambi Ghima
Television Roles
- 1978: The Many Wives Of Patrick as Food Taster
- 1988: Masterpiece Mystery as Tonga
- 1995: Space Precinct as Sena M/Tanni Tropek/Estes Fredo
- 2007: Shameless (UK) as Mr. Cosy
- 2008: That Mitchell and Webb Look as Kevin Armstrong
- 2008: The Passion as Jude
- 2010: Trapped as Grimble
- 2011: Pixelface as Scrag
- 2014-2017: Doctor Who as Emojibot #1/Figure (2 episodes)
- 2016: Game of Thrones as Braavosi Theatre Sound Artist
- 2019-2021: Worzel Gummidge as Chopper/Root Bound (3 episodes)
- 2020: Dracula (2020) as Little Boy
Video Game Roles
- 2005: The Chronicles Of Narnia as Ginaarbrik
Music Videos
- 1997: Aphex Twin: Come to Daddy as Little People
Shorts
- 2012: The Sounds Of The Crickets as Charon
Producer
- 2015: The Throbbit
- 2016: Santa Muerte (short)
- 2018: Vulassic Park
Director
- 2006: Still Living (short)
- 2006: Weekend Lovers
Stunts/Scale Doubling
- 1977: Candleshoe
- 1978: Superman: The Movie
- 1983: Return of the Jedi
- 1983: Krull
- 1997: The Saint (1997)
- 1997: Titanic
- 2001-2003: The Lord of the Rings (scale double for Elijah Wood)
- 2018: Holmes & Watson