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Deep Roy

Kenyan-British actor (born 1957)

Deep Roy is a Kenyan-British actor, stuntman and puppeteer. Standing 132 centimetres tall, he has often been cast as diminutive characters, including Teeny Weeny in The NeverEnding Story, the Oompa-Loompas in Charlie and the Chocolate Factory and Keenser in Star Trek and its sequels. His television work includes The X-Files, Doctor Who and Eastbound and Down.

Deep Roy appears in 3 films in The Rerun, from 1980 to 1984. Most of that work is in adventure, family and fantasy.

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What movies and TV shows has Deep Roy been in?
Deep Roy appears in The NeverEnding Story (1984), Greystoke: The Legend of Tarzan, Lord of the Apes (1984) and Flash Gordon (1980) on The Remote.
When was Deep Roy born?
Deep Roy was born on 26 January 1949.

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