Verne Troyer

Verne Troyer
Verne Troyer attending the Kandy Masquerade party at the Playboy Mansion on February 28, 2009.
Born	(1969-01-01) January 1, 1969 Sturgis, Michigan, United States
Occupation	Actor Stunt performer
Years active	1994–present
Spouse(s)	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,^[1] 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

Troyer at the Supernova Pop Culture Expo Sydney, Australia 2012.

Troyer was born in Sturgis, Michigan, the son of Susan, a factory worker, and Reuben Troyer, a repair technician.^[2] 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.^[3]

It was announced on March 29, 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,^[4] was leaked to the public by Shrider to TMZ.^[5] Kevin Blatt, the man responsible for brokering the deal for the Paris Hilton sex tape in 2003, tried to sell the video. Troyer, through his long-time attorney, Ed McPherson, 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.

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
• Lemon La Vida Loca (2013) - himself
• BGO.com TV Campaign (2014) - Beat The Boss^[6]

References

External links

• Verne Troyer at the Internet Movie Database
• Verne Troyer interview on Movieset.com