Jimmy Vee

Jimmy Vee is a British actor and stunt performer, who has played a number of Doctor Who monsters and aliens. He is a dwarf, standing 1.12 metres (3 ft 8 in) tall. In November 2015, he was cast as R2-D2 in Star Wars Episode VIII, succeeding Kenny Baker.^[1]

Filmography

Film

• Star Wars Episode VIII (2017) (as R2-D2)

Television

He has appeared in the following episodes of Doctor Who:

• "The End of the World" (as the Moxx of Balhoon)
• "Aliens of London" (as the Space Pig)
• "Attack of the Graske" (as the Graske)
• "Voyage of the Damned" (as Bannakaffalatta)
• "Music of the Spheres" (as the Graske)
• "The End of Time" (as the Graske)
• "The Caretaker" (as the Skovox Blitzer)

He has also appeared in the following episodes of The Sarah Jane Adventures:

• "Revenge of the Slitheen" Parts 1 & 2 (as Carl Slitheen)
• "Whatever Happened to Sarah Jane?" Parts 1 & 2 (as Krislok the Graske)
• "The Lost Boy" Parts 1 & 2 (as Carl Slitheen)
• "The Temptation of Sarah Jane Smith" Parts 1 & 2 (as Krislok the Graske)
• "From Raxacoricofallapatorius with Love" (as Slitheen)
• "The Gift" (as child Slitheen)
• "Death of the Doctor" (as the Groske)

He has also appeared in the Weirdsister College episode "The Gargoyle" as the eponymous gargoyle that came to life.

References

External links

• Jimmy Vee at the Internet Movie Database
• BBC article about his casting
• Agent's web page for Jimmy Vee
• Interview with the Daily Record