- Born
- Birth nameKiran Jethalal Shah
- Height1.26 m
- In 2004, Kiran was back in New Zealand filming Le Monde de Narnia : Le Lion, la Sorcière blanche et l'Armoire magique (2005) playing a character called Ginarrbrik.
He also writes poetry; his work has been published in Britain and America.
Kiran is a "Guinness World Record" holder as the "shortest professional stuntman currently working in film" since October 2003.- IMDb mini biography by: jake jones
- Was Elijah Wood's scale double in all three Lord of the Rings films.
- Because of his overall diminutive size, versatility and willingness, Kiran Shah is in high demand as a prospective stuntman / double for long shots in action scenes.
- Every film he has made with John Rhys-Davies has been nominated for Best Picture: Les Aventuriers de l'arche perdue (1981), Le Seigneur des anneaux : La Communauté de l'anneau (2001), Le Seigneur des anneaux : Les Deux Tours (2002) and Le Seigneur des anneaux : Le Retour du roi (2003).
- Has played the character 'Tonga' (from the Sherlock Holmes novel "The Sign of the Four" by Sir Arthur Conan Doyle) in two dissimilar television films: The Sign of Four (1987) and Sherlock Holmes et la croix du sang (1991).
- Has appeared in three Academy Award winners for Best Picture: Braveheart (1995), Titanic (1997) and Le Seigneur des anneaux : Le Retour du roi (2003). Bernard Hill also appeared in the latter two films.
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