- Born
- Died
- Birth nameVerne Jay Troyer
- Nicknames
- Mini Me
- Mini-V
- Height0.81 m
- With a decades-long career as an actor and stuntman, Verne Troyer was best known for playing "Mini-Me," Dr. Evil's smaller and more concentrated pure evil protégé, in the hit comedies Austin Powers : L'Espion qui m'a tirée (1999) and Austin Powers dans Goldmember (2002), and for his role in Harry Potter à l'école des sorciers (2001). Troyer, born in Sturgis, Michigan, had always dreamed of getting into showbiz. Shortly after his high school graduation in 1987, he moved with some friends to Arlington, Texas, where, in 1993, he got his first break as a stunt double for a 9-month-old baby on the film Bébé part en vadrouille (1994). In his early years of film and television work, he often portrayed animals or small children.- IMDb mini biography by: Gilbert Lee
- SpouseGenevieve Gallen(January 22, 2004 - February 23, 2004) (annulled)
- ParentsReuben TroyerSusan Troyer
- RelativesDavon(Sibling)Deborah(Sibling)
- His small height
- Bald head
- Verne had to do all of his own stunts because there wasn't anyone small enough to fill in.
- Was one of the smallest men in the world.
- Verne and his date were voted King and Queen at their high school prom.
- Had a brief appearance in Moby's "We Are All Made of Stars" video.
- In early April 2018, Troyer was admitted to a hospital after an incident in his home. He had previously been admitted to rehab to undergo treatment for alcoholism. It was announced on April 21, 2018, that Troyer had died at the age of 49. No cause of death was immediately released but suicide is suspected but later confirming alcohol poisoning as the cause of his death. In October 2018 his death was ruled a suicide by alcohol intoxication.
- Between takes I asked Vern how tall he is and he said "I'm 32 inches tall but if you ask me how tall I am I'll tell you 'I'm two foot eight!' because it sounds bigger." (said with a wry grin in the mid-1990s)
- We were doing the dance routine and I dislocated my knee. I've been doing stunts for a long time and it's kind of weird that I'd dislocate my knee just dancing.
- I can play the leading man. I can play the action hero, maybe in just a different way. I look at it as, you know, if you set your mind to it, you can do it.
- I love London. I would move here. I like British people; everybody is so down to earth.
- I stay away from the elf roles; I stay away from playing a leprechaun. All the roles I try to do are something that an average actor would do.
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