Verne Troyer: a life in pictures
Verne Troyer, who at 2ft 8in was one of the world’s shortest men, racked up 30 film credits in a career spanning 24 years
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Verne Troyer with Mike Myers in Austin Powers: Goldmember (2002).
Photograph: Allstar/Cinetext/New Line
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Signing autographs at the Pride of Britain Awards in London in 2009.
Photograph: Daniel Deme/EPA
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As Goblin banker Griphook in Harry Potter and the Philosopher’s Stone (2001).
Photograph: Alamy
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With Myers again in The Love Guru (2008).
Photograph: Allstar/Paramount
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Hamming it up as Mini-Me again in Austin Powers: The Spy Who Shagged Me (1999).
Photograph: Allstar/Buena Vista
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With Arnold Schwarzenegger in Jingle All the Way (1996).
Photograph: Allstar/Cinetext/20th Century Fox
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As Percy in Terry Gilliam’s The Imaginarium of Doctor Parnassus (2009).
Photograph: Allstar/Lions Gate/Sportsphoto Ltd
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With his Imaginarium costars at the 62nd Cannes film festival in 2009.
Photograph: Ian West/PA
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As a vengeful sprite in Gnome Alone (2015).
Photograph: Lionsgate
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In Run for the Money (2002).
Photograph: Kobal/Rex/Shutterstock
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With Terry Christian on Celebrity Big Brother in 2009.
Photograph: Mark St George/Rex Features
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Looming large on the screen in Austin Powers: Goldmember.
Photograph: Melinda Sue Gordon/Kobal/Rex/Shutterstock
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Hogging the limelight in Austin Powers: Goldmember.
Photograph: Allstar/Cinetext/NEW LINE
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Verne Troyer: 1 January 1969–21 April 2018.
Photograph: Matt Carr/Getty Images
