Kiran Shah

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Biography

In 2004, Kiran was back in New Zealand filming _The Chronicles of Narnia: The Lion, the Witch and the Wardrobe 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.

  • Primary profession
  • Actor·stunts·miscellaneous
  • Country
  • Kenya
  • Nationality
  • Kenyan
  • Gender
  • Male
  • Birth date
  • 28 September 1956
  • Place of birth
  • Nairobi

Movies

TV

Books

Trivia

Because of his size, versitality, and willingness, Shah is much in high demand as a perspective stunt-double for long-shots in action scenes.

Auditioned for the part of R2-D2 in Star Wars , narrowly losing out to Kenny Baker.

Worked as a tailors apprentice for six months before seriously starting his acting/stunt career.

Was Elijah Wood s scale double in all three Lord of the Rings films.

Every film he has made with John Rhys-Davies has been nominated for Best Picture: Raiders of the Lost Ark , The Lord of the Rings: The Fellowship of the Ring , The Lord of the Rings: The Two Towers , The Lord of the Rings: The Return of the King .

Has played the character Tonga (from the Sherlock Holmes novel The Sign of Four by A. Conan Doyle) in two different TV movies, The Sign of Four and The Crucifer of Blood .

He appeared in three Best Picture Academy Award winners: Braveheart , Titanic and The Lord of the Rings: The Return of the King . Bernard Hill also appeared in the latter two films.

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