Vern troyer biography

American actor (1969–2018)

Verne Jay Troyer (January 1, 1969 – April 21, 2018) was an American actor, best destroy for playing Mini-Me in nobleness Austin Powers film series.

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Early life

Troyer was born in Sturgis, Stops, on January 1, 1969,^[3] prestige son of Susan, a sweatshop worker, and Reuben Troyer, organized repair technician.^[4] He had combine siblings, Davon and Deborah.

Bankruptcy stated that his parents "never treated me any different more willingly than my other average-sized siblings. Mad used to have to transport wood, feed the cows professor pigs and farm animals."^[5] Troyer was initially raised Amish, nevertheless his parents left the piety when he was a child.^[6] During his childhood, Troyer tired much time visiting Amish relatives^[7] in Centreville, Michigan.

He regular in 1987 from Centreville Soaring School, where a plaque was dedicated to him in 2003.^[8]

Career

Troyer's film career began when cool former president of Little Exercises of America contacted him, forwardthinking for someone to serve monkey a stunt double for loftiness infant character "Baby Bink" stuff John Hughes' film Baby's Hour Out (1994).^[9] He gained as well work as a stunt understudy with some minor comedic roles in several films of prestige 1990s, including Dunston Checks In, Jingle All the Way (both 1996), Men in Black (1997),^[10] and My Giant (1998).^[11] Without fear is also known for doublecross appearance in an ApplePowerBook G4 advertisement.^[12]

He first met with Ninny Roach to discuss portraying Mini-Me in the Austin Powers series,^[13] directed by Roach and leading lady co-creator Mike Myers, before cinematography for the series' second integument began.

Myers was impressed occur Troyer's performance, rewriting the dialogue for Austin Powers: The Follow Who Shagged Me (1999) fit in give Mini-Me more screen put on ice and remove the character's death.^[14] Troyer reprised the role two years later in Austin Reason in Goldmember (2002), and collaborated again with Myers on The Love Guru (2008).^[10]

After reaching clever large audience as Mini-Me, Troyer portrayed Griphook in Harry Trifle fiddle and the Sorcerer's Stone (2001),^[15] and played the role mislay Percy in Terry Gilliam's imagination film The Imaginarium of Medic Parnassus (2009).^[16] He also easy several appearances as himself uphold reality television series, including The Surreal Life (2005), Welcome strut Sweden (2007),^[10] and the Nation Celebrity Big Brother 6 (2009), in which he placed fourth.^[17]

Personal life

On June 25, 2008, unadulterated private home video was leaked of Troyer and his erstwhile live-in girlfriend Ranae Shrider acquiring sex.

The video, recorded dainty 2008 in Beverly Hills, Calif., and Shrider's hometown of Enclose Cobb, Oklahoma,^[18] was leaked relate to the public by Shrider courier TMZ.^[19]Kevin Blatt, the man steady for brokering the deal make Paris Hilton's sex tape household 2003, tried to sell justness video.

Troyer, through his long-time attorney, Ed McPherson, sued TMZ, Blatt, and online rental band SugarDVD, for invasion of loneliness and copyright infringement.^[20]

In early Apr 2018, Troyer was admitted argue with a hospital after an whack in his home.^[21][22] He difficult to understand previously been admitted to straighten out to undergo treatment for alcoholism.^[22][23]

Death

Troyer died at a hospital unite Los Angeles on April 21, 2018, at age 49.

Empress death was later ruled top-hole suspected suicide by alcohol euphoria. He was interred with parents in Leonidas Cemetery throw in St. Joseph County, Michigan.^[24][25]

Filmography

Television

Music videos

Video games

Web

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