Actors 5'0" and under

by pgrass13 | created - 11 May 2011 | updated - 29 Dec 2022 | Public

This is a list of Short actors. This list may be a bit biased since women tend to be shorter than men, so I am trying to find the best way to fix this. It is possible I could move the women to a separate list. This used to be only those under 5'0" now I am including those who are 5'0" even.

101. Kenny Baker

Actor | Time Bandits

Kenny Baker was born on August 24, 1934 in Birmingham, England, UK. He was an actor, known for Time Bandits (1981), Star Wars: Episode III - Revenge of the Sith (2005) and The Elephant Man (1980). He was married to Eileen Baker. He died on August 13, 2016 in Preston, Lancashire, England, UK.

3'8"

102. Jimmy Vee

Actor | Star Wars: Episode VIII - The Last Jedi

Jimmy Vee was born on February 3, 1959 in Scotland, UK. He is an actor, known for Star Wars: Episode VIII - The Last Jedi (2017), Solo: A Star Wars Story (2018) and Rocketman (2019).

3'8"

103. Ricardo Gil

Actor | Epic Movie

Ricardo Gil studied Fine Arts at the California of the Arts in Oakland, CA. Gil has toured nationally and internationally with Mabou Mines Dollhouse (2009) directed by Lee Breuer, since it first opened in 2003 at St. Ann's Warehouse, Brooklyn, New York, in the role of Dr. Rank. With 'Mabou Mines ...

3'8"

104. Pat Walshe

Actor | The Wizard of Oz

Born in 1900, he worked in vaudeville as a child and appeared in Broadway in "A Good Little Devil." As an adult he continued to appear in vaudeville but also joined various circuses and Midget Troupes. He had a specialist interest in portraying animals and was a veteran animal impersonator. He ...

3'8"

105. Bridget Powers

Actress | S.W.A.T.

Bridget Powers was born on October 11, 1980 in Boise, Idaho, USA. She is an actress, known for S.W.A.T. (2003), Confessions of a Dangerous Mind (2002) and Wristcutters: A Love Story (2006).

3'7"

106. Michael J. Anderson

Actor | Mulholland Dr.

Michael Anderson was born in Denver, Colorado, at 10:30 P.M., on Halloween night. Subject to a genetic anomaly known as Osteogenesis Imperfecta, he grew up in a wheelchair. After graduating high school, he traveled America, singing for tips and living in his car. For six years, he attended the ...

3'7"

107. Warwick Davis

Actor | Willow

English actor Warwick Davis was born in Epsom, Surrey, England, the son of Susan J. (Pain) and Ashley Davis, an insurance broker. Davis was born with the condition spondyloepiphyseal dysplasia congenital (SED), which caused his dwarfism. He was educated at City of London Freemen's School. When he ...

3'6"

108. Tony Cox

Actor | Bad Santa

Tony Cox was born on March 31, 1958 in Uniontown, Alabama, USA. He is an actor and producer, known for Bad Santa (2003), Spaceballs (1987) and Bad Santa 2 (2016). He has been married to Otelia since 1989. They have one child.

3'6"

109. Phil Fondacaro

Actor | The Black Cauldron

Phil Fondacaro started his career in 1981 when a casting call went out for "little people" for the feature film Under the Rainbow (1981). This was the beginning of a career that is still going strong to this day. From that time he has worked in every genre. including drama, comedy, horror and ...

3'6"

110. Arturo Gil

Actor | Spaceballs

Arturo Gil has a rare form of dwarfism and only stands three and half feet tall. His height hasn't stopped him from doing anything unless it's a vertical issue. A step stool or a ladder comes in handy. Gil was born in New Orleans, Louisiana but was raised in San Juan, Puerto Rico and is bilingual ...

3'6"

111. Gracie Doll

Gracie Doll was born on March 12, 1899 in Stolpen, Germany. She was an actress. She died on November 8, 1970 in Sarasota, Florida, USA.

3'5" 1/2

112. Daisy Earles

Actress | Freaks

Daisy Earles came to the U.S. from Germany in the early 1920s, joining her brother and sister Harry Earles and Gracie Doll. The three of them, soon joined by sister Tiny Doll, made a handful of appearances in films before retiring from the film business in 1930 in favor of working for the Ringling ...

3'5"

113. Diane Kawasaki

Actress | Vampie

Diane Kawasaki is known for Vampie (2014), InAPPropriate Comedy (2013) and Adventures of JAB (2012).

3'4"

114. Ed Gale

Actor | Howard the Duck

Ed left his hometown two years after graduating from Plainwell High School (Plainwell, Michigan) at the age of 20 with $41 in his pocket and hitched a ride California to pursue his dream of being not a "star", but a steady working Hollywood "actor". His very first experience in the "biz" was ...

3'4"

115. Olga Nardone

Olga Nardone was born on June 8, 1921 in Newton, Massachusetts, USA. She was an actress. She died on September 24, 2010 in Newton, Massachusetts, USA.

3'4"

117. Harry Earles

Actor | Freaks

Harry/Kurt (stage name/real name) came over to the U.S. from Germany around 1915 with his sister, Grace/Freida. Once they arrived, they worked for a man named Earles, at which time they adopted his last name. In the early 1920s, their sister Daisy/Hilda joined them and in the mid- to late 1920s, ...

3'3"

118. Tiny Doll

Tiny Doll was born on July 23, 1914 in Stolpen, Germany. She was an actress. She died on September 6, 2004 in Sarasota, Florida, USA.

3'3"

119. Josh Ryan Evans

Actor | Passions

Despite being one of the smallest actors in Hollywood at 37 inches, Josh proved quality early on in life. By creating and distributing his own business cards before he was even a teenager, Josh landed a spot on "The Dancing Baby" ice cream commercial, which led to his role in Baby Geniuses (1999), ...

3'2"

120. Angelo Rossitto

Actor | Mad Max Beyond Thunderdome

Small in stature at only 2' 11", but big in demand onscreen, the diminutive Angelo Rossitto was one of Hollywood's busiest "small" actors and appeared in over 70 feature films between 1927 until 1987.

Born in Omaha, Nebraska in February 1908, Rossitto first appeared in silent films alongside stars ...

2'11"

121. Gabriel Pimentel

Actor | The Master of Disguise

Gabriel Pimentel was born on July 28, 1979 in San Fernando Valley, California, USA. He is an actor, known for The Master of Disguise (2002), Tropic Thunder (2008) and Looney Tunes: Back in Action (2003).

2'10"

122. Weng Weng

Actor | For Y'ur Height Only

The 1981 Manila International Film Festival was designed by First Lady Imelda Marcos as an elaborate showcase of Filipino culture. To everyone's horror, the only film that sold to the world was a midget spy film - a miniature mockery of Western pop iconography, and a joyously naïve celebration of ...

2'9"

123. Verne Troyer

Actor | The Love Guru

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: The Spy Who Shagged Me (1999) and Austin Powers in Goldmember (2002), and for his role in Harry ...

2'8"

124. Lavinia Warren

Actress | The Lilliputians' Courtship

Lavinia Warren was born on October 31, 1841 in Middleboro, Massachusetts, USA. She was an actress, known for The Lilliputians' Courtship (1915), Mutual Weekly, No. 45 (1915) and Pathé News, No. 89 (1915). She was married to Count Primo Magri and Tom Thumb. She died on November 25, 1919.

2'8"

125. Tamara De Treaux

E.T. the Extra-Terrestrial

Tamara De Treaux was born on October 21, 1959 in California, USA. She was an actress, known for E.T. (1982), Ghoulies (1984) and Rockula (1990). She died on November 28, 1990 in Los Angeles, California, USA.

2'7"

126. Ajaykumar

Actor | Dishyum

Ajaykumar is known for Dishyum (2006), Kutteem Kolum (2013) and 7aum Arivu (2011).

2'6"

127. Yvonne Moray

Actress | Confessions of an Opium Eater

Yvonne Moray was born on January 24, 1917 in Brooklyn, New York, USA. She was an actress, known for Confessions of an Opium Eater (1962), The Terror of Tiny Town (1938) and Movie-Mania (1937). She died on October 23, 1974 in St. John's Hospital, Yonkers, New York, USA.

2'6"

128. Nelson de la Rosa

Actor | The Island of Dr. Moreau

Nelson de la Rosa was born on September 6, 1968 in Bayaguana, Monte Plata, Dominican Republic. He was an actor, known for The Island of Dr. Moreau (1996), Cross Mission (1988) and Rat Man (1988). He was married to Jennifer Diloné. He died on October 22, 2006 in Providence, Rhode Island, USA.

2'4"

129. Jyoti Amge

Actress | American Horror Story

Jyoti Amge was born on December 16, 1993 in Nagpur, India. She is an actress, known for American Horror Story (2011), CAVE iN (2019) and Bigg Boss (2006).

2' 0¾"

130. Odette Delacroix

Actress | Crackhorse Presents

Extremely cute, tiny (only five feet), and slender blonde Odette Delacroix was born on October 15, 1989. Odette hails from a French family in Sanford, Maine. Her first job was splitting and bagging campfire wood for her family's camping resort in Maine. After moving to Los Angeles, California on a ...

5'

131. Misty Mendez

Actress | The Violation of Aurora Snow

Misty Mendez was born on May 28, 1975 in Los Angeles, California, USA. She is an actress.

4' 11¾"

132. Pepper Foxxx

Actress | A Girl's Guide to Girls

Pepper Foxxx was born on April 5, 1987 in Palmdale, Alberta, Canada. She is an actress.

4' 11¾"

133. Melody Love

Actress | Elevator of Love

Melody Love was born on February 14, 1979 in New York City, New York, USA. She is an actress.

4'11"

134. Isabel Ruiz Lucero

Director | Best of Mario's Vlog

Isabel Ruiz Lucero (née Isabel Ruiz, born March 30th, 1989) is the cofounder of Heaven Sent Gaming alongside, her high school sweetheart, Mario J. Lucero. As the key members of Heaven Sent Gaming, they are known for creating a plethora of original comics, games, music, novels, video, and web ...

5'

135. Janette Tough

Actress | French and Saunders

Janette Tough was born on May 16, 1947 in Queenzieburn, Stirlingshire, Scotland, UK. She is an actress, known for French and Saunders (1987), Blackpool Bonanza (1978) and The Krankies Elektronik Komik (1985). She has been married to Ian Tough since 1969.

4'5" 1/2

136. Dawn French

Actress | French and Saunders

Dawn was educated at a weekly boarding school in Plymouth and spent the weekends with her grandparents who lived nearby She never felt at home at the school as it was too posh. She met Jennifer Saunders while training to be a teacher at the Central School of Speech and Drama and became flat mates ...

5'

138. Samantha Davis

Actress | Through the Dragon's Eye

Samantha Davis was born on January 30, 1971. She was an actress, known for Through the Dragon's Eye (1989), ShortFellas and Honky Sausages (1999). She was married to Warwick Davis. She died on March 24, 2024.

4'1"

3'5"

140. Mihaly 'Michu' Meszaros

Actor | Waxwork

Diminutive 2'9" actor and circus performer Mihaly 'Michu' Meszaros was born in 1939 in Budapest, Hungary. Meszaros performed for the Hungarian National Circus prior to coming to America in the 1970s. Not surprisingly, he portrayed circus midgets in both "Big Top Pee-wee" and "Warlock: The ...

2'9"

142. Dafne Keen

Actress | Logan

Dafne Keen Fernández is a British and Spanish actress who played the role of the mutant Laura Kinney / X-23 in Logan (2017) and Lyra in the HBO series His Dark Materials (2019).

She is the daughter of British actor Will Keen, and Spanish actress, theatre director and writer María Fernández Ache.

Keen...

4'11"

143. Kiruna Stamell

Actress | La migliore offerta

Kiruna Stamell was born on March 13, 1981 in Paddington, Sydney, New South Wales, Australia. She is an actress, known for The Best Offer (2013), Moulin Rouge! (2001) and Love Hurts (2005).

3'9"

144. Caren Marsh

Actress | Secrets of a Sorority Girl

Caren Marsh was born in Los Angeles. Her sister, actress Dorothy Morris, was born Feb. 23, 1922. Getting into show business in 1937, Caren changed her name to Marsh because "there were too many people named Morris at the time." Caren's parents wanted her to go to college but she wanted to be a ...

4'11"



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