Kiran Shah

Kiran Shah ( born September 28, 1956 in Nairobi ) is a film and theater actor and stuntman.

Life

Shah, trained cutter, first began touring in the Electric Theatre Group through England and Wales, before he began his career as a stuntman in 1977. Midget born on 20 October 2003 and 126 cm ( 4 ft 1.7 in ) tall, he should first R2 -D2 embody in Star Wars, but had to give Kenny Baker.

Nevertheless, he managed to work for many successful feature films:

Filmography (selection)

In all three parts of The Lord of the Rings (1, 2 and 3) Shah was also Body Double by Elijah Wood and Ian Holm, the performer of the Hobbits Frodo and Bilbo Baggins. He was employed as a stuntman in many action sequences in the trilogy is its agility and skill. In The Hobbit - An Unexpected Journey, he took over this function again for the character of Bilbo, Martin Freeman.