List of people with dwarfism

The Ovitz family was a family of Hungarian Jewish actors/traveling musicians originating from present Romania, who survived imprisonment at the Auschwitz concentration camp during World War II. Most of them were dwarfs. They were the largest family of dwarfs ever recorded and were the largest family to enter Auschwitz and survive intact; the family of twelve ranged from a 15-month-old baby to a 58-year-old woman.

The following is a list of people who are known for their dwarfism and who have been open about it. While these people are not known for being the shortest ever, they have been mentioned in sources describing how the condition has affected their lives. Dwarfism is caused by several different types of medical conditions, and is typically defined as an adult with a height of or less. Records or mentions of people with dwarfism have not always been kept well, resulting in estimated heights that were taken from eyewitnesses. In some given cases the height of the person is unknown except to say that they were mentioned as a "dwarf" in various media. This list does not include every prominent person with dwarfism, as others are already included on other linked Wikipedia lists.

Actors and actresses

Nationality Height Name Note Lifespan Jyoti Amge Actress known for holding the Guinness World Record for shortest living woman, and for starring in American Horror Story: Freak Show. 1993– Nelson de la Rosa Actor (known as Mahow) who starred in the Italian horror film Ratman. –2006Ajay KumarIndian actor and director known for holding the Guinness World Records for being the shortest actor to play a character in a full-length film.1976–081 Troyer talked about his dwarfism during interview on Friday Night with Jonathan Ross, 25 September 2009.Verne Troyer American actor and stunt performer best known for playing Mini-Me in the Austin Powers series of comedy films. 1969–2018081 Linden Porco Canadian actor, known for playing a body double for Marlon Wayans' character in Little Man. 1996– Ernesto de la Cruz Actor, stunt performer and martial artist (known by the stage name Weng Weng), who played the leading role in the 1981 spy film For Y'ur Height Only. 1957–1992084 Michu Meszaros Hungarian performer in the Ringling Bros. and Barnum & Bailey Circus. 1939–2016086 Pat Bilon Known for his performances in Under the Rainbow, and one of two dwarfs hired for the role of E.T. the Extra-Terrestrial (body suit). 1947–1983089 Angelo Rossitto Angelo was an American actor that was billed as "Little Angie" or "Moe". He was one of the actors in a classic horror movie Freaks. 1908–1991 Ucok Baba Actor and Comedian. 1971–091 Eric Lynch American actor, writer and former member of The Howard Stern Show'''s Wack Pack. | 1975–2014

|096 |Josh Ryan Evans | American actor with achondroplasia, known for his role as Timmy Lenox from the TV series Passions. | 1982–2002

|096 |Mikey Post | | 1982–2018 |- |- style="background:#d0f0c0;" | |106 |Annabelle Davis | British actress known for her role as Sasha Bellman in The Dumping Ground. She is the daughter of actor and TV presenter Warwick Davis and Samantha Davis. | 1997– |-style="background:#d0f0c0;"

| Daus Mini | Actor and Comedian. | 1987– |- style="background:#d0f0c0;"

|Tony Cox | American actor known for his roles in Bad Santa, Me, Myself and Irene, Date Movie, Epic Movie and Disaster Movie. | 1958– |- style="background:#d0f0c0;"

|Phil Fondacaro | Fondacaro appeared in Star Wars Return of the Jedi as an Ewok, the only one to have a death scene. | 1958– |- style="background:#d0f0c0;"

|Warwick Davis | British actor with spondyloepiphyseal dysplasia congenita. Davis is known for his role as Wicket W. Warrick from the Star Wars series. | 1970– |- style="background:#d0f0c0;"

|Michael J. Anderson | American actor known for his roles as "The Man from Another Place" in the series Twin Peaks. | 1953–

|Kenny Baker | English actor who originally portrayed R2-D2 in the Star Wars series. | 1934–2016 |- style="background:#d0f0c0;"

|Jimmy Vee | Scottish actor who has portrayed R2-D2 in Star Wars: Episode VII and beyond. | 1959–

|Billy Barty | American actor with cartilage–hair hypoplasia, who had multiple roles in film from 1927 until his death. | 1924–2000 |- style="background:#d0f0c0;"

|Bridget Powers | American pornographic actress also known as "Bridget the Midget". | 1980– |- style="background:#d0f0c0;"

|Mark Povinelli | American actor known for roles in Water for Elephants and The Polar Express. | 1971– |- style="background:#d0f0c0;"

| KK Goswami | | 1973–

|Michael Dunn |Oscar-nominated (for Best Supporting Actor in Ship of Fools) American actor with spondyloepiphyseal dysplasia, type unspecified. | 1934–1973 |- style="none"

|Patty Maloney | Maloney is an American actress who portrayed Honk from Far Out Space Nuts. | 1936–2025 |- style="background:#d0f0c0;"

| Mick Walter | English actor who is known for his roles in television comedies. | 1955–

|Johnny Roventini | Spokesperson for Phillip Morris USA. | 1910–1998

|Felix Silla | Italian-American actor best known for his portrayal as Cousin Itt (voiced by Tony Magro) from the original 1964 TV series, The Addams Family. | 1937–2021

|Hervé Villechaize | French-born actor, known for roles in The Man with the Golden Gun and Fantasy Island. | 1943–1993

|David Rappaport | Rappaport was a British actor who is known for his roles in the films Time Bandits and The Bride. | 1951–1990

| Aťka Janoušková | Prolific voice actress best known for her dub of the titular character in Maya the Honey Bee. | 1930–2019

| Oliviero Migliore | Pornographic actor known by the stage name Holly One. | 1965–2006

| Michael Gilden | American actor who starred in the TV series NCIS. | 1962–2006 |- style="background:#d0f0c0;"

| Danny Woodburn | American actor who is noted for the role on the TV comedy series Seinfeld, as Mickey Abbott. | 1964–

| Jiří Krytinář | Actor with osteochondrodysplasia who had been featured in Czech and American films. | 1947–2015 |- style="background:#d0f0c0;"

| Erika Calabrese | OnlyFans model who is part of the Mini Bop House social media content creation group. | 2000- |- style="background:#d0f0c0;"

| Shorty Rossi | Star of Pit Boss, and owner of Shortywood Productions. | 1969– |- style="background:#d0f0c0;"

| Meredith Eaton | American actress known for portraying the attorney Emily Resnick on the CBS television series Family Law (in which she was the first woman with dwarfism to fill a regular role in an American prime time series), for her recurring role as Bethany Horowitz on the ABC series Boston Legal, and for her lead role as Matilda Webber on the CBS series MacGyver. | 1974– |- style="background:#d0f0c0;"

| Jason Acuña | Acuña is an American skateboarder with achondroplasia who is also known as "Wee-Man." He is one of the stars in the TV series Jackass. | 1973– |- style="background:#d0f0c0;"

| Martin Klebba | American actor best known for his role as Marty in the Pirates of the Caribbean franchise. | 1969– |-style="background:#d0f0c0;"

| Matthew Roloff | Roloff is an American actor, author, and businessman with diastrophic dysplasia. He was featured on the TV show Little People Big World. | 1961– |-style="background:#d0f0c0;"

| María Elena Saldaña | Mexican actress and comedienne, best known for her role on several Televisa series as La Güereja. | 1963-

| Zelda Rubinstein | American actress, best known for her role in Poltergeist as the medium Tangina Barrons.Obituary London Independent, April 22, 2010. | 1933–2010 |- style="background:#d0f0c0;"

|Sofiya Cheyenne |Sofiya is an actress and active disability advocate in the arts. She has SEDc type dwarfism. Best known for her recurring role as Louise in Loudermilk (2018–2020). | 1991–

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| Megi Irawan | Indonesian actor. | 1996–

|Angelo Muscat |Maltese English actor, best known for playing The Butler in The Prisoner. | 1930–1977

|Vladimir Fyodorov |Soviet and Russian actor, known for playing Chernomor in Ruslan and Ludmila. | 1939–2021

| Chuy Bravo | Known for his sidekick role on the talk show Chelsea Lately. | 1956–2019 |- style="background:#d0f0c0;"

| Mimie Mathy | French actress and comedian who is best known for her role in the Josephine, Guardian Angel television series. | 1957–

| Eric Cullen | Cullen was a Scottish actor with achondroplasia who was known for his role as "Wee Burney" in BBC's Rab C Nesbitt. | 1965–1996

| Ben Woolf | Actor with pituitary dwarfism who was known for his roles in American Horror Story. | 1980–2015 |- style="background:#d0f0c0;"

| Peter Dinklage | Dinklage is an Emmy-winning American actor with achondroplasia. He has starred in The Station Agent, Game of Thrones and X-Men: Days of Future Past. | 1969–

| Dick Beals | Beals specialized in doing the voices of young boys, although he was also hired to voice young female children. | 1927–2012 |- style="background:#d0f0c0;"

| Rick Howland | Actor in Lost Girl. | 1969- |- style="background:#d0f0c0;"

| Linda Hunt | American actress who won the Academy Award for Best Supporting Actress for playing Billy Kwan in The Year of Living Dangerously. She also played Shadout Mapes in David Lynch's adaptation of Dune. | 1945– |- |-style="background:#d0f0c0;"

| Köksal Baba | Turkish actor and YouTuber. | 1975–

| John George | | 1898–1968

| George Brasno |Actor and vaudeville star in a brother-sister act with Olive Brasno. | 1911–1982

| Olive Brasno |Actress and vaudeville star in a brother-sister act with George Brasno. | 1917–1998

| George Claydon | | 1933–2001

| Luis Aguad Jorge | Actor known for starring in the Puerto Rican television show La Criada Malcriada, and for being their national spokesperson for Holsum Bread. | 1925–2007

| Fritz Hakl | | 1932–2012

| Suon Bou | Actor (known as Loto) who was well known in Cambodian film for his comedic roles. | 1936–2006

| Martí Galindo | Theatre actor known for his appearances on the Spanish late night talk show Crónicas marcianas. | 1937–2019

| Ateng | Actor known for playing comedic roles in Indonesian film and television. | 1942–2003 |- style="background:#d0f0c0;"

| Mike Edmonds | British actor in Maid Marian and her Merry Men, Time Bandits, and "The Safety Dance" video. | 1944–

| Guy Big | Canadian actor best known for his role in the children's television series The Hilarious House of Frightenstein as the Midget Count.. Select Cast subpage for cast member details, including Guy Big. | 1946–1978

| Malcolm Dixon | British actor known for his role in the feature film Time Bandits. | 1953–2020 |- style="background:#d0f0c0;"

| Romy Pastrana | Pastrana (Dagul as his stage name) is a Filipino dwarf actor who does roles on the children's gag show Goin' Bulilit, he is the only adult actor. | 1958– |-style="background:#d0f0c0;"

| Allan Padua | Actor and comedian (Mura as his stage name) who has appeared in various Filipino films. | 1969– |- style="background:#d0f0c0;"

| Jordan Prentice | Canadian actor, who appeared in In Bruges.| 1973–

| Noemi Tesorero | Tesorero (Mahal as her stage name) is a Filipina dwarf actress, comedian and vlogger. | 1974–2021 |- style="background:#d0f0c0;"

| Chinedu Ikedieze | Ikedieze is best known for playing alongside Osita Iheme in most movies after their breakthrough in Aki na Ukwa.

List of people with dwarfism

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