Kiran Shah
Acting
1956-09-28 · Nairobi, Kenya
Kiran Jethalal Shah MBE (born 28 September 1956) is a Kenyan actor and stunt double. Shah was born in Nairobi, Kenya to an Indian family. He lived in Kenya until he was twelve years old, when he moved to India with his family. While living in India, he became interested in films, and when his family moved to Feltham, he became involved in show business. His first film was Candleshoe (1977), as a stand-in. When stunt coordinator Bob Anderson asked him to do stunts as well, his career was started. Shah played the part of Bolum in The People That Time Forgot (1977). Shah is often confused with Deep Roy; they are both dwarf Nairobi-born Kenyan actors of Indian descent who got their starts in film and television in the late 1970s. He is the world's shortest stuntman according to the Guinness World Records. He has appeared as an actor in 31 films; and 37 as stuntman or body double.
Filmography
TheatersArne Goes to Space
2026 · Movie
States of Mind
2024 · Movie
There's Something in the Barn
2023 · Movie
Otto Baxter: Not a F***ing Horror Story
2023 · Movie
The Puppet Asylum
2023 · Movie
The Turning
2020 · Movie
Dracula
2020 · Series
Worzel Gummidge
2019 · Series
Star Wars: The Rise of Skywalker
2019 · Movie
Solo: A Star Wars Story
2018 · Movie
Star Wars: The Last Jedi
2017 · Movie
Rogue One: A Star Wars Story
2016 · Movie
Star Wars: The Force Awakens
2015 · Movie
The Throbbit
2015 · Movie
The Hobbit: An Unexpected Journey
2012 · Movie
Curling King
2011 · Movie
Harvey Putter and the Ridiculous Premise
2010 · Movie
Trapped!
2007 · Series
The Chronicles of Narnia: The Lion, the Witch and the Wardrobe
2005 · Movie
Doctor Who
2005 · Series
Shameless
2004 · Series
The Fellowship of the Ring: The Fellowship of the Cast
2002 · Movie
The Lord of the Rings: The Fellowship of the Ring
2001 · Movie
Harry Potter and the Philosopher's Stone
2001 · Movie
Alice in Wonderland
1999 · Movie
Elizabeth
1998 · Movie
Titanic
1997 · Movie
Spice World
1997 · Movie
Space Precinct
1994 · Series
U.F.O. The Movie
1993 · Movie
Peak Practice
1993 · Series
The Crucifer of Blood
1991 · Movie
Bullseye!
1990 · Movie
Jekyll & Hyde
1990 · Movie
The Adventures of Baron Munchausen
1988 · Movie
The Sign of Four
1987 · Movie
Gothic
1987 · Movie
Aliens
1986 · Movie
Legend
1985 · Movie
Sherlock Holmes
1984 · Series
Greystoke: The Legend of Tarzan, Lord of the Apes
1984 · Movie
Return of the Jedi
1983 · Movie
The Dark Crystal
1982 · Movie
Raiders of the Lost Ark
1981 · Movie
The People That Time Forgot
1977 · Movie
Dr. Spiderwack's Mind-boggling Compendium of Fantastic Urban Beasts
Movie