Deep Roy
Deep Roy | |
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Roy at the 2014 Florida SuperCon | |
Born |
Mohinder Purba 1 December 1957 Nairobi, Kenya |
Occupation | Actor, stuntman, puppeteer, comedian |
Years active | 1976–present |
Home town | Birmingham, England, UK |
Deep Roy (born Mohinder Purba; 1 December 1957), sometimes credited as Roy Deep, is a Kenyan-English actor, stuntman, puppeteer and comedian. Due to his diminutive size (stated by IMDB to be 4'4"), he has appeared in a number of similar-sized roles, such as the Oompa-Loompas in Charlie and the Chocolate Factory, Keenser in Star Trek, and in television series such as The X-Files, Doctor Who and Eastbound & Down.[1]
Life and career
Roy was born in Nairobi, Kenya, to Indian parents. He made his professional screen acting debut in a 1976 episode of The New Avengers entitled "Target!" as a character named Klokoe. He would later make his film debut that same year, in The Pink Panther Strikes Again, as the Italian Assassin. Another early role was as Mr. Sin, the "pig-brained Peking Homunculus", a villain with a distinct appetite for homicide, in the Doctor Who serial The Talons of Weng-Chiang. In 1979, Roy also played a genetically engineered life form 'Decima' in the first season Blake's 7 episode "The Web" as well as the diminutive chess genius, 'The Klute', in the second season Blake's 7 episode "Gambit".
He has played apes in two movies: Greystoke - The Legend of Tarzan, Lord of the Apes and again in the Tim Burton remake of Planet of the Apes (2001) in two roles: one as a young gorilla boy and as Thade's niece. He has worked for Burton in three other films, Big Fish (2003), Charlie and the Chocolate Factory (2005),[2] and Corpse Bride (also 2005), where he supplied General Bonesapart's voice. He played all the Oompa-Loompas (165 of them) in Charlie and the Chocolate Factory. Deep had extensive training for the role in dance, yoga, and some minor instrument playing.
He has done many other roles in movies and on television, including The X-Files, Flash Gordon, Return to Oz (as the Tin Woodsman), Jim Henson's The Dark Crystal as a puppeteer extra, The NeverEnding Story as Teeny Weeny, the rider of the "racing snail", Alien from L.A., Howling VI: The Freaks as Mr Toones and Return of the Jedi as Droopy McCool and in The Haunted Mansion.
He appeared in Transformers: Revenge of the Fallen (2009) as an Egyptian border guard and in the film Star Trek (also 2009) as Keenser, Montgomery Scott's assistant on the ice planet Delta Vega. Roy played a green man while doing a commercial shoot for Ozocleanse. In one of his more prominent speaking roles, Roy played Aaron, a violent Mumbai-born Mexican criminal, in second season of the HBO comedy, Eastbound & Down. Deep starred as Sandeep Majumdar in the 2012 short film The Ballad of Sandeep.[3]
Filmography
Film
Year | Title | Role | Notes |
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1976 | The Pink Panther Strikes Again | Italian assassin | |
1978 | Benji's Very Own Christmas Story | Key elf | Uncredited |
1979 | Licensed to Love and Kill | Dwarf | |
1979 | Die Brut des Bösen/Roots of Evil | Van Bullock | |
1980 | Flash Gordon | Fellini | |
1980 | Star Wars Episode V: The Empire Strikes Back | Yoda Stand In[4][5][6] R2-D2 (double) |
Uncredited |
1982 | The Dark Crystal | Additional performer | |
1982 | Return of the Ewok | Droopy McCool | |
1983 | Mini Gulliver | Mini Gull | |
1983 | Star Wars Episode VI: Return of the Jedi | Droopy McCool/Puppeteer R2-D2 (body double) Ewok |
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1984 | Greystoke: The Legend of Tarzan, Lord of the Apes | Primate sequences | |
1984 | The NeverEnding Story | Teeny Weeny | Voice dubbed over |
1984 | Lorca and the Outlaws | Grid | |
1985 | Return to Oz | Tin Man | |
1986 | Weekend Warriors | Little girl | Uncredited |
1986 | Poltergeist II: The Other Side | Stunt performer | |
1987 | Going Bananas | Bonzo | |
1988 | Alien from L.A. | Mambino | |
1989 | Rising Storm | Joker Arroyo | |
1989 | Lethal Woman | Grizabella | |
1990 | Disturbed | Marty | |
1991 | Howling VI: The Freaks | Toones | |
1991 | Hook | Stunt performer | |
1992 | The Resurrected | Main monster | |
1993 | Freaked | George Ramirez No. 3 | |
1993 | Leprechaun | Stunt performer | Doubled Warwick Davis |
1993 | Josh and S.A.M. | Stunt performer | |
1994 | Dickwad | Little telephone bully | |
1994 | Wes Craven's New Nightmare | Stunt performer | |
1994 | The Little Rascals | Stunt performer | |
1994 | The War | Stunt performer | |
1994 | The Jungle Book | Stunt performer | |
1994 | Sudden Death | Stunt performer | |
1995 | Under the Hula Moon | Bus driver | |
1996 | Matilda | Stunt performer | |
1997 | Retroactive | Stunt performer | |
1998 | Mafia! | Small hitman | Uncredited |
1998 | BASEketball | Stunt performer | |
1998 | The Adventures of Ragtime | Stunt performer | Doubled Justin Cooper |
2000 | Disney's The Kid | Stunt performer | Doubled Spencer Breslin |
2000 | How the Grinch Stole Christmas | Post office clerk | |
2001 | Planet of the Apes | Gorilla kid / Thade's niece | |
2003 | The Haunted Mansion | Hitchhiking ghost | |
2003 | A Man Apart | Stunt performer | |
2003 | Leprechaun: Back 2 tha Hood | Stunt performer | Doubled Warwick Davis |
2003 | Big Fish | Mr. Soggybottom | |
2004 | Surviving Eden | Indian Mo | |
2004 | Van Helsing | Stunt performer | |
2005 | Charlie and the Chocolate Factory | Oompa-Loompas | |
2005 | Corpse Bride | General Bonesapart | Voice |
2009 | Star Trek | Keenser | |
2009 | The Unborn | Stunt performer | Doubled Atticus Shaffer |
2009 | Transformers: Revenge of the Fallen | Egyptian guard | |
2012 | Zambezia | Mushana | Voice |
2012 | The Ballad of Sandeep | Sandeep Majumdar | |
2013 | Paranormal Movie | Demon | |
2013 | Star Trek Into Darkness | Keenser | |
2014 | Mantervention | Massage Parlor Owner | |
2016 | Star Trek Beyond | Keenser[7] | |
Television
Year | Title | Role | Notes |
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1976 | The New Avengers | Klokoe | Episode: "Target!" |
1977 | Doctor Who – The Talons of Weng-Chiang | Mr. Sin | 6 episodes |
1978–1980 | Blake's 7 | Decima The Klute Moloch Link |
4 episodes |
1986 | Doctor Who– Mindwarp | Posicarian delegate | Uncredited |
1989 | Desperado: The Outlaw Wars | Uncredited | |
1996 | Evil Has A Face | Stunt performer | TV film |
2001 | The X-Files | Beggar Man | Season 8, Episode 10: "Badlaa" |
2003–2004 | The Jamie Kennedy Experiment | Himself | 9 Episodes |
2010 | Eastbound & Down | Aaron | 4 Episodes |
2012 | Wolfpack of Reseda | Mr Jo | Episode: "Hungry Like the Wolf" |
References
- ↑ "Movies & TV: Deep Roy". The New York Times. Retrieved 11 September 2013.
- ↑ Scott, A.O. (15 July 2005). "Looking for the Candy, Finding a Back Story ". The New York Times.
- ↑ "The Ballad of Sandeep". Retrieved 11 September 2013.
- ↑ "The Making of Yoda".
- ↑ "Cut Scenes: Dogabah".
- ↑ "Dogabah Second Unit Still".
- ↑ "Deep Roy is On Board for STAR TREK BEYOND".
External links
- The Ballad of Sandeep" Official Website for the Short Film
- Deep Roy at the Internet Movie Database
- Deep Roy at AllMovie
- Official website