2001Winner
Best Performance
Harry Potter and the Philosopher's Stone
Kiran Shah
Actor
Nairobi, Kenya
September 28, 1956
Biography
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.
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Representative Works
Awards and Honors
Critical Favorites
2001Winner
Best Performance
The Lord of the Rings: The Fellowship of the Ring
1997Winner
Best Performance
Titanic
Career Highlights
2012Highlight
Best Performance
The Hobbit: An Unexpected Journey
2005Highlight
Best Performance
The Chronicles of Narnia: The Lion, the Witch and the Wardrobe
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Harry Potter and the Philosopher's Stone
The Lord of the Rings: The Fellowship of the Ring
Titanic