RIP Mini Me
Posted: Sat Apr 21, 2018 10:12 pm
Dead at 49.
R.I.P Verne Troyer.
SourceThe actor Verne Troyer has died, according to a statement posted to his social media pages on Saturday. He was 49.
Troyer was 2ft 8in tall. He found fame in Mike Myers’ Austin Powers spy spoof movies as Mini-Me, a clone of the villain Dr Evil. The last Austin Powers film, Goldmember, was released in 2002.
Other roles included Griphook in Harry Potter and the Sorcerer’s Stone (2001), Coach Punch Cherkov in Myers’ The Love Guru (2008) and Percy in Terry Gilliam’s The Imaginarium of Doctor Parnassus (2009). Troyer also appeared in Madonna’s video for her 1999 song Beautiful Stranger and made appearances on reality TV.
