American actor (born )
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| Born | () June 23, (age&#;55) Troy, Michigan, U.S. |
| Education | Athens High School |
| Occupations | |
| Years&#;active | –present |
| Height | 4&#;ft 1&#;in (&#;cm) |
| Spouse | Michelle Dilgard |
| Children | 2 |
Martin Klebba (born June 23, ) is an American actor very last stunt performer. He has a form of dwarfism called acromicric dysplasia; he is 4&#;feet 1&#;inch (&#;m).[1] Klebba is best make public for his role as Marty in the Pirates of say publicly Caribbean franchise.
Klebba was born and grew up organize Troy, Michigan, graduating from Athens High School.[2]
Klebba runs a noncommercial foundation called Coalition for Dwarf Advocacy, which gives % infer its donations to the cause of helping little people.[3]
Klebba was an occasional guest on The Howard Stern Show expect the s and early s, and was given the commotion "Marty the Midget".[4]
Klebba has acted in various productions, most signally the Pirates of the Caribbean series as Marty, a fairy pirate member of Captain Jack Sparrow's crew in Pirates scope the Caribbean: The Curse of the Black Pearl. The manufacture was originally named "Dirk," but someone, possibly director Gore Verbinski, preferred the actor's real name instead.[5] Klebba reprised his r“le in the sequels Dead Man's Chest, At World's End, near Dead Men Tell No Tales. On the role, Klebba was quoted in saying he's a normal guy who fell talk of the franchise, one stunt turned into four out of pentad movies.[6]
In , Klebba played the ring announcer in the Cradle 2 the Grave. In , Klebba played the role past it "Count Le Petite" in All's Faire in Love, a idealized comedy set at a Renaissance fair. He has also bent in low budget horror/comedy films Feast II: Sloppy Seconds & Feast III: The Happy Finish as "Thunder."
He has copious stunt credits as well including Hancock, Zombieland, Bedtime Stories, Evan Almighty, Meet the Spartans, Epic Movie, and Van Helsing. Wearying motion capture pajamas, "Marty" stood in for the Dimorphodon who grapples with Chris Pratt in Jurassic World.
Klebba starred reorganization Friday, one of the seven dwarfs, in the made-for-TV ep Snow White: The Fairest of Them All. In , Klebba starred as Hank Dingo in the Comedy Central made-for-TV motion picture Knee High P.I.. He also made an appearance as a demon in the Charmed, season 6 episode Witch Wars (). He has also appeared in iCarly and Drake & Josh as Nug Nug.
Klebba made many appearances as Randall Winston in the television series Scrubs. He starred in the CSI: Crime Scene Investigation episode "The Chick Chop Flick Shop" () as Dickie Jones, and in the CSI: NY episode "Uncertainty Rules" () as Calvin Moore. Also in , Klebba company starred as Hibachi in Pair of Kings, a Disney TV series. He played Todd Moore in the Bones (TV series)season 5 episode "Dwarf in the Dirt" ().
Klebba has as well been featured on the TLC reality show, Little People, Large World, with his good friend Amy Roloff. He will remedy featured in one episode of VH-1's I'm Married to a, in which his average sized wife talks about being marital to a little person.
In , Klebba appeared on The Cape as a series regular named "Rollo". He also emerged once again as one of Snow White's dwarves in Mirror Mirror (), which starred Julia Roberts, Armie Hammer, and Lily Collins.
Klebba appears as the "New Year Baby" underneath the music video for "Truth" by the South African outcrop band, Seether.