7/2/2023 0 Comments Deep roy commercialMore recently, he appeared in Transformers: Revenge of the Fallen as an Egyptian guard Deep played a green man while doing a commercial shoot for Ozocleanse. 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 is noted for his frequent collaborations with Tim Burton, appearing in Planet of the Apes, Big Fish, Charlie and the Chocolate Factory and Corpse Bride where he supplied General Bonesapart's voice. Deep had extensive training for the role in dance, yoga, and even some minor instrument playing. His most notable role is playing all the Oompa-Loompas (165 of them) in Tim Burton's 2005 adaptation of Charlie and the Chocolate Factory. He has played apes in two movies: Greystoke - The Legend of Tarzan, Lord of the Apes and again in the 2001 remake of Planet of the Apes (Two roles: one as a young gorilla boy and as Thade's niece). In 1979, Roy also played a genetically engineered life form 'Decima' in the 1st season Blake's 7 episode "The Web" as well as the diminutive chess genius, 'The Klute', in the 2nd season Blake's 7 episode "Gambit". He would later make his film debut that same year, in The Pink Panther Strikes Again, as the Italian Assassin. Roy made his professional screen acting debut in a 1976 episode of The New Avengers entitled "Target!" as character named Klokoe. Sin, the "pig-brained Peking Homonculus", a villain with a distinct appetite for homicide, in the acclaimed Doctor Who story The Talons of Weng-Chiang. He is the only actor to appear in the "Doctor Who", "Star Wars" and "Star Trek" franchises. .īecause of his short stature, he has played a variety of unusual characters in his acting career. Deep starred as Sandeep Majumdar in the 2012 short film The Ballad of Sandeep.Deep Roy is an English actor, stuntman and puppeteer of Indian descent.īorn Mohinder Purba in Nairobi, Kenya to Indian parents, Roy is 4 ft 4 in (132 centimetres) tall. 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. Roy played a green man while doing a commercial shoot for Ozocleanse. 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. 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. Deep had extensive training for the role in dance, yoga, and some minor instrument playing. He played all the Oompa-Loompas (165 of them) in Charlie and the Chocolate Factory. He has worked for Burton in three other films, Big Fish (2003), Charlie and the Chocolate Factory (2005) and Corpse Bride (also 2005) where he supplied General Bonesapart's voice. 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. 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". Sin, the "pig-brained Peking Homonculus", a villain with a distinct appetite for homicide, in the Doctor Who serial The Talons of Weng-Chiang. He made his professional screen acting debut in a 1976 episode of The New Avengers entitled "Target!" as a character named Klokoe. Roy was born in Nairobi, Kenya, to Indian parents. Due to his diminutive size, 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. Deep Roy (born Mohinder Purba 1 December 1957), sometimes credited as Roy Deep, is a Kenyan-English actor, stuntman, puppeteer, comedian.
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