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| Kiran Shah | |
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| Biographical Information | |
| Lifetime | 28 September 1956[1] |
| Portrayed | Goblin Scribe, Burning Child in Dale in: The Hobbit: An Unexpected Journey |
| Portrayed | Master Stadle in: The Hobbit: The Desolation of Smaug |
| IMDb | Profile |
Kiran Shah (28 September 1956[1]) is a Kenyan actor and stunt double. He worked on The Lord of the Rings and The Hobbit film trilogies as a scale double, filling in for characters such as Frodo and Thráin. Due to a hormone deficency, Shah is 4′ 1.7″ (1.26 m) tall, a stature that made him well suited to portraying shorter characters in the films.[1]
Shah portrayed the Goblin Scribe and a burning child in Dale in The Hobbit: An Unexpected Journey and Master Stadle in The Hobbit: The Desolation of Smaug.
Roles
Actor
- 2012 - The Hobbit: An Unexpected Journey - Burning Child in Dale, Goblin Scribe[2]
- 2013 - The Hobbit: The Desolation of Smaug - Master Stadle
Scale double
- 2001 - The Lord of the Rings: The Fellowship of the Ring - Frodo Baggins,[2] Bilbo Baggins[3]
- 2002 - The Lord of the Rings: The Two Towers - Frodo Baggins[4]
- 2003 - The Lord of the Rings: The Return of the King - Frodo Baggins,[4] Meriadoc Brandybuck[5]
- 2012 - The Hobbit: An Unexpected Journey - Bilbo Baggins[2]
- 2013 - The Hobbit: The Desolation of Smaug - Bilbo Baggins, Thráin[2]
- 2014 - The Hobbit: The Battle of the Five Armies - Bilbo Baggins[2]
Quotes
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I love working with Ian [McKellen]. I think I got close to him from The Rings, where I had to work with him a lot more than what I've done on The Hobbit.[2]
References
- ↑ 1.0 1.1 1.2 Guinness World Records Shortest Stuntman
- ↑ 2.0 2.1 2.2 2.3 2.4 2.5 The Hobbit: The Battle of the Five Armies (extended edition) Appendices - "In the Dungeons of the Necromancer"
- ↑ Little Kiran The Lord of the Rings
- ↑ 4.0 4.1 IMDB Kiran Shah - Did you know
- ↑ The Lord of the Rings: The Return of the King (extended edition) Appendices - "Cameras In Middle-earth"