American actor
Martin Klebba
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Klebba in 2007
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Born
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1969-06-23
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June 23, 1969
(age 54)
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Education
| Athens High School
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Occupations
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Years active
| 1983?present
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Height
| 4 ft 1 in (124 cm)
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Martin Klebba
(born June 23, 1969) is an American actor and stunt performer. He has a form of
dwarfism
called
acromicric dysplasia
; he is 4 feet 1 inch (1.24 m).
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Klebba is best known for his role as Marty in the
Pirates of the Caribbean
franchise.
Personal life
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Klebba was born and grew up in
Troy, Michigan
, graduating from
Athens High School
.
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Klebba runs a nonprofit foundation called Coalition for Dwarf Advocacy, which gives 100% of its donations to the cause of helping little people.
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Career
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Early career
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Klebba was an occasional guest on
The Howard Stern Show
in the 1990s and early 2000s, and was given the nickname "Marty the Midget".
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Film
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Martin Klebba has acted in various productions, most notably the
Pirates of the Caribbean
series
as
Marty
, a dwarf pirate member of
Captain Jack Sparrow
's crew in
Pirates of the Caribbean: The Curse of the Black Pearl
. The character was originally named "Dirk," but someone, possibly director
Gore Verbinski
, preferred the actor's real name instead.
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Klebba reprised his role in the sequels
Dead Man's Chest
,
At World's End
, and
Dead Men Tell No Tales
. On the role, Klebba was quoted in saying he's a normal guy who fell into the franchise, one stunt turned into four out of five movies.
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In 2003, Klebba played the ring announcer in the
Cradle 2 the Grave
. In 2009, Klebba played the role of "Count Le Petite" in
All's Faire in Love
, a romantic comedy set at a
Renaissance fair
. He has also been in low budget horror/comedy films
Feast II: Sloppy Seconds
&
Feast III: The Happy Finish
as "Thunder."
He has numerous stunt credits as well including
Hancock
,
Zombieland
,
Bedtime Stories
,
Evan Almighty
,
Meet the Spartans
,
Epic Movie
, and
Van Helsing
. Wearing motion capture pajamas, "Marty" stood in for the Dimorphodon who grapples with
Chris Pratt
in
Jurassic World
.
Television
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Klebba starred as
Friday
, one of the seven dwarfs, in the 2001 made-for-TV film
Snow White: The Fairest of Them All
. In 2003, Klebba starred as
Hank Dingo
in the
Comedy Central
made-for-TV movie
Knee High P.I.
. He also made an appearance as a
demon
in the
Charmed
,
season 6
episode
Witch Wars
(2004). 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
" (2007) as Dickie Jones, and in the
CSI: NY
episode "Uncertainty Rules" (2010) as Calvin Moore. Also in 2010, Klebba guest 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"' (2010).
Klebba has also been featured on the
TLC
reality show,
Little People, Big World
, with his good friend
Amy Roloff
. He will be featured in one episode of VH-1's
I'm Married to a...
in which his average sized wife talks about being married to a little person.
In 2011, Klebba appeared on
The Cape
as a series regular named "Rollo". He also appeared once again in
Mirror Mirror
(2012), which starred
Julia Roberts
,
Armie Hammer
, and
Lily Collins
.
Filmography
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Film
Television
References
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