Deep Roy as an Oompa Loompa.

Gurdeep Roy, sometimes credited as Roy Deep or Gordeep Roy, is an actor, stuntman and puppeteer. Image File history File links This work is copyrighted. ... Image File history File links This work is copyrighted. ... The Oompa Loompas during Augustus Gloops song in the 2005 film adaptation. ... This article does not cite its references or sources. ... Stuntman refers to any of several types of skilled performers. ... A puppeteer is a person who manipulates an inanimate object—a puppet—to create the illusion of life. ...

Born Mohinder Purba in Nairobi, Roy is a 52 inches (132 centimetres) tall dwarf. Nairobi is the capital city of Kenya. ... Dwarfism is a condition in which a person, animal or plant is much below the ordinary size of the species. ...

Because of his short stature, he has played a variety of unusual characters. 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. His most noticeable role is playing all of the Oompa Loompas in the 2005 adaptation of Charlie and the Chocolate Factory. Greystoke - The Legend of Tarzan, Lord of the Apes is a 1984 film with Sir Ralph Richardson, Ian Holm, James Fox, Christopher Lambert, Andie MacDowell and Cheryl Campbell. ... 2001: A Space Odyssey. ... Planet of the Apes is a 2001 science fiction film in which an astronaut finds himself on a planet where humans are enslaved by apes. ... The Oompa Loompas during Augustus Gloops song in the 2005 film adaptation. ... 2005 (MMV) was a common year starting on Saturday of the Gregorian calendar. ... To meet Wikipedias quality standards, this article may require cleanup. ...

He was also in Corpse Bride, supplying General Bonesapart's voice. Another notable role was as the "pig-brained Peking Homonculus" or "Mr. Sin", a villain with a distinct appetite for homicide, in the acclaimed Doctor Who story The Talons of Weng-Chiang. Tim Burtons Corpse Bride is a 2005 stop-motion-animation film based loosely on a 19th century Russian-Jewish folktale version of an older Jewish story and set in a fictional Victorian era England. ... Doctor Who is a long-running British science fiction television programme produced by the BBC about a mysterious time-travelling adventurer known only as The Doctor, who explores time and space with his companions, fighting evil. ... The Talons of Weng-Chiang is a serial in the British science fiction television series Doctor Who, which was first broadcast in six weekly parts from February 26 to April 2, 1977. ...

Deep Roy has also appeared in The X-Files, Blake's 7, Flash Gordon, Return To Oz, Big Fish, The NeverEnding Story and Return of the Jedi, as a member of the Max Rebo band. The X-Files was a popular American television series created by Chris Carter. ... Blakes 7 was a BBC science fiction television series created by Terry Nation that ran four seasons from January 2, 1978 to December 21, 1981. ... Flash Gordon is a science fiction comic strip originally drawn by Alex Raymond, first published on January 7, 1934. ... DVD cover For other uses, see Return to Oz (disambiguation) The 1985 film Return to Oz is a motion picture arguably created as an unofficial sequel to The Wizard of Oz. ... Big Fish is a 2003 movie directed by Tim Burton and written by John August, starring Ewan McGregor, Albert Finney, Billy Crudup and Jessica Lange. ... Region 1 DVD cover The NeverEnding Story, or Die Unendliche Geschichte (its German title), is the 1984 film adaptation of the fantasy novel by Michael Ende. ... Movie poster Star Wars Episode VI: Return of the Jedi, is a science fiction film that debuted in 1983, and re-released with changes in 1997 and 2004. ...

Deep can sometimes be confused with fellow Kenyan actor Kiran Shah. Kiran Shah, born in 1956 is an actor and a stuntman, born in Nairobi, Kenya. ...