Deep Roy

Deep Roy
Roy at the 2024 Brussels Comic Con
Born
Mohinder Purba

(1949-01-26) 26 January 1949
Other nameGurdeep
Occupations
  • Actor
  • stuntman
  • puppeteer
Years active1976–present
Height132 cm (4 ft 4 in)

Gurdeep "Deep" Roy (born Mohinder Purba; 26 January 1949) is a Kenyan-British actor, stuntman and puppeteer. Standing at 132 centimetres (4 ft 4 in) tall, he has often been cast as diminutive characters, such as Teeny Weeny in The NeverEnding Story, the Oompa-Loompas in Charlie and the Chocolate Factory, Keenser in Star Trek and its sequels, and in television series such as The X-Files, Doctor Who and Eastbound & Down.