- Born
- Birth nameKiran Jethalal Shah
- Height4′ 1½″ (1.26 m)
- Kiran Shah is a Kenyan-born British actor, stuntman, and scale double based in London, England.
Renowned as the world's shortest professional stuntman, he has worked on legendary franchises including The Lord of the Rings, The Hobbit, Star Wars, The Chronicles of Narnia, Indiana Jones, and Superman. In The Chronicles of Narnia: The Lion, the Witch and the Wardrobe (2005), he played the dwarf Ginarrbrik. Since October 2003, Shah has held the Guinness World Record as the "shortest professional stuntman currently working in film."
He is also a published poet, with his work appearing in Britain and America.
In 2024, he was awarded the MBE (Member of the Order of the British Empire) in the King's Birthday Honours List for his services to the film industry.
- IMDb mini biography by: Kit Shah
- Was Elijah Wood's scale double in all three Lord of the Rings films.
- Because of his overall diminutive size, versatility and willingness, Kiran Shah is in high demand as a prospective stuntman / double for long shots in action scenes.
- Every film he has made with John Rhys-Davies has been nominated for Best Picture: Raiders of the Lost Ark (1981), The Lord of the Rings: The Fellowship of the Ring (2001), The Lord of the Rings: The Two Towers (2002) and The Lord of the Rings: The Return of the King (2003).
- Has played the character 'Tonga' (from the Sherlock Holmes novel "The Sign of the Four" by Sir Arthur Conan Doyle) in two dissimilar television films: The Sign of Four (1987) and The Crucifer of Blood (1991).
- Auditioned for the role of R2-D2 in Star Wars: Episode IV - A New Hope (1977), narrowly losing out to Kenny Baker.
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