Quick Facts of Verne Troyer  

Birth Name:	Verne Troyer
Date of birth:	1969, January 1
Birth Country:	United States
Height:	2 Feet 8 inch
Birth Sign:	capricorn
Age:	49 Years

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Best known for his small height and his bald head, Verne Troyer is an actor and comedian from United States. He has also established himself as a stunt actor. He is famous for starring the role of Mini-Me in a spy action comedy film Austin Powers: The Spy Who Shagged Me. Famous for being one of the shortest men in the world, Verne Troyer was born at the end of 1960s in Sturgis, Michigan, United States of America to Susan Troyer and Reuben Troyer. His parents were a factory worker and a repair technician.

On 22nd of January 2004, Verne got married to Genevieve Gallen. Genevieve Gallen is a fashion model. Though they got married on 22nd of January, this married life was annulled on 23rd of February. Later he also claimed that they never had any formal wedding plans. They got divorced within a day and their relationship as a husband and wife lasted for a day.

In early 2008, Troyer had romantic love affairs with Ranae Shrider. They lived together in his private home. On 25th of June 2008, a video of them having sex leaked in the media. Shrider and TMZ leaked this video publicly.

Though Verne was born in Sturgis, Michigan, he was raised in Centreville, Michigan. There he visited his Amish relatives often. He received his formal education from Centreville High School and then he graduated from there in 1987. He has been active as an actor since the mid-1990s.

He made his feature film debut in 1994 by starring the role of Baby Bink's stunt double in an American family comedy adventure film Baby's Day Out. In the mid-1990s, he appeared in the movies like Dunston Checks In, Jingle All the Way, Pinocchio's Revenge, Men in Black, RocketMan, My Giant and many more.

He got his rise to fame at the end of the 1990s by starring the role of Mini-Me in a spy action comedy film Austin Powers: The Spy Who Shagged Me. In 2002, he also appeared in Austin Powers in Goldmember. Besides being an actor, he is also a stunt actor.

In 1995, he did the stunts for Paul Pistore in a Live action television series Masked Rider. He is two feet and eight inches in his height. His net worth is $10 million dollars. He has white ethnicity. He is now aged 47 years old.

Verne died on April 21, 2018, at the age of 49 in Los Angeles, California, US. In early April, he was admitted to hospital following an incident at his home. The reason behind his death is yet to be announced.

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