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Verne Troyer

Biography

Verne Troyer was an American actor and comedian who also did stunt work, and he became best known as Mini-Me in the Austin Powers series. Born in Sturgis, Michigan, he entered film as a stunt double for Baby Bink, the baby in Baby's Day Out (1994), then took stunt jobs and small comic parts in films including Jingle All the Way (1996), Men in Black (1997) and My Giant (1998). Jay Roach cast him as Mini-Me in Austin Powers: The Spy Who Shagged Me, and he returned for Austin Powers in Goldmember (2002) and worked with Myers again on The Love Guru (2008). His other credits included Harry Potter and the Sorcerer's Stone (2001), in which he played Griphook, and The Imaginarium of Doctor Parnassus (2009), as Percy. He also appeared as himself on The Surreal Life (2005) and Celebrity Big Brother 6 (2009), where he placed fourth. He died in 2018.

49years old at death

  • Born Sturgis
  • Died Los Angeles
  • Star sign: CapricornThe sign runs December 22 to January 19
  • Vernon Jay Troyer (birth name)Also credited as Verne J. Troyer, Verne J. Troya, Vernon Troyer, Verne Jay Troyer and Vernon J. Troyer

Movie Career

Films
16
Career span
19 years1996 to 2015

Genres

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Verne Troyer movies on Netflix

Best known for

The films on Netflix they are best known for, with the part played in each.

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  1. Austin Powers: The Spy Who Shagged Me1999 Action, Adventure, Comedyas Mini-Me

    IMDb rating 6.7265K votes

  2. The Imaginarium of Doctor Parnassus2009 Adventure, Fantasy, Mysteryas Percy

    IMDb rating 6.7158K votes

  3. Austin Powers in Goldmember2002as Mini Me

    IMDb rating 6.3237K votes

  4. Harry Potter and the Sorcerer's Stone2001as Griphook the Goblin

    IMDb rating 7.7967K votes

  5. The Love Guru2008as Coach Punch Cherkov

    IMDb rating 3.857K votes

  6. Bubble Boy2001as Dr. Phreak

    IMDb rating 5.737K votes

  7. Postal2007as Verne Troyer

    IMDb rating 4.526K votes

  8. Keith Lemon: The Film2012as Archimedes

    IMDb rating 2.64.5K votes

Most often with

Jay Roach directed two of these films. Seven actors appear in three of them each. Pick a number on the chart or a name in the list to see the films they share.

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Films together

Box office

What Verne Troyer's films earned in cinemas worldwide.

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Combined worldwide box office

$1.8 billion

8 of the 16 films have a worldwide figure.

Of the 16 films: 8 worldwide figure; 3 never in cinemas; 5 figure not found.

  • 8Worldwide figure
  • 3Never in cinemas
  • 5Figure not found

Highest grossing

The eight biggest films earned 100% of the total. The bars are drawn to scale.

  1. 1
    Harry Potter and the Sorcerer's Stone2001as Griphook the Goblin
    $1.0B58.7% of the total
  2. 2
    $312M17.8% of the total
  3. 3
    $297M16.9% of the total
  4. 4
    $64M3.7% of the total
  5. 5
    The Love Guru2008as Coach Punch Cherkov
    $41M2.3% of the total
  6. 6
    College2008as Verne Troyer
    $6.3M0.4% of the total
  7. 7
    Bubble Boy2001as Dr. Phreak
    $5.0M0.3% of the total
  8. 8
    Postal2007as Verne Troyer
    $147K0.0% of the total