Martin Klebba

Martin Klebba (born June 23, 1969) is an American actor and stunt performer. He has a form of dwarfism called acromicric dysplasia; he is . Klebba is best known for his role as Marty in the ''Pirates of the Caribbean'' franchise.

Personal life

Klebba was born and grew up in Troy, Michigan, graduating from Athens High School.

, Martin was engaged to Michelle Dilgard, mentioning in an interview that in his free time, he likes to play video games with his son when he visits and spend time with his fiancée. Martin is the father of son Alec and daughter Makenzie.

Klebba runs a nonprofit foundation called Coalition for Dwarf Advocacy, which gives 100% of its donations to the cause of helping little people.

Career

Early career

Klebba was an occasional guest on The Howard Stern Show in the 1990s, and was given the nickname "Marty the Midget".

Film

Martin Klebba has acted in various productions, most notably the ''Pirates of the Caribbean'' series as Marty, a dwarf pirate member of Captain Jack Sparrow's crew in '' Pirates of the Caribbean: The Curse of the Black Pearl''. The character was originally named "Dirk," but someone, possibly director Gore Verbinski, preferred the actor's real name instead. Klebba reprised his role in the sequels ''Dead Man's Chest'', '' At World's End'', and '' Dead Men Tell No Tales''. On the role, Klebba was quoted in saying he's a normal guy who fell into the franchise, one stunt turned into four out of five movies.

In 2003, Klebba played the ring announcer in the ''Cradle 2 the Grave''. In 2009, Klebba played the role of "Count Le Petite" in ''All's Faire in Love'', a romantic comedy set at a Renaissance fair. He has also been in low budget horror/comedy films '' Feast II: Sloppy Seconds'' & '' Feast III: The Happy Finish'' as "Thunder."

He has numerous stunt credits as well including ''Hancock'', ''Zombieland'', '' Bedtime Stories'', ''Evan Almighty'', ''Meet the Spartans'', ''Epic Movie'', and ''Van Helsing''. Wearing motion capture pajamas, "Marty" stood in for the Dimorphodon who grapples with Chris Pratt in ''Jurassic World''.

Television

Klebba starred as ''Friday'', one of the seven dwarfs, in the 2001 made-for-TV film '' Snow White: The Fairest of Them All''. In 2003, Klebba starred as ''Hank Dingo'' in the Comedy Central made-for-TV movie '' Knee High P.I.''. He also made an appearance as a demon in the ''Charmed'', season 6 episode ''Witch Wars'' (2004). He has also appeared in ''iCarly'' and ''Drake & Josh'' as Nug Nug.

Klebba made many appearances as Randall Winston in the television series ''Scrubs''. He starred in the ''CSI: Crime Scene Investigation'' episode "The Chick Chop Flick Shop" (2007) as Dickie Jones, and in the ''CSI: NY'' episode "Uncertainty Rules" (2010) as Calvin Moore. Also in 2010, Klebba guest starred as Hibachi in ''Pair of Kings,'' a Disney TV series. He played Todd Moore in the ''Bones (TV series)'' season 5 episode "Dwarf in the Dirt"' (2010).

Klebba has also been featured on the TLC reality show, ''Little People, Big World'', with his good friend Amy Roloff. He will be featured in one episode of VH-1's I'm Married to a... in which his average sized wife talks about being married to a little person.

In 2011, Klebba appeared on '' The Cape'' as a series regular named "Rollo". He also appeared once again in '' Mirror Mirror'' (2012), which starred Julia Roberts, Armie Hammer, and Lily Collins.

Filmography

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1969 births
Male actors from Michigan
Actors with dwarfism
American male film actors
American male television actors
People from Troy, Michigan
21st-century American male actors
American stunt performers
Living people