Deep Roy - wikipedia Deep Roy Not to be confused with Kiran Shah. Deep Roy Roy at the 2014 Florida SuperCon Mohinder Purba ( 1957 - 12 - 01 ) 1 December 1957 ( age 59 ) Nairobi, Kenya Occupation Actor, stuntman, puppeteer, comedian Years active 1976 -- present Home town Birmingham, England, UK Deep Roy ( born Mohinder Purba ; 1 December 1957 ), sometimes credited as Roy Deep, is a Kenyan - English actor, stuntman, puppeteer and comedian. Due to his diminutive size ( stated by IMDB to be 4'4 '' or 132 cm ), he has appeared in a number of similar - sized roles, such as the Oompa - Loompas in Charlie and the Chocolate Factory, Keenser in Star Trek and subsequent films ( `` Kelvin Timeline '' ), and in television series such as The X-Files, Doctor Who and Eastbound & Down. Contents 1 Life and career 2 Filmography 2.1 Film 2.2 Television 3 References 4 External links Life and career Roy was born in Nairobi, Kenya, to Indian parents. He made his professional screen acting debut in a 1976 episode of The New Avengers, titled `` Target ! '' as a character named Klokoe. He would later make his film debut that same year, in The Pink Panther Strikes Again, as the Italian Assassin. Another early role was as Mr. Sin, the `` pig - brained Peking Homunculus '', a villain with a distinct appetite for homicide, in the Doctor Who serial The Talons of Weng - Chiang. In 1979, Roy also played a genetically engineered life form `` Decima '' in the first season Blake 's 7 episode `` The Web '', as well as the diminutive chess genius, `` The Klute '', in the second season Blake 's 7 episode `` Gambit ''. He has played apes in two movies -- Greystoke : The Legend of Tarzan, Lord of the Apes and again in the Tim Burton remake of Planet of the Apes ( 2001 ) in two roles, one as a young gorilla boy and as Thade 's niece. He has worked for Burton in three other films, Big Fish ( 2003 ), Charlie and the Chocolate Factory ( 2005 ), and Corpse Bride ( also 2005 ), where he supplied General Bonesapart 's voice. He played all the Oompa - Loompas ( 165 of them ) in Charlie and the Chocolate Factory. Deep had extensive training for the role in dance, yoga, and some minor instrument playing. He has done many other roles in movies and on television, including The X-Files, Flash Gordon, Return to Oz ( as the Tin Woodman ), Jim Henson 's The Dark Crystal as a puppeteer extra, The NeverEnding Story as Teeny Weeny, the rider of the `` racing snail '', Alien from L.A., Howling VI : The Freaks as Mr Toones and Return of the Jedi as Droopy McCool and in The Haunted Mansion. He appeared in Transformers : Revenge of the Fallen ( 2009 ) as an Egyptian border guard and in the film Star Trek ( also 2009 ) as Keenser, Scotty 's assistant on the ice planet Delta Vega ; he reprised the Keenser role in the sequels Star Trek Into Darkness and Star Trek Beyond. In one of his more prominent speaking roles, Roy played Aaron, a violent Mumbai - born Mexican criminal, in second season of the HBO comedy, Eastbound & Down. Deep starred as Sandeep Majumdar in the 2012 short film The Ballad of Sandeep. Filmography Film Year Title Role Notes 1976 The Pink Panther Strikes Again Italian assassin 1978 Benji 's Very Own Christmas Story Key elf Uncredited 1979 The Muppet Movie Stunt performer 1979 Licensed to Love and Kill Dwarf 1979 Die Brut des Bösen / Roots of Evil Van Bullock 1980 Flash Gordon Fellini 1980 Star Wars Episode V : The Empire Strikes Back Yoda Stand In R2 - D2 ( double ) Uncredited 1982 The Dark Crystal Additional performer 1982 Return of the Ewok Droopy McCool Mini Gulliver Mini Gull Star Wars Episode VI : Return of the Jedi Droopy McCool / Puppeteer R2 - D2 ( body double ) Ewok 1984 This Is Spinal Tap Stunt performer 1984 Greystoke : The Legend of Tarzan, Lord of the Apes Primate sequences 1984 The NeverEnding Story Teeny Weeny Voice dubbed over 1984 The Adventures of Buckaroo Banzai Across the 8th Dimension Stunt performer 1984 Lorca and the Outlaws Grid 1985 Return to Oz Tin Man 1985 Mad Max Beyond Thunderdome Stunt performer 1986 Weekend Warriors Little girl Uncredited 1986 Poltergeist II : The Other Side Stunt performer Going Bananas Bonzo Alien from L.A. Mambino 1989 Rising Storm Joker Arroyo 1989 Lethal Woman Grizabella Disturbed Marty 1991 Howling VI : The Freaks Toones 1991 Hook Stunt performer The Resurrected Main monster 1993 Freaked George Ramirez No. 3 1993 Leprechaun Stunt performer Doubled Warwick Davis 1993 Josh and S.A.M. Stunt performer 1994 Dickwad Little telephone bully 1994 Wes Craven 's New Nightmare Stunt performer 1994 The Little Rascals Stunt performer 1994 The War Stunt performer 1994 The Jungle Book Stunt performer 1994 Sudden Death Stunt performer 1995 Under the Hula Moon Bus driver Matilda Stunt performer Retroactive Stunt performer 1998 Mafia ! Small hitman Uncredited 1998 BASEketball Stunt performer 1998 The Adventures of Ragtime Stunt performer Doubled Justin Cooper 2000 Disney 's The Kid Stunt performer Doubled Spencer Breslin 2000 How the Grinch Stole Christmas Post office clerk 2001 Planet of the Apes Gorilla kid / Thade 's niece 2003 The Haunted Mansion Hitchhiking ghost 2003 A Man Apart Stunt performer 2003 Leprechaun : Back 2 tha Hood Stunt performer Doubled Warwick Davis 2003 Big Fish Mr. Soggybottom Surviving Eden Indian Mo Van Helsing Stunt performer 2005 Charlie and the Chocolate Factory Oompa - Loompas 2005 Corpse Bride General Bonesapart / Town Crier Voice 2009 Star Trek Keenser 2009 The Unborn Stunt performer Doubled Atticus Shaffer 2009 Transformers : Revenge of the Fallen Egyptian guard 2012 Zambezia Mushana Voice 2012 The Ballad of Sandeep Sandeep Majumdar 2013 Paranormal Movie Demon 2013 Star Trek Into Darkness Keenser 2014 Mantervention Massage Parlor Owner 2016 Star Trek Beyond Keenser Television Year Title Role Notes 1976 The New Avengers Klokoe Episode : `` Target ! '' 1977 Doctor Who -- The Talons of Weng - Chiang Mr. Sin 6 episodes 1978 -- 1980 Blake 's 7 Decima The Klute Moloch Link 4 episodes 1986 Doctor Who -- Mindwarp Posicarian delegate Uncredited 1989 Desperado : The Outlaw Wars Uncredited Evil Has A Face Stunt performer TV film 2001 The X-Files Beggar Man Season 8, Episode 10 : `` Badlaa '' 2002 Courage the Cowardly Dog Librarian Episode : `` Cabaret Courage / Wrath of the Librarian '' 2003 -- 2004 The Jamie Kennedy Experiment Himself 9 Episodes Eastbound & Down Aaron 4 Episodes 2012 Wolfpack of Reseda Mr Jo Episode : `` Hungry Like the Wolf '' References Jump up ^ `` Movies & TV : Deep Roy ''. The New York Times. Retrieved 11 September 2013. Jump up ^ A.O. Scott ( 15 July 2005 ). `` Looking for the Candy, Finding a Back Story ``. The New York Times. Jump up ^ `` The Ballad of Sandeep ''. Retrieved 11 September 2013. Jump up ^ `` The Making of Yoda ''. Jump up ^ `` Cut Scenes : Dogabah ''. Jump up ^ `` Dogabah Second Unit Still ''. Jump up ^ `` Deep Roy is On Board for STAR TREK BEYOND ''. External links The Ballad of Sandeep '' -- official site for the short film Deep Roy on IMDb Deep Roy at AllMovie Official website VIAF : 228485217 Retrieved from `` https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Deep_Roy&oldid=799700741 '' Categories : 1957 births Living people Actors with dwarfism Kenyan writers Kenyan emigrants to the United Kingdom British male actors Puppeteers Kenyan people of Indian descent Male actors of Indian descent People from Nairobi British stunt performers Kenyan stunt performers Hidden categories : EngvarB from August 2014 Use dmy dates from August 2014 Articles with hCards Wikipedia articles with VIAF identifiers Talk Contents About Wikipedia Deutsch Español فارسی Français 한국어 Italiano Mirandés 日本 語 Norsk Português Русский Simple English Suomi Svenska Türkçe Edit links This page was last edited on 9 September 2017, at 09 : 24. 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Question: who plays the oompa loompa in charlie and the chocolate factory
Answer: Deep Roy (born Mohinder Purba