Deep Roy

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Deep Roy is an actor and stuntman who played the role of Keenser in , , and .
A screenshot of Roy from Star Trek is used for card #52, Engineer Keenser, of the virtual collectible card battle game Star Trek: Rivals.
He is noted for playing Max Rebo Band member Droopy McCool, an Ewok, the stunt R2-D2, and Master Yoda during his walking scenes in addition to his work as stand-in for the character Yoda in the two Star Wars films, (1980) and (1983) and for his frequent collaborations with director , particularly his portrayal of all 165 Oompa-Loompas in 2005's Charlie and the Chocolate Factory. In the special features of Star Trek, he is shown doing the Oompa-Loompa dances between takes.
== Personal life ==
Deep Roy was born Mohinder Purba in Nairobi, (then the British colony of) Kenya, to Indian parents in a Sikh family. He stands at 4 ft. 4 in. (132 cm) tall. Roy began his career in entertainment in England as a stand-up comic in local cabaret clubs.
== Career ==
=== Television ===
Roy's first television appearance was the part of Klokoe in The New Avengers episode "Target!" in 1976 followed by the television short film Benji's Very Own Christmas Story (1978) and several appearances in the British science fiction series Blake's 7 (1978-1980).
In 1977, he appeared as Mr. Sin in the serial "". Roy is among the ranks of actors who have appeared in Star Trek and Doctor Who. Given his role in Return of the Jedi, Roy is the first and, along with Simon Pegg, one of only two actors to appear in Star Trek, Doctor Who, and Star Wars on television or film. (Christopher Neame and W. Morgan Sheppard appeared in Star Trek and Doctor Who on television, and provided voices for Star Wars video games.) Roy returned to the Doctor Who franchise for a role in the 1986 serial .
Further television work includes the western Desperado: The Outlaw Wars (1989, with Brad Dourif) and episodes of Night Stand (1996, with Michael Bofshever) and in the 2001 episode "Badlaa". The X-Files was executive-produced by John Shiban, and the episode in which Roy appeared also featured Jane Daly and Michael Welch. Between 2003 and 2004, Roy appeared in several episodes of the reality comedy show The Jamie Kennedy Experiment.
In 2010, Roy played the role of Aaron in three episodes of the hit HBO comedy series Eastbound & Down, working with Adam Scott and Marco Rodriguez. He also appeared with Leon Russom in an episode of the web series Wolfpack of Reseda (2012).
=== Film ===
Roy's first film role was the Italian assassin in the 1976 comedy The Pink Panther Strikes Again, followed by the West German action film Roots of Evil (1979) and (1979, with Nick Tate). In (1980), Roy played Princess Aura's pet, Fellini. He later appeared as Teeny Weeny, the rider of the "racing snail", in (1984). Fellow Star Trek alum Alan Oppenheimer lent his voice to this latter film. Beside these two films, Roy also worked as puppeteer on (1982, choreographed by Gates McFadden) and (1984).
Roy's subsequent film credits include (1984), (1985), (1986, with Lloyd Bridges, Victor Tayback, Graham Jarvis, Matt McCoy, Tom Villard, Camille Saviola, Brenda Strong, Jeff Allin, Randal Patrick, and Mark L. Taylor), (1987), (1988, with Tony Epper), (1989, with Ed Anders), Rising Storm (1989, with Zach Galligan and John Rhys-Davies), (1990, starring Malcolm McDowell and Clint Howard), (1991, with Joe Gieb), (1991, with Chris Sarandon), (1993, with William Sadler, Lee Arenberg, Patti Tippo, Don Stark, and David Bowe), the short comedy Dickwad (1994, with Musetta Vander and Billy Campbell), (1995, with Carel Struycken, Musetta Vander, and William O. Campbell), and (1998, with Billy Burke, Lloyd Bridges, Gregory Sierra, Andreas Katsulas, Anthony Crivello, and Frank Welker).
He also played the post office clerk in (2000, with Clint Howard, Bill Irwin, Landry Allbright, and cinematographer Don Peterman). Roy first worked with Tim Burton in (2001), in which Roy played the niece of the villain, General Thade. This film also featured Erick Avari, Cary-Hiroyuki, and David Warner in the cast. Roy's next collaboration with Burton was (2003), in which Roy played Mr. Soggybottom. Perhaps Roy's most notable performance is that of the Oompa-Loompas in Burton's 2005 adaptation of Charlie and the Chocolate Factory. He played all 165 Oompa-Loompas in the film, which sometimes required him to repeat the same movements several hundred times. Each individual performance was then digitally inserted into the film. Roy's most recent collaboration with Tim Burton was (2005), in which he voiced General Bonesapart.
Other film work include (2003, with Wallace Shawn, Rachael Harris, Michael McAdam, and Derek Mears) and (2004). Roy made a cameo appearance as an Egyptian guard in (2009), which was co-written by Star Trek screenwriters Alex Kurtzman and Roberto Orci. The film also featured David Bowe, Spencer Garrett, Aaron Lustig, Glenn Morshower, Eric Pierpoint, and the voices of Robert Foxworth, Tony Todd, and Frank Welker. Roy and Star Trek co-star Leonard Nimoy both lent their voices to (2012). He also played the lead role in the 2011 short comedy The Ballad of Sandeep.
Prior to his appearance in Star Trek Into Darkness, Roy filmed the short comedy Jewtholic (2012) and (2013). In 2014, he appeared in .
=== Stunt work ===
In addition to his acting career, Roy has performed stunts in a number of films. He worked as stunt double for in the family movie The Adventures of Ragtime (1998, with Mic Rodgers, Dana Hee, Edward Conna, and stunt coordinator Charles Picerni, Jr.), as stunt double for in (2000, with Janet Brady, Jeff Imada, Matt McColm, and Manny Perry), as stunt double in (2003, with Scott Workman and Anita Hart), and as stunt double for Atticus Shaffer in (2009, with Marie Fink and Randy Hall).
Other films he performed stunts in include (1979), (1985), (1986, with Dana Dru Evenson, Beth Nufer, and George Wilbur), (1991), (1991), (1993, with Kurt D. Lott, Denise Lynne Roberts, and Susan Rossitto), (1994, starring Heather Langenkamp and with stunts by Chris Doyle, Maria Kelly, and Lynn Salvatori), (1994), (1994), (1995), (1996, with Dana Dru Evenson, Eddie Hice, and stunt coordinator R.A. Rondell), (1997), (1998), (1999), and (2004).
Roy also performed stunts in episodes of In the Heat of the Night, Rescue 911 (with host William Shatner), The Adventures of Brisco County, Jr. (coordinated by Chris Doyle), , and .
== External links ==
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