Kiran Shah (born September 28, 1956, in Nairobi, Kenya) is a 4′2″ actor and stuntman who played Brethupp (an Ewok who played a drum set of stormtrooper helmets after the Battle of Endor), many stunt Ewoks, and the tortured dustbin droid in Jabba's dungeon in Return of the Jedi, Infrablue Zedbeddy Coggins, Pru Sweevant, and Teedo in The Force Awakens,[2] and Neepers Panpick in The Last Jedi, and worked as a creature and droid performer in Rogue One: A Star Wars Story. He played a creature called Oolin Musters. Kiran Shah also appears in Solo: A Star Wars Story, where he plays a creature called Karjj. The character was revealed in a Solo-themed Denny's commercial released on April 2, 2018, where he was also played by Kiran.[3]
In Star Wars: Episode IX The Rise of Skywalker, Kiran plays Nambi Ghima, a female Aki-Aki who resides on the planet Pasaana, and Yipsit, a Shahkirin male mechanic who served the Resistance.[4] Shah worked as a puppeteer on the Disney+ series Andor, where he portrayed the character Granik.[5]
Since 2003, Shah has held the Guinness World Record as the "shortest professional stuntman currently working in film." Shah's many film credits include Raiders of the Lost Ark, The Dark Crystal, the villainous dwarf Ginarrbrik in The Chronicles of Narnia: The Lion, the Witch and the Wardrobe, and the Lord of the Rings trilogy (where he was Elijah Wood's scale double as Frodo).
Sources[]
Much to Learn You Still Have: Talking Rogue One Aliens with Pablo Hidalgo on StarWars.com (backup link)- Andor | Season 1, Episode 2 – Episode Guide on StarWars.com (backup link)
Notes and references[]
Kiran Shah in Brethupp costume
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This Week! in Star Wars New Hasbro Toys, Unlimited Power in Galaxy of Heroes, and More! on the official Star Wars YouTube channel (backup link)
- ↑ Star Wars: The Force Awakens: J.J. Abrams explains what's in a name by Breznican, Anthony on www.ew.com (August 12, 2015) (archived from the original)
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Jake Lunt Davies (@jakeluntdavies) on Instagram: Sabacc playing alien I designed for Solo in new Denny's ad. Performed by Kiran Shah (April 2, 2018) (backup link)
- ↑ Star Wars: Episode IX The Rise of Skywalker
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Andor — "That Would Be Me"
External links[]
- Official website
- Kiran Shah on Wikipedia
- Kiran Shah at the Internet Movie Database
- Kiran Shah (Teedo) by Dennis Pellegrom on Star Wars Interviews (2006) (content now obsolete; archived from the original on February 5, 2023)
