Known For
Acting
Born
Sep 22, 1962
Died
Dec 05, 2006
Place of Birth
Los Angeles, California, USA
Credits
16 titles
Michael Gilden
Biography
Michael Jeffrey Gilden was an American actor with dwarfism. He lived and worked in Los Angeles. Gilden performed or did stunt work in a variety of television series and films, including Charmed, CSI: Crime Scene Investigation, Family Law, Cybill, NCIS and Pulp Fiction, and had a role as an Ewok in the film Star Wars Episode VI: Return of the Jedi. He appeared twice in Season 4 of the hit series NCIS. Gilden was also a Financial Advisor. In August 1997, he met Meredith Eaton through mutual friends in Atlanta, Georgia. Gilden encouraged Eaton to pursue a career in acting, and she became an actress in 1999. The couple married on May 20, 2001. Gilden committed suicide on December 5, 2006, hanging himself in his Los Angeles home. He was 44. He was buried in a private service at Mission Hills, California, on December 10.
Known For
Filmography
The Hollywood Shorties
Southland Tales
Stunts
NCIS
Marty Pearson
Snow White
Monday
Nikki
Dwarf Dwight
CSI: Crime Scene Investigation
Lawrence Ames
Family Law
Robert Silver
Charmed
Finnegan
The Pretender
Elf
Aliens in the Family
Snizzy (body)
Cybill
Harvey
Pulp Fiction
Page for Phillip Morris
Freaked
Eye
Nerds of a Feather
Little Army of Little Russian Soldiers
Return of the Jedi
Ewok
Under the Rainbow
Hotel Rainbow Guest