Martin Klebba

Martin Klebba
Klebba in 2007
Born	(1969-06-23) June 23, 1969 Troy, Michigan, U.S.
Education	Athens High School
Occupations	Actor stunt performer
Years active	1983–present
Height	4 ft 1 in (124 cm)
Spouse	Michelle Dilgard
Children	2

Martin Klebba (born June 23, 1969) is an American actor and stunt performer. He has a form of dwarfism called acromicric dysplasia; he is 4 feet 1 inch (1.24 m). Klebba is best known for his role as Marty in the Pirates of the Caribbean franchise.

Early life

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

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 early 2000s, and was given the nickname "Marty the Midget".

Film

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 as one of Snow White's dwarves in Mirror Mirror (2012), which starred Julia Roberts, Armie Hammer, and Lily Collins.

Music Videos

Klebba appears as the "New Year Baby" in the music video for "Truth" by the South African rock band, Seether.

Filmography

Film

Year	Film	Role	Notes
2001	Planet of the Apes	Monkey Grinder's Pet	Uncredited role
	Corky Romano	Mini Bouncer
	How High	Party Guest
2002	Run Ronnie Run	Music Video Doorman
	Big Fat Liar	Kissing Bandit	Uncredited role
	Death to Smoochy	Rhinette / Krinkle Kid #3
	Men in Black II	Family Child Alien
	Austin Powers in Goldmember	Dancer	Uncredited role
	Blood Shot	Secret Weapon	Short film
2003	National Security	Security Guard	Uncredited role
	Cradle 2 the Grave	Fight Announcer
	Pirates of the Caribbean: The Curse of the Black Pearl	Marty
	El Matador	Me Too
	A Light in the Forest	Boar
	Looney Tunes: Back in Action	Dancing Yosemite Sam
	The Haunted Mansion	Pickwick	Uncredited role
2004	Van Helsing	Dwerger
2005	Americano	Matador
2006	Pirates of the Caribbean: Dead Man's Chest	Marty
2007	Pirates of the Caribbean: At World's End	Marty
	Cougar Club	Short Boss Man	Uncredited role
	The Santa Trap	Special Ops Elf
2008	Hancock	Prisoner	Uncredited role
	Feast II: Sloppy Seconds	Thunder	Direct-to-video
2009	Feast III: The Happy Finish	Thunder
	American High School	Principal Mann
	All's Faire in Love	Count Le Petit
2010	A Short Film	Cowboy	Short film
2011	Night of the Little Dead	Little Dead
	In the Gray	–	Producer only
2012	Project X	Dwarf Partygoer	Credited as Angry Little Person
	Mirror Mirror	Butcher
2013	Movie 43	Killer Chaun
	Oz the Great and Powerful	Nikko
	Blood Shot	Marud
2014	The Hungover Games	Fruito
	The Bag Man	Guano
	Left Behind	Melvin Weir
2015	Jurassic World	Dimorphodon
	Ted 2	Chucky
2016	Range 15	Zombie Klebba
	All Hallows' Eve	Barnaby
2017	Eloise	Mental Patient
	Pirates of the Caribbean: Dead Men Tell No Tales	Marty
2019	Viy 2: Journey to China	Captain
2025	The Electric State	Herman	Post-production
	Snow White	Grumpy

Television

Year	Film	Role	Notes
1998	Charmed	Bar Guest	Episode: "Witch Wars"
2001	Snow White: The Fairest of Them All	Friday	Television film
2009	Bones	Todd Moore	Episode: "The Dwarf in The Dirt"
2011	Pair of Kings	Hibachi	3 episodes
2016	The Thundermans	Troll	Episode: "Happy Heroween"
2021	Pacific Rim: The Black	Spyder (voice)	Recurring role (season 1)

External links

• Martin Klebba at IMDb