It was pretty hard to find work as a single mom who had to take me back and forth from Hollywood, but she was really supportive of me as an actor. Well, maybe try saying it like this, try saying it like this. ![]() We’d memorize lines with her every day on the car ride. Casting rooms were a part of my childhood - get out of school, get in the car, go to auditions. It was like, OK, Dev, now it’s time we got to shh. He played Rusty, the little terror of Tanner-town.” “You girls better start flossing.” “My big brother, eight and a half years older than me, he did four episodes of ‘Full House.’ And I was right there, completely engaged. My first memories are of being in an amphitheater, the sound of a live studio audience -” “ - and way down there in the distance, my brother Jordan sitting around a table with the Tanner family. Growing up, I felt - it kind of felt like that. And I love that moment Luke is looking out over the horizon, staring at the twin suns, standing on the precipice. We’re both little dusty kids from Tatooine. Standing in those lines of fans, seeing the love, the passion, that was magical.” “The force will be with you always.” “I loved Luke Skywalker. It was him who took me to see the re-release of ‘Star Wars’ on the big screen for my first time. And dad was on the weekends, but my dad was the one that I usually saw most movies with. I was born in Long Beach, moving often, one-room studio apartments. You think, I want to be on TV, I want to be in movies. They were infinitely wealthy children.” “$1 million for your next movie.” “Wow.” “That is very attractive for a kid to see that. And we’re fascinated by the story of Macaulay Culkin.” “Macaulay Culkin.” “Macaulay Culkin!” “Macaulay Culkin.” - “They were famous. In the ’90s, child performers were all over the media, huge pop culture thing. My name is Devon Michael, and I’m 32 years old. My name is Devon Michael, and I’m 9 years old. The story sets up like a rags-to-riches story, and reality is it’s kind of a rags to rags.” “Today, ‘Star Wars’ fans will get their first glimpse at George Lucas’ prequel, ‘The Phantom Menace.’ ’’ “I’ve been waiting 15 years.” “ ‘The Phantom Menace’ centers on Anakin.” “Anakin.” “Anakin Skywalker.” “- an exhaustive two-year search.” “I narrowed it down to three boys.” “Hi. But for a 9-year-old, ‘Star Wars,’ well, that was a big deal. ![]() He meets the wizard behind the curtain and learns about himself. “Me and the hero’s journey, sure.” “A little impoverished kid gets picked out of the masses to do something that’s really extraordinary, travel far away from home. As with many things in Hollywood, it's all about the tricks of the trade, and every single one of the shortest male actors listed here knows this, very well.Transcript Almost Famous: The Unchosen One Devon Michael was a rising child actor in the 1990s. ![]() Camera angles can easily disguise an actor's stature, making him appear far taller than he actually is. ![]() Sure, it might help in some respects, but it isn't a deal breaker. Who's on this short actors list? Just because an actor is tall doesn't mean he's automatically a leading man. Just imagine the acting world without the genius of Pacino or the humor of Dudley Moore or Martin Lawrence - it's not a fun thing to consider, is it? These are some of the greatest film actors of all time, after all. Ever single one of these incredible, award-winning actors is 5'7" or under (way under, in some cases). Does height matter? Not if the actor is super hot! That's why ballet flats were created, people!Īnd height sure doesn't matter when it comes to acting talent: consider Al Pacino, Dustin Hoffman, Tom Cruise, Joe Pesci, Richard Dreyfuss and Woody Allen, for example. Many of the great short male actors on this list are among the best actors in film history and certainly among the hottest male celebrities ever. Feel free, as well, to re-rank this list any way you like. Vote up the short actors you think are the best, and vote down any small fries that you just don't care for. These actors might loom large on the big or small screens, but in person, they're actually, well, somewhat tiny. Who are the best short actors? Some of the incredibly famous actors on this list are surprisingly diminutive, coming in at 5'7" or under.
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