Michael Gilden Movies, TV Shows, and Filmography

Michael Gilden

Michael Gilden

Acting

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.

Filmography Movies

Acting

Pulp Fiction movie poster
MOVIE

Pulp Fiction

8.5(30.2K)
Pulp Fiction
Page for Phillip Morris
Freaked movie poster
MOVIE

Freaked

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Freaked
Eye
Nerds of a Feather movie poster
MOVIE

Nerds of a Feather

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Nerds of a Feather
Little Army of Little Russian Soldiers
Under the Rainbow movie poster
MOVIE

Under the Rainbow

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Under the Rainbow
Hotel Rainbow Guest
Return of the Jedi movie poster
MOVIE

Return of the Jedi

7.9(16.9K)
Return of the Jedi
Ewok
Snow White movie poster
MOVIE

Snow White

5.9(0.2K)
Snow White
Monday
The Hollywood ShortiesMOVIE
MOVIE

The Hollywood Shorties

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The Hollywood Shorties

Production

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Michael Gilden portrait