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

Snow White
Snow White

Filmography

2016 The Hollywood Shorties
as
2003 NCIS
as Marty Pearson
2001 Snow White
as Monday (Red)
2000 Nikki
as Dwarf Dwight
2000 CSI: Crime Scene Investigation
as Lawrence Ames
1999 Family Law
as Robert Silver
1998 Charmed
as Finnegan
1996 The Pretender
as Elf
1996 Aliens in the Family
as Snizzy (body)
1995 Cybill
as
1994 Pulp Fiction
as Page for Phillip Morris
1993 Freaked
as Eye
1989 Nerds of a Feather
as Little Army of Little Russian Soldiers
1983 Return of the Jedi
as Ewok
1981 Under the Rainbow
as Hotel Rainbow Guest