Michael Gilden
Born: 1962-09-22 in Los Angeles, California, USA
Died: 2006-12-05
Known For: 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
2007
- Southland Tales ... (Stunts)
2003
- NCIS as Marty Pearson
2001
- Snow White as Monday
2000
- CSI: Crime Scene Investigation as Lawrence Ames
- Nikki as Dwarf Dwight
1999
- Family Law as Robert Silver
1998
- Charmed as Finnegan
1996
- The Pretender as Elf
- Aliens in the Family as Snizzy (body)
1995
- Cybill as Harvey
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