Gurdeep Roy (born Mohinder Purba; 26 January 1949), known professionally as Deep Roy, is an Indian-Kenyan actor, puppeteer, and stuntman. At 132 centimetres (4 ft 4 in) tall, he has often been cast as diminutive characters, such as Teeny Weeny in The NeverEnding Story and all the Oompa-Loompas in Charlie and the Chocolate Factory, Keenser in Star Trek and its sequels, and in television series such as The X-Files, Doctor Who, and Eastbound & Down. More about Deep Roy
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Roy was born on 1 December 1957 in Nairobi to Indian parents in a Sikh family. He studied accounting in London before dropping out at 18. He later enrolled in The Slim Wood School of Comedy and got his start in the entertainment arena in England in 1970 as a stand-up comic in local cabaret clubs. In April 1970, Roy opened on the UK stage in Ray Cooney's Miracle Worker at the Palace Theatre, Westcliff-on-Sea. He made his professional screen acting debut in a 1976 episode of The New Avengers, titled "Target!" as a character named Klokoe. He made his film debut later that same year, in The Pink Panther Strikes Again, as the Italian Assassin. Another early role was as Mr. Sin, the "pig-brained Peking Homunculus", a villain with a distinct appetite for homicide, in the Doctor Who serial The Talons of Weng-Chiang. In 1979, Roy played a genetically engineered life form "Decima" in the first season of Blake's 7 episode "The Web", the diminutive chess genius, "The Klute", in the second season of Blake's 7 episode "Gambit" and he voiced the character "Moloch", in the third season of Blake's 7 episode "Moloch". He was a stand-in for the Jedi Master Yoda in Star Wars: The Empire Strikes Back. He is uncredited on the film but can be seen in many behind-the-scenes photos dressed as Yoda for perspective shots filmed towards the end of production.In total, we tracked 74 items since 01/09/2012. The chart below shows the trade volume over time.
The most expensive item with a signature of Deep Roy (Star Wars #1 BLANK CGC SS 9.6 SKETCH Nick Justus signed Deep Roy ACTOR YODA ROTJ) was sold in December 2022 for £248.70 while the cheapest item (Deep Roy Hand Signed 10x8 Corpse Bride Photo) found a new owner for £0.99 in October 2020. The month with the most items sold (5) was October 2020 with an average selling price of £15.59 for an autographed item of Deep Roy. Sold items reached their highest average selling price in June 2020 with £72.00 and the month that saw the lowest prices with £2.20 was October 2021. In average, an autographed item from Deep Roy is worth £24.17.
Most recently, these items with a signature of Deep Roy were sold on eBay - click here for more items.
Item Title | Price | Store | |
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1980 Star Wars ESB card #66 autographed signed by Deep Roy as Yoda | £74.91 | ||
2020 Topps Return Of The Jedi B&W Autograph Card Deep Roy As Droopy | £21.52 | ||
2023 Topps Chrome Star Wars #51 DEEP ROY AS YODA AUTO AUTOGRAPH Refractor JEDI | £27.66 | ||
2023 Topps Chrome Star Wars #51 DEEP ROY AS YODA AUTO AUTOGRAPH Refractor JEDI | £26.66 | ||
2023 Topps Chrome Star Wars Deep Roy As Yoda Autograph Auto #51 | £31.37 | ||
2023 Topps Star Wars Chrome YODA AUTOGRAPH Deep Roy Trading Card | £19.62 | ||
CHARLIE & THE CHOCOLATE FACTORY - DEEP ROY - OOMPA-LOOMPAS 10x8 SIGNED *COA* | £13.99 | ||
DEEP ROY - Star Trek Films, Corpse Bride, Deep into Love etc Signed pic | £8.00 | ||
DEEP ROY as Keenser - Star Trek GENUINE SIGNED AUTOGRAPH | £27.95 | ||
Star Wars Masterwork 2019 Dual Autograph Card [50] Simon Williamson & Deep Roy | £59.99 |