Michael Gilden

DOB: 1962-09-22

DOD: 2006-12-05

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.

Starred In

1994
Movie

Pulp Fiction

1993
Movie

Freaked

1989
Movie

Nerds of a Feather

1981
Movie

Under the Rainbow

1983
Movie

Return of the Jedi

2001
Movie

Snow White

1996
Tv

The Pretender

1998
Tv

Charmed

1995
Tv

Cybill

2003
Tv

NCIS

1999
Tv

Family Law

2000
Tv

Nikki