Martin Klebba (born June 23, 1969 or 1970) is an American actor and stunt performer. He has a form of dwarfism called acromicric dysplasia; he is . Klebba is best known for his role as Marty in the Pirates of the Caribbean franchise. He had his first role in a cameo in Tim Burton's Planet of the Apes (2001).

Early life Klebba was born and grew up in Troy, Michigan, graduating from Athens High School.

Klebba runs a nonprofit foundation called Coalition for Dwarf Advocacy, which gives 100% of its donations to the cause of helping people with dwarfism.

Career Early career Klebba was an occasional guest on The Howard Stern Show in the 1990s and early 2000s, and was given the nickname "Marty the Midget".

Film Klebba has acted in various productions, most notably the Pirates of the Caribbean series as Marty, a dwarf pirate member of Jack Sparrow's crew. The character was originally named "Dirk", but someone, possibly director Gore Verbinski, named the character after Klebba.Bring Me That Horizon: The Making of Pirates of the Caribbean, pg.83 First appearing in Pirates of the Caribbean: The Curse of the Black Pearl, Klebba reprised the role in the sequels Dead Man's Chest, At World's End, and Dead Men Tell No Tales. On the role, Klebba was quoted in saying he is a normal man who fell into the franchise, one stunt turned into four out of five films.

In 2003, Klebba played the ring announcer in Cradle 2 the Grave. In 2009, Klebba played the role of "Count Le Petite" in All's Faire in Love, a romantic comedy set at a Renaissance fair. He has also been in low budget horror/comedy films Feast II: Sloppy Seconds and Feast III: The Happy Finish as Thunder.

He has numerous stunt credits as well including Hancock, Zombieland, Bedtime Stories, Evan Almighty, Meet the Spartans, Epic Movie, and Van Helsing. Wearing motion capture pajamas, Klebba stood in for the Dimorphodon who grapples with Owen Grady in Jurassic World.

Television Klebba starred as Friday, one of the seven dwarfs, in the 2001 television film Snow White: The Fairest of Them All. In 2003, Klebba starred as Hank Dingo in the Comedy Central television film Knee High P.I.. He also made an appearance as a demon in the Charmed episode "Witch Wars" (2004). He has also appeared in iCarly and Drake & Josh as Nug Nug.

Klebba made many appearances as Randall Winston in the television series Scrubs. He starred in the CSI: Crime Scene Investigation episode "The Chick Chop Flick Shop" (2007) as Dickie Jones and in the CSI: NY episode "Uncertainty Rules" (2010) as Calvin Moore. Also in 2010, Klebba guest starred as Hibachi in Pair of Kings, a Disney TV series. He played Todd Moore in the Bones episode "Dwarf in the Dirt" (2010).

Klebba has also been featured on the TLC reality show, Little People, Big World, with his friend Amy Roloff. He and his wife are featured in one episode of VH-1's I'm Married to a....

In 2011, Klebba appeared on The Cape as a series regular named "Rollo". He also appeared once again as one of the Seven Dwarfs in Mirror Mirror (2012).

In 2025, Klebba provided the voice and facial capture for Grumpy, one of the seven dwarfs, in the 2025 remake of Snow White.

Music videos Klebba appears as the "New Year Baby" in the music video for "Truth" by the South African rock band, Seether.

Filmography

Film Year Title Role Notes 2001 Planet of the Apes Monkey Grinder's Pet Uncredited role Corky Romano Mini Bouncer How High Party Guest 2002 Run Ronnie Run Music Video Doorman Big Fat Liar Kissing Bandit Uncredited role Death to Smoochy Rhinette / Krinkle Kid #3 Men in Black II Family Child Alien Austin Powers in Goldmember Dancer Uncredited role Blood Shot Secret Weapon Short film 2003 National Security Security Guard Uncredited role Cradle 2 the Grave Fight Announcer Pirates of the Caribbean: The Curse of the Black Pearl Marty El Matador Me Too A Light in the Forest Boar Looney Tunes: Back in Action Dancing Yosemite Sam The Haunted Mansion Pickwick Uncredited role 2004 Van Helsing Dwerger 2005 Americano Matador 2006 Pirates of the Caribbean: Dead Man's Chest Marty 2007 Pirates of the Caribbean: At World's End Marty Cougar Club Short Boss Man Uncredited role The Santa Trap Special Ops Elf 2008 Hancock Prisoner Uncredited role Feast II: Sloppy Seconds Thunder Direct-to-video 2009 Feast III: The Happy Finish Thunder American High School Principal Mann All's Faire in Love Count Le Petit 2010 A Short Film Cowboy Short film 2011 Night of the Little Dead Little Dead In the Gray – Producer only 2012 Project X Dwarf Partygoer Credited as Angry Little Person Mirror Mirror Butcher 2013 Movie 43 Killer Chaun Oz the Great and Powerful Nikko Blood Shot Marud 2014 The Hungover Games Fruito The Bag Man Guano Left Behind Melvin Weir 2015 Jurassic World Dimorphodon Ted 2 Chucky Cosplayer 2016 Range 15 Zombie Klebba All Hallows' Eve Barnaby 2017 Eloise Mental Patient Pirates of the Caribbean: Dead Men Tell No Tales Marty 2019 Viy 2: Journey to China Captain 2025 The Electric State Herman, Milkman Bot Motion capture Snow White Grumpy Voice and facial motion capture

Television Year Title Role Notes 1998 Charmed Bar Guest Episode: "Witch Wars" 2001 The Andy Dick Show Chim Chim Episode: "Andy Land" 2001 Malcolm in the Middle Circus Barker Episode: "Carnival" (uncredited) 2001 Snow White: The Fairest of Them All Friday Television film 2002 Just Shoot Me! Village Person #3 Episode: "The Boys in the Band" 2002 Mad TV Rich Season 7, Episode 25 2003 Andy Richter Controls the Universe Little Andy Episode: "Crazy in Rio" (uncredited) 2003 Cedric the Entertainer Presents Dancer Episode 10 2004–2009 Scrubs Randall Winston 8 episodes 2007 Drake & Josh Nug Nut Episode: "Battle of Panthatar"2007CSI: Crime Scene InvestigationDickie JonesS:8 E:5 The Chick Chop Flick Shop2008FrancesFrances (motion capture)Main role 2009 Bones Todd Moore Episode: "The Dwarf in The Dirt" 2010 Boardwalk Empire Boxing Dwarf Episode: "Boardwalk Empire". Uncredited role 2011 Pair of Kings Hibachi 3 episodes 2011 The Cape Rollo Main role; 10 episodes 2016 The Thundermans Troll Episode: "Happy Heroween" 2021–2022 Pacific Rim: The Black Spyder (voice) Recurring role; 6 episodes 2026 Ted Merchant Episode: "Dungeons & Dealers"

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