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In fact, Deep Roy (occasionally credited as Gordeep Roy or Roy Deep) has achieved a status unique in nerd-dom -- he is the only actor to have appeared in Star Trek, Star Wars, and Doctor Who! (Sorry, Simon Pegg, but you only did a voice in Clone Wars.) That's right, the Nerd Sci-Fi Franchise Hat Trick! As for what those roles were -- well, read on.
8) Egyptian Guard, Transformers: Revenge of the Fallen
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7) Mambino, Alien From L.A.
Known best for the marvelous MST3K episode it was made into, Alien From L.A. stars a squeaky voiced, pre-Sports Illustrated Swimsuit Issue Kathy Ireland as a girl from Los Angeles who winds up at the center of the Earth in the lost city of Atlantis, which is populated entirely by mimes, new wave bands, and Australians. Roy plays a mobster/circus freak called "Mambino, Boss of Bosses." Awful as the film is, for once, Roy got to speak and wasn't hidden inside a costume, and he did the best he could with the laughably weak writing. If nothing else, he at least appeared to be having fun.
6) Teeny Weeny, The Neverending Story
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5) Fellini, Flash Gordon
Not a great deal to say about this character, I'm afraid: Fellini was the little red-faced man Princess Aura kept as a pet. What exactly Fellini is, how he came to be a pet, how well or poorly he's treated... none of this is explained. He has no lines, and the closest he comes to communicating is when he jumps up and down in excitement as Flash uses his Football-Fu to whale the piss out of a bunch of Ming's guards (30 years later and I still don't understand that scene: What was he hoping to accomplish? Even if Zarkov hadn't beaned him, Ming would just keep sending in guards until even Flash's Jedi football tricks wouldn't be enough to save him)... but I digress.
4) Keenser, Star Trek
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3) Mr. Sin, Doctor Who's "The Talons of Weng Chaing"
One of Deep Roy's most well-known (if not most easily recognized) roles, Mr. Sin was a villain during the tenure of Tom Baker's Fourth Doctor, specifically in "The Talons Of Weng Chiang." The character is a cyborg from the 51st Century with the cerebral cortex of a pig -- he looks like an exhibit from the world's most racist wax museum. Mr. Sin is in the service of Li H'sen Chang, a stage magician/tong boss who believes he's doing the will of the god Weng Chiang when he's actually the pawn of 51st century despot Magnus Greel. Designed as a toy and originally called the "Peking Homunculus," Mr. Sin nearly started World War Six when his organic cerebral cortex gained control of his functions.
2) Droopy McCool, Return of the Jedi
Quick question: What do Deep Roy and James Earl Jones have in common? Give up? Both were (at least originally) uncredited for their roles in the Star Wars trilogy. Of course, Jones provided the unmistakable voice of one of history's most iconic villains, while Roy played a shaved Shar Pei in boxer shorts that plays clarinet... but the principle's the same. As was often the case, Roy was silent and unrecognizable in this role, but any Star Wars fan immediately knows Droopy McCool, woodwind player for the Max Rebo band, even if they don't know who's likely sweating to death under all that foam rubber. Droopy wasn't the only character in ROTJ Mr. Roy helped bring to life; as a stuntman he also played an Ewok, and occasionally stood in for Kenny Baker as R2-D2.
1) 165 Different Oompa Loopas, Charlie and the Chocolate Factory
There was no question which role would be at the top of this list. Whatever you may think of Tim Burton's vision of the classic Roald Dahl novel, the technical wizardry and acting prowess that went into making Deep Roy into 165 separate Oompa Loompas is beyond impressive (another fun fact: between scenes on Star Trek, Roy would break into Oompa Loompa dances). This wasn't the first time Roy worked with Burton; previously he'd played the clown "Mr. Soggybottom" in Big Fish and several apes in Planet of the Apes.
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