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|birth date    = [[3 February (people)|3 February]] [[1959 (people)|1959]]
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|job title    = [[Actor]]
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'''Jimmy Vee''' (born [[3 February (people)|3 February]] [[1959 (people)|1959]]<ref>[https://peoplepill.com/people/jimmy-vee/ People Pill]</ref>) is a Scottish actor who has parlayed his 3'8" stature into playing various aliens in ''[[Doctor Who]]'' since 2005. He has also appeared several times in ''[[The Sarah Jane Adventures]]''. His most frequent alien is the [[Graske]].


'''Jimmy Vee''' is a Scottish actor who has parlayed his 3'8" stature into playing various aliens in ''[[Doctor Who]]'' since 2005. He has also appeared several times in ''[[The Sarah Jane Adventures]]''. His most frequent alien is the [[Graske]].
Vee's involvement with ''Doctor Who'' began because the prosthetics designer for the [[Moxx of Balhoon]] thought Jimmy would fit into the prosthetic. Vee had also played one of the bank goblins in the first ''[[Harry Potter]]'' film.<ref>[http://www.thefreelibrary.com/The+Razz:+WHO'S+A+BBIG+STAR%3F+He's+only+3ft+8in+but+Scot+Jimmy's+made...-a0123616069 "The Razz: WHO'S A BIG STAR?] - ''Daily Record,'' 26th October 2004</ref> In the ''[[Star Wars]]'' franchise Vee played R2-D2 in ''Star Wars: Episode VIII - The Last Jedi,'' succeeding original actor Kenny Baker, and performed creature and droid puppeteering in ''Solo: A Star Wars Story.''


Vee's involvement with ''Doctor Who'' began because the prosthetics designer for the [[Moxx of Balhoon]] thought Jimmy would fit into the prosthetic. Vee had also played one of the bank goblins in the first ''[[Harry Potter]]'' film. <ref>[http://www.thefreelibrary.com/The+Razz:+WHO'S+A+BBIG+STAR%3F+He's+only+3ft+8in+but+Scot+Jimmy's+made...-a0123616069 "The Razz: WHO'S A BIG STAR?] - ''Daily Record,'' 26th October 2004</ref>
== Credits ==
=== Television ===
==== ''Doctor Who'' ====
* ''[[The End of the World (TV story)|The End of the World]]'' - [[Moxx of Balhoon]]
* ''[[Aliens of London (TV story)|Aliens of London]]'' - [[Space pig]]
* ''[[Voyage of the Damned (TV story)|Voyage of the Damned]]'' - [[Bannakaffalatta]]
* ''[[The End of Time (TV story)|The End of Time]]'' - [[Graske]]
* ''[[The Caretaker (TV story)|The Caretaker]]'' - [[Skovox Blitzer]]


==Partial list of ''Doctor Who''-related roles==
==== ''The Sarah Jane Adventures'' ====
*The [[Moxx of Balhoon]] ([[DW]]: ''[[The End of the World (TV story)|The End of the World]]'')
* ''[[Revenge of the Slitheen (TV story)|Revenge of the Slitheen]]'' - [[Korst Gogg Thek Lutiven-Day Slitheen]]
*The [[Space Pig]] ([[DW]]: ''[[Aliens of London]]'')
* ''[[Whatever Happened to Sarah Jane? (TV story)|Whatever Happened to Sarah Jane?]]'' - Graske
*The [[Graske]] ([[DW]]: ''[[Attack of the Graske]]'', [[SJA]]: ''[[Whatever Happened to Sarah Jane?]]'', [[DW]]: ''[[Music of the Spheres]]'', [[SJA]]: ''[[The Temptation of Sarah Jane Smith]]'', [[DW]]: ''[[The End of Time (TV story)|The End of Time]]'')
* ''[[The Lost Boy (TV story)|The Lost Boy]]'' - Korst Gogg Thek Lutiven-Day Slitheen
*[[Korst Gogg Thek Lutiven-Day Slitheen]] ([[SJA]]: ''[[Revenge of the Slitheen]]'', ''[[The Lost Boy]]'')
* ''[[The Temptation of Sarah Jane Smith (TV story)|The Temptation of Sarah Jane Smith]]'' - Graske
*[[Rahnius Slitheen]] ([[SJA]]: ''[[From Raxacoricofallapatorius with Love]]'')  
* ''[[The Gift (TV story)|The Gift]]'' - [[Chris Slitheen]]
*[[Bannakaffalatta]] ([[DW]]: ''[[Voyage of the Damned]]'')
* ''[[Death of the Doctor (TV story)|Death of the Doctor]]'' - [[Groske]]
*[[Rahnius Slitheen]] ([[SJA]]: ''[[From Raxacoricofallapatorius with Love]]'')
*[[Chris Slitheen]] ([[SJA]]: ''[[The Gift (TV story)|The Gift]]'')
*The [[Groske]] ([[SJA]]: ''[[Death of the Doctor]]'')


==External links==
=== Mini-Episodes ===
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==== ''Doctor Who'' ====
* ''[[Music of the Spheres (TV story)|Music of the Spheres]]'' - Graske
 
==== ''The Sarah Jane Adventures'' ====
* ''[[From Raxacoricofallapatorius with Love (TV story)|From Raxacoricofallapatorius with Love]]'' - [[Rahnius Slitheen]]
 
=== Video Games ===
==== ''Doctor Who'' ====
* ''[[Attack of the Graske (video game)|Attack of the Graske]]'' - Graske
 
== External links ==
* [http://www.willowmanagement.co.uk/index.php?page=30 Agency profile]
* [http://www.willowmanagement.co.uk/index.php?page=30 Agency profile]
* *{{imdb name|id=1835544|name=Jimmy Vee}}
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{{Official website|www.jimmy-vee.com/}}


==Footnotes==
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Jimmy Vee (born 3 February 1959[1]) is a Scottish actor who has parlayed his 3'8" stature into playing various aliens in Doctor Who since 2005. He has also appeared several times in The Sarah Jane Adventures. His most frequent alien is the Graske.

Vee's involvement with Doctor Who began because the prosthetics designer for the Moxx of Balhoon thought Jimmy would fit into the prosthetic. Vee had also played one of the bank goblins in the first Harry Potter film.[2] In the Star Wars franchise Vee played R2-D2 in Star Wars: Episode VIII - The Last Jedi, succeeding original actor Kenny Baker, and performed creature and droid puppeteering in Solo: A Star Wars Story.

Credits[[edit] | [edit source]]

Television[[edit] | [edit source]]

Doctor Who[[edit] | [edit source]]

The Sarah Jane Adventures[[edit] | [edit source]]

Mini-Episodes[[edit] | [edit source]]

Doctor Who[[edit] | [edit source]]

The Sarah Jane Adventures[[edit] | [edit source]]

Video Games[[edit] | [edit source]]

Doctor Who[[edit] | [edit source]]

External links[[edit] | [edit source]]

Footnotes[[edit] | [edit source]]

  1. People Pill
  2. "The Razz: WHO'S A BIG STAR? - Daily Record, 26th October 2004