He was best known for his role of Mini-Me in the Austin Powers film series — He had cartilage—hair hypoplasia and was 2 ft 8 in 81 cm tall. He stated that his parents "never treated me any different than my other average-sized siblings. I used to have to carry wood, feed the cows and pigs and farm animals.

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The former Celebrity Big Brother housemate, best known as Austin Powers' Mini-Me, made a sex tape with his then-girlfriend Ranae Shrider and wasn't happy about it being leaked online. The actor, most famous for playing Mini-Me in the Austin Powers movie, appeared in an X-rated movie that was leaked online. Verne, who had cartilage-hair hypoplasia and stood at 2ft 8ins tall, once filmed himself having sex with his then-girlfriend Ranae Shrider. Verne, who tragically died by suicide in , attempted to sue Ranae for releasing their minute sex tape. She once said of their sex life: "He wasn't short of sexy skills and tried his hardest to make up in technique what he lacked in size.