Ben Woolf
Benjamin Eric Woolf (born September 15, 1980 in Fort Collins , Colorado , † February 23, 2015 in Los Angeles , California ) was an American actor . He was best known for his roles as Meep and Infantata in two seasons of the American Horror Story television series .
Life
Ben Woolf was born in Fort Collins to Nicholas Woolf and Marcy Luikart and grew up in Fairfield , Iowa . From birth he suffered from a growth hormone deficiency , which caused him to become dwarfed - as an adult, he was only 1.31 m tall. In 1999 the family moved to Santa Barbara , California , where young Woolf actively played pool and improvisational plays. He eventually graduated from a city college as a teacher and taught at a preschool in Goleta , California before moving to Hollywood in 2010 to pursue his dream of becoming a film actor .
About his time as a teacher he once said “… when you're with children, you kind of live in a different world that doesn't have any rules. It's more imagination ”. (Eng. When you are surrounded by children, you are in a completely different world. A world in which there are no rules and where the imagination is in charge. )
Woolf had been in television productions since 2007, before he got a small role in the horror film Insidious the year he arrived in Los Angeles . He was also involved in an episode of the Dexter series as a stuntman . Internationally, however, he only became known through his participation in the television series American Horror Story , where he occupied two different supporting roles.
Woolf died on February 23, 2015 at Cedars-Sinai Medical Center of a stroke resulting from a serious head injury sustained in the street where he was hit in the side mirror of a car.
Filmography (selection)
- 2007: TV Face (2 episodes)
- 2010: Insidious
- 2011, 2015: American Horror Story (5 episodes)
- 2012: Eagleheart (TV series, episode 2x05)
- 2012: Woggie
- 2013: Unlucky Charms
- 2013: Dead Kansas
- 2013: Haunting Charles Manson (short film)
- 2015: Tales of Halloween
Web links
- Ben Woolf in the Internet Movie Database (English)
Individual evidence
- ↑ Ben Woolf, Actor in 'American Horror Story,' Dies at 34. Retrieved October 13, 2016 .
| personal data | |
|---|---|
| SURNAME | Woolf, Ben |
| ALTERNATIVE NAMES | Woolf, Benjamin Eric (full name) |
| BRIEF DESCRIPTION | US-American actor |
| DATE OF BIRTH | September 15, 1980 |
| PLACE OF BIRTH | Fort Collins , Colorado , United States |
| DATE OF DEATH | February 23, 2015 |
| Place of death | Los Angeles , California , United States |