Acting
Rene Kirby
Born — Died
1955-02-27 — 2025-07-11
Place of birth
Burlington, Vermont, USA
Known for
Acting
Credits
2 titles
Rene Kirby was an American film and television actor. He was perhaps best known for his performance in the Farrelly Brothers' film Shallow Hal, in which he plays the role of Walt, a man who, like Kirby himself, was born with spina bifida.
Known for
7.9Carnivàle is an American television series set in the United States during the Great Depression and Dust Bowl. In tracing the lives of two disparate groups of people, its overarching story depicts the battle between good and evil and the struggle between free will and destiny; the storyline mixes Christian theology with gnosticism and Masonic lore, particularly that of the Knights Templar.
Carnivàle
2003
6.2After taking his dying father's advice, Hal dates only the embodiments of female physical perfection. But that all changes after Hal has an unexpected run-in with self-help guru Tony Robbins. Intrigued by Hal's shallowness, Robbins hypnotizes him into seeing the beauty that exists even in the least physically appealing women. Hal soon falls for Rosemary, but he doesn't realize that his gorgeous girlfriend is actually a 300-pound-not-so-hottie.
Shallow Hal
2001