Kenny Baker

Kenny Baker fascinates me because he achieved global immortality in a role where his face was never seen. Giving R2-D2 its personality through movement and presence alone is an underrated feat of physical acting, and the fact that he also appeared in Amadeus, Time Bandits and Labyrinth shows real range. I find something quietly heroic about an artist who poured himself into a part the world adored without ever needing the spotlight on himself. He passed in 2016, but every time that little droid rolls onscreen, Baker's craft lives on. He was, in the purest sense, a beloved professional.

Name (English)

Kenny Baker

Name (Japanese)

ケニー・ベイカー

Reading

けにー・べいかー

Born

August 24, 1934 – August 13, 2016

Zodiac / Chinese zodiac

Virgo / Dog

Origin

Birmingham, United Kingdom

Occupation

actor / television actor / film actor / comedian

• Official sitehttp://www.kennybaker.co.uk/
• Wikipedia (English)https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Kenny%20Baker%20(English%20actor)
• Wikipedia (Japanese)https://ja.wikipedia.org/wiki/%E3%82%B1%E3%83%8B%E3%83%BC%E3%83%BB%E3%83%99%E3%82%A4%E3%82%AB%E3%83%BC
• Wikidatahttps://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q454081

Tags

• actor
• television actor
• film actor

Last updated

2026-06-19

Facts are limited to publicly available information up to 2024; non-public or unconfirmed items are omitted. English text is machine-assisted (facts translated by Sonnet, "My Take" written by Opus 4.8). The Japanese page is the source of record.