Matt Gogin, the little individual actor who starred within the movies The New Man and Made for Every Different, has died. He was 40.
Gogin died Dec. 13 of COVID-19 issues and pneumonia at Windfall St. Jude’s Medical Middle in Fullerton, California.
Born in Los Angeles on Might 28, 1982, Gogin was the son of Darla H. Gogin and Michael Gogin, the actor, musician and main advocate of individuals with brief stature within the leisure trade.
He made his function debut in Ed Decter’s Sony comedy The New Man (2002), enjoying Ed, a good friend of Gil Harris’ (DJ Qualls). He additionally had an element that 12 months in Matthew Vivid’s Tiptoes, a controversial function that concerned little individual characters and themes (the lead was performed by Gary Oldman and never an actor who had dwarfism).
In 2009, Gogin appeared in Daryl Goldberg’s indie ensemble Made for Every Different. He additionally starred in João Dall’Stella’s well-received 2019 brief movie, Stalls.
Gogin was an advocate for little folks in leisure and labored with charities that helped folks with disabilities.
Survivors embody his son, Steven, and brothers Charles and Andrew. His spouse, Tanya Marie Richards, died in her sleep at dwelling in 2016 at age 32.
