
Known for
Acting
Born
February 27, 1955
Birthplace
Burlington, Vermont, USA
Died
July 11, 2025 (aged 70)
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.
2003
2001
as Walt