Known for: Acting
Born: 27 February 1955
Died: 11 July 2025 (aged 70)
IMDb

Rene Kirby

2001

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.

Acting

Shallow Hal 2001Walt

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