Still of André the Giant, Mandy Patinkin and Wallace Shawn in The Princess Bride (1987)
Caption: Still of André the Giant, Mandy Patinkin and Wallace Shawn in The Princess Bride (1987)
Actor
Born: May 19, 1946
Star sign: Taurus
Height: 7' (2.13 m)
Known for: The Princess Bride (1987), WrestleMania III (1987), WrestleMania IV (1988), WrestleMania VI (1990)
Source: IMDB
André René Roussimoff was born in a small farming community in Grenoble, France to Boris and Marian Rouismoff. His parents and four siblings were all of normal size, but André suffered from acromegaly, a hormonal disorder that results when the pituitary gland produces excess growth hormone. As the Giant grew up (very quickly, as he reached the ...