Nelson De La Rosa was born in June, 1968.

Height
2' 4¼" (0.72 m)

In 1990, certified by the Guiness Record Book, he was the smallest man on the earth.

When he was first examined in 1987, he weighed 15 lbs, his chest was 17½", and his waist 16". By the time of the filming of The Island of Dr. Moreau he weighed 22 lbs.

He never actually has been the shortest man alive - even though he was credited as such - since Gul Mohammed (1957-1997) of Indian was measured at 1'10½" in 1990, and the current recordholder is 2'2½" Lin Yu-Cheh (b. 1973) of Taiwan

Nelson is, however, the world's shortest actor.