Michael Jeffrey Gilden (September 22, 1962 – December 5, 2006) was an American actor with dwarfism.

Gilden performed or did stunt work in a variety of television series and films, including Charmed, CSI: Crime Scene Investigation, Family Law, Cybill, NCIS and Pulp Fiction (the page in the Jack Rabbit Slim scene), and had a role as an Ewok in the film Return of the Jedi.

In August 1997, he met Meredith Eaton through mutual friends in Atlanta, Georgia.

Gilden encouraged Eaton to pursue a career in acting,[citation needed] and she became an actress in 1999.

Gilden committed suicide on December 5, 2006, hanging himself in his Los Angeles home.