Phil Fondacaro
Phil Fondacaro (born November 8, 1958) is an American actor. A dwarf actor at 3 feet 6 inches (1.07 m), Fondacaro began acting in 1981, with the film Under the Rainbow. Fondacaro appeared in 1983's Star Wars Episode VI: Return of the Jedi, the third Star Wars film, as an Ewok, the only one to have a death scene. In 1986, he portrayed the invisible friend of a young Michael Gerber in the Disney Sunday Movie Fuzz Bucket, and also appeared in the fantasy film Troll. In 1987, he portrayed "Sir Nigel Pennyweight" in the cult horror film Ghoulies II. His performance is frequently praised, and he has been called the best actor in the film. In the same year, he appeared as "Greaser Greg" in The Garbage Pail Kids Movie, a theatrical adaptation of the popular trading cards. In 1988's Willow, he appeared alongside Warwick Davis, one of his Jedi co-stars, who, thanks in large part to his Willow role, became one of the most famous dwarf actors in the film industry. Other prominent roles of Fondacaro's include "Hooded dwarf" in Phantasm II, Cousin Itt in Addams Family Reunion, and a dramatic turn as a dwarf with an average-sized son in "A Clown's Prayer", an episode of Touched by an Angel. He also played a dwarf with an average-sized daughter in the CSI episode, "A Little Murder". He also had a recurring role on Sabrina, the Teenage Witch as "Roland". Fondacaro is married to Elena Bertagnolli, manager of another famous dwarf actor, Verne Troyer, and is represented by his wife's company, Fonolli Management. Fondacaro's brother Sal is also an actor, having appeared in Under the Rainbow, Return of the Jedi, and Invaders from Mars, all with his brother. Description above from the Wikipedia article Phil Fondacaro, licensed under CC-BY-SA, full list of contributors on Wikipedia.
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- 2024 · Watchmen: Chapter II as Tom Ryan / Big Figure (voice)
- 2012 · DevilDolls as Ray Vernon (segment: Dangerous Toys
- 2009 · Immortally Yours as Michael Bates
- 2006 · Evil Bong as Club Patron
- 2005 · Once Upon a Halloween as Creeper
- 2005 · Decadent Evil as Ivan
- 2005 · Land of the Dead as Chihuahua
- 2004 · The Polar Express as Elf
- 2003 · 10-8: Officers on Duty as
- 2001 · The Theory of the Leisure Class as Millionaire
- 2000 · CSI: Crime Scene Investigation as Kevin Marcus
- 2000 · Bit Players as Gus Wolfson
- 2000 · Sideshow as Abbot Graves
- 2000 · Daddio as Christmas Elf
- 1999 · Blood Dolls as Hylas
- 1998 · Addams Family Reunion as Cousin Itt
- 1998 · Hercules as Additional Voices (voice)
- 1998 · The Elevator as Dwarf Rabbi
- 1998 · Sweet Jane as Bob
- 1997 · The Creeps as Dracula
- 1996 · Sabrina, the Teenage Witch as Roland
- 1996 · The Pretender as Doorman
- 1996 · Bordello of Blood as Vincent Prather
- 1996 · Hellraiser: Bloodline as Surgeon - The Jester (uncredited)
- 1995 · Nature of the Beast as Harliss
- 1995 · Sliders as Bounty Hunter
- 1995 · Sliders as Mac
- 1994 · Touched by an Angel as Leroy Tucker
- 1993 · Double, Double, Toil and Trouble as Oscar
- 1993 · Dollman vs. Demonic Toys as Ray Vernon
- 1992 · Renegade as Little Tom Masion
- 1991 · Brotherhood of the Gun as Antonio
- 1991 · The Doors as Man at Birthday Party
- 1990 · Meridian as Dwarf
- 1990 · Night Angel as Sammael
- 1989 · Nerds of a Feather as Little Army of Little Russian Soldiers
- 1989 · Monster High as Stinksucker
- 1989 · Tales from the Crypt as Emmet
- 1989 · Quantum Leap as Big Moe
- 1988 · I'm Gonna Git You Sucka as Evans Brother (uncredited)
- 1988 · Memories of Me as Horace Bosco
- 1988 · Phantasm II as Hooded Dwarf (uncredited)
- 1988 · Willow as Vohnkar
- 1987 · The Yattering And Jack as The Yattering
- 1987 · thirtysomething as
- 1987 · The Garbage Pail Kids Movie as Greaser Greg - Suit
- 1987 · Ghoulies II as Sir Nigel Pennyweight
- 1987 · Steele Justice as Bartender Dan
- 1987 · Married... with Children as Alien
- 1986 · Fuzzbucket as Fuzzbucket
- 1986 · Troll as Malcolm Mallory / Torok the Troll
- 1985 · American Drive-In as Rocky Magellan (as H.G. Golas)
- 1985 · Hard Rock Zombies as Mickey (as H.G. Golas)
- 1985 · The Black Cauldron as Creeper / Henchman (voice)
- 1984 · Tales from the Darkside as The Yattering
- 1984 · The Dungeonmaster as Stone Canyon People (segment "Stone Canyon Giant")
- 1984 · Snow White and the Seven Dwarfs as Bernard
- 1983 · Return of the Jedi as Ewok
- 1983 · Something Wicked This Way Comes as Demon Clown (uncredited)
- 1983 · Rapunzel as Munchkin
- 1982 · Faerie Tale Theatre as Munchkin
- 1982 · Faerie Tale Theatre as Bernard
- 1981 · Under the Rainbow as Hotel Rainbow Guest