Phil Fondacaro

Known for ActingBorn 1958-11-08 (age 67)New Orleans, Louisiana, USA

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.Read more

Movies & web series

The Devil Inside Her

Bit Players

Hollyweird

10-8: Officers on Duty

Faerie Tale Theatre

Quantum Leap

Tales from the Crypt

Return of the Jedi

Sabrina, the Teenage Witch

Northern Exposure

CSI: Crime Scene Investigation

Married... with Children

Sliders

Watchmen: Chapter II

The Pretender

Touched by an Angel

Tales from the Darkside

The Doors

The Theory of the Leisure Class

Willow

Hercules

The Polar Express

Renegade

Brotherhood of the Gun

Double, Double, Toil and Trouble

Something Wicked This Way Comes

Land of the Dead

I'm Gonna Git You Sucka

The Black Cauldron

Snow White and the Seven Dwarfs

thirtysomething

Phantasm II

Once Upon a Halloween

The Elevator

Bordello of Blood

Nature of the Beast

Rapunzel

Fuzzbucket

Sweet Jane

Ghoulies II

Memories of Me

Hellraiser: Bloodline

Troll

Under the Rainbow

Sideshow

Nerds of a Feather

DevilDolls

Addams Family Reunion