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Known For:
Acting
Birthday:
November 8, 1958
Place of Birth:
New Orleans, Louisiana, USA
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Phil Fondacaro
Biography
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.
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Known For
Filmography
| Year | Movie | Role |
|---|---|---|
| 2025 | The Devil Inside Her | Dwarf (archive footage) |
| 2024 | Watchmen: Chapter II | Tom Ryan / Big Figure (voice) |
| 2012 | DevilDolls | Ray Vernon (segment: Dangerous Toys |
| 2009 | Immortally Yours | Michael Bates |
| 2006 | Evil Bong | Club Patron |
| 2005 | Land of the Dead | Chihuahua |
| 2005 | Once Upon a Halloween | Creeper |
| 2005 | Decadent Evil | Ivan |
| 2004 | The Polar Express | Elf |
| 2001 | The Theory of the Leisure Class | Millionaire |
| 2000 | Sideshow | Abbot Graves |
| 2000 | Bit Players | Gus Wolfson |
| 1999 | Blood Dolls | Hylas |
| 1998 | Addams Family Reunion | Cousin Itt |
| 1998 | The Elevator | Dwarf Rabbi |
| 1998 | Sweet Jane | Bob |
| 1997 | The Creeps | Dracula |
| 1996 | Bordello of Blood | Vincent Prather |
| 1996 | Hellraiser: Bloodline | Surgeon - The Jester (uncredited) |
| 1995 | Nature of the Beast | Harliss |
| 1993 | Dollman vs. Demonic Toys | Ray Vernon |
| 1993 | Double, Double, Toil and Trouble | Oscar |
| 1991 | Brotherhood of the Gun | Antonio |
| 1991 | The Doors | Man at Birthday Party |
| 1990 | Meridian | Dwarf |
| 1990 | Night Angel | Sammael |
| 1989 | Nerds of a Feather | Little Army of Little Russian Soldiers |
| 1989 | Monster High | Stinksucker |
| 1988 | Willow | Vohnkar |
| 1988 | I'm Gonna Git You Sucka | Evans Brother (uncredited) |
| 1988 | Memories of Me | Horace Bosco |
| 1988 | Phantasm II | Hooded Dwarf (uncredited) |
| 1987 | Ghoulies II | Sir Nigel Pennyweight |
| 1987 | The Garbage Pail Kids Movie | Greaser Greg - Suit |
| 1987 | The Yattering And Jack | The Yattering |
| 1987 | Steele Justice | Bartender Dan |
| 1986 | Troll | Malcolm Mallory / Torok the Troll |
| 1986 | Fuzzbucket | Fuzzbucket |
| 1985 | The Black Cauldron | Creeper / Henchman (voice) |
| 1985 | American Drive-In | Rocky Magellan (as H.G. Golas) |
| 1985 | Hard Rock Zombies | Mickey (as H.G. Golas) |
| 1984 | The Dungeonmaster | Stone Canyon People (segment "Stone Canyon Giant") |
| 1984 | Snow White and the Seven Dwarfs | Bernard |
| 1983 | Return of the Jedi | Ewok |
| 1983 | Something Wicked This Way Comes | Demon Clown (uncredited) |
| 1983 | Rapunzel | Munchkin |
| 1981 | Under the Rainbow | Hotel Rainbow Guest |
| Year | TV Show | Role |
|---|---|---|
| 2003 | 10-8: Officers on Duty | |
| 2000 | CSI: Crime Scene Investigation | Kevin Marcus |
| 2000 | Daddio | Christmas Elf |
| 1998 | Hercules | Additional Voices (voice) |
| 1996 | The Pretender | Doorman |
| 1996 | Sabrina, the Teenage Witch | Roland |
| 1995 | Sliders | Bounty Hunter |
| 1995 | Sliders | Mac |
| 1994 | Touched by an Angel | Leroy Tucker |
| 1992 | Renegade | Little Tom Masion |
| 1990 | Northern Exposure | Green Man |
| 1989 | Tales from the Crypt | Emmet |
| 1989 | Quantum Leap | Big Moe |
| 1987 | thirtysomething | |
| 1987 | Married... with Children | Alien |
| 1984 | Tales from the Darkside | The Yattering |
| 1982 | Faerie Tale Theatre | Munchkin |
| 1982 | Faerie Tale Theatre | Bernard |