Known For
Acting
Born
Nov 08, 1958
Place of Birth
New Orleans, Louisiana, USA
Credits
64 titles
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. Description above from the Wikipedia article Phil Fondacaro, licensed under CC-BY-SA, full list of contributors on Wikipedia.
Known For
Filmography
The Devil Inside Her
Dwarf (archive footage)
Watchmen: Chapter II
Tom Ryan / Big Figure (voice)
DevilDolls
Ray Vernon (segment: Dangerous Toys)
Immortally Yours
Michael Bates
Charles Band's Evil Bong
Club Patron
The Making of: Evil Bong
Once Upon a Halloween
Creeper (voice) (archive sound)
Decadent Evil
Ivan
Land of the Dead
Chihuahua
The Polar Express
Elf
10-8: Officers on Duty
Brian's Father
The Theory of the Leisure Class
Millionaire
CSI: Crime Scene Investigation
Kevin Marcus
Bit Players
Gus Wolfson
Sideshow
Abbot Graves
Blood Dolls
Hylas
Hollyweird
Self
Addams Family Reunion
Cousin Itt
Hercules
Additional Voices (voice)
The Elevator
Dwarf Rabbi
Sweet Jane
Bob
The Creeps
Dracula
Sabrina, the Teenage Witch
Roland
The Pretender
Doorman
Bordello of Blood
Vincent Prather
Hellraiser: Bloodline
Surgeon - The Jester (uncredited)
Nature of the Beast
Harliss
Sliders
Bounty Hunter
Touched by an Angel
Leroy Tucker
Double, Double, Toil and Trouble
Oscar
Dollman vs. Demonic Toys
Ray Vernon
Renegade
Little Tom Masion
Brotherhood of the Gun
Antonio
The Doors
Man at Birthday Party
Meridian
Dwarf
Northern Exposure
Green Man
Night Angel
Sammael
Nerds of a Feather
Little Army of Little Russian Soldiers
Monster High
Stinksucker
Tales from the Crypt
Emmet
Quantum Leap
Big Moe
I'm Gonna Git You Sucka
Evans Brother (uncredited)
Memories of Me
Horace Bosco
Phantasm II
Hooded Dwarf (uncredited)
Willow
Vohnkar
The Yattering And Jack
The Yattering
thirtysomething
The Garbage Pail Kids Movie
Greaser Greg - Suit
Ghoulies II
Sir Nigel Pennyweight
Steele Justice
Bartender Dan