Phil Fondacaro
- Known for
- Acting
- Born
- November 8, 1958 (age 68)
- Birthplace
- New Orleans, Louisiana, USA
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
Movie · as Dwarf (archive footage)
Watchmen: Chapter II
Movie · as Tom Ryan / Big Figure (voice)
DevilDolls
Movie · as Ray Vernon (segment: Dangerous Toys)
Immortally Yours
Movie · as Michael Bates
Charles Band's Evil Bong
Movie · as Club Patron
The Making of: Evil Bong
Movie
Land of the Dead
Movie · as Chihuahua
Once Upon a Halloween
Movie · as Creeper (voice) (archive sound)
Decadent Evil
Movie · as Ivan
The Polar Express
Movie · as Elf
10-8: Officers on Duty
TV · as Brian's Father · 1 ep
The Theory of the Leisure Class
Movie · as Millionaire
Sideshow
Movie · as Abbot Graves
Bit Players
Movie · as Gus Wolfson
CSI: Crime Scene Investigation
TV · as Kevin Marcus · 1 ep
Blood Dolls
Movie · as Hylas
Hollyweird
Movie · as Self
Addams Family Reunion
Movie · as Cousin Itt
The Elevator
Movie · as Dwarf Rabbi
Sweet Jane
Movie · as Bob
Hercules
TV · as Additional Voices (voice) · 1 ep
The Creeps
Movie · as Dracula
Bordello of Blood
Movie · as Vincent Prather
Hellraiser: Bloodline
Movie · as Surgeon - The Jester (uncredited)
The Pretender
TV · as Doorman · 1 ep
Sabrina, the Teenage Witch
TV · as Roland · 5 eps
Nature of the Beast
Movie · as Harliss
Sliders
TV · as Bounty Hunter, Mac · 1 ep
Touched by an Angel
TV · as Leroy Tucker · 1 ep
Dollman vs. Demonic Toys
Movie · as Ray Vernon
Double, Double, Toil and Trouble
Movie · as Oscar
Renegade
TV · as Little Tom Masion · 1 ep
Brotherhood of the Gun
Movie · as Antonio
The Doors
Movie · as Man at Birthday Party
Meridian
Movie · as Dwarf
Night Angel
Movie · as Sammael
Northern Exposure
TV · as Green Man · 2 eps
Nerds of a Feather
Movie · as Little Army of Little Russian Soldiers
Monster High
Movie · as Stinksucker
Tales from the Crypt
TV · as Emmet · 1 ep
Quantum Leap
TV · as Big Moe · 1 ep
Willow
Movie · as Vohnkar
I'm Gonna Git You Sucka
Movie · as Evans Brother (uncredited)
Memories of Me
Movie · as Horace Bosco
Phantasm II
Movie · as Hooded Dwarf (uncredited)
Ghoulies II
Movie · as Sir Nigel Pennyweight
The Garbage Pail Kids Movie
Movie · as Greaser Greg - Suit
The Yattering And Jack
Movie · as The Yattering
Steele Justice
Movie · as Bartender Dan
thirtysomething
TV · 1 ep
Married... with Children
TV · as Alien · 1 ep
Troll
Movie · as Malcolm Mallory / Torok the Troll
Fuzzbucket
Movie · as Fuzzbucket
The Black Cauldron
Movie · as Creeper / Henchman (voice)
American Drive-In
Movie · as Rocky Magellan (as H.G. Golas)
Hard Rock Zombies
Movie · as Mickey (as H.G. Golas)
The Dungeonmaster
Movie · as Stone Canyon People (segment "Stone Canyon Giant")
Snow White and the Seven Dwarfs
Movie · as Bernard
Tales from the Darkside
TV · as The Yattering · 1 ep
Return of the Jedi
Movie · as Ewok
Something Wicked This Way Comes
Movie · as Demon Clown (uncredited)
Rapunzel
Movie · as Munchkin
Faerie Tale Theatre
TV · as Munchkin, Bernard · 1 ep
Under the Rainbow
Movie · as Hotel Rainbow Guest