Phil Fondacaro

Acting

Phil Fondacaro

Overview

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Birthday
Nov 08, 1958 (66 years old)

Phil Fondacaro

Known For

Immortally Yours
1h 40m
DOLBY
Movie 2009

Immortally Yours

A coven of Sexy, modern Day vampires ravage the American...

Land of the Dead
1h 33m
DOLBY
Movie 2005

Land of the Dead

The world is full of zombies and the survivors have...

Bit Players
17min
DOLBY
Movie 2000

Bit Players

The story of two men who played Oompa Loompas in...

Sideshow
1h 14m
DOLBY
Movie 2000

Sideshow

While visiting a traveling carnival full of human freaks, high...

Blood Dolls
1h 24m
DOLBY
Movie 1999

Blood Dolls

Virgil, an eccentric freak billionaire, spends his days being a...

The Elevator
1h 33m
DOLBY
Movie 1998

The Elevator

Things are going swimmingly for the film producer Roy Tilden,...

The Creeps
1h 20m
DOLBY
Movie 1997

The Creeps

Mad scientist brings Dracula, the Wolfman, the Mummy, and Frankenstein's...

Nature of the Beast
1h 31m
DOLBY
Movie 1995

Nature of the Beast

Two men, both hiding a deadly secret, are on a...

StreamPrime Logo
1h 28m
DOLBY
Movie 1991

Brotherhood of the Gun

After the Civil War, rebel sharpshooter Zack Hollister joins Weir's...

The Doors
2h 20m
DOLBY
Movie 1991

The Doors

The story of the famous and influential 1960s rock band...

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.