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Phil Fondacaro
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…
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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.
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2025
The Devil Inside Her
Movie Dwarf (archive footage)
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2024
Watchmen: Chapter II
Movie Tom Ryan / Big Figure (voice)
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2012
DevilDolls
Movie Ray Vernon (segment: Dangerous Toys)
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2009
Immortally Yours
Movie Michael Bates
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2006
Charles Band's Evil Bong
Movie Club Patron
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2006
The Making of: Evil Bong
Movie
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2005
Once Upon a Halloween
Movie Creeper (voice) (archive sound)
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2005
Decadent Evil
Movie Ivan
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2005
Land of the Dead
Movie Chihuahua
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2004
The Polar Express
Movie Elf
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2003
10-8: Officers on Duty
TV show Brian's Father
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2001
The Theory of the Leisure Class
Movie Millionaire
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2000
CSI: Crime Scene Investigation
TV show Kevin Marcus
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2000
Bit Players
Movie Gus Wolfson
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2000
Sideshow
Movie Abbot Graves
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1999
Blood Dolls
Movie Hylas
More credits
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1999
Hollyweird
Movie Self
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1998
Addams Family Reunion
Movie Cousin Itt
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1998
Hercules
TV show Additional Voices (voice)
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1998
The Elevator
Movie Dwarf Rabbi
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1998
Sweet Jane
Movie Bob
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1997
The Creeps
Movie Dracula
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1996
Sabrina, the Teenage Witch
TV show Roland
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1996
The Pretender
TV show Doorman
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1996
Bordello of Blood
Movie Vincent Prather
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1996
Hellraiser: Bloodline
Movie Surgeon - The Jester (uncredited)
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1995
Nature of the Beast
Movie Harliss
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1995
Sliders
TV show Bounty Hunter
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1994
Touched by an Angel
TV show Leroy Tucker
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1993
Double, Double, Toil and Trouble
Movie Oscar
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1993
Dollman vs. Demonic Toys
Movie Ray Vernon
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1992
Renegade
TV show Little Tom Masion
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1991
Brotherhood of the Gun
Movie Antonio
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1991
The Doors
Movie Man at Birthday Party
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1990
Meridian
Movie Dwarf
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1990
Northern Exposure
TV show Green Man
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1990
Night Angel
Movie Sammael
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1989
Nerds of a Feather
Movie Little Army of Little Russian Soldiers
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1989
Monster High
Movie Stinksucker
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1989
Tales from the Crypt
TV show Emmet
