Phil Fondacaro
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Phil Fondacaro

Born 8 November 1958 · New Orleans, Louisiana, USA
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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".

Known for

Return of the Jedi
The Polar Express
Willow
Land of the Dead
The Doors
The Black Cauldron
CSI: Crime Scene Investigation
Married... with Children
Sabrina, the Teenage Witch
Tales from the Crypt
Quantum Leap
Sliders
Watchmen: Chapter II
DevilDolls
Immortally Yours
Charles Band's Evil Bong
Land of the Dead
Decadent Evil
The Polar Express
The Theory of the Leisure Class
Sideshow
Bit Players
Blood Dolls
Addams Family Reunion
The Elevator
Sweet Jane
The Creeps
Bordello of Blood
Nature of the Beast
Dollman vs. Demonic Toys
Double, Double, Toil and Trouble
The Doors
Meridian
Night Angel
Nerds of a Feather
Monster High
Willow
Memories of Me
Ghoulies II
The Garbage Pail Kids Movie
The Yattering And Jack
Steele Justice
Troll
Fuzzbucket
The Black Cauldron
American Drive-In
Hard Rock Zombies
The Dungeonmaster
Snow White and the Seven Dwarfs
Return of the Jedi
Rapunzel
Under the Rainbow
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