Phil Fondacaro
Acting
Born 1958-11-08
New Orleans, Louisiana, USA
64 credits
Awards
Nominated for 1 Golden Raspberry Award for Worst New Star Award
Golden Raspberry Award for Worst New Star 1 nominated
- 1988 Worst New Star Nominated The Garbage Pail Kids Movie
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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.
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Filmography
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Acting
59 credits
CSI: Crime Scene Investigation
Married... with Children
Quantum Leap
Sabrina, the Teenage Witch
Sliders
Touched by an Angel
Northern Exposure
Tales from the Crypt
Renegade
The Pretender
Hercules
Tales from the Darkside
Return of the Jedi
Faerie Tale Theatre
The Polar Express
Watchmen: Chapter II
10-8: Officers on Duty
The Black Cauldron
Willow
Land of the Dead
The Doors
Bordello of Blood
Addams Family Reunion
Hellraiser: Bloodline
I'm Gonna Git You Sucka
Night Angel
Charles Band's Evil Bong
Troll
Something Wicked This Way Comes
The Garbage Pail Kids Movie
Phantasm II
Sweet Jane
Fuzzbucket
Double, Double, Toil and Trouble
Meridian
The Dungeonmaster
Memories of Me
Ghoulies II
Under the Rainbow
Snow White and the Seven Dwarfs
Steele Justice
Hollyweird
Brotherhood of the Gun
Hard Rock Zombies
Once Upon a Halloween
The Creeps
The Theory of the Leisure Class
Blood Dolls
Immortally Yours
Dollman vs. Demonic Toys
Nature of the Beast
Rapunzel
Monster High
The Devil Inside Her
The Elevator
Nerds of a Feather
Decadent Evil
American Drive-In
The Yattering And Jack
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