Phil Fondacaro
Acting • Born 1958-11-08
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.
Filmography
65 credits
Willow
Movie • 1988
Vohnkar
Evil Bong
Movie • 2006
Club Patron
The Black Cauldron
Movie • 1985
Creeper / Henchman (voice)
Land of the Dead
Movie • 2005
Chihuahua
Addams Family Reunion
Movie • 1998
Cousin Itt
Bordello of Blood
Movie • 1996
Vincent Prather
Troll
Movie • 1986
Malcolm Mallory / Torok the Troll
Sideshow
Movie • 2000
Abbot Graves
Ghoulies II
Movie • 1987
Sir Nigel Pennyweight
The Garbage Pail Kids Movie
Movie • 1987
Greaser Greg - Suit
The Yattering And Jack
Movie • 1987
The Yattering
Blood Dolls
Movie • 1999
Hylas
The Elevator
Movie • 1998
Dwarf Rabbi
Once Upon a Halloween
Movie • 2005
Creeper (voice) (archive sound)
I'm Gonna Git You Sucka
Movie • 1988
Evans Brother (uncredited)
Decadent Evil
Movie • 2005
Ivan
Meridian
Movie • 1990
Dwarf
Dollman vs. Demonic Toys
Movie • 1993
Ray Vernon
Double, Double, Toil and Trouble
Movie • 1993
Oscar
The Theory of the Leisure Class
Movie • 2001
Millionaire
Fuzzbucket
Movie • 1986
Fuzzbucket
Nerds of a Feather
Movie • 1989
Little Army of Little Russian Soldiers
Immortally Yours
Movie • 2009
Michael Bates
The Creeps
Movie • 1997
Dracula
Under the Rainbow
Movie • 1981
Hotel Rainbow Guest
Return of the Jedi
Movie • 1983
Ewok
Memories of Me
Movie • 1988
Horace Bosco
Brotherhood of the Gun
Movie • 1991
Antonio
The Doors
Movie • 1991
Man at Birthday Party
The Dungeonmaster
Movie • 1984
Stone Canyon People (segment "Stone Canyon Giant")
American Drive-In
Movie • 1985
Rocky Magellan (as H.G. Golas)
Monster High
Movie • 1989
Stinksucker
Sweet Jane
Movie • 1998
Bob
Phantasm II
Movie • 1988
Hooded Dwarf (uncredited)
Nature of the Beast
Movie • 1995
Harliss
Night Angel
Movie • 1990
Sammael
Snow White and the Seven Dwarfs
Movie • 1984
Bernard
Steele Justice
Movie • 1987
Bartender Dan
The Polar Express
Movie • 2004
Elf
Something Wicked This Way Comes
Movie • 1983
Demon Clown (uncredited)
Hellraiser: Bloodline
Movie • 1996
Surgeon - The Jester (uncredited)
DevilDolls
Movie • 2012
Ray Vernon (segment: Dangerous Toys
Bit Players
Movie • 2000
Gus Wolfson
Hard Rock Zombies
Movie • 1985
Mickey (as H.G. Golas)
Rapunzel
Movie • 1983
Munchkin
Watchmen: Chapter II
Movie • 2024
Tom Ryan / Big Figure (voice)
The Devil Inside Her
Movie • 2025
Dwarf (archive footage)
Hollywierd
Movie • 1999
Self
Renegade
TV • 1992
Little Tom Masion
CSI: Crime Scene Investigation
TV • 2000
Kevin Marcus
thirtysomething
TV • 1987
Sliders
TV • 1995
Bounty Hunter
Touched by an Angel
TV • 1994
Leroy Tucker
The Pretender
TV • 1996
Doorman
Tales from the Crypt
TV • 1989
Emmet
Faerie Tale Theatre
TV • 1982
Munchkin
Tales from the Darkside
TV • 1984
The Yattering
10-8: Officers on Duty
TV • 2003
Brian's Father
Sabrina, the Teenage Witch
TV • 1996
Roland
Quantum Leap
TV • 1989
Big Moe
Faerie Tale Theatre
TV • 1982
Bernard
Hercules
TV • 1998
Additional Voices (voice)
Married... with Children
TV • 1987
Alien
Sliders
TV • 1995
Mac
Northern Exposure
TV • 1990
Green Man