Phil Fondacaro

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.

Known For

CSI: Crime Scene Investigation

Married... with Children

Quantum Leap

Sabrina, the Teenage Witch

Northern Exposure

Touched by an Angel

Sliders

Sliders

All Movies (49)

• The Devil Inside Her2025 · as Dwarf (archive footage)
• Watchmen: Chapter II2024 · as Tom Ryan / Big Figure (voice)
• DevilDolls2012 · as Ray Vernon (segment: Dangerous Toys)
• Immortally Yours2009 · as Michael Bates
• Charles Band's Evil Bong2006 · as Club Patron
• The Making of: Evil Bong2006
• Once Upon a Halloween2005 · as Creeper (voice) (archive sound)
• Decadent Evil2005 · as Ivan
• Land of the Dead2005 · as Chihuahua
• The Polar Express2004 · as Elf
• The Theory of the Leisure Class2001 · as Millionaire
• Bit Players2000 · as Gus Wolfson
• Sideshow2000 · as Abbot Graves
• Blood Dolls1999 · as Hylas
• Hollyweird1999 · as Self
• Addams Family Reunion1998 · as Cousin Itt
• The Elevator1998 · as Dwarf Rabbi
• Sweet Jane1998 · as Bob
• The Creeps1997 · as Dracula
• Bordello of Blood1996 · as Vincent Prather
• Hellraiser: Bloodline1996 · as Surgeon - The Jester (uncredited)
• Nature of the Beast1995 · as Harliss
• Double, Double, Toil and Trouble1993 · as Oscar
• Dollman vs. Demonic Toys1993 · as Ray Vernon
• Brotherhood of the Gun1991 · as Antonio
• The Doors1991 · as Man at Birthday Party
• Meridian1990 · as Dwarf
• Night Angel1990 · as Sammael
• Nerds of a Feather1989 · as Little Army of Little Russian Soldiers
• Monster High1989 · as Stinksucker
• I'm Gonna Git You Sucka1988 · as Evans Brother (uncredited)
• Memories of Me1988 · as Horace Bosco
• Phantasm II1988 · as Hooded Dwarf (uncredited)
• Willow1988 · as Vohnkar
• The Yattering And Jack1987 · as The Yattering
• The Garbage Pail Kids Movie1987 · as Greaser Greg - Suit
• Ghoulies II1987 · as Sir Nigel Pennyweight
• Steele Justice1987 · as Bartender Dan
• Fuzzbucket1986 · as Fuzzbucket
• Troll1986 · as Malcolm Mallory / Torok the Troll
• American Drive-In1985 · as Rocky Magellan (as H.G. Golas)
• Hard Rock Zombies1985 · as Mickey (as H.G. Golas)
• The Black Cauldron1985 · as Creeper / Henchman (voice)
• The Dungeonmaster1984 · as Stone Canyon People (segment "Stone Canyon Giant")
• Snow White and the Seven Dwarfs1984 · as Bernard
• Return of the Jedi1983 · as Ewok
• Something Wicked This Way Comes1983 · as Demon Clown (uncredited)
• Rapunzel1983 · as Munchkin
• Under the Rainbow1981 · as Hotel Rainbow Guest

All TV Shows (17)

• 10-8: Officers on Duty2003 · as Brian's Father
• CSI: Crime Scene Investigation2000 · as Kevin Marcus
• Hercules1998 · as Additional Voices (voice)
• Sabrina, the Teenage Witch1996 · as Roland
• The Pretender1996 · as Doorman
• Sliders1995 · as Bounty Hunter
• Sliders1995 · as Mac
• Touched by an Angel1994 · as Leroy Tucker
• Renegade1992 · as Little Tom Masion
• Northern Exposure1990 · as Green Man
• Tales from the Crypt1989 · as Emmet
• Quantum Leap1989 · as Big Moe
• thirtysomething1987
• Married... with Children1987 · as Alien
• Tales from the Darkside1984 · as The Yattering
• Faerie Tale Theatre1982 · as Munchkin
• Faerie Tale Theatre1982 · as Bernard