Acting · New Orleans, Louisiana, USA · Born November 8, 1958
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.
MovieThe Devil Inside Her
2025
as Dwarf (archive footage)
MovieWatchmen: Chapter II
2024
as Tom Ryan / Big Figure (voice)
MovieDevilDolls
2012
as Ray Vernon (segment: Dangerous Toys)
MovieImmortally Yours
2009
as Michael Bates
MovieCharles Band's Evil Bong
2006
as Club Patron
MovieThe Making of: Evil Bong
2006
MovieOnce Upon a Halloween
2005
as Creeper (voice) (archive sound)
MovieDecadent Evil
2005
as Ivan
MovieLand of the Dead
2005
as Chihuahua
MovieThe Polar Express
2004
as Elf
TV10-8: Officers on Duty
2003
as Brian's Father
MovieThe Theory of the Leisure Class
2001
as Millionaire
TVCSI: Crime Scene Investigation
2000
as Kevin Marcus
MovieBit Players
2000
as Gus Wolfson
MovieSideshow
2000
as Abbot Graves
MovieBlood Dolls
1999
as Hylas
MovieHollyweird
1999
as Self
MovieAddams Family Reunion
1998
as Cousin Itt
TVHercules
1998
as Additional Voices (voice)
MovieThe Elevator
1998
as Dwarf Rabbi
MovieSweet Jane
1998
as Bob
MovieThe Creeps
1997
as Dracula
TVSabrina, the Teenage Witch
1996
as Roland
TVThe Pretender
1996
as Doorman
MovieBordello of Blood
1996
as Vincent Prather
MovieHellraiser: Bloodline
1996
as Surgeon - The Jester (uncredited)
MovieNature of the Beast
1995
as Harliss
TVSliders
1995
as Bounty Hunter
TVTouched by an Angel
1994
as Leroy Tucker
MovieDouble, Double, Toil and Trouble
1993
as Oscar
MovieDollman vs. Demonic Toys
1993
as Ray Vernon
TVRenegade
1992
as Little Tom Masion
Brotherhood of the Gun
1991
as Antonio
MovieThe Doors
1991
as Man at Birthday Party
MovieMeridian
1990
as Dwarf
TVNorthern Exposure
1990
as Green Man
MovieNight Angel
1990
as Sammael
MovieNerds of a Feather
1989
as Little Army of Little Russian Soldiers
MovieMonster High
1989
as Stinksucker
TVTales from the Crypt
1989
as Emmet
TVQuantum Leap
1989
as Big Moe
MovieI'm Gonna Git You Sucka
1988
as Evans Brother (uncredited)
MovieMemories of Me
1988
as Horace Bosco
MoviePhantasm II
1988
as Hooded Dwarf (uncredited)
MovieWillow
1988
as Vohnkar
MovieThe Yattering And Jack
1987
as The Yattering
TVthirtysomething
1987
MovieThe Garbage Pail Kids Movie
1987
as Greaser Greg - Suit
MovieGhoulies II
1987
as Sir Nigel Pennyweight
MovieSteele Justice
1987
as Bartender Dan
TVMarried... with Children
1987
as Alien
MovieFuzzbucket
1986
as Fuzzbucket
MovieTroll
1986
as Malcolm Mallory / Torok the Troll
MovieAmerican Drive-In
1985
as Rocky Magellan (as H.G. Golas)
MovieHard Rock Zombies
1985
as Mickey (as H.G. Golas)
MovieThe Black Cauldron
1985
as Creeper / Henchman (voice)
TVTales from the Darkside
1984
as The Yattering
MovieThe Dungeonmaster
1984
as Stone Canyon People (segment "Stone Canyon Giant")
MovieSnow White and the Seven Dwarfs
1984
as Bernard
MovieReturn of the Jedi
1983
as Ewok
MovieSomething Wicked This Way Comes
1983
as Demon Clown (uncredited)
MovieRapunzel
1983
as Munchkin
TVFaerie Tale Theatre
1982
as Munchkin
MovieUnder the Rainbow
1981
as Hotel Rainbow Guest
