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

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

Appearances as themselves (1)

• 1999Hollyweird — Self