Phil Fondacaro
- Recitazione
- 8 novembre 1958 · New Orleans, Louisiana, USA
Biografia
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.
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Filmografia
- The Devil Inside Her · Dwarf (archive footage)
- Watchmen: Capitolo II · Tom Ryan / Big Figure (Voce)
- DevilDolls · Ray Vernon (segment: Dangerous Toys)
- Immortally Yours · Michael Bates
- Charles Band's Evil Bong · Club Patron
- The Making of: Evil Bong
- C'era una volta Halloween · Creeper (voice) (archive sound)
- Decadent Evil · Ivan
- La terra dei morti viventi · Chihuahua
- Polar Express · Elf
- 10-8: Officers on Duty · Brian's Father
- The Theory of the Leisure Class · Millionaire
- CSI: Scena del crimine · Kevin Marcus
- Bit Players · Gus Wolfson
- Sideshow · Abbot Graves
- Blood Dolls · Hylas
- Hollyweird · In persona
- La famiglia Addams si riunisce · Cousin Itt
- Hercules · Additional Voices (Voce)
- The Elevator · Dwarf Rabbi
- Sweet Jane · Bob
- The Creeps · Dracula
- Sabrina, vita da strega · Roland
- Jarod il camaleonte · Doorman
- Il piacere del sangue · Vincent Prather
- Hellraiser IV - La stirpe maledetta · Surgeon - The Jester (uncredited)
- Nature of the Beast · Harliss
- I viaggiatori · Bounty Hunter, Mac
- Il tocco di un angelo · Leroy Tucker
- Due magiche gemelle · Oscar
- Dollman vs. Demonic Toys · Ray Vernon
- Renegade · Little Tom Masion
- Brotherhood of the Gun · Antonio
- The Doors · Man at Birthday Party
- Meridian · Dwarf
- Un medico tra gli orsi · Green Man
- La regina dell'inferno · Sammael
- Nerds of a Feather · Little Army of Little Russian Soldiers
- Una squadra alien...ata · Stinksucker
- I racconti della cripta · Emmet
- In viaggio nel tempo · Big Moe
- Scappa, scappa... poi ti prendo! · Evans Brother (uncredited)
- Alla scoperta di papà · Horace Bosco
- Fantasmi II · Hooded Dwarf (uncredited), Stunts
- Willow · Vohnkar
- The Yattering And Jack · The Yattering
- In famiglia e con gli amici
- The Garbage Pail Kids Movie · Greaser Greg - Suit
- Ghoulies II - Il principe degli scherzi · Sir Nigel Pennyweight
- Steele Justice · Bartender Dan
- Sposati... con figli · Alien
- Fuzzbucket · Fuzzbucket
- Troll · Malcolm Mallory / Torok the Troll
- American Drive-In · Rocky Magellan (as H.G. Golas)
- Hard Rock Zombies · Mickey (as H.G. Golas)
- Taron e la pentola magica · Creeper / Henchman (Voce)
- Un salto nel buio · The Yattering
- Il demone delle galassie infernali · Stone Canyon People (segment "Stone Canyon Giant")
- Snow White and the Seven Dwarfs · Bernard
- Il ritorno dello Jedi · Ewok
- Qualcosa di sinistro sta per accadere · Demon Clown (uncredited)
- Rapunzel · Munchkin
- Il castello delle fiabe · Munchkin, Bernard
- Sotto l'arcobaleno · Hotel Rainbow Guest