Highest rated movie: Return of the Jedi (1983)
Lowest rated movie: The Garbage Pail Kids Movie (1987)
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Movies starring Phil Fondacaro have generally received mixed reviews and hold an average score of 50%.
Return of the Jedi - released in 1983 - is Phil Fondacaro's highest rated movie, with a score of 79% based on 916 reviews.
The lowest rated film from Phil Fondacaro is The Garbage Pail Kids Movie - released in 1987 - with a score of 19% based on 414 reviews.
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.
Phil Fondacaro has acted in films with Tony Cox, Debbie Lee Carrington, Felix Silla and Kevin Thompson.
Phil Fondacaro has worked with these film directors: Charles Band, John Carl Buechler, Ted Nicolaou and Krishna Shah.
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