Warwick Davis Biography

Birthday: 1970-02-03
Place of Birth: Epsom, Surrey
Height: 3' 6" (1.07 m)
Wiki Biography: English actor Warwick Davis is the son of an insurance broker and his wife. Davis was born with the condition spondyloepiphyseal dysplasia congenital (SED), which caused his dwarfism. He was educated at City of London Freemen's School. When he was 11 years old, his grandmother heard a radio appeal for people under four feet tall to appear in Star Wars: Episode VI - Return of the Jedi (1983). A huge Star Wars fan, Davis auditioned successfully and was cast as an extra, playing an Ewok. Kenny Baker was cast as lead Ewok Wicket, but fell ill so George Lucas chose Davis to replace him. The film was a smash hit, and Davis went on to reprise his role as Wicket in further TV projects - The Ewok Adventure (1984) (TV) and Ewoks: The Battle for Endor (1985) (TV).
Davis next big role came with a part specifically written for him, as the titular hero in Willow (1988). Other successes followed with roles in such projects as "Prince Caspian and the Voyage of the Dawn Treader" (1989) and two distinctly different film series - the 'Harry Potter' and 'Leprechaun' film series. In 2006, he appeared in a cameo role in Ricky Gervais and Stephen Merchant's hit sitcom "Extras" (2005), which led to the pair writing a series specifically for Davis, the comic mockumentary "Life's Too Short" (2011).
Davis, along with his father-in-law Peter Burroughs, is also the director of an acting agency for very short and tall actors called Willow Management. He is married to Samantha Davis and they have a son and a daughter.
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Filmography
TV Title | Appeared As | Year | Genre |
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The Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy | Marvin | 2005 | Adventure |
The Hitch Hikers Guide to the Galaxy | Marvin | 2005 | Adventure |
Hitchhikers Guide to the Galaxy | Marvin | 2005 | Adventure |
Deadly 360 | Griphook / Professor Filius Flitwick | 2011 | |
Lifes Too Short | 2011 | Comedy |
Movies Title | Appeared As | Year | Genre |
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Return of the Ewok | 1982 | ||
Ewoks: The Battle for Endor | Wicket | 1985 | Adventure, Family, Fantasy |
Star Tours | Wicket | 1987 | |
Willow | Willow Ufgood | 1988 | 0, 0 |
Leprechaun | Leprechaun | 1993 | 0, Reality Tv, Game Show |
Leprechaun 2 | The Leprechaun | 1994 | 0, Reality Tv |
Leprechaun 4: In Space | Leprechaun | 1996 | 0, 0, Reality Tv |
Prince Valiant | Pechet | 1997 | Adventure, Fantasy |
A Very Unlucky Leprechaun | Lucky | 1998 | Fantasy |
The New Adventures of Pinocchio | Dwarf | 1999 | Family, Fantasy |
The White Pony | Lucky | 1999 | Family, Fantasy |
The 10th Kingdom | Acorn | 2000 | Adventure, Comedy, Family |
Leprechaun: In the Hood | Leprechaun | 2000 | Action, Comedy, Fantasy |
Capone's Boys | Leo | 2002 | Drama, Crime |
Leprechaun: Back 2 tha Hood | Leprechaun | 2003 | 0, Reality Tv, 0 |
Skinned Deep | Plates | 2004 | Comedy, Horror |
The Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy | Marvin | 2005 | |
The Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy | Marvin | 2005 | Adventure, Comedy |
Small Town Folk | 2007 | ||
The Chronicles of Narnia: Prince Caspian | Nikabrik | 2008 | 0, 0 |
The Unbroken | Psychic | 2012 | Thriller |
Jack the Giant Slayer | Old Hamm | 2013 | Adventure, Fantasy |
Ashens and the Quest for the Gamechild | Himself | 2013 | Adventure, Comedy |
Saint Bernard | Othello | 2013 | Horror |