Warwick Davis: most important actor of all time?

evil wasabi

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Return of the Jedi
Ewoks 1 & 2
Leprechaun 1, 2, 3, in space, in the hood
Star Wars Episode 1
Harry Potter movies
Labyrinth
Willow
Star Wars Rogue One

Think about the girth of this guy's acting career

He's the most legendary dude that no one is talking about.
 

ballzdeepx

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I had no idea he was the Leprechaun!
It all makes sense now.... I just saw in the hood a few weeks ago and it was actually pretty amazing.
 

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Fucking loved him in that HBO series, "Life's Too Short". Great show, I don't think it ever got a second season or I missed out. I'll always remember him the most from Willow though. Never knew that was him in Labyrinth.
 

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Fucking loved him in that HBO series, "Life's Too Short". Great show, I don't think it ever got a second season or I missed out.

Show was great. Dude is a awesome actor. I think Jedi was his first role and he was just a kid.
 

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He was fucking great in lifes too short, played well. Ricky Gervais really should get him more involved in his shows.
 

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Not sure if I can think of a single genre actor with a deeper list of credits, and nobody has even mentioned Narnia yet.
 

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I think Life's Too Short is lame simply because it tries too hard to fit in that type of comedy. not saying it didn't have it's good bits.
anyway
yes
he is because Willow (which is crap but good)
 
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Willow is only cool because the evil sherriff of Nottingham is Skeletor.
 

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Christopher Lee?
I was thinking mainstream fantasy/scifi and not counting B-movie horror, but I get your point. Even without horror involved, Christopher Lee is definitely in the running.
 

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Harrison Ford:
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The Empire Strikes Back
Return of the Jedi
The Force Awakens
Raiders of the Lost Ark
Temple of Doom
Last Crusade
Blade Runner
Patriot Games
Clear and Present Danger
American Graffiti
Apocalypse Now
Presumed Innocent
The Fugitive
Air Force One
Working Girl
 

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Harrison Ford:
Star Wars
The Empire Strikes Back
Return of the Jedi
The Force Awakens
Raiders of the Lost Ark
Temple of Doom
Last Crusade
Blade Runner
Patriot Games
Clear and Present Danger
American Graffiti
Apocalypse Now
Presumed Innocent
The Fugitive
Air Force One
Working Girl

Witness
 

oliverclaude

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Return of the Jedi
Ewoks 1 & 2
Leprechaun 1, 2, 3, in space, in the hood
Star Wars Episode 1
Harry Potter movies
Labyrinth
Willow
Star Wars Rogue One

Think about the girth of this guy's acting career

He's the most legendary dude that no one is talking about.

Looking from this perspective, it's a damn impressive portfolio. Bet he's the most envied among others hit with dwarfism: he really took every box-office part there was. Jordan Prentice made a cynical comment on this side of the business in that flawed but memorable "In Bruges" flick.
 

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Looking from this perspective, it's a damn impressive portfolio. Bet he's the most envied among others hit with dwarfism: he really took every box-office part there was. Jordan Prentice made a cynical comment on this side of the business in that flawed but memorable "In Bruges" flick.

In Bruges is brilliant, nothing flawed about it I'd say
 

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In Bruges is brilliant, nothing flawed about it I'd say

I don't know... so the freshman killer takes one life, which is ok, but falls apart because he took another by mistake? And even if this is not a mistake, meant on a symbolic level, where this other victim is his own life, that last drop of innocence he had left, now murdered, because of his cherry breaking first kill -- noticing it still doesn't make him more likable. It just makes him a sublimed self-pitying egoist, instead of a professional.

Right, the former hit is a priest, the latter a boy, which is supposed to make the "pair of whoring hit men whose once-leaden hearts have turned straight to gold" premise lighter to digest. Well, as I said, I don't know...
 

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My favorite part of the show is the uncomfortable scene with Liam Neeson.
 

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David Rappaport is the greatest little person actor ever.

He died the death that the majority of male little people celebs die- he shot himself.

Sucks to never have a woman take you seriously... :(
 

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I really like Warwick. He seems to be a terrific down to earth (no pun intended) guy. I really enjoyed his "Weekend Escapes" show. Would love to buy him a pint (no pun intended) sometime...
 

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If Warwick Davis is #1, then Corey Feldman is #2.
 
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