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Warwick Ashley Davis is an English actor and television presenter. Active within the industry since he was eleven, Davis is among the highest-grossing supporting actors of all time and has the highest average gross revenue of all supporting actors. He played the title character in Willow (1988) and the Leprechaun film series (1993–2003); several characters in the Star Wars film series (1983–2024),…
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entertainment · English actor (born 1970) · actor · film actor · stage actor · television actor · screenwriter · also Warwick Davis, Warwick Ashley Davis, Davis
Born 3 February 1970 · Q108270
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Your joints, for a start. My hips are dislocated, so they’re sitting out here . Very painful knees. I had surgery on my feet when I was very young. There’s a risk of retinal detachment, but I know the signs now. And then, yeah, you wake up, the alarm goes, it takes a good half hour to get moving, we’re both like, ‘Uggggh.’ Imagine the worst flu you’ve had, every day – it’s like that.
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“But goodness me, you wouldn’t believe how much it costs to put on a play. Every ten pounds starts to matter. You become so tight, because everything you spend equates to another ticket sale.”
“Your joints, for a start. My hips are dislocated, so they’re sitting out here . Very painful knees. I had surgery on my feet when I was very young. There’s a risk of retinal detachment, but I know the signs now. And then, yeah, you wake up, the alarm goes, it takes a good half hour to get moving, we’re both like, ‘Uggggh.’ Imagine the worst flu you’ve had, every day – it’s like that.”
“Well, as you get older, it gets worse... Your joints, for a start. My hips are dislocated, so they”
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Awarded Officer of the Order of the British Empire (2026).
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Davis was awarded the BAFTA Fellowship for lifetime achievement from the British Academy of Film and Television Arts
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He was married to Samantha Davis (née Burroughs), the daughter of Davis' business partner Peter Burroughs and the sister of actress Hayley Burroughs, until her death on 24 March 2024.
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Davis hosted a factual series for ITV called Weekend Escapes with Warwick Davis
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Davis appeared, alongside fellow Harry Potter star Daniel Radcliffe, in an episode of BBC's comedy series Extras as a satirical version of himself
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Davis played the character "Plates" in the indie film Skinned Deep, directed by special effects artist Gabriel Bartalos
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The agency also began representing actors over seven feet (2
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Davis co-founded, with fellow actor and father-in-law Peter Burroughs, the talent agency Willow Management, that specialises in representing actors under five feet (1
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Played the villainous Irish lead character in Leprechaun, opposite Jennifer Aniston, a role he reprised in five sequels, from 1994 to 2003
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Davis was called to Elstree Studios near London to meet with Ron Howard and George Lucas to discuss a new film project called Willow, which was written with Davis specifically in mind
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Born 1970-02-03.
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