Person · Open Library
- Born
- 1970-02-03
- Works
- 7
Top works
- Slytherin Witchcraft
- Harry Potter Spellbook
- Size Matters Not: The Extraordinary Life and Career of Warwick Davis
- Size Matters Not
- Leprechaun 3
via Open Library + Wikidata
Film & TV
Acting · Epsom, Surrey, England, UK
Warwick Ashley Davis (born 3 February 1970) is an English actor, television presenter, writer, director, comedian, and producer. He played the title characters in Willow and the “Leprechaun” film series, the Ewok Wicket in “Star Wars Episode VI: Return of the Jedi,” and both Professor Filius Flitwick and Griphook in the “Harry Potter” films.
Known for
- Harry Potter — Filius Flitwick2026
- Inside the Worlds of Epic Universe — Self2025
- Star Wars: Tales of the Empire — Rukh (voice)2024
- Harry Potter: Wizards of Baking — Self2024
- Willow: Behind the Magic — Self - 'Willow'2023
- Willow — Willow Ufgood2022
- Moley — Moley (voice)2021
- Master Moley by Royal Invitation — Master Moley (voice)2019
- Horrible Histories: The Movie — Rotten Romans — Gladiator Trainer2019
- Maleficent: Mistress of Evil — Lickspittle2019
via TMDB
Listeners · Last.fm
- Listeners
- 566
- Total plays
- 1,350
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Recent publications · Crossref
5 total works indexed
- STAR: ultrafast universal RNA-seq aligner
· 2012 · cited 49,394x
- Perceived Usefulness, Perceived Ease of Use, and User Acceptance of Information Technology
· 1989 · cited 43,128x
- <tt>edgeR</tt>
: a Bioconductor package for differential expression analysis of digital gene expression data
· 2009 · cited 38,885x
- Gene Ontology: tool for the unification of biology
· 2000 · cited 36,227x
- User Acceptance of Information Technology: Toward A Unified View1
· 2003 · cited 29,465x
via Crossref · CC0
Key facts
- Born
- Warwick Ashley Davis , ( 1970-02-03 ) 3 February 1970 (age 56) , Epsom , Surrey , England
- Occupations
- Actor television presenter
- Years active
- 1982–present
- Television
- Life's Too Short Celebrity Squares Tenable
- Height
- 3 ft 6 in (107 cm)
- Spouse
- Samantha Burroughs ( married</span>"}]]}'>m. 1991 ; died 2024 )
- Children
- 3, including Annabelle
- Relatives
- Peter Burroughs (father-in-law)
- Website
- warwickdavis .co .uk
via Wikipedia infobox
Key dates
- Born
- 3 February 1970
via Wikidata · CC0
Wikidata facts
- Instance of
- human
- Given name
- Ashley
- Family name
- Davis
- Gender
- male
- Citizenship
- United Kingdom
- Place of birth
- Epsom
- Child
- Annabelle Davis
- Occupation
- screenwriter
- Languages spoken
- English language
- Native language
- British English
Article
Warwick Ashley Davis (/ˈwɒrɪk/ WORR-ik; born 3 February 1970) 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), most notably Wicket the Ewok; and Professor Filius Flitwick and the goblin Griphook in the Harry Potter film series (2001–2011).
Davis starred as a fictionalised version of himself in the sitcom Life's Too Short (2011–2013). He has also presented the ITV game shows Celebrity Squares (2014–2015) and Tenable (2016–2024). In 2025, Davis was awarded the BAFTA Fellowship for lifetime achievement from the British Academy of Film and Television Arts.
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