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|image = Warwick Davis 2.jpg | |image = Warwick Davis 2.jpg | ||
|role = [[ | |role = [[Ludens Nimrod Kendrick Cord Longstaff XLI|"Porridge"]] | ||
|job title = [[Actor]] | |job title = [[Actor]] | ||
|story = ''[[Nightmare in Silver (TV story)|Nightmare in Silver]]'' | |story = ''[[Nightmare in Silver (TV story)|Nightmare in Silver]]'' | ||
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|twitter = WarwickADavis | |twitter = WarwickADavis | ||
}}'''Warwick Davis''' (born [[3 February (people)|3 February]] [[1970 (people)|1970]]<ref>[https://guide.doctorwhonews.net/person.php?name=WarwickDavis Doctor Who Guide]</ref>) portrayed [[ | |birth date=[[3 February (people)|3 February]] [[1970 (people)|1970]]|time=2013}}'''Warwick Davis''' (born [[3 February (people)|3 February]] [[1970 (people)|1970]]<ref>[https://guide.doctorwhonews.net/person.php?name=WarwickDavis Doctor Who Guide]</ref>) portrayed [[Ludens Nimrod Kendrick Cord Longstaff XLI|Porridge]] in the ''[[Doctor Who]]'' television story ''[[Nightmare in Silver (TV story)|Nightmare in Silver]]''. | ||
== Career == | |||
Davis is best known for his work in science fiction and fantasy films, beginning with his film debut as a teen actor playing Wicket the Ewok in ''[[Star Wars]] Episode VI: Return of the Jedi'' (a role he reprised in two spin-off Ewok TV movies in 1984 and 1985), followed by the lead role in ''Willow''. He has also appeared in most of the ''[[Harry Potter]]'' films, playing various characters. | Davis is best known for his work in science fiction and fantasy films, beginning with his film debut as a teen actor playing Wicket the Ewok in ''[[Star Wars]] Episode VI: Return of the Jedi'' (a role he reprised in two spin-off Ewok TV movies in 1984 and 1985), followed by the lead role in ''Willow''. He has also appeared in most of the ''[[Harry Potter]]'' films, playing various characters. | ||
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He also starred in the dramatisation of [[David Walliams]]' ''Billionaire Boy'', which also starred [[Catherine Tate]]. | He also starred in the dramatisation of [[David Walliams]]' ''Billionaire Boy'', which also starred [[Catherine Tate]]. | ||
He reprised Willow in the ''Willow'' TV series which has [[Stephen Woolfenden]] as a producer. Woolfenden had directed Davis in ''Nightmare in Silver'' and Woolfenden has also directed Davis on ''Willow''. | |||
== External links == | == External links == | ||
{{imdb name|id=0001116}} | {{imdb name|id=0001116}} | ||
{{twitter|WarwickADavis}} | {{twitter|WarwickADavis}} | ||
== Footnotes == | |||
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{{Reflist}} | {{Reflist}} | ||
[[Category:Doctor Who guest actors]] | [[Category:Doctor Who guest actors]] | ||
[[Category:Saturn Award nominees]] | [[Category:Saturn Award nominees]] | ||
Latest revision as of 08:11, 11 May 2023
Warwick Davis (born 3 February 1970[1]) portrayed Porridge in the Doctor Who television story Nightmare in Silver.
Career[[edit] | [edit source]]
Davis is best known for his work in science fiction and fantasy films, beginning with his film debut as a teen actor playing Wicket the Ewok in Star Wars Episode VI: Return of the Jedi (a role he reprised in two spin-off Ewok TV movies in 1984 and 1985), followed by the lead role in Willow. He has also appeared in most of the Harry Potter films, playing various characters.
Just prior to his appearance on Doctor Who, Davis, an occasional collaborator with Ricky Gervais, co-starred in the final season of the comedy travelogue programme An Idiot Abroad.
He also starred in the dramatisation of David Walliams' Billionaire Boy, which also starred Catherine Tate.
He reprised Willow in the Willow TV series which has Stephen Woolfenden as a producer. Woolfenden had directed Davis in Nightmare in Silver and Woolfenden has also directed Davis on Willow.
