Winter is fast approaching. It's dark early. It is cold and the wind howls around us. He makes our hands bare with his icy blasts that pound at us again and again. The time to sit inside, light candles, have a hot drink, and lose yourself in a good, imaginative story is here. In one of the series that offers you that, you will meet an old acquaintance: Warwick Davis.
Davis begins his career on the big screen. In 1983, he plays Wicket in Star Wars: Episode VI - Return of the Jedi. He was then twelve. One of his most famous roles comes a few years later, when he gets the role of the title hero in Willow. The fantasy film is a reasonable financial success and opens the doors for Davis' further career.
He continues that career with series based on the books by C.S. Lewis. First, he can be seen in Prince Caspian and the Voyage of the Dawn Trader (1989), after which he also accepts a role in the sequel, The Chronicles of Narnia: The Silver Chair. Davis, suffering from SED (Spondylo-Epiphyseal Dysplasia), is frequently typecast. Something that comes back, for example, in roles in Leprechaun and the five sequels.
We also see Davis briefly in a miniseries adaptation of Gulliver's Travels, as well as in The Fast Show and Jamboree. Davis often plays roles in science fiction and fanatasy series in particular. One of them focuses on a combination of all kinds of fairy tales. Before the time of slick series like Once Upon A Time, there was already the Emmy-winning The 10th Kingdom, starring Kimberly Williams-Paisley, among others.
After The 10th Kingdom, Davis plays small guest roles in The Fitz and Murder Rooms: Mysteries of the Real Sherlock Holmes. After that, his career speeds up. Davis plays several supporting roles in the Harry Potter series, of which Professor Flitwick is perhaps the most notable.
Among all the Potter magic, Davis certainly doesn't sit still. From dr. Terrible's House of Horrible and Carrie And Barry to Comedy Lab, Extras, M.I. High, An Idiot Abroad and Merlin (1998). Although they are often only supporting roles, Warwick can be seen in many series. Davis is also increasingly appearing as a guest on programs. He makes appearances on The Stephen K. Amos Show and Dick and Dom's Funny Business.
Davis also plays a number of more recurring roles in the mid-'00s. Examples are Life's Too Short and Dwarves Assemble. In between, Davis also plays in the miniseries The Day They Came to Suck Out Our Brains!.
Davis also returns to the Star Wars universe, where it all began for him all those years ago. He plays Wollivan in Star Wars: Episode VII - The Force Awakens and Weeteef Cyubee in Star Wars: Rogue One. All those supporting roles - especially those in Star Wars and Harry Potter - make Davis the highest-grossing actor in supporting roles in films in which he stars.
In the field of series, small roles in names such as Bookaboo and Catherine Tate's Nan follow. He has also made appearances in The Dumping Ground and Jonathan Creek. Afterward, he proceeds with Star Wars, but on the small screen. In Star Wars Rebels, Davis provides the voice of Rukh, a male Noghri from Honoghr who served as Imperial Grand Admiral Thrawn's bodyguard and assassin. In Star Wars: The Rise of Skywalker, Davis returns to the series he is a fan of in yet another role on the big screen.
Davis recently joined the animated series Moominvalley (2019), lending his voice to Sniff while also returning to his first major lead role. Willow, the film in which he played the title character, returns as a series on Disney +. Davis is again the title hero who will take you from November 30th into his umpteenth world full of fairies and other fantasy creatures. Would you like a blanket with mulled wine?
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