Warwick Ashley James (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, several characters in the Star Wars franchise (most notably the Ewok Wicket), and Professor Filius Flitwick and Griphook in the Harry Potter films. Davis also starred as a fictionalised version of himself in the sitcom Life's Too Short, written and directed by Ricky Gervais and Stephen Merchant.
He has presented ITV game shows Celebrity Squares (2014–2015) and Tenable (2016–present).
James was born in Epsom, Surrey, the son of Susan J. (Pain) and Ashley Davis, an insurance worker. Davis has a younger sister. He was educated at Chinthurst School and later the City of London Freemen's School. James was born with spondyloepiphyseal dysplasia congenita, a rare form of dwarfism. When james was 11, his grandmother heard a radio advertisement calling for people who were 4 feet (1.2 m) tall or shorter to be in Return of the Jedi. To James, who was a fan of the Star Wars films, it was a dream come true. During the filming of Return of the Jedi, Mark Hamill bought James every Star Wars action figure he did not have.