Performer
A performer whose catalogue work here is strong, with the fuller case still to be made.
Nutevio rank
#1646
of 909177 performers
Top 1%
Warwick Davis represents the rare performer whose career became more ambitious with every decade — 43 years in, and Warwick is still choosing the harder script.
The essay
Our editors on the work, the patterns and the reason this body of work holds together.
Warwick Davis appears in 27 films in the Nutevio catalogue, and none of them would work the same way without Warwick. Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows: Part 2 is the clearest case: a film rated 8.3 by our editors, where the performance carries weight the script only implies.
The recognisable elements are versatility, transformation, quiet performance. Watch two of these films back to back and the method separates from the material — the same instrument, tuned differently for documentary, comedy, animation. It is a style built on what is withheld as much as what is played.
Working with Richard Fitzpatrick, Adam Countee, J.J. Abrams and others, Warwick Davis helped set a standard other performers now audition against. Awards bodies have been slower than the work, which is usually the sign of a career built on choices rather than campaigns.
Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows: Part 2 (2011) as Griphook / Filius Flitwick · Harry Potter and the Prisoner of Azkaban (2004) as Filius Flitwick · Harry Potter and the Philosopher's Stone (2001) as Goblin Bank Teller / Filius Flitwick / Griphook (voice)
Career snapshot
Ranked #1646 of 909177 performers tracked in the Nutevio library.
Films in Nutevio
27
1983–2026
Career length
43 yrs
Measured across our catalogue
Academy Awards
—
Unknown
Oscar nominations
—
Unknown
Highest Nutevio score
8.3
Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows: Part 2
Average Nutevio score
6.8
Across catalogue work
Highest IMDb rating
8.1
Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows: Part 2
Most frequent director
David Yates
4 films together
Longest collaboration
4×
With David Yates
Most common genre
Adventure
22 titles
Average runtime
2h 1m
Across catalogue work
Golden Globe wins
—
Unknown
Nutevio metric
Ten weighted categories, applied identically to everyone we cover.
Nutevio Performer Score
7.0
out of 10
A performer whose catalogue work here is strong, with the fuller case still to be made.
Nutevio metric
Cultural impact and legacy, measured separately from craft — how far the work travelled once it left the cinema.
Nutevio Influence Score
6.9
out of 10
A quieter influence — felt inside the films rather than across the industry.
How far the work travelled past the people who saw it first.
What survives once the release-week conversation has burned off.
Institutional acknowledgement, weighted but never decisive.
Years of chosen, relevant work rather than years merely employed.
Statuettes, read as evidence rather than verdict.
Roles named without needing the film named alongside them.
Directors who wrote parts because this performer existed.
The reading other performers now have to answer.
Actor DNA
A fingerprint derived from the roles themselves — register, range and the kind of film they carry.
The shape of a career
Every performance plotted in time. Hover a point to read the title behind it.
Peak years
Where the scores, the awards and the sheer volume of work agree with each other.
Best decade
2000s
7.7 average MV
The 2000s are where the work and the material meet. Harry Potter and the Half-Blood Prince, The Chronicles of Narnia: Prince Caspian, Harry Potter and the Order of the Phoenix — the run our editors reach for first when the argument is about range rather than fame.
Highest average Nutevio score
2000s
7.7
Across 8 catalogue films in this decade, our scores never drop below the level a career is judged on.
Highest average IMDb rating
2000s
7.5
The public agrees most strongly about this stretch — useful context, and occasionally a decade behind our own reading.
Most awarded era
1980s
0 Academy Awards
Statuettes for the films themselves, which is the honest way to read an ensemble career. Willow, Labyrinth, Return of the Jedi.
Most productive era
2010s
12 films
The busiest stretch of the catalogue — volume that reads as appetite rather than availability.
Range, mapped
Genres down the side, decades across the top. Warmer cells mean stronger titles.
| Genre | 1980s | 1990s | 2000s | 2010s | 2020s |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Drama | — | — | — | 5.91 film | — |
| Action | 7.52 films | 6.81 film | — | 6.86 films | — |
| Comedy | — | 5.61 film | 6.71 film | 5.72 films | 4.31 film |
| Horror | — | 5.61 film | — | — | — |
Chronology
Firsts and peaks
The turning points, in the order they happened.
First film in Nutevio
Where our catalogue meets this career, as Wicket.
Highest rated performance · Career peak
2004Harry Potter and the Prisoner of Azkaban
8.3 on the Nutevio scale, the top of the catalogue for this performer. Weighing billing against the film's own quality, this is the point where everything aligned at once.
Most recent film
2026England 2006: The Golden Generation
The current state of the argument, as Self/Wayne Rooney (archive footage).
Our order
Every performance in the catalogue, ordered by Nutevio Score.
Every title
Filter by genre or decade, and compare any two titles side by side.
27 of 27 films
as Griphook / Filius Flitwick
Directed by David Yates
as Filius Flitwick
Directed by Alfonso Cuarón
as Goblin Bank Teller / Filius Flitwick / Griphook (voice)
Directed by Chris Columbus
as Filius Flitwick
Directed by Mike Newell
From the library
Every movie and TV credit stored for this name in the Nutevio catalogue — filter by media, role or sort by rating.
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The defining work
#1
Griphook / Filius Flitwick
Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows: Part 2 (2011)
Performance score8.0
The performance the rest of the career is read through. Griphook / Filius Flitwick gives Warwick Davis a structure to work against, and the film hands over its centre of gravity without hesitation.
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Filius Flitwick
Harry Potter and the Prisoner of Azkaban (2004)
Performance score8.0
Harry Potter and the Prisoner of Azkaban asks for something the previous films did not, and gets it. Filius Flitwick is played without a single line of pleading for the audience's sympathy — which is exactly why it lands.
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Goblin Bank Teller / Filius Flitwick / Griphook (voice)
Harry Potter and the Philosopher's Stone (2001)
Performance score7.9
Harry Potter and the Philosopher's Stone asks for something the previous films did not, and gets it. Goblin Bank Teller / Filius Flitwick / Griphook (voice) is played without a single line of pleading for the audience's sympathy — which is exactly why it lands.
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Griphook
Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows: Part 1 (2010)
Performance score7.8
Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows: Part 1 asks for something the previous films did not, and gets it. Griphook is played without a single line of pleading for the audience's sympathy — which is exactly why it lands.
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A guided path through the work, ordered so each film explains the next.
Best entry point
as Griphook / Filius Flitwick
Start here. Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows: Part 2 is the clearest statement of what Warwick Davis does — accessible, 130 minutes, and rated 8.3 by our editors. No context required.
Our editors order this path by accessibility first and chronology second. You meet Warwick at the most legible performance, then move forward in time so each film reads as a response to the one before it rather than a repetition of it.
Harry Potter and the Philosopher's Stone (2001)
Keeps the fantasy register of Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows: Part 2 but asks for a colder reading of it.
Harry Potter and the Prisoner of Azkaban (2004)
Keeps the fantasy register of Harry Potter and the Philosopher's Stone but asks for a colder reading of it.
Harry Potter and the Goblet of Fire (2005)
Keeps the fantasy register of Harry Potter and the Prisoner of Azkaban but asks for a colder reading of it.
Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows: Part 1 (2010)
Keeps the fantasy register of Harry Potter and the Goblet of Fire but asks for a colder reading of it.
Company kept
The directors and performers this career keeps returning to.
David Yates
Director
4 films together
Notably Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows: Part 2
Chris Columbus
Director
2 films together
Notably Harry Potter and the Philosopher's Stone
Ron Howard
Director
2 films together
Notably Willow
J.J. Abrams
Director
2 films together
Notably Star Wars: The Force Awakens
Richard Marquand
Director
1 film together
Notably Return of the Jedi
Jim Henson
Director
1 film together
Notably Labyrinth
Mark Jones
Director
1 film together
Notably Leprechaun
George Lucas
Director
1 film together
Notably Star Wars: Episode I - The Phantom Menace
Alfonso Cuarón
Director
1 film together
Notably Harry Potter and the Prisoner of Azkaban
Garth Jennings
Director
1 film together
Notably The Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy
Mike Newell
Director
1 film together
Notably Harry Potter and the Goblet of Fire
Andrew Adamson
Director
1 film together
Notably The Chronicles of Narnia: Prince Caspian
Bryan Singer
Director
1 film together
Notably Jack the Giant Slayer
Christopher Smith
Director
1 film together
Notably Get Santa
Gareth Edwards
Director
1 film together
Notably Rogue One: A Star Wars Story
Rian Johnson
Director
1 film together
Notably Star Wars: The Last Jedi
Joachim Rønning
Director
1 film together
Notably Maleficent: Mistress of Evil
Dominic Brigstocke
Director
1 film together
Notably Horrible Histories: The Movie — Rotten Romans
Adam Countee
Director
1 film together
Notably Willow: Behind the Magic
Richard Fitzpatrick
Director
1 film together
Notably England 2006: The Golden Generation
Behind the camera
Who casts this performer, how often, and what the pairing produces.
David Yates
Director
4 films together · 8.0 avg MV
A working relationship rather than a booking — 4 films, and the register shifts each time.
Best film together
Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows: Part 2Chris Columbus
Director
2 films together · 8.1 avg MV
A working relationship rather than a booking — 2 films, and the register shifts each time.
Best film together
Harry Potter and the Philosopher's StoneJ.J. Abrams
Director
2 films together · 6.9 avg MV
A working relationship rather than a booking — 2 films, and the register shifts each time.
Best film together
Star Wars: The Force AwakensRon Howard
Director
2 films together · 6.8 avg MV
A working relationship rather than a booking — 2 films, and the register shifts each time.
Best film together
WillowAlfonso Cuarón
Director
1 film together · 8.3 avg MV
One film, but the kind that reorganises how a performer is cast afterwards.
Best film together
Harry Potter and the Prisoner of AzkabanMike Newell
Director
1 film together · 8.1 avg MV
One film, but the kind that reorganises how a performer is cast afterwards.
Best film together
Harry Potter and the Goblet of FireRichard Marquand
Director
1 film together · 8.1 avg MV
One film, but the kind that reorganises how a performer is cast afterwards.
Best film together
Return of the JediGareth Edwards
Director
1 film together · 7.5 avg MV
One film, but the kind that reorganises how a performer is cast afterwards.
Best film together
Rogue One: A Star Wars StoryJoachim Rønning
Director
1 film together · 7.3 avg MV
One film, but the kind that reorganises how a performer is cast afterwards.
Best film together
Maleficent: Mistress of EvilJim Henson
Director
1 film together · 7.2 avg MV
One film, but the kind that reorganises how a performer is cast afterwards.
Best film together
LabyrinthRian Johnson
Director
1 film together · 7.0 avg MV
One film, but the kind that reorganises how a performer is cast afterwards.
Best film together
Star Wars: The Last JediAndrew Adamson
Director
1 film together · 6.8 avg MV
One film, but the kind that reorganises how a performer is cast afterwards.
Best film together
The Chronicles of Narnia: Prince CaspianGeorge Lucas
Director
1 film together · 6.8 avg MV
One film, but the kind that reorganises how a performer is cast afterwards.
Best film together
Star Wars: Episode I - The Phantom MenaceGarth Jennings
Director
1 film together · 6.7 avg MV
One film, but the kind that reorganises how a performer is cast afterwards.
Best film together
The Hitchhiker's Guide to the GalaxyChristopher Smith
Director
1 film together · 6.1 avg MV
One film, but the kind that reorganises how a performer is cast afterwards.
Best film together
Get SantaBryan Singer
Director
1 film together · 5.9 avg MV
One film, but the kind that reorganises how a performer is cast afterwards.
Best film together
Jack the Giant SlayerMark Jones
Director
1 film together · 5.6 avg MV
One film, but the kind that reorganises how a performer is cast afterwards.
Best film together
LeprechaunDominic Brigstocke
Director
1 film together · 5.2 avg MV
One film, but the kind that reorganises how a performer is cast afterwards.
Best film together
Horrible Histories: The Movie — Rotten RomansAdam Countee
Director
1 film together · 4.3 avg MV
One film, but the kind that reorganises how a performer is cast afterwards.
Best film together
Willow: Behind the MagicRichard Fitzpatrick
Director
1 film together · 0.0 avg MV
One film, but the kind that reorganises how a performer is cast afterwards.
Best film together
England 2006: The Golden GenerationSix degrees
Follow the thread outward — director, film, co-star, and the film after that.
Categories of our own
Six editorial categories we apply to every performer we cover.
Most rewatchable
Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows: Part 2
as Griphook / Filius Flitwick
The one that survives a fourth viewing. Nothing in the performance depends on surprise, which is why it keeps paying out.
Most emotional performance
Labyrinth
as Goblin Corps
Grief played at conversational volume. The film never asks the audience to cry; the performance simply makes it difficult not to.
Most influential performance
Harry Potter and the Prisoner of Azkaban
as Filius Flitwick
You can hear this reading in other actors' auditions a decade later — the surest measure of influence there is.
Best ensemble performance
Star Wars: The Rise of Skywalker
as Wicket W. Warrick
Work that makes everyone else in the frame better without ever pulling the camera towards itself.
Career defining performance
Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows: Part 2
as Griphook / Filius Flitwick
If the career had to be argued in a single scene, our editors would pick one from this film and rest the case.
In their films' words
“You can build a whole film around a performer who knows when not to speak. Warwick Davis has known it for a long time.”
Head to head
Put two careers on the same scale and see where the argument actually sits.
Ours alone
Recognitions handed out by this desk, on criteria no awards body uses.
Career Achievement
Awarded
43 years of relevant work — not merely a long career, but a long career of choices.
Modern Classic Performer
Awarded
Defining performances delivered inside the last twenty-five years, in films already being taught rather than merely remembered.
Adventure Legend
Awarded
22 catalogue titles in adventure, each one a reference point for the films that followed.
Our desk
Best ending, best opening, best twist and the rest — categories we apply to everyone we cover.
Best ending
Harry Potter and the Prisoner of Azkaban
as Filius Flitwick
The last five minutes reorganise everything before them, and hold up when you already know what's coming.
Best opening
Return of the Jedi
as Wicket
A first sequence that states the rules of the film without explaining a single one of them.
Most emotional
Labyrinth
as Goblin Corps
The film where the technique steps aside and lets the feeling arrive undefended.
Best twist
Harry Potter and the Prisoner of Azkaban
as Filius Flitwick
A reversal earned by information the film gave you and trusted you to misread.
Best visual achievement
Return of the Jedi
as Wicket
Images that would survive with the sound switched off.
Best action sequence
Star Wars: The Rise of Skywalker
as Wicket W. Warrick
Geography, stakes and consequence held in the same frame — spectacle you can follow.
Best dialogue
Jack the Giant Slayer
as Old Hamm
Lines written to be spoken, staged so the pauses do half the work.
Most underrated film
Harry Potter and the Goblet of Fire
as Filius Flitwick
The public vote sits below ours on this one, and the direction is the reason for the gap.
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