Warwick Davis fans have been celebrating the actor’s incredible career after he was honoured with the prestigious BAFTA Fellowship Award during Sunday’s ceremony.

The actor, 55, was recognised for his ‘outstanding and exceptional’ contribution to the screen, and the moment prompted a wave of appreciation online.

Following his win, a fan took to X, formerly Twitter, to share a 2018 clip of Warwick from his appearance on a episode of Bear Grylls’s Mission series. 

In the clip, Warwick and adventurer Bear attempt to cross a rope bridge over a river to set up camp for the night. 

Bear confidently leads the way, showing Warwick how to navigate the shaky structure. 

Feeling ᴀssured, Warwick clips himself onto the rope and begins his cautious journey across.

A hilarious clip of Warwick Davis has resurfaced after he was honoured with the prestigious BAFTA Fellowship Award (pictured in 2018 on Bear’s Mission)

The actor was recognised for his ‘outstanding and exceptional’ contribution to the screen, and the moment prompted a wave of appreciation online

However, halfway through, things take a comedic turn. Warwick suddenly loses his balance, causing him to swing back and forth on the bridge.  

‘That was a lot of a move you did there,’ shout Bear before the actor humorously replied: ‘ that was a lot of pelvic action.’ 

Fortunately, Warwick managed to regain his composure and safely reached the other side.

Fans flooded the comments, expressing their admiration for his resilience and sense of humour. 

They said: ‘Great to see Warwick Davis get amazing recognition at the #BAFTAs tonight, and it reminded me of one of my all-time favourite videos,’

‘He is amazing… ‘That was a lot of pelvic action’,’

‘He does his yoga,’

‘Whoa,’

BAFTAS 2025: WINNERS AT A GLANCE

 Best Film – Conclave

Best Actor – Adrian Brody

Best Actress – Mikey Madison, Anora

Best Supporting Actor – Kieran Culkin,  A Real Pain

Best Supporting Actress – Zoe Saldana, Emilia Perez

Best Director – The Brutalist, Brady Corbet 

Outstanding British Film – Conclave

Original Screenplay – A Real Pain, Jesse Einsenberg 

Rising Star Award – David Jonsson 

 

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Following his win, a fan took to X, formerly Twitter , to share a 2018 clip of Warwick from his appearance on a episode of Bear Grylls’ Mission series 

In the clip, Warwick and adventurer Bear attempt to cross a rope bridge over a river to set up camp for the night

Fans flooded the comments, expressing their admiration for his resilience and sense of humour

‘Well deserved- love him,’

‘Omg never seen this, brilliant,’

‘I’m creasing at this.’

Warwick became visibly emotional as he brought both tears and laughter from the audience during his heartfelt tribute to his late wife at the BAFTAs.

The actor was honoured with a BAFTA Fellowship and he dedicated the prize to his beloved wife Samantha, who died last year.

He was presented the award by his former Harry Potter co-star Tom Felton, while the audience were shown a montage of scenes from his famous projects, interspersed with clips from his fellow stars and family, praising his talents.

Taking to the stage to a standing ovation, Warwick began his speech: ‘This is probably the best thing that has ever happened to me… and I’ve been in Star Wars!

‘I’m going to keep this short, it’s been a long night… short, yes you can laugh.’

It comes after Warwick became visibly emotional as he brought both tears and laughter from the audience during his heartfelt tribute to his late wife at the BAFTAs

The actor was honoured with a BAFTA Fellowship and he dedicated the prize to his beloved wife Samantha, who died last year (pictured together) 

He went on: ‘I’m going to say thank you to my mum, my first agent, she’s the reason I am here tonight.’

He then thanked all his team who supported him throughout his career and shared the award with them, before amending: ‘Sod that. I’ve done all the work, it’s for me! This is all mine.’

Warwick then became emotional as he dedicated the award to his beloved wife, Samantha, who tragically died last year.

Warwick said: ‘Above all I would like to dedicate and thank my wonderful wife Sammy who died almost a year ago. She was always so supportive of my career and encouraged me to grab every opportunity with both hands.’

Samantha, who was herself an actor had been married to Warwick for 33 years, welcoming three children together, before her devastating death on March 24 at the age of 53.

Their daughter Annabelle, 27, and son Harrison, 21, were both seen crying in the audience as their dad thanked them helping him get through the tough year.

He said: ‘Since then, life has been pretty tough for me but thanks to the support of our wonderful children Annabelle and Harrison, I’ve been able to continue working and engaging in life.’

Warwick then gave a special shout out to a mystery person he referred to as ‘sponge’ and thanked them for helping him ‘love again’.

Fighting back tears, he voice broke as he said: ‘Special mention should go to Sponge, you know who you are. Thank you for showing me that life can still have meaning and for helping me to laugh and to love again’.

He concluded his speech by saying: ‘Finally thank you to BAFTA from the bottom of my heart for this incredible honour, I shall treasure it always. See you in the movies!’

Warwick and Samantha had been through many struggles before including the deaths of their firstborn child, Lloyd, just nine days after he was born.

Warwick said in 2022 that he would not wish the ‘devastating’ experience of losing their son on anyone and added: ‘You never get over it.’

Samantha was then struck down with sepsis, five years before her death, with Warwick keeping vigil at her hospital bedside as she fought for her life.

Their family had been gearing up for a caravan holiday in 2019 when she suddenly fell ill with a mystery condition, something she put down to stress.

However, she became gravely unwell and left on the brink of death before thankfully making a remarkable recovery.

The thought of losing his ‘soulmate’ tortured Warwick and despite her battling hard to recover, he later admitted they still felt its effects as they refused to ‘take life for granted’ anymore.

Warwick and Samantha had been through many struggles before including the deaths of their firstborn child, Lloyd, just nine days after he was born (pictured on their wedding day in 1991) 

Samantha then tragically died last spring, with Warwick releasing a touching statement where he said her pᴀssing had ‘left a huge hole in our lives’ and paid tribute to his ‘favourite human’.

Read More Warwick Davis fights back tears as he dedicates BAFTA Fellowship to late wife Samantha

He described Sammy, as he called her, as his ‘most trusted confidant and an ardent supporter of everything I did in my career’.

The Star Wars actor said he felt like he could achieve anything with his wife by his side and that it felt like he had a ‘superpower’.

‘She was a unique character, always seeing the sunny side of life she had a wicked sense of humour and always laughed at my bad jokes,’ Warwick said in a statement given to the BBC.

Warwick was born with spondyloepiphyseal dysplasia congenita, a rare bone growth disorder that causes dwarfism.

Samantha also had dwarfism but hers was caused by was caused by a condition called achondroplasia.

The couple were among the co-founders of Little People UK, which they formed in 2012, it provides support to people with dwarfism as well as their families and friends.

Last month, it was revealed that Warwick is suing a London hospital alleging medical negligence following Samantha’s death.

He instructed law firm Irwin Mitchell to represent his family and specialist medical negligence solicitor Madeline Nugent is working with them to further investigate.

The inquest, which was adjourned to a future date ‘as quickly as possible’ after connection issues, is expected to hear whether the treatment Samantha received at University College London Hospital for a spinal condition contributed to her death.

BAFTA 2025 WINNERS

BEST FILM

Anora

The Brutalist

A Complete Unknown

Conclave – WINNER

Emilia Pérez

 

OUTSTANDING BRITISH FILM 

Bird

Blitz

Conclave – WINNER

Gladiator II

Hard Truths

Kneecap

Lee

Love Lies Bleeding

The Outrun

Wallace and Gromit: Vengeance Most Fowl

 

OUTSTANDING DEBUT BY A BRITISH WRITER, DIRECTOR OR PRODUCER 

Hoard – Luna Carmoon (director, writer)

Kneecap – Rich Peppiatt (director, writer) – WINNER

Monkey Man – Dev Patel (director)

Santosh – Sandhya Suri (director, writer), James Bowsher (producer), Balthazar De Ganay (producer) [also produced by Alan McAlex, Mike Goodridge]

Sister Midnight – Karan Kandhari (director, writer)

 

BEST CHILDREN’S AND FAMILY FILM

Flow

Kensuke’s Kingdom

Wallace & Gromit: Vengeance Most Fowl – WINNER

The Wild Robot 

 

BEST FILM NOT IN THE ENGLISH LANGUAGE

All We Imagine As Light

Emilia Pérez – WINNER

I’m Still Here

Kneecap

The Seed of the Sacred Fig

 

BEST DOCUMENTARY 

Black Box Diaries

Daughters

No Other Land

Super/Man: The Christopher Reeve Story – WINNER

Will & Harper

 

BEST ANIMATED FILM 

Flow

Inside Out 2

Wallace and Gromit: Vengeance Most Fowl – WINNER

The Wild Robot

 

BEST CHILDREN’S AND FAMILY FILM 

Flow

Kensuke’s Kingdom

Wallace and Gromit: Vengeance Most Fowl

The Wild Robot

 

BEST DIRECTOR 

Anora – Sean Baker

The Brutalist – Brady Corbet – WINNER

Conclave – Edward Berger

Dune: Part Two – Denis Villeneuve

Emilia Pérez – Jacques Audiard

The Substance – Coralie Fargeat

 

BEST ORIGINAL SCREENPLAY 

Anora

The Brutalist

Kneecap

A Real Pain – WINNER

The Substance

 

BEST ADAPTED SCREENPLAY 

A Complete Unknown

Conclave – WINNER

Emilia Pérez

Nickel Boys

Sing Sing

 

BEST LEADING ACTRESS 

Cynthia Erivo – Wicked

Karla Sofía Gascón – Emilia Pérez

Marianne Jean-Baptiste – Hard Truths

Mikey Madison – Anora – WINNER

Demi Moore – The Substance

Saoirse Ronan – The Outrun

 

BEST LEADING ACTOR  

Adrien Brody – The Brutalist – WINNER

Timothée Chalamet – A Complete Unknown

Colman Domingo – Sing Sing

Ralph Fiennes – Conclave

Hugh Grant – Heretic

Sebastian Stan – The Apprentice

BEST SUPPORTING ACTRESS 

Selena Gomez – Emilia Pérez

Ariana Grande – Wicked

Felicity Jones – The Brutalist

Jamie Lee Curtis – The Last Showgirl

Isabella Rossellini – Conclave

Zoe Saldaña – Emilia Pérez – WINNER

 

BEST SUPPORTING ACTOR  

Yura Borisov – Anora

Kieran Culkin – A Real Pain – WINNER

Clarence Maclin – Sing Sing

Edward Norton – A Complete Unknown

Guy Pearce – The Brutalist

Jeremy Strong – The Apprentice

BEST CASTING 

Anora – WINNER

The Apprentice

A Complete Unknown

Conclave

Kneecap

BEST CINEMATOGRAPHY 

The Brutalist – WINNER

Conclave

Dune: Part Two

Emilia Pérez

Nosferatu

 

BEST EDITING  

Anora

Conclave – WINNER

Dune: Part Two

Emilia Pérez

Kneecap

 

BEST COSTUME DESIGN 

Blitz

A Complete Unknown

Conclave

Nosferatu

Wicked – WINNER

 

BEST MAKE-UP AND HAIR 

Dune: Part Two

Emilia Pérez

Nosferatu

The Substance – WINNER

Wicked

 

BEST ORIGINAL SCORE 

The Brutalist – WINNER

Conclave

Emilia Pérez

Nosferatu

The Wild Robot

 

BEST PRODUCTION DESIGN 

The Brutalist

Conclave

Dune: Part Two

Nosferatu

Wicked – WINNER

 

BEST SOUND 

Blitz

Dune: Part Two – WINNER

Gladiator II

The Substance

Wicked

 

BEST VISUAL SPECIAL EFFECTS 

Better Man

Dune: Part Two – WINNER

Gladiator II

Kingdom of the Planet of the Apes

Wicked

 

BEST BRITISH SHORT ANIMATION 

Adiós

Mog’s Christmas

Wander to Wonder – WINNER

 

BEST BRITISH SHORT FILM  

The Flowers Stand Silently, Witnessing

Marion

Milk

Rock, Paper, Scissors – WINNER

Stomach Bug

 

RISING STAR AWARD (VOTED FOR BY THE PUBLIC) 

Marisa Abela

Jharrel Jerome

David Jonsson – WINNER

Mikey Madison

Nabhaan Rizwan