<P> The film stars Mel Gibson as Australian journalist Guy Hamilton , and Sigourney Weaver as British Embassy officer Jill Bryant . It also stars Linda Hunt as the male dwarf Billy Kwan , Hamilton 's local photographer contact , a role for which Hunt won the 1983 Academy Award for Best Supporting Actress . The film was shot in both Australia and the Philippines and includes Australian actors Bill Kerr as Colonel Henderson and Noel Ferrier as Wally O'Sullivan . </P>
<P> The film stars Mel Gibson as Australian journalist Guy Hamilton , and Sigourney Weaver as British Embassy officer Jill Bryant . It also stars Linda Hunt as the male dwarf Billy Kwan , Hamilton 's local photographer contact , a role for which Hunt won the 1983 Academy Award for Best Supporting Actress . The film was shot in both Australia and the Philippines and includes Australian actors Bill Kerr as Colonel Henderson and Noel Ferrier as Wally O'Sullivan . </P>
who played billy in the year of living dangerously
who played billy in the year of living dangerously
Linda Hunt
Linda Hunt