Danny DeVito

Danny DeVito (80)

1944-11-17 | Asbury Park, New Jersey, USA

Daniel Michael DeVito Jr. (born November 17, 1944) is an American actor, comedian, director, and producer. He first gained prominence as the irascible dispatcher Louie De Palma on Taxi, for which he won a Golden Globe and an Emmy. He plays Frank Reynolds on the long-running sitcom It's Always Sunny in Philadelphia (2006 - present). In film, DeVito is known for his roles in One Flew Over the Cuckoo's Nest (1975), Terms of Endearment (1983), Head Office (1985), Ruthless People (1986), Twins (1988), Batman Returns (1992), Jack the Bear (1993), Junior (1994), L.A. Confidential (1997), The Big Kahuna (1999), Big Fish (2003), Deck the Halls (2006), When in Rome (2010), Wiener-Dog (2016) and Jumanji: The Next Level (2019). DeVito has voiced characters in numerous animated films including Space Jam (1996), Hercules (1997), The Lorax (2012), Smallfoot (2018), and Migration (2023). He both directed and starred in several films such as Throw Momma from the Train (1987), The War of the Roses (1989), Matilda (1996), and Death to Smoochy (2002). He has served as a producer on notable films such as Reality Bites (1994), Pulp Fiction (1994), Gattaca (1997), Erin Brockovich (2000), and Garden State (2004). DeVito married actress Rhea Perlman in 1982; they have three children. The couple separated in 2012.

On Movies

  • A Sudden Case of Christmas
  • Beetlejuice Beetlejuice
  • Poolman
  • Migration
  • Haunted Mansion
  • The Survivor
  • The One and Only Ivan
  • Jumanji: The Next Level
  • Dumbo
  • Smallfoot
  • The Flying Carsons: Part 1 - Hunter
  • Animal Crackers
  • The Comedian
  • Wiener-Dog
  • Curmudgeons
  • Must See TV: An All Star Tribute to James Burrows
  • Today's the Day
  • All the Wilderness
  • Hotel Noir
  • Forces of Nature
  • The Lorax
  • Girl Walks Into a Bar
  • Inside the Actor's Workshop
  • I'm Still Here
  • When in Rome
  • House Broken
  • Solitary Man
  • Little Spirit: Christmas in New York
  • Just Add Water
  • Nobel Son
  • Even Money
  • Reno 911!: Miami
  • The Good Night
  • Deck the Halls
  • 10 Items or Less
  • Relative Strangers
  • My Girlfriend's Abroad
  • The Oh in Ohio
  • Marilyn Hotchkiss' Ballroom Dancing & Charm School
  • Be Cool
  • Christmas in Love
  • Catching Kringle
  • Big Fish
  • Duplex
  • Anything Else
  • Austin Powers in Goldmember
  • Death to Smoochy
  • Heist
  • What's the Worst That Could Happen?
  • Screwed
  • The Virgin Suicides
  • Drowning Mona
  • Man on the Moon
  • The Big Kahuna
  • Living Out Loud
  • The Rainmaker
  • L.A. Confidential
  • Men in Black
  • Hercules
  • Mars Attacks!
  • Space Jam
  • Matilda
  • Little Red Riding Hood
  • Get Shorty
  • Junior
  • Felony
  • Renaissance Man
  • Look Who's Talking Now!
  • Last Action Hero
  • Jack the Bear
  • Hoffa
  • Batman Returns
  • Other People's Money
  • The War of the Roses
  • Two Daddies?
  • Twins
  • Throw Momma from the Train
  • Tin Men
  • Ruthless People
  • My Little Pony: The Movie
  • Wise Guys
  • Happily Ever After
  • The Jewel of the Nile
  • Head Office
  • Johnny Dangerously
  • The Ratings Game
  • Romancing the Stone
  • Terms of Endearment
  • Going Ape!
  • The Gong Show Movie
  • Valentine
  • Swap Meet
  • Goin' South
  • The World's Greatest Lover
  • The Van
  • The Selling of Vince D'Angelo
  • The Money
  • Deadly Hero
  • One Flew Over the Cuckoo's Nest
  • Minestrone
  • Hurry Up, or I'll Be 30
  • Scalawag
  • Hot Dogs for Gauguin
  • Lady Liberty
  • Dreams of Glass

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