Danny DeVito
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.
Filmography (74)
A Sudden Case of Christmas
Beetlejuice Beetlejuice
Haunted Mansion
Migration
The Survivor
The One and Only Ivan
Jumanji: The Next Level
Dumbo
Smallfoot
Animal Crackers
Wiener-Dog
A Walk Among the Tombstones
The Lorax
Girl Walks Into a Bar
When in Rome
I'm Still Here
Solitary Man
Reno 911!: Miami
The Good Night
Nobel Son
Freedom Writers
Deck the Halls
10 Items or Less
Relative Strangers
Be Cool
Garden State
Along Came Polly
Big Fish
Duplex
Anything Else
Austin Powers in Goldmember
Death to Smoochy
Heist
What's the Worst That Could Happen?
How High
The Caveman's Valentine
The Virgin Suicides
Drowning Mona
Erin Brockovich
Man on the Moon
The Big Kahuna
Out of Sight
The Pentagon Wars
Hercules
Men in Black
L.A. Confidential
The Rainmaker
Gattaca
Space Jam
Mars Attacks!
Matilda
Feeling Minnesota
Get Shorty
Junior
Renaissance Man
Pulp Fiction
Reality Bites
Last Action Hero
Look Who's Talking Now!
Jack the Bear
Batman Returns
Hoffa
Other People's Money
The War of the Roses
Twins
Throw Momma from the Train
Tin Men
Ruthless People
The Jewel of the Nile
Romancing the Stone
Johnny Dangerously
Terms of Endearment
The World's Greatest Lover
