Danny DeVito
From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia. Daniel Michael "Danny" DeVito, Jr. (born November 17, 1944 height 5' (1,52 m)) is an American actor, comedian, director, and producer. He first gained prominence for his portrayal of Louie De Palma on the ABC and NBC TV series Taxi (1978–1983), for which he won a Golden Globe and an Emmy. DeVito and his wife, Rhea Perlman, founded Jersey Films, a production company known for films such as Pulp Fiction, Garden State, and Freedom Writers. DeVito also owns Jersey Television, which produced the Comedy Central series Reno 911!. DeVito and Perlman also starred together in his 1996 film Matilda, based on Roald Dahl's children's novel. He currently stars as Frank Reynolds on the FX sitcom It's Always Sunny in Philadelphia. Description above from the Wikipedia article Danny DeVito, licensed under CC-BY-SA, full list of contributors on Wikipedia.
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- Born:
- Nov 17, 1944 In Asbury Park, New Jersey, USA
- Movie/TV Credits:
- 147
- First Appeared:
- In the movie Dreams of Glass 1970-08-15
- Latest Project:
- Movie Garden State - The 20th Anniversary Concert 2025-04-06
Known For
Filmography
| Movie | Garden State - The 20th Anniversary Concert | Self - Presenter | 2025-04-06 |
| Movie | Beetlejuice Beetlejuice | Janitor | 2024-09-04 |
| Movie | Poolman | Jack Denisoff | 2024-05-09 |
| Movie | A Sudden Case of Christmas | Lawrence Armanetti | 2024-11-08 |
| Movie | Haunted Mansion | Bruce Davis | 2023-07-26 |
| Movie | Migration | Uncle Dan (voice) | 2023-12-06 |
| Movie | The Survivor | Charley Goldman | 2022-04-07 |
| Series | Little Demon | Satan (voice) | 2022-08-25 |
| Movie | Minions & More Volume 2 | The Lorax (voice) | 2022-11-08 |
| Movie | Minions & More 1 | The Lorax (voice) | 2022-09-27 |
| Movie | Quentin Tarantino: From a Movie Buff to a Hollywood Legend | Self (archive footage) | 2021-01-02 |
| Movie | Catwoman: The Feline Femme Fatale | Self | 2021-05-05 |
| Movie | The Sparks Brothers | Self (archive footage) (uncredited) | 2021-06-18 |
| Movie | Friends: The Reunion | (archive footage) | 2021-05-27 |
| Movie | Sonic the Hedgehog | Sonic The Hedgehog (voice) | 2020-02-12 |
| Movie | The One and Only Ivan | Bob (voice) | 2020-08-21 |
| Movie | Coachella: 20 Years in the Desert | Self (archive footage) | 2020-04-10 |
| Movie | Dumbo | Maximilian "Max" Medici | 2019-03-27 |
| Movie | Jumanji: The Next Level | Eddie | 2019-12-04 |
| Movie | Spider-Man: Far From Home | Peter Parker / Spider-Man | 2019-06-28 |
| Movie | Smallfoot | Dorgle (voice) | 2018-09-20 |
| Movie | Animal Crackers | Chesterfield (voice) | 2017-06-23 |
| Movie | Harold and Lillian: A Hollywood Love Story | Self | 2017-02-01 |
| Movie | Jim & Andy: The Great Beyond | Self | 2017-09-05 |
| Movie | Jack Nicholson - The Devilish Smile of Hollywood | Himself (archive footage) | 2017-12-09 |
| Movie | Must See TV: An All Star Tribute to James Burrows | Self | 2016-02-21 |
| Movie | Curmudgeons | Jackie | 2016-04-15 |
| Movie | Wiener-Dog | Dave Schmerz | 2016-06-24 |
| Movie | The Comedian | Jimmy Berkowitz | 2016-12-09 |
| Movie | Illumination 7 Mini-Movie Collection | The Lorax | 2014-04-01 |
| Movie | All the Wilderness | Walter Pembry | 2014-03-09 |
| Movie | Today's the Day | Mr. Bees | 2014-10-27 |
| Movie | Salinger | Himself | 2013-09-06 |
| Movie | The Lorax | The Lorax (voice) | 2012-03-01 |
| Movie | Hotel Noir | Eugene Portland | 2012-10-09 |
| Movie | Forces of Nature | The Lorax (voice) | 2012-08-07 |
| Movie | Girl Walks Into a Bar | Aldo | 2011-03-07 |
| Movie | The True Story of WrestleMania | Self (archive footage) | 2011-03-13 |
| Movie | When in Rome | Al Russo | 2010-01-29 |
| Movie | I'm Still Here | Danny DeVito | 2010-09-10 |
| Movie | Inside the Actor's Workshop | Actor | 2010-09-15 |
| Movie | Making of One Flew Over the Cuckoo's Nest | Self | 2009-02-16 |
| Movie | Solitary Man | Jimmy Marino | 2009-09-07 |
| Movie | House Broken | Cathkart | 2009-12-12 |
| Movie | The Nightman Cometh: Live | Frank Reynolds | 2009-09-15 |
| Movie | A Very Sunny Christmas | Frank Reynolds | 2009-11-17 |
| Movie | Just Add Water | Merl | 2008-03-18 |
| Movie | Little Spirit: Christmas in New York | Cab Driver / Narrator (voice) | 2008-12-10 |
| Movie | Whatever You Desire: Making 'L.A. Confidential' | Self | 2008-09-23 |
| Movie | The Good Night | Mel | 2007-01-25 |
| Movie | Reno 911!: Miami | District Attorney | 2007-02-23 |
| Movie | Even Money | Walter | 2007-03-13 |
| Movie | Nobel Son | Gastner | 2007-04-28 |
| Movie | The Oh in Ohio | Wayne the Pool Guy | 2006-03-30 |
| Movie | Relative Strangers | Frank Menure | 2006-05-01 |
| Movie | Marilyn Hotchkiss' Ballroom Dancing & Charm School | Booth | 2006-01-12 |
| Movie | Boffo! Tinseltown's Bombs and Blockbusters | Self | 2006-06-13 |
| Movie | Deck the Halls | Buddy Hall | 2006-11-22 |
| Movie | 10 Items or Less | Big D | 2006-09-11 |
| Movie | Be Cool | Martin Weir | 2005-03-04 |
| Movie | My Movie About Making 'Matilda' by Mara Wilson | Self | 2005-06-07 |
| Series | It's Always Sunny in Philadelphia | Frank Reynolds | 2005-08-04 |
| Movie | Matilda's Movie Magic: The Making of 'Matilda' | Himself | 2005-06-07 |
| Movie | The Misbehavers | Self | 2004-12-04 |
| Movie | Christmas in Love | Brad La Guardia | 2004-12-17 |
| Movie | Anything Else | Harvey Wexler | 2003-08-27 |
| Movie | Big Fish | Amos Calloway | 2003-12-25 |
| Movie | Duplex | Narrator (voice, uncredited) | 2003-09-26 |
| Movie | Austin Powers in Goldmember | Danny DeVito / Famous Mini Me ('Austinpussy') | 2002-07-26 |
| Movie | Death to Smoochy | Burke Bennett | 2002-03-29 |
| Movie | Death to Smoochy: Bloopers & Outtakes | Self | 2002-09-17 |
| Movie | Death to Smoochy: Behind the Scenes Documentary | Self | 2002-09-17 |
| Movie | Billy Connolly: A BAFTA Tribute | Self | 2002-12-22 |
| Movie | What's the Worst That Could Happen? | Max Fairbanks | 2001-05-31 |
| Movie | America | A Tribute to Heroes | Self | 2001-09-21 |
| Movie | Once Upon a Time: The Super Heroes | The Penguin (archive footage) | 2001-12-23 |
| Movie | Heist | Mickey Bergman | 2001-11-09 |
| Movie | Drowning Mona | Chief Wyatt Rash | 2000-03-03 |
| Movie | The Virgin Suicides | Dr. Horniker | 2000-04-21 |
| Movie | Screwed | Grover Cleaver | 2000-05-12 |
| Movie | The Big Kahuna | Phil Cooper | 1999-11-17 |
| Movie | Man on the Moon | George Shapiro | 1999-12-22 |
| Movie | Living Out Loud | Pat Francato | 1998-10-30 |
| Movie | Saturday Night Live: The Best of Phil Hartman | Al Goldstein | 1998-01-01 |
| Movie | Hercules | Philoctetes (voice) | 1997-06-13 |
| Movie | Men in Black | Alien on TV Monitor (uncredited) | 1997-07-02 |
| Movie | The Rainmaker | Deck Shifflet | 1997-11-18 |
| Movie | L.A. Confidential | Sid Hudgens | 1997-09-19 |
| Movie | Completely Cuckoo | Self | 1997-12-16 |
| Movie | Matilda | Harry Wormwood / Narrator (voice) | 1996-08-02 |
| Movie | Space Jam | Swackhammer (voice) | 1996-11-15 |
| Movie | Mars Attacks! | Rude Gambler | 1996-12-13 |
| Movie | Get Shorty | Martin Weir | 1995-10-20 |
| Movie | Sesame Street | All-Star 25th Birthday: Stars and Street Forever! | Worm TV Host | 1994-05-18 |
| Movie | Renaissance Man | Bill Rago | 1994-06-03 |
| Movie | The World of Jim Henson | Self (archive footage) | 1994-11-23 |
| Movie | Felony | Featured Extra | 1994-10-19 |
| Movie | Junior | Dr. Larry Arbogast | 1994-11-22 |
| Movie | Jack the Bear | John Leary | 1993-04-02 |
| Movie | Look Who's Talking Now! | Rocks (voice) | 1993-11-05 |
| Movie | Last Action Hero | Whiskers (voice) (uncredited) | 1993-06-18 |
| Movie | The Bat, the Cat, and the Penguin | Self | 1992-06-17 |
| Movie | Batman Returns | Oswald Cobblepot / The Penguin | 1992-06-19 |
| Movie | Silence Of The Hams | 1992-07-09 | |
| Movie | Hoffa | Bobby Ciaro | 1992-12-25 |
| Movie | Money | 1991-04-06 | |
| Movie | Other People's Money | Lawrence Garfield | 1991-10-18 |
| Movie | The Earth Day Special | Vic | 1990-04-22 |
| Movie | Sesame Street: Sing Yourself Silly! | Self | 1990-04-30 |
| Movie | The War of the Roses | Gavin D'Amato | 1989-12-08 |
| Movie | Two Daddies? | George Johnson (voice) | 1989-05-06 |
| Movie | Sesame Street | Put Down the Duckie: An All-Star Musical Special | Self | 1988-10-05 |
| Movie | Twins | Vincent Benedict | 1988-12-09 |
| Movie | Throw Momma from the Train | Owen Lift | 1987-12-11 |
| Movie | Tin Men | Ernest Tilley | 1987-03-06 |
| Movie | Wise Guys | Harry Valentini | 1986-04-17 |
| Movie | My Little Pony: The Movie | Grundle King (voice) | 1986-06-06 |
| Movie | The Joe Piscopo New Jersey Special | Self | 1986-07-04 |
| Movie | Ruthless People | Sam Stone | 1986-06-26 |
| Movie | Head Office | Frank Stedman | 1985-06-06 |
| Movie | The Jewel of the Nile | Ralph | 1985-08-01 |
| Series | CBS Schoolbreak Special | Ackroyd | 1984-01-24 |
| Movie | Romancing the Stone | Ralph | 1984-03-30 |
| Movie | Johnny Dangerously | Burr | 1984-12-21 |
| Movie | The Ratings Game | Vic De Salvo | 1984-12-15 |
| Movie | Terms of Endearment | Vernon Dahlart | 1983-11-20 |
| Movie | Night of 100 Stars | Self | 1982-03-08 |
| Movie | Going Ape! | Lazlo | 1981-04-10 |
| Movie | Ann-Margret: Hollywood Movie Girls | Himself | 1980-05-03 |
| Movie | The Gong Show Movie | Performer | 1980-05-23 |
| Movie | Swap Meet | Max | 1979-09-21 |
| Movie | Valentine | Dewey | 1979-12-07 |
| Series | Taxi | Louie De Palma | 1978-09-12 |
| Movie | Goin' South | Hog | 1978-10-06 |
| Movie | The World's Greatest Lover | Assistant Director | 1977-12-18 |
| Movie | The Van | Andy | 1977-04-06 |
| Movie | The Money | Bartender | 1976-05-31 |
| Movie | The Selling of Vince D'Angelo | Vince D'Angelo | 1976-09-15 |
| Movie | Car Wash | Joe | 1976-10-22 |
| Movie | Minestrone | Lodovico | 1975-01-01 |
| Movie | One Flew Over the Cuckoo's Nest | Martini | 1975-11-19 |
| Movie | Deadly Hero | Harry | 1975-12-14 |
| Movie | Scalawag | Fly Speck | 1973-04-22 |
| Movie | Hurry Up, or I'll Be 30 | Petey | 1973-11-14 |
| Movie | Hot Dogs for Gauguin | Adrian | 1972-06-12 |
| Movie | Lady Liberty | Fred Mancuso | 1971-12-22 |
| Movie | Dreams of Glass | Thug | 1970-08-15 |