Danny DeVito

Acting · Born 1944-11-17 in Asbury Park, New Jersey, USA

Biography

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…

Filmography

• Batman Returns as Oswald Cobblepot / The Penguin
• One Flew Over the Cuckoo's Nest as Martini
• Big Fish as Amos Calloway
• The Virgin Suicides as Dr. Horniker
• L.A. Confidential as Sid Hudgens
• Man on the Moon as George Shapiro
• Matilda as Harry Wormwood / Narrator (voice)
• Terms of Endearment as Vernon Dahlart
• Hercules as Philoctetes (voice)
• The Rainmaker as Deck Shifflet

TV

• The Simpsons as Herbert Powell (voice)
• Friends as Roy
• It's Always Sunny in Philadelphia as Frank Reynolds
• Last Week Tonight with John Oliver as Chemist
• Arnold as Self
• Welcome to Wrexham as Self
• Rick and Morty as Dr. Dogballs (voice)
• Amazing Stories as Herbert
• Jimmy Kimmel Live! as Self
• Starsky & Hutch as John John the Apple / John DeAppoliso