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Personal Info
Known For
Acting
Birthday
November 17, 1944
Place of Birth
Asbury Park, New Jersey, USA
Also Known As
- Daniel Michael DeVito Jr.
- Danny De Vito
- Ντάνι Ντε Βίτο
- Денні ДеВіто
- Daniel Michael DeVito
- Дани де Вито
- دنی دیویتو
- دَنی دِویتو
Danny DeVito
4.2 Popularity
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 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.
Known For
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0.0
Eddie
Jumanji 3
2026
10.0
Self - Presenter
Garden State - The 20th Anniversary Concert
2025
7.0
Self
Thank You Very Much
2025
5.7
Lawrence Armanetti
A Sudden Case of Christmas
2024
7.0
Janitor
Beetlejuice Beetlejuice
2024
0.0
Self
Tim Burton: Life in the Line
2024
4.3
Jack Denisoff
Poolman
2024
7.4
Uncle Dan (voice)
Migration
2023
6.4
Bruce Davis
Haunted Mansion
2023
7.9
Self
Arnold
2023
Credits
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Jumanji 3
as Eddie
2026
0.0
Garden State - The 20th Anniversary Concert
as Self - Presenter
2025
10.0
Thank You Very Much
as Self
2025
7.0
A Sudden Case of Christmas
as Lawrence Armanetti
2024
5.7
Beetlejuice Beetlejuice
as Janitor
2024
7.0
Tim Burton: Life in the Line
as Self
2024
0.0
Poolman
as Jack Denisoff
2024
4.3
Migration
as Uncle Dan (voice)
2023
7.4
Haunted Mansion
as Bruce Davis
2023
6.4
Arnold
as Self
2023
7.9
History of the World: Part II
as Czar Nicholas
2023
5.6
StoryBots: Answer Time
as Giuseppe
2022
6.7
Minions & More Volume 2
as The Lorax (voice)
2022
7.4
Minions & More Volume 1
as The Lorax (voice)
2022
7.0
Sherri
as Self - Guest
2022
3.0
Little Demon
as Satan (voice)
2022
7.5
Welcome to Wrexham
as Self
2022
7.8
The Survivor
as Charley Goldman
2022
6.8
Abbott Elementary
as Frank
2021
7.4
Catwoman: The Feline Femme Fatale
as Self
2021
8.5
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Quentin Tarantino: From a Movie Buff to a Hollywood Legend
as Self (archive footage)
2021
5.0
The One and Only Ivan
as Bob (voice)
2020
7.4
Stars in the House
as Self
2020
0.0
Jumanji: The Next Level
as Eddie
2019
6.9
The Kelly Clarkson Show
as Self
2019
6.3
Dumbo
as Maximilian "Max" Medici
2019
6.6
The Kominsky Method
as Dr. Wexler
2018
7.5
Smallfoot
as Dorgle (voice)
2018
6.8
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Lie Detector
as Self
2018
5.5
The Flying Carsons: Part 1 - Hunter
as Uncle Jack (voice)
2018
0.0
Jim & Andy: The Great Beyond
as Self
2017
7.5
Animal Crackers
as Chesterfield (voice)
2017
6.3
Harold and Lillian: A Hollywood Love Story
as Self
2017
6.8
The Comedian
as Jimmy Berkowitz
2016
5.7
Wiener-Dog
as Dave Schmerz
2016
5.6
Curmudgeons
as Jackie
2016
7.4
Must See TV: An All Star Tribute to James Burrows
as Self
2016
4.1
The Late Late Show with James Corden
as Self - Guest
2015
5.3
Variety Studio: Actors on Actors
as Self
2014
4.6
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Today's the Day
as Mr. Bees
2014
10.0
Last Week Tonight with John Oliver
as Chemist
2014
7.8
Deadbeat
as Giuseppe Monamocce
2014
6.6
Illumination 7 Mini-Movie Collection
as The Lorax
2014
2.8
All the Wilderness
as Walter Pembry
2014
6.4
Late Night with Seth Meyers
as Self
2014
5.3
The Tonight Show Starring Jimmy Fallon
as Self
2014
5.9
Rick and Morty
as Dr. Dogballs (voice)
2013
8.7
Hotel Noir
as Eugene Portland
2012
5.7
Forces of Nature
as The Lorax (voice)
2012
5.2
The Lorax
as The Lorax (voice)
2012
6.5
Revenge of the Electric Car
as Self (EV1 Driver)
2011
7.2
Girl Walks Into a Bar
as Aldo
2011
5.1
Inside the Actor's Workshop
as Actor
2010
6.0
I'm Still Here
as Danny DeVito
2010
6.0
When in Rome
as Al Russo
2010
5.9
House Broken
as Cathkart
2009
5.1
A Very Sunny Christmas
as Frank Reynolds
2009
8.3
The Nightman Cometh: Live
as Frank Reynolds
2009
9.5
Solitary Man
as Jimmy Marino
2009
5.9
Making of One Flew Over the Cuckoo's Nest
as Self
2009
2.0
Little Spirit: Christmas in New York
as Cab Driver / Narrator (voice)
2008
2.0
Shadows of the Bat: The Cinematic Saga of the Dark Knight
as Self
2008
0.0
Whatever You Desire: Making 'L.A. Confidential'
as Self
2008
7.0
Just Add Water
as Merl
2008
5.0
Nobel Son
as Gastner
2007
6.0
Even Money
as Walter
2007
5.5
Reno 911!: Miami
as District Attorney
2007
5.8
The Graham Norton Show
as Self
2007
7.2
The Good Night
as Mel
2007
5.3
Deck the Halls
as Buddy Hall
2006
5.6
10 Items or Less
as Big D
2006
6.2
Boffo! Tinseltown's Bombs and Blockbusters
as Self
2006
6.5
Relative Strangers
as Frank Menure
2006
5.2
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My Girlfriend's Abroad
as Uncle Rick (uncredited)
2006
0.0
The Oh in Ohio
as Wayne the Pool Guy
2006
5.2
Marilyn Hotchkiss' Ballroom Dancing & Charm School
as Booth
2006
5.9
Made in Hollywood
as Self
2005
4.7
It's Always Sunny in Philadelphia
as Frank Reynolds
2005
8.3
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Be Cool, Very Cool
as Self
2005
0.0
My Movie About Making 'Matilda' by Mara Wilson
as Self
2005
5.5
Matilda's Movie Magic: The Making of 'Matilda'
as Himself
2005
4.5
Saturday Night Live in the '80s: Lost and Found
as Self
2005
0.0
Be Cool
as Martin Weir
2005
5.5
The Late Late Show with Craig Ferguson
as Self
2005
6.7
The Divine Bette Midler
as Self
2005
0.0
Christmas in Love
as Brad La Guardia
2004
4.7
🎬
The Misbehavers
as Self
2004
0.0
🎬
Catching Kringle
as General Needham
2004
2.0
Father of the Pride
as Emerson (voice)
2004
4.8
Jack Nicholson: The Joker Is Wild
as Self(archive footage) (uncredited)
2004
2.0
Big Fish
as Amos Calloway
2003
7.8
Karen Sisco
as Charlie Lucre
2003
7.0
Duplex
as Narrator (voice) (uncredited)
2003
6.1
Anything Else
as Harvey Wexler
2003
6.1
Reno 911!
as Danny DeVito
2003
7.2
Jimmy Kimmel Live!
as Self
2003
5.5
Billy Connolly: A BAFTA Tribute
as Self
2002
0.0
🎬
Death to Smoochy: Bloopers & Outtakes
as Self
2002
0.0
🎬
Death to Smoochy: Behind the Scenes Documentary
as Self
2002
0.0
Austin Powers in Goldmember
as Danny DeVito / Famous Mini Me ('Austinpussy')
2002
6.0
Death to Smoochy
as Burke Bennett
2002
5.9
Once Upon a Time: The Super Heroes
as The Penguin (archive footage)
2001
6.9
Heist
as Mickey Bergman
2001
6.3
America | A Tribute to Heroes
as Self
2001
6.2
What's the Worst That Could Happen?
as Max Fairbanks
2001
5.5
Bette
as Danny DeVito
2000
7.9
Ed
as Dr. Jack Carmichael
2000
7.7
Screwed
as Grover Cleaver
2000
5.5
The Virgin Suicides
as Dr. Horniker
2000
7.1
Drowning Mona
as Chief Wyatt Rash
2000
5.4
Man on the Moon
as George Shapiro
1999
7.2
The Big Kahuna
as Phil Cooper
1999
6.8
Living Out Loud
as Pat Francato
1998
5.8
The Magic Hour
as Self
1998
5.0
Saturday Night Live: The Best of Phil Hartman
as Al Goldstein
1998
7.7
Completely Cuckoo
as Self
1997
5.7
The Rainmaker
as Deck Shifflet
1997
7.0
L.A. Confidential
as Sid Hudgens
1997
7.8
The View
as Self
1997
4.3
Men in Black
as Alien on TV Monitor (uncredited)
1997
7.2
Hercules
as Philoctetes (voice)
1997
7.5
Mars Attacks!
as Rude Gambler
1996
6.4
Space Jam
as Swackhammer (voice)
1996
6.8
Pearl
as Dean Martin
1996
3.8
E! True Hollywood Story
1996
8.1
Matilda
as Harry Wormwood / Narrator (voice)
1996
7.2
The Daily Show
as Self
1996
6.4
The Rosie O'Donnell Show
as Self
1996
3.9
Little Red Riding Hood
as Wolfie (voice)
1995
6.0
Get Shorty
as Martin Weir
1995
6.5
MADtv
as Self
1995
7.0
The World of Jim Henson
as Self (archive footage)
1994
7.3
Junior
as Dr. Larry Arbogast
1994
5.2
Felony
as Featured Extra
1994
4.2
Friends
as Roy
1994
8.4
Renaissance Man
as Bill Rago
1994
6.1
Sesame Street | All-Star 25th Birthday: Stars and Street Forever!
as Worm TV Host
1994
7.0
Look Who's Talking Now!
as Rocks (voice)
1993
5.3
Last Action Hero
as Whiskers (voice) (uncredited)
1993
6.5
Jack the Bear
as John Leary
1993
6.4
Hoffa
as Bobby Ciaro
1992
6.3
The Larry Sanders Show
as Danny DeVito
1992
7.7
Batman Returns
as Oswald Cobblepot / The Penguin
1992
6.9
The Bat, the Cat, and the Penguin
as Self
1992
6.4
Siskel & Ebert 1991 Holiday Video Gift Guide
1991
0.0
Other People's Money
as Lawrence Garfield
1991
6.1
Branford Marsalis: Steep
as Self
1991
0.0
Amazing Stories: The Movie II
as Herbert (archive footage)
1990
0.0
Sesame Street: Sing Yourself Silly!
as Self (archive footage)
1990
6.0
The Earth Day Special
as Vic
1990
6.3
The Simpsons
as Herbert Powell (voice)
1989
8.0
The War of the Roses
as Gavin D'Amato
1989
6.9
Two Daddies?
as George Johnson (voice)
1989
0.0
Twins
as Vincent Benedict
1988
6.0
Sesame Street: Put Down the Duckie
as Self
1988
6.0
Throw Momma from the Train
as Owen Lift
1987
6.2
Tin Men
as Ernest Tilley
1987
6.3
The Joe Piscopo New Jersey Special
as Self
1986
0.0
Ruthless People
as Sam Stone
1986
6.6
My Little Pony: The Movie
as Grundle King (voice)
1986
6.2
Wise Guys
as Harry Valentini
1986
5.4
Happily Ever After
as George Johnson (voice)
1985
7.0
Amazing Stories
as Herbert
1985
7.4
The Jewel of the Nile
as Ralph
1985
6.2
Head Office
as Frank Stedman
1985
5.1
Johnny Dangerously
as Burr
1984
6.3
The Ratings Game
as Vic De Salvo
1984
5.6
All The Kids Do It
as Ackroyd
1984
0.0
Romancing the Stone
as Ralph
1984
6.8
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Goldene Kamera
as Self
1984
5.7
🎬
Goldene Kamera
as Self - Laudatio
1984
5.7
Terms of Endearment
as Vernon Dahlart
1983
7.1
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Likely Stories Vol. 2
1983
0.0
Night of 100 Stars
as Self
1982
6.7
Going Ape!
as Lazlo
1981
4.3
The Gong Show Movie
as Performer
1980
3.5
Ann-Margret: Hollywood Movie Girls
as Himself
1980
0.0
Valentine
as Dewey
1979
0.0
The Associates
as Alan Swathmore (uncredited)
1979
5.0
Swap Meet
as Max
1979
1.7
Angie
as Uncle Cheech
1979
6.7
Goin' South
as Hog
1978
5.8
Taxi
as Louie De Palma
1978
7.2
The World's Greatest Lover
as Assistant Director
1977
5.5
The Van
as Andy
1977
4.3
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The Selling of Vince D'Angelo
as Vince D'Angelo
1976
4.0
Delvecchio
as Anthony 'Beanzie' Marott
1976
0.0
The Money
as Bartender
1976
5.4
Deadly Hero
as Harry
1975
5.7
One Flew Over the Cuckoo's Nest
as Martini
1975
8.4
Saturday Night Live
as Self - Cameo (uncredited)
1975
7.0
Saturday Night Live
as Self - Co-Host
1975
7.0
Saturday Night Live
as Adrian (uncredited)
1975
7.0
Saturday Night Live
as Self (uncredited)
1975
7.0
Saturday Night Live
as Self - Host
1975
7.0
Starsky & Hutch
as John John the Apple / John DeAppoliso
1975
7.3
Minestrone
as Lodovico
1975
0.0
Police Woman
1974
6.2
Hurry Up, or I'll Be 30
as Petey
1973
10.0
Scalawag
as Fly Speck
1973
5.5
Hot Dogs for Gauguin
as Adrian
1972
6.3
Lady Liberty
as Fred Mancuso
1971
5.3
Dreams of Glass
as Thug
1970
6.0
The Oscars
as Self
1953
7.0
Today
as Self
1952
5.6
Golden Globe Awards
as Self - Winner
1944
7.2
🎬
Sniff
as William Keys
N/A
0.0
Mary Woronov: Cult Queen
as Self
N/A
0.0