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Danny DeVito
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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.
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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
Jimmy Kimmel Live!
Saturday Night Live
The Kelly Clarkson Show
Golden Globe Awards
Late Night with Seth Meyers
The Oscars
The Graham Norton Show
The Simpsons
Abbott Elementary
Rick and Morty
The Late Late Show with James Corden
E! True Hollywood Story
Friends
Today
The Daily Show
Welcome to Wrexham
The Late Late Show with Craig Ferguson
Starsky & Hutch
Last Week Tonight with John Oliver
Reno 911!
Police Woman
The Tonight Show Starring Jimmy Fallon
Ed
MADtv
Sesame Street
The Larry Sanders Show
Bette
Amazing Stories
The Kominsky Method
Father of the Pride
Arnold
Deadbeat
StoryBots: Answer Time
Last Action Hero
Space Jam
Men in Black
Once Upon a Time: The Super Heroes
Minions & More Volume 1
Sesame Street: Sing Yourself Silly!
Minions & More Volume 2
Austin Powers in Goldmember
Friends: The Reunion
Catwoman: The Feline Femme Fatale
The Virgin Suicides
Big Fish
Be Cool
Head Office
Beetlejuice Beetlejuice
Jumanji 3
History of the World: Part II
Jumanji: The Next Level
Reno 911!: Miami
Migration
Goin' South
Look Who's Talking Now!
Nobel Son
L.A. Confidential
The Survivor
Haunted Mansion
Scalawag
Mars Attacks!
The Super Mario Galaxy Movie
Hurry Up, or I'll Be 30
It's Always Sunny in Philadelphia
The One and Only Ivan
Hercules
Sniff
One Flew Over the Cuckoo's Nest
Going Ape!
Terms of Endearment
Get Shorty
When in Rome
The Rainmaker
Dumbo
Little Demon
Taxi
Christmas in Love
Poolman
Matilda
My Little Pony: The Movie
Junior
Batman Returns
Twins
Deck the Halls
Renaissance Man
Forces of Nature
The Lorax
House Broken
Throw Momma from the Train
Production Credits
Reno 911!: Miami
Out of Sight
Alvin and the Chipmunks: Chipwrecked
Be Cool
Reno 911!: The Hunt for QAnon
Kate Brasher
Gattaca
Matilda
How High
Get Shorty
Taxi
The Pentagon Wars
Amazing Stories
A Walk Among the Tombstones
Pulp Fiction
Game 7
Freedom Writers
Garden State
Little Demon
Reno 911!
Throw Momma from the Train
Reno 911!: It's a Wonderful Heist
Erin Brockovich
Along Came Polly
Reality Bites
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