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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

2026
Jumanji 3

as Eddie

Movie
2024
A Sudden Case of Christmas

as Lawrence Armanetti

Movie
2024
Beetlejuice Beetlejuice

as Janitor

Movie
2023
Migration

as Uncle Dan (voice)

Movie
2023
Haunted Mansion

as Bruce Davis

Movie
2020
The One and Only Ivan

as Bob (voice)

Movie
2019
Jumanji: The Next Level

as Eddie

Movie
2019
Dumbo

as Maximilian "Max" Medici

Movie
2012
The Lorax

as The Lorax (voice)

Movie
2006
Deck the Halls

as Buddy Hall

Movie
2003
Big Fish

as Amos Calloway

Movie
2001
Heist

as Mickey Bergman

Movie
2000
The Virgin Suicides

as Dr. Horniker

Movie
1999
Man on the Moon

as George Shapiro

Movie
1997
L.A. Confidential

as Sid Hudgens

Movie
1996
Mars Attacks!

as Rude Gambler

Movie
1996
Matilda

as Harry Wormwood / Narrator (voice)

Movie
1995
Get Shorty

as Martin Weir

Movie
1992
Batman Returns

as Oswald Cobblepot / The Penguin

Movie
1975
One Flew Over the Cuckoo's Nest

as Martini

Movie
2005
It's Always Sunny in Philadelphia

as Frank Reynolds

TV Show