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.
208 acting credits · 21 directing credits
Acting · 208
The Simpsons
1989
Rick and Morty
2013
The Daily Show
1996
The Tonight Show Starring Jimmy Fallon
2014
Friends
1994
Late Night with Seth Meyers
2014
The Graham Norton Show
2007
The Kelly Clarkson Show
2019
Saturday Night Live
1975
Late Show with David Letterman
1993
Golden Globe Awards
1944
It's Always Sunny in Philadelphia
2005
The Late Late Show with James Corden
2015
The View
1997
The Late Late Show with Craig Ferguson
2005
Jimmy Kimmel Live!
2003
Sherri
2022
Variety Studio: Actors on Actors
2014
Abbott Elementary
2021
Reno 911!
2003
Last Week Tonight with John Oliver
2014
Taxi
1978
Police Woman
1974
Starsky & Hutch
1975
Amazing Stories
1985
Stars in the House
2020
The Larry Sanders Show
1992
The Oscars
1953
Ed
2000
Migration
2023
One Flew Over the Cuckoo's Nest
1975
Welcome to Wrexham
2022
The Lorax
2012
Goldene Kamera
1984
Men in Black
1997
Jumanji: The Next Level
2019
Hercules
1997
History of the World: Part II
2023
Made in Hollywood
2005
Matilda
1996
Beetlejuice Beetlejuice
2024
The Kominsky Method
2018
Batman Returns
1992
L.A. Confidential
1997
Father of the Pride
2004
Today
1952
Mars Attacks!
1996
Austin Powers in Goldmember
2002
Big Fish
2003
All That Glitters
1977
StoryBots: Answer Time
2022
Space Jam
1996
Twins
1988
Smallfoot
2018
Dumbo
2019
Bette
2000
Romancing the Stone
1984
The Virgin Suicides
2000
Last Action Hero
1993
The Rosie O'Donnell Show
1996
Karen Sisco
2003
Haunted Mansion
2023
Get Shorty
1995
Jumanji: Open World
2026
Little Demon
2022
The Rainmaker
1997
Delvecchio
1976
Arnold
2023
Pearl
1996
Minions & More 2
2022
Deadbeat
2014
Minions & More Volume 1
2022
The Magic Hour
1998
Angie
1979
Be Cool
2005
Deck the Halls
2006
The War of the Roses
1989
The Jewel of the Nile
1985
Junior
1994
Duplex
2003
Terms of Endearment
1983
The Survivor
2022
Man on the Moon
1999
The One and Only Ivan
2020
Look Who's Talking Now!
1993
Quentin Tarantino: From a Movie Buff to a Hollywood Legend
2021
Throw Momma from the Train
1987
Once Upon a Time: The Super Heroes
2001
The Associates
1979
What's the Worst That Could Happen?
2001
When in Rome
2010
E! True Hollywood Story
1996
Solitary Man
2009
MADtv
1995
Must See TV: An All Star Tribute to James Burrows
2016
I'm Still Here
2010
America | A Tribute to Heroes
2001
Poolman
2024
Marilyn Hotchkiss' Ballroom Dancing & Charm School
2006
Hoffa
1992
Tim Burton: Life in the Line
2025
Animal Crackers
2018
Heist
2001
The Earth Day Special
1990
Sesame Street | All-Star 25th Birthday: Stars and Street Forever!
1994
Night of 100 Stars
1982
Tin Men
1987
Renaissance Man
1994
Death to Smoochy
2002
Catwoman: The Feline Femme Fatale
2021
The Comedian
2016
Saturday Night Live: The Best of Phil Hartman
1998
Drowning Mona
2000
10 Items or Less
2006
Ruthless People
1986
Other People's Money
1991
Jim & Andy: The Great Beyond
2017
Wiener-Dog
2016
Saturday Night Live in the '80s: Lost and Found
2005
Anything Else
2003
Reno 911!: Miami
2007
Shadows of the Bat: The Cinematic Saga of the Dark Knight
2008
Boffo! Tinseltown's Bombs and Blockbusters
2006
Goin' South
1978
The Ratings Game
1984
Even Money
2007
Johnny Dangerously
1984
Harold and Lillian: A Hollywood Love Story
2017
The Oh in Ohio
2006
Nobel Son
2007
Jack the Bear
1993
The Good Night
2007
Just Add Water
2008
Relative Strangers
2006
The World's Greatest Lover
1977
My Little Pony: The Movie
1986
Living Out Loud
1998
House Broken
2009
Screwed
2000
Garden State - The 20th Anniversary Concert
2025
Whatever You Desire: Making 'L.A. Confidential'
2008
Illumination 7 Mini-Movie Collection
2014
Making of One Flew Over the Cuckoo's Nest
2009
The World of Jim Henson
1994
Wise Guys
1986
Death to Smoochy: Behind the Scenes Documentary
2002
The Big Kahuna
1999
Little Spirit: Christmas in New York
2008
Jack Nicholson: The Joker Is Wild
2004
The Gong Show Movie
1980
Going Ape!
1981
A Sudden Case of Christmas
2024
Head Office
1985
Sniff
—
A Very Sunny Christmas
2009
Girl Walks Into a Bar
2011
Hotel Noir
2012
Curmudgeons
2016
Revenge of the Electric Car
2011
Sesame Street: Put Down the Duckie
1988
Sesame Street: Sing Yourself Silly!
1990
Lady Liberty
1971
All the Wilderness
2014
Swap Meet
1979
Ann-Margret: Hollywood Movie Girls
1980
Deadly Hero
1975
Scalawag
1973
The Van
1977
Valentine
1979
Christmas in Love
2004
Thank You Very Much
2025
Be Cool, Very Cool
2005
The Nightman Cometh: Live
2009
Amazing Stories: The Movie II
1990
Francis Ford Coppola Directs 'John Grisham's the Rainmaker'
2007
Mary Woronov: Cult Queen
—
Tim Burton: Life in the Line
2024
Forces of Nature
2012
My Movie About Making 'Matilda' by Mara Wilson
2005
Matilda's Movie Magic: The Making of 'Matilda'
2005
Batman Returns: The Bat, the Cat, and the Penguin
1992
Happily Ever After
1985
PaleyLive: It’s Always Sunny in Philadelphia 20th Anniversary Celebration!
2025
Catching Kringle
2004
All The Kids Do It
1984
Death to Smoochy: Bloopers & Outtakes
2002
The Money
1976
Siskel & Ebert 1991 Holiday Video Gift Guide
1991
Minestrone
1975
Billy Connolly: A BAFTA Tribute
2002
The Misbehavers
2004
The Divine Bette Midler
2005
Completely Cuckoo
1997
Hot Dogs for Gauguin
1972
The Joe Piscopo New Jersey Special
1986
Hurry Up, or I'll Be 30
1973
The Flying Carsons: Part 1 - Hunter
2018
Today's the Day
2014
Two Daddies?
1989
The Selling of Vince D'Angelo
1976
Little Red Riding Hood
1995
Branford Marsalis: Steep
1991
Dreams of Glass
1970
Inside the Actor's Workshop
2010
My Girlfriend's Abroad
2006
Likely Stories Vol. 2
1983
Cop Origin Story
2026
A Very Special Christmas Party
1988
Directing · 21
Taxi
1978
Amazing Stories
1985
Matilda
1996
The War of the Roses
1989
Duplex
2003
Mary
1985
Throw Momma from the Train
1987
Hoffa
1992
Death to Smoochy
2002
The Ratings Game
1984
Curmudgeons
2016
Amazing Stories: The Movie II
1990
Matilda's Movie Magic: The Making of 'Matilda'
2005
Minestrone
1975
Likely Stories, Vol. 4
1983
A Lovely Way to Spend an Evening
1985
The Selling of Vince D'Angelo
1976
Blood Lust
2011
The Sound Sleeper
1973
Nest of Vipers
2011
Skin Deep
2011