Danny DeVito

ActorProducerCrewDirectorWriter Nov 17 (age 81) Asbury Park, New Jersey, USA 1944–2026 (82 year career)

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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…

Known For

Film

Pulp Fiction

Executive Producer

Film

One Flew Over the Cuckoo's Nest

Martini

Film

Big Fish

Amos Calloway

Film

Men in Black

Alien on TV Monitor (uncredited)

Film

Hercules

Philoctetes (voice)

Film

L.A. Confidential

Sid Hudgens

Film

Gattaca

Producer

Film

Jumanji: The Next Level

Eddie

Filmography

Acting (208)

Movies (156)

Jumanji 3

2026 Upcoming

as Eddie

Dec 23

Cop Origin Story

Thank You Very Much

as Self

Garden State - The 20th Anniversary Concert

2025

as Self - Presenter

10.0

PaleyLive: It’s Always Sunny in Philadelphia 20th Anniversary Celebration!

2025

as Self

Beetlejuice Beetlejuice

2024

as Janitor

6.9

Tim Burton: Life in the Line

2024

as Self

Poolman

2024

as Jack Denisoff

4.3

A Sudden Case of Christmas

2024

as Lawrence Armanetti

Migration

as Uncle Dan (voice)

Haunted Mansion

as Bruce Davis

Minions & More Volume 2

as The Lorax (voice)

The Survivor

as Charley Goldman

Minions & More Volume 1

2022

as The Lorax (voice)

7.0

Catwoman: The Feline Femme Fatale

2021

as Self

8.5

Quentin Tarantino: From a Movie Buff to a Hollywood Legend

2021

as Self (archive footage)

5.0

The One and Only Ivan

2020

as Bob (voice)

7.3

Jumanji: The Next Level

2019

as Eddie

6.9

Dumbo

2019

as Maximilian "Max" Medici

6.6

Animal Crackers

2018

as Chesterfield (voice)

6.3

Smallfoot

2018

as Dorgle (voice)

6.8

The Flying Carsons: Part 1 - Hunter

2018

as Uncle Jack (voice)

Jim & Andy: The Great Beyond

2017

as Self

7.5

Harold and Lillian: A Hollywood Love Story

as Self

Wiener-Dog

as Dave Schmerz

The Comedian

as Jimmy Berkowitz

Curmudgeons

as Jackie

Must See TV: An All Star Tribute to James Burrows

as Self

All the Wilderness

as Walter Pembry

Today's the Day

as Mr. Bees

Illumination 7 Mini-Movie Collection

as The Lorax

The Lorax

as The Lorax (voice)

Forces of Nature

as The Lorax (voice)

Hotel Noir

as Eugene Portland

Girl Walks Into a Bar

2011

as Aldo

5.1

Revenge of the Electric Car

as Self (EV1 Driver)

When in Rome

as Al Russo

Inside the Actor's Workshop

as Actor

I'm Still Here

as Danny DeVito

Solitary Man

as Jimmy Marino

The Nightman Cometh: Live

as Frank Reynolds

House Broken

as Cathkart

A Very Sunny Christmas

2009

as Frank Reynolds

8.3

Making of One Flew Over the Cuckoo's Nest

as Self

Just Add Water

as Merl

Whatever You Desire: Making 'L.A. Confidential'

2008

as Self

8.0

Little Spirit: Christmas in New York

2008

as Cab Driver / Narrator (voice)

2.0

Shadows of the Bat: The Cinematic Saga of the Dark Knight

2008

as Self

Reno 911!: Miami

as District Attorney

Even Money

as Walter

The Good Night

as Mel

Nobel Son

as Gastner

Francis Ford Coppola Directs 'John Grisham's the Rainmaker'

2007

as Self

10 Items or Less

as Big D

Deck the Halls

as Buddy Hall

Marilyn Hotchkiss' Ballroom Dancing & Charm School

2006

as Booth

5.9

The Oh in Ohio

2006

as Wayne the Pool Guy

5.2

Relative Strangers

2006

as Frank Menure

5.2

Boffo! Tinseltown's Bombs and Blockbusters

2006

as Self

6.5

My Girlfriend's Abroad

2006

as Uncle Rick (uncredited)

Be Cool

2005

as Martin Weir

5.5

The Divine Bette Midler

2005

as Self

Be Cool, Very Cool

2005

as Self

Saturday Night Live in the '80s: Lost and Found

2005

as Self

Matilda's Movie Magic: The Making of 'Matilda'

2005

as Himself

4.5

My Movie About Making 'Matilda' by Mara Wilson

as Self

Christmas in Love

as Brad La Guardia

The Misbehavers

as Self

Jack Nicholson: The Joker Is Wild

2004

as Self(archive footage) (uncredited)

Catching Kringle

as General Needham

Big Fish

as Amos Calloway

Duplex

as Narrator (voice) (uncredited)

6.1

Anything Else

2003

as Harvey Wexler

6.2

Austin Powers in Goldmember

2002

as Danny DeVito / Famous Mini Me ('Austinpussy')

6.0

Billy Connolly: A BAFTA Tribute

2002

as Self

Death to Smoochy: Bloopers & Outtakes

2002

as Self

Death to Smoochy

2002

as Burke Bennett

5.9

Death to Smoochy: Behind the Scenes Documentary

2002

as Self

Heist

2001

as Mickey Bergman

6.3

What's the Worst That Could Happen?

2001

as Max Fairbanks

5.5

Once Upon a Time: The Super Heroes

2001

as The Penguin (archive footage)

6.9

America | A Tribute to Heroes

as Self

The Virgin Suicides

as Dr. Horniker

Drowning Mona

as Chief Wyatt Rash

Screwed

as Grover Cleaver

Man on the Moon

as George Shapiro

The Big Kahuna

as Phil Cooper

Living Out Loud

as Pat Francato

Saturday Night Live: The Best of Phil Hartman

1998

as Al Goldstein

7.7

Men in Black

1997

as Alien on TV Monitor (uncredited)

7.2

Hercules

1997

as Philoctetes (voice)

L.A. Confidential

as Sid Hudgens

The Rainmaker

as Deck Shifflet

Completely Cuckoo

as Self

Matilda

as Harry Wormwood / Narrator (voice)

7.2

Space Jam

1996

as Swackhammer (voice)

Mars Attacks!

as Rude Gambler

Get Shorty

as Martin Weir

Little Red Riding Hood

1995

as Wolfie (voice)

6.0

Junior

1994

as Dr. Larry Arbogast

5.2

Renaissance Man

1994

as Bill Rago

6.1

The World of Jim Henson

1994

as Self (archive footage)

7.3

Sesame Street | All-Star 25th Birthday: Stars and Street Forever!

1994

as Worm TV Host

7.0

Last Action Hero

1993

as Whiskers (voice) (uncredited)

6.5

Look Who's Talking Now!

as Rocks (voice)

Jack the Bear

as John Leary

Batman Returns

as Oswald Cobblepot / The Penguin

6.9

Hoffa

1992

as Bobby Ciaro

6.3

Batman Returns: The Bat, the Cat, and the Penguin

1992

as Self

6.4

Siskel & Ebert 1991 Holiday Video Gift Guide

1991

Other People's Money

1991

as Lawrence Garfield

6.1

Branford Marsalis: Steep

1991

as Self

Amazing Stories: The Movie II

1990

as Herbert (archive footage)

The Earth Day Special

1990

as Vic

6.3

Sesame Street: Sing Yourself Silly!

1990

as Self (archive footage)

The War of the Roses

as Gavin D'Amato

Two Daddies?

as George Johnson (voice)

Twins

1988

as Vincent Benedict

6.0

Sesame Street: Put Down the Duckie

1988

as Self

6.0

A Very Special Christmas Party

1988

as Self

Tin Men

1987

as Ernest Tilley

6.3

Throw Momma from the Train

as Owen Lift

Ruthless People

as Sam Stone

Wise Guys

as Harry Valentini

My Little Pony: The Movie

1986

as Grundle King (voice)

6.2

The Joe Piscopo New Jersey Special

1986

as Self

The Jewel of the Nile

as Ralph

Head Office

as Frank Stedman

Happily Ever After

as George Johnson (voice)

Romancing the Stone

as Ralph

Johnny Dangerously

as Burr

The Ratings Game

as Vic De Salvo

All The Kids Do It

as Ackroyd

Terms of Endearment

1983

as Vernon Dahlart

7.1

Likely Stories Vol. 2

Night of 100 Stars

as Self

Going Ape!

as Lazlo

Ann-Margret: Hollywood Movie Girls

1980

as Self

The Gong Show Movie

1980

as Performer

3.5

Valentine

1979

as Dewey

Swap Meet

as Max

Goin' South

as Hog

The Van

as Andy

The World's Greatest Lover

1977

as Assistant Director

5.5

The Money

1976

as Bartender

5.4

The Selling of Vince D'Angelo

1976

as Vince D'Angelo

4.0

One Flew Over the Cuckoo's Nest

as Martini

Deadly Hero

as Harry

Minestrone

as Lodovico

Scalawag

1973

as Fly Speck

5.5

Hurry Up, or I'll Be 30

as Petey

Hot Dogs for Gauguin

as Adrian

Lady Liberty

as Fred Mancuso

Dreams of Glass

as Thug

Sniff

as William Keys

Mary Woronov: Cult Queen

as Self

Television (52)

Tim Burton: Life in the Line

2025

as Self

History of the World: Part II

as Czar Nicholas

Arnold

as Self

Sherri

as Self - Guest

Welcome to Wrexham

as Self

StoryBots: Answer Time

as Giuseppe

Little Demon

as Satan (voice)

Abbott Elementary

as Frank

Stars in the House

as Self

The Kelly Clarkson Show

as Self

The Kominsky Method

as Dr. Wexler

The Late Late Show with James Corden

2015

as Self - Guest

5.2

The Tonight Show Starring Jimmy Fallon

2014

as Self

5.9

Late Night with Seth Meyers

2014

as Self

5.2

Last Week Tonight with John Oliver

2014

as Chemist

7.8

Variety Studio: Actors on Actors

2014

as Self

4.5

Deadbeat

2014

as Giuseppe Monamocce

6.6

Rick and Morty

2013

as Dr. Dogballs (voice)

8.7

The Graham Norton Show

2007

as Self

7.2

The Late Late Show with Craig Ferguson

2005

as Self

6.7

It's Always Sunny in Philadelphia

2005

as Frank Reynolds

8.3

It's Always Sunny in Philadelphia

as Frank Reynolds

Made in Hollywood

as Self

Father of the Pride

as Emerson (voice)

Jimmy Kimmel Live!

as Self

Reno 911!

as Danny DeVito

Karen Sisco

as Charlie Lucre

as Dr. Jack Carmichael

Bette

as Danny DeVito

The Magic Hour

as Self

The View

as Self

The Daily Show

as Self

The Rosie O'Donnell Show

as Self

Pearl

as Dean Martin

E! True Hollywood Story

MADtv

as Self

Friends

as Roy

The Larry Sanders Show

1992

as Danny DeVito

7.7

The Simpsons

1989

as Herbert Powell (voice)

Amazing Stories

as Herbert

Goldene Kamera

as Self

Angie

as Uncle Cheech

The Associates

as Alan Swathmore (uncredited)

Taxi

as Louie De Palma

Delvecchio

as Anthony 'Beanzie' Marott

Saturday Night Live

1975

as Adrian (uncredited)

7.0

Starsky & Hutch

1975

as John John the Apple / John DeAppoliso

Police Woman

Sesame Street

as Danny DeVito

The Oscars

as Self

Today

as Self

Golden Globe Awards

as Self - Winner

Crew (69)

Movies (59)

Drag

2026

Producer

He Watches

2022

Producer

Reno 911!: It's a Wonderful Heist

2022

Executive Producer

5.7

Reno 911!: The Hunt for QAnon

2021

Executive Producer

5.8

The Fixies: Top Secret

2017

Other

6.9

Harold and Lillian: A Hollywood Love Story

Executive Producer

Curmudgeons

Director

Curmudgeons

Producer

A Walk Among the Tombstones

Producer

Feed Me

Thanks

Skin Deep

Director

Nest of Vipers

2011

Director

Blood Lust

2011

Director

Freedom Writers

Producer

Reno 911!: Miami

Producer

Even Money

Producer

Bye Bye Benjamin

Executive Producer

Relative Strangers

Producer

Be Cool

Producer

Matilda's Movie Magic: The Making of 'Matilda'

2005

Director

4.5

Matilda's Movie Magic: The Making of 'Matilda'

2005

Thanks

4.5

Matilda's Movie Magic: The Making of 'Matilda'

Writer

Along Came Polly

Producer

Garden State

Executive Producer

Duplex

Director

Camp

Producer

Death to Smoochy

Director

How High

Producer

The Caveman's Valentine

Producer

Erin Brockovich

Producer

Drowning Mona

Executive Producer

Man on the Moon

Producer

Out of Sight

Producer

Living Out Loud

Producer

The Pentagon Wars

Executive Producer

Gattaca

Producer

Matilda

Director

Matilda

Producer

Sunset Park

Producer

Feeling Minnesota

Producer

Get Shorty

Producer

Pulp Fiction

Executive Producer

Reality Bites

Producer

Hoffa

Director

Hoffa

Producer

Amazing Stories: The Movie II

1990

Director

The War of the Roses

1989

Director

6.9

Throw Momma from the Train

1987

Director

6.2

A Lovely Way to Spend an Evening

1985

Director

A Lovely Way to Spend an Evening

1985

Writer

The Ratings Game

1984

Director

5.6

Likely Stories, Vol. 4

1983

Director

Likely Stories, Vol. 4

1983

Writer

The Selling of Vince D'Angelo

1976

Director

4.0

Minestrone

1975

Director

Minestrone

1975

Writer

The Sound Sleeper

1973

Director

The Sound Sleeper

1973

Editor

The Sound Sleeper

1973

Writer

Television (10)

Game 7

2024

Executive Producer

Little Demon

Executive Producer

Reno 911!

Producer

Karen Sisco

Executive Producer

The American Embassy

Producer

The Funkhousers

2002

Producer

Kate Brasher

2001

Producer

Amazing Stories

Director

Mary

Director

Taxi

Director