Personal Info
Known For
Acting
Gender
Male
Birthday
11/17/1944
Place of Birth
Asbury Park, New Jersey, USA
Also Known As
Daniel Michael DeVito Jr.Danny De VitoΝτάνι Ντε Βίτο
Danny DeVito
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 Kah...
Known For
The Lorax
as The Lorax (voice)
Jumanji: The Next Level
as Eddie
Migration
as Uncle Dan (voice)
Big Fish
as Amos Calloway
Smallfoot
as Dorgle (voice)
One Flew Over the Cuckoo's Nest
as Martini
The Rainmaker
as Deck Shifflet
Twins
as Vincent Benedict
Men in Black
as Alien on TV Monitor (uncredited)
Get Shorty
as Martin Weir
Going Ape!
as Lazlo
Batman Returns
as Oswald Cobblepot / The Penguin
Beetlejuice Beetlejuice
as Janitor
Felony
as Featured Extra
Matilda
as Harry Wormwood / Narrator (voice)
Junior
as Dr. Larry Arbogast
Even Money
as Walter
Hercules
as Philoctetes (voice)
Scalawag
as Fly Speck
Romancing the Stone
as Ralph
Career Timeline
2025
2024
2023
2022
2021
2019
2018
2017
2016
2014
Variety Studio: Actors on Actors
as Self
Today's the Day
as Mr. Bees
Last Week Tonight with John Oliver
as Chemist
Deadbeat
as Giuseppe Monamocce
Illumination 7 Mini-Movie Collection
as The Lorax
All the Wilderness
as Walter Pembry
Late Night with Seth Meyers
as Self
The Tonight Show Starring Jimmy Fallon
as Self
2012
2010
2009
2008
2007
2006
Deck the Halls
as Buddy Hall
10 Items or Less
as Big D
Boffo! Tinseltown's Bombs and Blockbusters
as Self
Relative Strangers
as Frank Menure
My Girlfriend's Abroad
as Uncle Rick (uncredited)
The Oh in Ohio
as Wayne the Pool Guy
Marilyn Hotchkiss' Ballroom Dancing & Charm School
as Booth
2005
Made in Hollywood
as Self
It's Always Sunny in Philadelphia
as Frank Reynolds
My Movie About Making 'Matilda' by Mara Wilson
as Self
Matilda's Movie Magic: The Making of 'Matilda'
as Himself
Be Cool, Very Cool
as Self
Saturday Night Live in the '80s: Lost and Found
as Self
Be Cool
as Martin Weir
The Late Late Show with Craig Ferguson
as Self
The Divine Bette Midler
as Self