Headshot of Danny DeVito smiling at the 2013 San Diego Comic-Con
DeVito at the 2013 San Diego Comic-Con

Danny DeVito is an American actor and filmmaker, who has been active in film since the 1970s. One of his early notable roles was as Martini in One Flew Over the Cuckoo's Nest in 1975 alongside Jack Nicholson. In the 70s and 80s, he appeared in Car Wash (1976), Terms of Endearment (1983), Romancing the Stone (1984) and its sequel The Jewel of the Nile (1985), Ruthless People (1986), Throw Momma from the Train (1987), Twins (1988), and The War of the Roses (1989). In 1992, he was cast in the role of the villain Penguin opposite Michael Keaton's Batman in Batman Returns. In the 90's, he starred in Renaissance Man (1994), and co-starred in the films Get Shorty with Gene Hackman (1995), Matilda with wife Rhea Perlman, which he also directed and produced. He played George Shapiro in 1999's Man on the Moon opposite Jim Carrey, who played Andy Kaufman, a real-life friend of DeVito's.

He appeared in his third movie with Bette Midler in 2000's Drowning Mona (2000), and his fourth movie with John Travolta in 2005's Be Cool. He added his voice to the 2012 film The Lorax, and co-starred with Keaton again in Dumbo as Max Medici (2019). He appeared in the sequel film Jumanji: The Next Level (2019).

DeVito played the role of Louie De Palma in the television series Taxi from 1978 to 1983, airing in 114 episodes. That role earned him a Golden Globe Award for Best Supporting Actor – Series, Miniseries or Television Film (1979) and a Primetime Emmy Award for Outstanding Supporting Actor in a Comedy Series (1980). He guest starred in several television series over the years such as Starsky and Hutch (1977), Friends (2004) and The Simpsons (1991, 1992, 2013). He has starred in the television series It's Always Sunny in Philadelphia as Frank Reynolds since 2006.

He and wife Rhea Perlman founded the production company Jersey Films in 1992, which have produced such films as Pulp Fiction (1994), Gattaca (1997), Erin Brockovich (2000), and Garden State (2004).[1]

As actor

Close up of Danny Devito smiling at the 2010 San Diego Comic-Con
DeVito at the 2010 San Diego Comic-Con

Film

DeVito Danny talking about the making of Smallfoot in 2018
Year Title Role Notes Refs.
1970 Dreams of Glass Thug
1971 Lady Liberty Fred Mancuso
1972 Hot Dogs for Gauguin Adrian Short film
1973 Hurry Up, or I'll Be 30 Petey
Scalawag 'Fly' Speck
1975 One Flew Over the Cuckoo's Nest Martini [2]
Deadly Hero Harry
1976 Car Wash Joe Deleted scenes
The Money Bartender
1977 The Van Andy
The World's Greatest Lover Assistant Director
1978 Goin' South 'Hog'
1979 Swap Meet Max
1981 Going Ape! Lazlo
1983 Terms of Endearment Vernon Dahlart
1984 Romancing the Stone Ralph [2]
Johnny Dangerously Burr
1985 The Jewel of the Nile Ralph
Head Office Frank Steadman
1986 Wise Guys Harry Valentini
Ruthless People Sam Stone
My Little Pony: The Movie Grundle King Voice [3]
1987 Tin Men Ernest Tilley
Throw Momma from the Train Owen Lift Also director
1988 Twins Vincent Benedict [2]
1989 The War of the Roses Gavin D'Amato Also director
1991 Other People's Money Larry Garfield
1992 Batman Returns Oswald Cobblepot / The Penguin [2]
Hoffa Bobby Ciaro Also director and producer
1993 Jack the Bear John Leary
Last Action Hero Whiskers Uncredited voice
Look Who's Talking Now Rocks Voice
1994 Renaissance Man Bill Rago
Junior Dr. Larry Arbogast
1995 Get Shorty Martin Weir Also producer
1996 Matilda Harry Wormwood / Narrator Also director and producer [4]
Space Jam Swackhammer Voice [5][3]
Mars Attacks! Rude Gambler
1997 The Rainmaker Deck Shifflet
Hercules Philoctetes Voice [6][3]
L.A. Confidential Sid Hudgens
Men in Black Alien on TV Monitor Uncredited cameo
1998 Living Out Loud Pat Francato Also producer
1999 The Big Kahuna Phil Cooper
Man on the Moon George Shapiro Also producer [2]
The Virgin Suicides Dr. Hornicker
2000 Drowning Mona Wyatt Rash Also producer
Screwed Grover Cleaver
2001 Heist Bergman
What's the Worst That Could Happen? Max Fairbanks
2002 Death to Smoochy Burke Bennet Also director
Austin Powers in Goldmember Himself as Mini-Me
2003 Anything Else Harvey Wexler
Duplex Narrator Uncredited voice; also director
Big Fish Amos Calloway
2004 Christmas in Love Brad LaGuardia
2005 Be Cool Martin Weir Also producer [7]
Marilyn Hotchkiss' Ballroom Dancing and Charm School Booth
2006 Relative Strangers Frank Menure Also producer
Even Money Walter
10 Items or Less 'Big D'
The Oh in Ohio Wayne
Deck the Halls Buddy Hall
2007 The Good Night Mel
Reno 911!: Miami District Attorney Also producer
Nobel Son Gastner
2008 Just Add Water Merl Stryker
2009 House Broken Tom 'Smokey' Cathkart
Solitary Man Jimmy
2010 When in Rome Al
2011 Girl Walks into a Bar Aldo
Revenge of the Electric Car Himself Documentary
2012 The Lorax The Lorax Voice [8][3]
Hotel Noir Eugene Portland
2014 All the Wilderness Dr. Pembry
2016 Curmudgeons Jackie Short film; also director and producer
Wiener-Dog Dave Schmerz
The Comedian Jimmy Berkowitz
2017 Animal Crackers Chesterfield Voice
2018 Smallfoot Dorgle [9][3]
2019 Dumbo Max Medici
Jumanji: The Next Level Eddie Gilpin [10]
2020 The One and Only Ivan Bob Voice
2021 The Survivor Charlie Goldman [11]
2023 Haunted Mansion Bruce
Poolman Jack
Migration Uncle Dan Voice

Television

DeVito with It's Always Sunny in Philadelphia cast mates Kaitlin Olson and Rob McElhenney at the ceremony for DeVito to receive a star on the Hollywood Walk of Fame on August 18, 2011
Year Title Role Notes Refs.
1977 Delvecchio Anthony 'Beanzie' Marott Episode: "Requiem For A Loser" [12]
Starsky and Hutch John 'John-John The Apple' DeAppoliso Episode: "The Collector" [13]
Police Woman Napoleon Episode: "Death Game"
All That Glitters Baba 10 episodes [14]
1978–1983 Taxi Louie De Palma 114 episodes [2]
1979 Angie Uncle Cheech Episode: "Uncle Cheech"
1980 The Associates Alan Swathmore Episode: "The Out of Town Trip"
1982 The Selling of Vince D'Angelo Vince D'Angelo Short film; also director
1982–1999 Saturday Night Live Himself (host) 6 episodes [15]
1984 The Ratings Game Vic De Salvo Television film; also director
CBS Schoolbreak Special Ackroyd Episode: "All the Kids Do It"
1985 Amazing Stories Herbert Episode: "The Wedding Ring"
1986 Molly and the Skywalkerz: Happily Ever After George Johnson Voice
Television special		 [3]
1988 Sesame Street Vincent van Trash Episode: "2504"
1989 Molly and the Skywalkerz: Two Daddies? George Johnson Voice
Television special
1990 The Earth Day Special Vic Television special
1991–1992; 2013 The Simpsons Herb Powell Voice; 3 episodes [16][17]
1994 The Larry Sanders Show Himself Episode: "The Gift Episode"
1997 Pearl Dean Martin Episode: "Dean Cuisine"
2002 Ed Dr. Jack Carmichael Episode: "Human Nature"
2003 Karen Sisco Charlie Lucre 2 episodes
2004 Friends Officer Roy Goodbody Episode: "The One Where the Stripper Cries" [18]
Father of the Pride Emerson Voice
Episode: "And the Revolution Continues"
2006–present It's Always Sunny in Philadelphia Frank Reynolds 155 episodes
2015 Deadbeat Giuseppe Monamocce Episode: "The Occult Leader"
2018 The Kominsky Method Dr. Wexler 2 episodes
2021 Last Week Tonight with John Oliver Himself/Chemist Episode: "Chemicals"
2022 Little Demon Satan Voice, 10 episodes; also executive producer
Storybots: Answer Time Giuseppe Episode: "Multiplication"
2023 Big City Greens Merv Stampington Voice, episode: "Long Goodbye" [3]

Video games

Year Title Voice role Refs.
1997 Disney's Animated Storybook: Hercules Philoctetes [19][3]
Disney's Hercules

Theatre

Year Title Voice role Notes Refs.
1969 Shoot Anything With Hair That Moves Frank Off-Broadway [20]
The Man With the Flower in His Mouth Friend Pe' (Jar), Marranca
1971 One Flew Over the Cuckoo's Nest Anthony Martini
1973 A Phantasmoria Historia of D. Johann Fausten Magister Performer
1974 The Merry Wives of Windsor John Rugby
1975 The Comedy of Errors Balthazar, Solinus Understudy/Off-Broadway
2012-13 The Sunshine Boys Willie Clark Savoy Theatre
Ahmanson Theatre
2017 The Price Gregory Solomon American Airlines Theatre
2023 I Need That Sam [21]

Music videos

Year Title Artist Refs.
1984 "Ghostbusters" Ray Parker Jr. [22]
1986 "When the Going Gets Tough" Billy Ocean [23]
1998 "Victory" Puff Daddy [24]
2006 "Mojo" Peeping Tom
2014 "Steal My Girl" One Direction [25]

As director and producer

Year Title Director Producer Notes Refs.
1982 The Selling of Vince D'Angelo Yes No Short film
1984 The Ratings Game Yes No Television film
1987 Throw Momma from the Train Yes No
1989 The War of the Roses Yes No
1992 Hoffa Yes Yes
1994 Reality Bites No Yes
8 Seconds No Yes
Pulp Fiction No Executive
1995 Get Shorty No Yes
1996 Matilda Yes Yes
Sunset Park No Yes
Feeling Minnesota No Yes
1997 Gattaca No Yes
1998 Out of Sight No Yes
Living Out Loud No Yes
1999 Man on the Moon No Yes
2000 Erin Brockovich No Yes
Drowning Mona No Executive
2001 How High No Yes
2002 Death to Smoochy Yes No
2003 Camp No Yes
Duplex Yes No
2004 Along Came Polly No Yes
Garden State No Executive
2005 Be Cool No Yes
Queen B Yes No Television pilot [7]
2006 Even Money No Yes
Relative Strangers No Yes
2007 Freedom Writers No Yes
Reno 911!: Miami No Yes
2014 A Walk Among the Tombstones No Yes
2016 Curmudgeons Yes Yes Short film
2022 Little Demon No Executive Television series

References

  1. ↑ Carlson, Erin (6 December 2012). "Danny DeVito 'Working On' Marriage to Rhea Perlman". The Hollywood Reporter.
  2. 1 2 3 4 5 6 Freeman, Hadley (27 February 2013). "Danny DeVito: 'No one is going to forget the 5ft guy'". The Guardian.
  3. 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 "Danny DeVito (visual voices guide)". Behind The Voice Actors. Retrieved October 6, 2023. A green check mark indicates that a role has been confirmed using a screenshot (or collage of screenshots) of a title's list of voice actors and their respective characters found in its opening and/or closing credits and/or other reliable sources of information.
  4. ↑ "Is Danny DeVito the narrator in Matilda?". treinamento24.com. Retrieved 2022-10-28.
  5. ↑ "Fan Casting Danny DeVito as Mr. Swackhammer in Space Jam: The 25th Anniversary Special on myCast". myCast - Fan Casting Your Favorite Stories. Retrieved 2022-10-28.
  6. ↑ Fuge, Jonathan (2022-08-25). "Danny DeVito Backs Calls for Him to Reprise Phil Role in Hercules Live Action Remake". MovieWeb. Retrieved 2022-11-14.
  7. 1 2 Schneider, Michael (9 March 2005). "DeVito king of 'Queen B'". Variety. Retrieved 25 April 2014.
  8. ↑ March 01, Anthony Breznican Updated; EST, 2012 at 07:08 PM. "Q&A: Danny DeVito speaks for 'The Lorax' -- EXCLUSIVE VIDEO". EW.com. Retrieved 2022-10-29.{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: numeric names: authors list (link)
  9. ↑ Weintraub, Steve (2018-09-26). "Smallfoot: Danny DeVito and Karey Kirkpatrick on Making an Animated Film". Collider. Retrieved 2022-10-28.
  10. ↑ Mia Galuppo (4 January 2019). "Danny DeVito Joins Dwayne Johnson in 'Jumanji' Sequel". The Hollywood Reporter. Retrieved 12 December 2019.
  11. ↑ Mia Galuppo (March 2019). "Danny DeVito, John Leguizamo Join Barry Levinson's Boxing Drama 'Harry Haft'". The Hollywood Reporter. Retrieved April 28, 2022.
  12. ↑ "Watch Delvecchio Season 1, Episode 18 Requiem of a Loser Online". TV Guide. Retrieved 11 December 2019.
  13. ↑ Dani Lev (November 20, 2016). "The Cast of Starsky and Hutch: Then and Now". Daily Disclosure. Retrieved December 11, 2019.
  14. ↑ DeVito, Danny. "Danny DeVito Interview Part 1 of 3 - TelevisionAcademy.com/Interviews" (Interview). Television Academy Foundation.
  15. ↑ Jeremy Fuster; Phil Owen (November 24, 2019). "'SNL' 5-Timers Club: Most Frequent Hosts, From Alec Baldwin to Will Ferrell". TheWrap. Retrieved 11 December 2019.
  16. ↑ "Danny DeVito lends his voice to 'The Simpsons'". Observer-Reporter. 11 February 1991. Retrieved 25 April 2014.
  17. ↑ ""The Simpsons" guests stars over the years". CBS. 17 February 2012. Retrieved 25 April 2014.
  18. ↑ Rebecca Hawkes (September 19, 2014). "Friends: memorable celebrity cameos". Telegraph. Retrieved December 11, 2019.
  19. ↑ "Did Danny DeVito voice Phil in Hercules?". Celebrity | Wiki, Informations & Facts. 2022-02-28. Retrieved 2022-10-29.
  20. ↑ "Danny DeVito theatre profile".
  21. ↑ Evans, Greg (July 31, 2023). "I Need That Starring Danny DeVito And Daughter Lucy DeVito Sets Broadway Opening Date". Deadline Hollywood. Retrieved August 1, 2023.
  22. ↑ https://1428elm.com/2016/07/19/original-ghostbusters-music-video-is-something-strange/
  23. ↑ Jonathan Cooper; Lisa Russell (13 January 1986). "Jewel of the Nile's Three Stars Sing Backup and Prove That You Can Help Sell a Movie with a Song". People. Retrieved April 29, 2022.
  24. ↑ Kazeem Famuyide (4 April 2012). "The 10 Most Expensive Music Videos In Hip-Hop History". Hip Hop Wired. Retrieved 9 July 2021.
  25. ↑ Lorena O'Neil (24 October 2014). "One Direction's 'Steal My Girl' Music Video Is a Danny DeVito Party in the Desert". The Hollywood Reporter. Retrieved April 29, 2022.
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