Known For
Acting
Known Credits
216
Gender
Male
Birthday
November 17, 1944 (81 years old)
Place of Birth
Asbury Park, New Jersey, USA
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.
| 2027 | Drag...Producer | |
| 2024 | Game 7...Executive Producer | |
| 2022 | Reno 911!: It's a Wonderful Heist...Executive Producer | |
| 2022 | Little Demon...Executive Producer | |
| 2022 | He Watches...Producer | |
| 2021 | Reno 911!: The Hunt for QAnon...Executive Producer | |
| 2017 | The Fixies: Top Secret...Other | |
| 2017 | Harold and Lillian: A Hollywood Love Story...Executive Producer | |
| 2016 | Curmudgeons...Director | |
| 2016 | Curmudgeons...Producer | |
| 2014 | A Walk Among the Tombstones...Producer | |
| 2013 | Feed Me...Thanks | |
| 2011 | Nest of Vipers...Director | |
| 2011 | Skin Deep...Director | |
| 2011 | Blood Lust...Director | |
| 2007 | Even Money...Producer | |
| 2007 | Reno 911!: Miami...Producer | |
| 2007 | Freedom Writers...Producer | |
| 2006 | Relative Strangers...Producer | |
| 2006 | Bye Bye Benjamin...Executive Producer | |
| 2005 | Matilda's Movie Magic: The Making of 'Matilda'...Thanks | |
| 2005 | Matilda's Movie Magic: The Making of 'Matilda'...Director | |
| 2005 | Matilda's Movie Magic: The Making of 'Matilda'...Writer | |
| 2005 | Be Cool...Producer | |
| 2004 | Garden State...Executive Producer | |
| 2004 | Along Came Polly...Producer | |
| 2003 | Karen Sisco...Executive Producer | |
| 2003 | Duplex...Director | |
| 2003 | Camp...Producer | |
| 2003 | Reno 911!...Producer | |
| 2002 | The Funkhousers...Producer | |
| 2002 | Death to Smoochy...Director | |
| 2002 | The American Embassy...Producer | |
| 2001 | How High...Producer | |
| 2001 | Kate Brasher...Producer | |
| 2001 | The Caveman's Valentine...Producer | |
| 2000 | Erin Brockovich...Producer | |
| 2000 | Drowning Mona...Executive Producer | |
| 1999 | Man on the Moon...Producer | |
| 1998 | Living Out Loud...Producer | |
| 1998 | Out of Sight...Producer | |
| 1998 | The Pentagon Wars...Executive Producer | |
| 1997 | Gattaca...Producer | |
| 1996 | Feeling Minnesota...Producer | |
| 1996 | Matilda...Director | |
| 1996 | Matilda...Producer | |
| 1996 | Sunset Park...Producer | |
| 1995 | Get Shorty...Producer | |
| 1994 | Pulp Fiction...Executive Producer | |
| 1994 | Reality Bites...Producer | |
| 1992 | Hoffa...Director | |
| 1992 | Hoffa...Producer | |
| 1990 | Amazing Stories: The Movie II...Director | |
| 1989 | The War of the Roses...Director | |
| 1987 | Throw Momma from the Train...Director | |
| 1985 | Mary...Director | |
| 1985 | Amazing Stories...Director | |
| 1985 | A Lovely Way to Spend an Evening...Director | |
| 1985 | A Lovely Way to Spend an Evening...Writer | |
| 1984 | The Ratings Game...Director | |
| 1983 | Likely Stories, Vol. 4...Director | |
| 1983 | Likely Stories, Vol. 4...Writer | |
| 1978 | Taxi...Director | |
| 1976 | The Selling of Vince D'Angelo...Director | |
| 1975 | Minestrone...Director | |
| 1975 | Minestrone...Writer | |
| 1973 | The Sound Sleeper...Editor | |
| 1973 | The Sound Sleeper...Writer | |
| 1973 | The Sound Sleeper...Director |