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Daniel Michael DeVito Jr. (born November 17, 1944) is an Emmy Award-winning American actor, director, and an Oscar-nominated producer, who first gained prominence for his portrayal of "Louie De Palma" on the popular ABC and NBC TV series Taxi (1978–1983). This sitcom was not widely distributed outside of North America; in most other countries he is known primarily for his film work. He currently plays Frank Reynolds on the FX show It's Always Sunny in Philadelphia.
DeVito was born in Neptune, New Jersey to Italian-American Catholic parents. He boarded at Oratory Preparatory School, in Summit, New Jersey, graduating in 1961. He married actress Rhea Perlman on January 28, 1982. They have three children, Lucie Chet DeVito (born March 1983), who graduated from Brown University in 2005, Grace Fan DeVito (born March 1985) and Jacob Daniel DeVito (born October 1987), who currently attends Oberlin College in Ohio.
After Taxi, DeVito launched a successful movie career, beginning as the comic rogue in the 1984 romantic adventure Romancing the Stone, starring Michael Douglas and Kathleen Turner. All three reprised their roles in the 1985 sequel, The Jewel of the Nile. In 1987, DeVito made his feature directing debut on dark comedy Throw Momma from the Train, in which he additionally starred, opposite Billy Crystal and Anne Ramsey. Two years later DeVito reunited with Douglas and Turner to direct and star with them in the The War of the Roses.
Other notable work during this time includes director Barry Levinson's Tin Men as a competitive salesman to Richard Dreyfuss, two co-starring vehicles with Arnold Schwarzenegger, the comedies Twins and Junior, and the villain The Penguin in director Tim Burton's Batman Returns (1992). It is said that Jack Nicholson convinced DeVito to play The Penguin since Nicholson enjoyed great success as The Joker in the original Batman from 1989.Rather than portraying The Penguin as a cute little man as he was in the comics DeVito portrayed the Penguin as a deformed psychopath.
Although generally a comic actor, DeVito expanded into drama with such movies as Hoffa (1992), which he directed and in which he co-starred with Jack Nicholson; L.A. Confidential as a sleazy reporter (1997); The Big Kahuna as a compassionate salesman (1999); and Heist (2001), as a gangster nemesis to Gene Hackman.
DeVito grew up with a great passion for documentaries. And so in 2006, he began a partnership with Morgan Freeman's company ClickStar, where he hosts a documentary channel called Jersey Docs.
Stature
DeVito is well known for his height - standing only 5' 0", making him small enough to be considered a dwarf. Some of his movies make in-jokes to this fact, such as his pairing up with Schwarzenegger in Twins for example. He also played the ringmaster in Big Fish to make Karl the Giant seem even larger, and had a cameo in Austin Powers in Goldmember as a film-within-a-film version of Mini-Me. Additionally, in the film Get Shorty, DeVito plays an actor who is cast as Napoleon in the movie.
Producer
In addition to acting, DeVito has become a major film and television producer. Through his production company, Jersey Films, he has produced many movies, including Pulp Fiction, Get Shorty, Erin Brockovich, and Garden State. DeVito has also produced the Comedy Central series Reno 911!.
In 1999, DeVito produced and co-starred in Man On The Moon, a movie about the unusual life of his former Taxi co-star, Andy Kaufman.
Director
DeVito has directed six motion pictures, Throw Momma From the Train (1987), The War of the Roses (1989), Hoffa (1992), Matilda (1996), Death to Smoochy (2002), and Duplex (2003). He is set to direct his sixth feature, 2007's I Married a Witch, which will star Tom Cruise & Famke Janssen.
His films tend to have a bizarre, neo-surrealistic sensibility and gallows humor, though this was absent in the straightforward Hoffa biopic. This approach served him well at times, especially in The War of the Roses which was a commercial and critical success, however his last two films have not been anywhere as successful.
Television
In addition to his Taxi work, DeVito has voiced Herb Powell Homer Simpson's half-brother, on two episodes of The Simpsons. He earned a 2004 Emmy nomination for Outstanding Guest Actor in a Comedy Series, an episode of Friends, following four Emmy nominations (including a 1981 win) for Outstanding Supporting Actor in a Comedy, for Taxi. In 2006, DeVito joined the cast of the FX Networks television series It's Always Sunny in Philadelphia.
Personal
DeVito is married to actress Rhea Perlman, with whom he has three children - Lucie Chet DeVito (born March 1983), Grace Fan DeVito (born March 1985) and Jacob Daniel DeVito (born October 1987). DeVito and his family live in Manalapan, New Jersey. He is an outspoken Democrat and vegetarian.
Selected filmography
Film Year Role Notes
One Flew Over the Cuckoo's Nest 1975 Martini
The Van 1977 Andy
Terms of Endearment 1983 Vernon Dahlart
Romancing the Stone 1984 Ralph
The Ratings Game 1984 Vic De Salvo Showtime cable telefilm
The Jewel of the Nile 1985 Ralph
Wise Guys 1986 Harry Valentini
Ruthless People 1986 Sam Stone
My Little Pony: The Movie 1986 The Grundle King Voice
Throw Momma from the Train 1987 Owen Lift Director
Tin Men 1987 Ernest Tilley
Twins 1988 Vincent Benedict
The War of the Roses 1989 Gavin D'Amato Director
Other People's Money 1991 Larry Garfield
Batman Returns 1992 The Penguin
Hoffa 1992 Bobby Ciaro Producer
Jack the Bear 1993 John Leary
Reality Bites 1994 N/A Producer
Pulp Fiction 1994 N/A Executive producer
Renaissance Man 1994 Bill Rago
Get Shorty 1995 Martin Weir
Mars Attacks! 1996 Rude Gambler
Matilda 1996 Harry Wormwood Director
Space Jam 1996 Mr. Swackhammer Voice
The Rainmaker 1997 Deck Shifflet
Hercules 1997 Philoctetes Voice
L.A. Confidential 1997 Sid Hudgens
The Big Kahuna 1999 Phil Cooper
Man On The Moon 1999 George Shapiro Producer
The Virgin Suicides 1999 Dr. Hornicker
Drowning Mona 2000 Wyatt Rash
Erin Brockovich 2000 N/A Producer
Screwed 2000 Grover Cleaver
The Heist 2001 Bergman
What's the Worst That Could Happen? 2001 Max Fairbanks
Goldmember 2002 Mini-Me Cameo
Death to Smoochy 2002 Burke Bennet Director
Big Fish 2003 Amos Calloway
Christmas in Love 2004 Brad
Be Cool 2005 Martin Weir
Marilyn Hotchkiss' Ballroom Dancing and Charm School 2005 Booth
Relative Strangers 2006 Frank Menure
The OH in Ohio 2006 Wayne
Nobel Son 2006 Gastner
The Good Night 2006 Mel
One Part Sugar 2006 Meryl
Deck the Halls 2006 Buddy Hall
Valerie Plame Project (2007 in production) 2007 Ambassador Joseph Wilson
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