Danny DeVito biography
Danny DeVito is an American actor, comedian, director and producer (born 1944), born on 17 November 1944 in Neptune Township.
Danny DeVito's screen career began in 1970 with Dreams of Glass, playing Thug.
Danny DeVito has appeared in 116 films and 29 television or streaming titles.
The most recent films are Drag (2026), A Sudden Case of Christmas (2024), Beetlejuice Beetlejuice (2024).
Honours include New Jersey Hall of Fame, Primetime Emmy Award for Outstanding Supporting Actor in a Comedy Series and star on Hollywood Walk of Fame.
Coming up next: Jumanji: Open World (2026).
- Also known as
- Danny Michael De Vito, Danny Michael DeVito Jr.
- Born
- 17 November 1944 (age 81)
- Birthplace
- Neptune Township
- Work
- Comedian, Television actor, Film actor, Film director, Film producer
- Film industries
- Hollywood and beyond
- Years active
- 1969 to present
- Awards
- New Jersey Hall of Fame
- Primetime Emmy Award for Outstanding Supporting Actor in a Comedy Series
- star on Hollywood Walk of Fame
Danny DeVito filmography
117 films and 29 television or streaming titles, newest first.
Films
| Year | Title | Role | Where | Notes |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2026 | Jumanji: Open World | Eddie Gilpin | Post-production | |
| 2026 | Drag | |||
| 2024 | A Sudden Case of Christmas | Lawrence | ||
| 2024 | Beetlejuice Beetlejuice | Janitor | ||
| 2023 | Haunted Mansion | Bruce | ||
| 2023 | Poolman | Jack | ||
| 2023 | Migration | Uncle Dan | Voice | |
| 2021 | The Survivor | Charlie Goldman | ||
| 2020 | The One and Only Ivan | Bob | Voice | |
| 2019 | Jumanji: The Next Level | Eddie Gilpin | ||
| 2019 | Dumbo | Max Medici | ||
| 2018 | Smallfoot | Dorgle | Voice | |
| 2017 | Animal Crackers | Chesterfield | Voice | |
| 2016 | Wiener-Dog | Dave Schmerz | ||
| 2016 | The Comedian | Jimmy Berkowitz | ||
| 2016 | Curmudgeons | Jackie | Short film; also director and producer | |
| 2014 | All the Wilderness | Dr. Pembry | ||
| 2014 | A Walk Among the Tombstones | |||
| 2013 | Salinger | English | ||
| 2012 | Hotel Noir | Eugene Portland | ||
| 2012 | The Lorax | The Lorax | Voice (multilanguage voice-over) | |
| 2012 | St. Sebastian | Unreleased | ||
| 2011 | Revenge of the Electric Car | English | ||
| 2011 | Girl Walks into a Bar | Aldo | ||
| 2010 | When in Rome | Al |
Show all 117 films
| Year | Title | Role | Where | Notes |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2010 | I'm Still Here | English | ||
| 2009 | Solitary Man | Jimmy | ||
| 2009 | House Broken | Tom 'Smokey' Cathkart | ||
| 2008 | Bottle Shock | English | ||
| 2008 | Just Add Water | Merl Stryker | ||
| 2007 | Nobel Son | Gastner | ||
| 2007 | The Good Night | Mel | ||
| 2007 | Reno 911!: Miami | District Attorney | Also producer | |
| 2007 | Freedom Writers | |||
| 2006 | Even Money | Walter | Also producer | |
| 2006 | 10 Items or Less | 'Big D' | ||
| 2006 | The Oh in Ohio | Wayne | ||
| 2006 | Relative Strangers | Frank Menure | Also producer | |
| 2006 | Deck the Halls | Buddy Hall | ||
| 2005 | Be Cool | Martin Weir | Also producer | |
| 2005 | Marilyn Hotchkiss' Ballroom Dancing and Charm School | Booth | ||
| 2005 | Queen B | Television pilot | ||
| 2004 | Christmas in Love | Brad LaGuardia | ||
| 2004 | Garden State | |||
| 2004 | Along Came Polly | |||
| 2003 | Big Fish | Amos Calloway | ||
| 2003 | Duplex | Narrator | Uncredited voice; also director | |
| 2003 | Anything Else | Harvey Wexler | ||
| 2003 | Camp | |||
| 2002 | Death to Smoochy | Burke Bennet | Also director | |
| 2002 | Austin Powers in Goldmember | English | ||
| 2001 | Heist | Bergman | ||
| 2001 | What's the Worst That Could Happen? | Max Fairbanks | ||
| 2001 | Spider-Man - Once Upon a Time the Super Heroes | |||
| 2001 | How High | |||
| 2000 | Screwed | Grover Cleaver | ||
| 2000 | Drowning Mona | Wyatt Rash | Also producer | |
| 2000 | Erin Brockovich | |||
| 1999 | Man on the Moon | George Shapiro | Also producer | |
| 1999 | The Virgin Suicides | Dr. Hornicker | ||
| 1999 | The Big Kahuna | Phil Cooper | ||
| 1998 | Living Out Loud | Pat Francato | Also producer | |
| 1998 | Out of Sight | |||
| 1997 | L.A. Confidential | Sid Hudgens | ||
| 1997 | Men in Black | Alien on TV Monitor | Uncredited cameo | |
| 1997 | The Rainmaker | Deck Shifflet | ||
| 1997 | Hercules | Philoctetes | Voice | |
| 1997 | Gattaca | |||
| 1997 | Disney's Hercules | Philoctetes | ||
| 1997 | Disney's Animated Storybook: Hercules | Philoctetes | ||
| 1996 | Mars Attacks! | Rude Gambler | ||
| 1996 | Matilda | Harry Wormwood / Narrator | Also director and producer | |
| 1996 | Sunset Park | |||
| 1996 | Space Jam | Swackhammer | Voice | |
| 1996 | Feeling Minnesota | |||
| 1995 | Get Shorty | Martin Weir | Also producer | |
| 1994 | Renaissance Man | Bill Rago | ||
| 1994 | Junior | Dr. Larry Arbogast | ||
| 1994 | Reality Bites | |||
| 1994 | Pulp Fiction | |||
| 1994 | 8 Seconds | |||
| 1993 | Last Action Hero | Whiskers | Uncredited voice | |
| 1993 | Look Who's Talking Now | Rocks | Voice | |
| 1993 | Jack the Bear | John Leary | ||
| 1992 | Hoffa | Bobby Ciaro | Also director and producer | |
| 1992 | Batman Returns | Oswald Cobblepot / The Penguin | ||
| 1991 | Other People's Money | Larry Garfield | ||
| 1989 | The War of the Roses | Gavin D'Amato | Also director | |
| 1988 | Twins | Vincent Benedict | ||
| 1987 | Throw Momma from the Train | Owen Lift | Also director | |
| 1987 | Tin Men | Ernest Tilley | ||
| 1986 | Ruthless People | Sam Stone | ||
| 1986 | Wise Guys | Harry Valentini | ||
| 1986 | My Little Pony: The Movie | Grundle King | Voice | |
| 1985 | The Jewel of the Nile | Ralph | ||
| 1985 | Head Office | Frank Steadman | ||
| 1985 | A Lovely Way to Spend an Evening | Short film, created for Likely Stories | ||
| 1984 | Romancing the Stone | Ralph | ||
| 1984 | Johnny Dangerously | Burr | ||
| 1983 | Terms of Endearment | Vernon Dahlart | ||
| 1981 | Going Ape! | Lazlo | ||
| 1979 | Valentine | Dewey | Made-for-TV film | |
| 1979 | Swap Meet | Max | ||
| 1978 | Goin' South | 'Hog' | ||
| 1977 | The World's Greatest Lover | Assistant Director | ||
| 1977 | The Van | Andy | ||
| 1976 | The Money | Bartender | ||
| 1976 | Car Wash | Joe | Deleted scenes | |
| 1975 | One Flew Over the Cuckoo's Nest | Martini | ||
| 1975 | Minestrone | Short film | ||
| 1975 | Deadly Hero | Harry | ||
| 1973 | Scalawag | Fly Speck | ||
| 1973 | Hurry Up, or I'll Be 30 | Petey | ||
| 1973 | The Sound Sleeper | Short film | ||
| 1972 | Hot Dogs for Gauguin | Adrian | Short film | |
| 1971 | Lady Liberty | Fred Mancuso | ||
| 1970 | Dreams of Glass | Thug |
Television and streaming
| Year | Title | Role | Where | Notes |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2025 | Rick and Morty | Dr. Dogballs | Voice; episode: "The CuRicksous Case of Bethjamin Button" | |
| 2025 | Abbott Elementary | Frank Reynolds | Crossover episode: "Volunteers" | |
| 2023 | Big City Greens | Merv Stampington | Voice; episode: "Long Goodbye" | |
| 2022 | Storybots: Answer Time | Giuseppe | Episode: "Multiplication" | |
| 2022 | Little Demon | Satan | Voice; 10 episodes; also executive producer | |
| 2018 | The Kominsky Method | Dr. Wexler | 2 episodes | |
| 2015 | Deadbeat | Giuseppe Monamocce | Episode: "The Occult Leader" | |
| 2006 | It's Always Sunny in Philadelphia | Frank Reynolds | 169 episodes | |
| 2004 | Friends | Officer Roy Goodbody | Episode: "The One Where the Stripper Cries" | |
| 2004 | Father of the Pride | Emerson | Voice; episode: "And the Revolution Continues" | |
| 2003 | Karen Sisco | Charlie Lucre | 2 episodes | |
| 2002 | Ed | Dr. Jack Carmichael | Episode: "Human Nature" | |
| 1997 | Pearl | Dean Martin | Episode: "Dean Cuisine" | |
| 1991 | The Simpsons | Herb Powell | Voice; 4 episodes | |
| 1990 | The Earth Day Special | Vic | Television special | |
| 1989 | Molly and the Skywalkerz: Two Daddies? | George Johnson | Voice; television special | |
| 1988 | Sesame Street | Vincent van Trash | Episode: "2504" | |
| 1986 | Molly and the Skywalkerz: Happily Ever After | George Johnson | Voice; television special | |
| 1985 | Amazing Stories | Herbert | Episode: "The Wedding Ring" | |
| 1984 | The Ratings Game | Vic De Salvo | Television film; also director | |
| 1984 | CBS Schoolbreak Special | Ackroyd | Episode: "All the Kids Do It" | |
| 1982 | The Selling of Vince D'Angelo | Vince D'Angelo | Short film; also director | |
| 1980 | The Associates | Alan Swathmore | Episode: "The Out of Town Trip" | |
| 1979 | Angie | Uncle Cheech | Episode: "Uncle Cheech" | |
| 1978 | Taxi | Louie De Palma | 114 episodes |
Show all 29 titles
| Year | Title | Role | Where | Notes |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1977 | Starsky & Hutch | John 'John-John The Apple' DeAppoliso | Episode: "The Collector" | |
| 1977 | Police Woman | Napoleon | Episode: "Death Game" | |
| 1977 | Delvecchio | Anthony 'Beanzie' Marott | Episode: "Requiem For A Loser" | |
| 1977 | All That Glitters | Baba | 10 episodes |