Charlie Day - wikipedia Charlie Day Charlie Day Day at the 2010 San Diego Comic - Con Charles Peckham Day ( 1976 - 02 - 09 ) February 9, 1976 ( age 42 ) New York City, New York, U.S. Occupation Actor, screenwriter, producer, comedian, musician Years active 2000 -- present Spouse ( s ) Mary Elizabeth Ellis ( m. 2006 ) Children Parents Thomas Charles Day ( father ) Mary Day ( mother ) Charles Peckham Day ( born February 9, 1976 ) is an American actor, screenwriter, producer, comedian, and musician. He is best known for playing Charlie Kelly on It 's Always Sunny in Philadelphia. On film, he is known for his role as Dale in the films Horrible Bosses ( 2011 ) and its 2014 sequel, as well as for his roles in Monsters University ( 2013 ), Pacific Rim ( 2013 ), The Lego Movie ( 2014 ), Fist Fight ( 2017 ), and Pacific Rim Uprising ( 2018 ). Contents 1 Early life 2 Career 3 Personal life 4 Filmography 4.1 Film 4.2 Television 4.3 Video games 5 Awards and nominations 6 References 7 External links Early life Day was born in New York City. His mother, Mary ( née Peckham ), was a piano teacher at The Pennfield School in Portsmouth, Rhode Island. His father, Dr. Thomas Charles Day, is a retired professor of music history at Salve Regina University in Newport, Rhode Island. His mother has English, Irish, and Welsh ancestry, while his father is of Irish and Italian descent. Day spent most of his childhood in Middletown, Rhode Island. Day attended Pennfield School and graduated from the Portsmouth Abbey School, both in Portsmouth, Rhode Island. He starred on the baseball team at the Portsmouth Abbey School, playing shortstop for the Ravens. In 1998, he received a bachelor 's degree from Merrimack College in North Andover, Massachusetts. At Merrimack, he was active in the Onstagers, Merrimack 's student theater organization. During the summers of his college years, he was active in the training programs at the Williamstown Theatre Festival in Williamstown, Massachusetts. In 2014, he received an honorary doctorate in performing arts from Merrimack, where he also delivered that year 's keynote address. Career Day at the premiere for Horrible Bosses in August 2011. Besides playing Charlie Kelly on the hit FX television series It 's Always Sunny in Philadelphia, he is also one of the show 's executive producers and one of its writers, along with Rob McElhenney and Glenn Howerton. Day has written and improvised some of the music featured in It 's Always Sunny in Philadelphia. He has also appeared on several other television shows such as Third Watch, Law & Order, and Reno 911 !. He appeared in New Line Cinema 's Horrible Bosses in July 2011, with Jason Bateman, Jason Sudeikis, Kevin Spacey, Jennifer Aniston, Colin Farrell, and Jamie Foxx. He also had a role in the 2010 film Going the Distance, alongside Justin Long, Jason Sudeikis, and Drew Barrymore. In 2013, he voiced the character Art in the Pixar animated film Monsters University and appeared in Guillermo del Toro 's film Pacific Rim. In 2017, Day starred in Fist Fight, with Ice Cube. In it, Day plays Andy Campbell, a high school English teacher challenged by his co-worker, history teacher Ronald Strickland ( Cube ), to a fight after getting him fired. In 2018, he reprised his role for the Pacific Rim sequel, Pacific Rim Uprising. Day has also been a producer for the television shows How to Be a Gentleman and Unsupervised. Day hosted the November 5, 2011 episode of Saturday Night Live ( SNL ) with Maroon 5 as the musical guest. He was the second cast member from It 's Always Sunny in Philadelphia to host SNL ( after Danny DeVito, though DeVito hosted SNL before It 's Always Sunny in Philadelphia premiered ). DeVito made a special appearance during Day 's opening monologue. In September 2014, Day provided his voice for The Sims 4 TV spots. Personal life Day has been married to actress Mary Elizabeth Ellis since March 4, 2006. They met in 2001 and were dating in 2004 when they co-starred as incestuous siblings on Reno 911 !. Ellis has a recurring role on It 's Always Sunny in Philadelphia as `` The Waitress '', an unnamed coffee shop employee and object of the unrequited love and obsession for Day 's character. The couple had their first child, a son named Russell Wallace, in 2011. Filmography Film Year Title Role Notes 2000 Mary and Rhoda Mailroom Kid Television film 2001 Late Summer Trevor Short film 2001 Campfire Stories Joe Boner 2002 Bad Company Stoner Uncredited 2005 Love Thy Neighbor Video Clerk 2008 A Quiet Little Marriage Adam Going the Distance Dan 2011 Horrible Bosses Dale Arbus 2013 Monsters University Art Voice 2013 Pacific Rim Dr. Newt Geiszler 2013 Party Central Art Voice Short film 2014 The Lego Movie Benny Voice 2014 Horrible Bosses 2 Dale Arbus 2015 Vacation Chad 2016 The Lego Movie : 4D - A New Adventure Benny Voice Short film Attraction 2016 The Hollars Jason 2017 Fist Fight Andrew `` Andy '' Campbell Also Executive Producer 2017 I Love You, Daddy Ralph 2018 Pacific Rim Uprising Dr. Newton Geiszler 2018 Hotel Artemis Acapulco 2019 The Lego Movie 2 : The Second Part Benny Voice Television Year Title Role Notes 2000 Madigan Men Clerk Episode : `` Three Guys, a Girl and a Conversation Nook '' 2001 Law & Order Jeremy Episode : `` Swept Away -- A Very Special Episode '' 2001 -- 2004 Third Watch Michael Boscorelli 5 episodes 2003 Luis Richie 10 episodes Reno 911 ! Inbred Twin Episode : `` Not Without My Mustache '' 2005 -- present It 's Always Sunny in Philadelphia Charlie Kelly 134 episodes, also executive producer and writer 2011 Saturday Night Live Himself ( host ) Episode : `` Charlie Day / Maroon 5 '' 2012 Unsupervised Jesse Judge Voice Episode : `` Jesse Judge Lawncare Incorporated '' 2012 Saturday Night Live Congressman Fenton Worthington Carrey Episode : `` Jamie Foxx / Ne - Yo '' 2012 American Dad ! Meth Head Voice Episode : `` Adventures in Hayleysitting '' 2014 Drunk History Allan Pinkerton Episode : `` Baltimore '' Video games Year Title Voice role 2013 Disney Infinity Art 2015 Lego Dimensions Benny Awards and nominations Year Award Film / Show Result 2011 Critics ' Choice Television Award Best Actor in a Comedy Series It 's Always Sunny in Philadelphia Nominated Satellite Award Best Actor -- Television Series Musical or Comedy It 's Always Sunny in Philadelphia Nominated References Jump up ^ `` Behind The Voice Actors -- Charlie Day ''. Retrieved 2014 - 01 - 06. Jump up ^ Kate Ward ( 18 November 2009 ). `` ' It 's Always Sunny in Philadelphia ' : The cast tells their story ''. EW.com. Entertainment Weekly Inc. Retrieved 19 August 2012. Jump up ^ Salve Regina University ( 2012 ). `` Faculty ''. Salve Regina University. Salve Regina University. Archived from the original on January 31, 2011. Retrieved 19 August 2012. Jump up ^ `` Charlie Day : Biography ''. IMDb.com. Retrieved 2014 - 02 - 27. Jump up ^ `` Featured Alum : Charlie Day ' 98 ''. Merrimack College. Retrieved 14 March 2016. Jump up ^ David Wolinsky ( 26 October 2010 ). `` RANDOM RULES Charlie Day ''. A.V. Club. Onion Inc. Retrieved 19 August 2012. Jump up ^ Steve ' Frosty ' Weintraub ( 11 May 2010 ). `` Jennifer Aniston, Jason Bateman, Charlie Day and Colin Farrell in Talks for HORRIBLE BOSSES for Director Seth Gordon ''. Collider.com. IndieClick Film Network. Retrieved 19 August 2012. Jump up ^ Nemiroff, Perri ( November 24, 2014 ). `` Guillermo del Toro Says PACIFIC RIM 2 Begins a Few Years After PACIFIC RIM in a Kaiju - Free World ; Charlie Day and Burn Gorman to Return ''. Collider. Jump up ^ Semigran, Aly ( 6 November 2011 ). `` ' Saturday Night Live ' recap : Turning back the clock on Charlie Day ( light savings time ) ''. Entertainment Weekly. Retrieved 6 November 2011. Jump up ^ Mary Elizabeth Ellis on IMDb ^ Jump up to : Interview with Charlie Day & Mary Elizabeth Ellis, MonsterFresh.com Jump up ^ Jessica Alba, on Jessica Alba : How I Handle the Paparazzi ( 2012 - 03 - 14 ). `` Charlie Day, Mary Elizabeth Ellis Welcome Son Russell Wallace -- Moms & Babies -- Celebrity Babies and Kids - Moms & Babies - People.com ''. Celebritybabies.people.com. Retrieved 2014 - 01 - 06. External links Wikimedia Commons has media related to Charlie Day. 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Question: who plays charlie in it's always sunny
Answer: Charles Peckham Day