# Danny DeVito

Daniel Michael "Danny" DeVito, Jr. (Neptune Township, Nova Jersey, 17 de novembre de 1944) és un actor, director, i també productor estatunidenc. Va començar a ser conegut pel seu paper de Louie De Palma a la sèrie televisiva de les companyies ABC i NBC Taxi (1978–1983), per la qual guanyà el Golden Globe i un Emmy.
DeVito i la seva esposa, Rhea Perlman, fundaren Jersey Films, una companyia productora coneguda per pel·lícules com Pulp Fiction, Garden State, i Freedom Writers. DeVito també és propietari de Jersey Television, que produeix sèries com Comedy Central i Reno 911!. DeVito i Perlman també protagonitzaren la pel·lícula de 1996 Matilda, basada en una novel·la infantil de Roald Dahl.

## Biografia

DeVito va néixer a Neptune Township, fill de Julia, mestressa de casa i Daniel Michael DeVito, Sr., petit empressari. DeVito és descendent d'italians, va créixer a Asbury Park i va estudiar interpretació a l'American Academy of Dramatic Arts, on es va graduar el 1966.
DeVito va fer de Martini a la pel·lícula de 1975 Algú va volar sobre el niu del cucut, reprenent aquest paper per l'obra teatral del mateix títol a off-Broadway.

## Productor

DeVito ha produït molts films incloent-hi Pulp Fiction, Get Shorty, Erin Brockovich, Gattaca, i Garden State.

## Director

DeVito ha dirigit les pel·lícules següents:
* Throw Momma from the Train (1987)
* La guerra dels Rose (1989)
* Hoffa (1992)
* Matilda (1996)
* Death to Smoochy (2002)
* Dúplex (2003)
* The True Confessions of Charlotte Doyle (2011)
DeVito és copropietari d'un restaurant anomenat DeVito South Beach a Miami Beach, Florida.

## Filmografia

| Any | Film | Paper | Notes |
| 1971 | Lady Liberty | Fred Mancuso | |
| 1972 | Hot Dogs for Gauguin | Adrian | |
| 1973 | Hurry Up, Or I'll Be 30 | Petey | Also known as I Am Waiting No More |
| 1975 | Algú va volar sobre el niu del cucut | Martini | |
| 1976 | Car Wash | Joe | |
| 1978 | Camí del sud (Goin' South) | Hog, Moon's Old Gang | |
| 1981 | Going Ape! | Lazlo | Nominat - Razzie Award pel pitjor actor secundari |
| 1983 | Terms of Endearment | Vernon Dahlart | |
| 1984 | Romancing the Stone | Ralph | |
| 1984 | The Ratings Game | Vic De Salvo | Showtime Debut com a director |
| 1984 | Johnny perillosament (Johnny Dangerously) | Burr | |
| 1985 | La joia del Nil (The Jewel of the Nile) | Ralph | |
| 1985 | Head Office | Dicks | |
| 1986 | Wise Guys | Harry Valentini | |
| 1986 | Ruthless People | Sam Stone | Nominat — Globus d'Or al millor actor musical o còmic |
| 1986 | My Little Pony: The Movie | The Grundle King | Veu |
| 1987 | Throw Momma from the Train | Owen Lift | Director Nominat — Globus d'Or al millor actor musical o còmic |
| 1987 | Tin Men | Ernest Tilley | |
| 1988 | Twins | Vincent Benedict | |
| 1989 | La guerra dels Rose (The War of the Roses) | Gavin D'Amato | Director Nominat — Os d'Or (Festival Internacional de Cinema de Berlín) |
| 1991 | Other People's Money | Larry Garfield | |
| 1992 | El retorn de Batman (Batman Returns) | The Penguin | Nominat — Saturn Award for Best Supporting Actor Nominat — MTV Movie Award for Best Villain Nominat — Razzie Award for Worst Supporting Actor |
| 1992 | Hoffa | Bobby Ciaro | Producer, Director Nominat — Os d'Or (Festival Internacional de Cinema de Berlín) |
| 1993 | Jack the Bear | John Leary | |
| 1993 | Last Action Hero | Whiskers | Veu, no surt als crèdits |
| 1993 | Mira qui parla ara (Look Who's Talking Now) | Rox | Veu |
| 1994 | Reality Bites | N/A | Productor |
| 1994 | Junior | Dr. Larry Arbogast | |
| 1994 | Pulp Fiction | N/A | Productor executiu |
| 1994 | Un poeta entre reclutes (Renaissance Man) | Bill Rago | |
| 1995 | Get Shorty | Martin Weir | Nominat — Screen Actors Guild Award for Outstanding Performance by a Cast in a Motion Picture |
| 1996 | Mars Attacks! | Rude Gambler | |
| 1996 | Matilda | Harry Wormwood | Director, Productor, narrador Nominat — Satellite Award for Best Supporting Actor - Motion Picture |
| 1996 | Space Jam | Mr. Swackhammer | Veu |
| 1997 | The Rainmaker | Deck Shifflet | Nominat — Satellite Award for Best Supporting Actor - Motion Picture |
| 1997 | Gattaca | N/A | Producer |
| 1997 | Hèrcules | Philoctetes | Voice |
| 1997 | L.A. Confidential | Sid Hudgens | Nominat — Screen Actors Guild Award for Outstanding Performance by a Cast in a Motion Picture |
| 1998 | Living Out Loud | Pat Francato | Nominat — Chlotrudis Award for Best Actor |
| 1999 | El peix gros (The Big Kahuna) | Phil Cooper | |
| 1999 | Man on the Moon | George Shapiro | Productor |
| 1999 | The Virgin Suicides | Dr. Hornicker | |
| 2000 | Tothom la volia morta (Drowning Mona) | Wyatt Rash | |
| 2000 | Erin Brockovich | N/A | Producer Nominat — Academy Award for Best Picture Nominat — BAFTA Award for Best Picture |
| 2000 | How High | N/A | Producer |
| 2000 | Screwed | Grover Cleaver | |
| 2001 | L'últim cop (Heist) | Bergman | |
| 2001 | Què més pot passar? (What's the Worst That Could Happen?) | Max Fairbanks | |
| 2002 | Austin Powers | Cameo in film "Austinpussy" |
| 2002 | Smoochy (Death to Smoochy) | Burke Bennet | Director |
| 2003 | Anything Else | Harvey Wexler | |
| 2003 | Big Fish | Amos Calloway | |
| 2003 | Camp | N/A | Producer |
| 2003 | Dúplex | N/A | Director i narrador |
| 2004 | Christmas in Love | Brad LaGuardia | |
| 2004 | Garden State | N/A | Producer |
| 2004 | Friends | Officer Goodbody | Guest Actor Nominat - Primetime Emmy Award for Outstanding Guest Actor in a Comedy Series |
| 2005-present | It's Always Sunny in Philadelphia | Frank Reynolds | |
| 2005 | Be Cool | Martin Weir | |
| 2005 | Marilyn Hotchkiss' Ballroom Dancing and Charm School | Booth | |
| 2006 | Relative Strangers | Frank Menure | |
| 2006 | Even Money | Walter | |
| 2006 | The Oh in Ohio | Wayne | |
| 2006 | Deck the Halls | Buddy Hall | |
| 2007 | The Good Night | Mel | |
| 2007 | Reno 911!: Miami | Fiscal | També productor |
| 2007 | Just Add Water | Merl | |
| 2007 | Nobel Son | Gastner | |
| 2009 | House Broken | Cathkart | |
| 2009 | Solitary Man | Jimmy | |
| 2010 | When in Rome | Al | |
| 2011 | Girl Walks Into a Bar | Aldo | |
| 2012 | The Lorax | | |
| 2016 | Wiener-Dog | | |
| 2019 | Dumbo | | |
| 2019 | Jumanji: The Next Level | | |

## Referències

* ↑ «Danny DeVito Biography - Yahoo! Movies». Movies.yahoo.com, 17-11-1944. [Consulta: 10 febrer 2010].
* ↑ «Danny DeVito Biography (1944-)». Filmreference.com. [Consulta: 10 febrer 2010].
* ↑ «Berlinale: 1990 Programme». berlinale.de. Arxivat de l'original el 2005-05-08. [Consulta: 20 març 2011].
* ↑ «Berlinale: 1993 Programme». berlinale.de. Arxivat de l'original el 2013-07-22. [Consulta: 31 maig 2011].

## Enllaços externs

* Danny DeVito's Guest DJ Set on KCRW KCRW Guest DJ Set