Danny DeVito filmography

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DeVito at the San Diego Comic-Con in July 2013

American actor, director, producer, and screenwriter, Danny DeVito has been active in film since the 1970s. One of his early notable roles was as Martini in *One Flew Over the Cuckoo's Nest* in 1975 alongside Jack Nicholson. In the 70s and 80s, he appeared in *Car Wash* (1976), *Terms of Endearment* (1983), *Romancing the Stone* (1984) and its sequel *The Jewel of the Nile* (1985), *Ruthless People* (1986), *Throw Momma from the Train* (1987), *Twins* (1988), *The War of the Roses* (1989). In 1992, he was cast in the role of the villain Penguin with Michael Keaton's Batman in *Batman Returns*. In the 90's, he starred in *Renaissance Man* (1994), and co-starred in the films *Get Shorty* with Gene Hackman (1995), *Matilda* with wife Rhea Perlman, which he also directed and produced. He played George Shapiro in 1999's *Man on the Moon* opposite Jim Carrey, who played Andy Kauffman, a real-life friend of DeVito's.

He appeared in his third movie with Bette Midler in 2000's *Drowning Mona* (2000), and his fourth movie with John Travolta in 2005's *Be Cool*. He added his voice to the 2012 film *The Lorax*, and co-starred with Keaton again in *Dumbo* as Max Medici (2019). He appeared in the sequel film *Jumanji: The Next Level* (2019).

DeVito played the role of Louie De Palma in the television series *Taxi* from 1978 to 1983, airing in 114 episodes. That role earned him a Golden Globe Award for Best Supporting Actor – Series, Miniseries or Television Film (1979) and a Primetime Emmy Award for Outstanding Supporting Actor in a Comedy Series (1980). He guest starred in several television series over the years such as *Starsky and Hutch* (1977), *Friends* (2004) and *The Simpsons* (1991, 1992, 2013). He has starred in the television series *It's Always Sunny in Philadelphia* as Frank Reynolds since 2006.

He and wife Rhea Perlman founded the production company Jersey Films in 1992, which have produced such films as *Pulp Fiction* (1994), *Gattaca* (1997), *Erin Brockovich* (2000), and *Garden State* (2004).[1]

## Contents

* 1As actor
	+ 1.1Film
	+ 1.2Television
	+ 1.3Video games
	+ 1.4Music videos
* 2As director and producer
* 3References
* 4External links

## As actor[edit]

DeVito at the San Diego Comic-Con in 2010

### Television[edit]

DeVito with *It's Always Sunny in Philadelphia* cast mates Kaitlin Olson and Rob McElhenney at the ceremony for DeVito to receive a star on the Hollywood Walk of Fame on August 18, 2011

## External links[edit]

* Danny DeVito at IMDb

* v
* t
* e

* *The Ratings Game* (1984)
* *Throw Momma from the Train* (1987)
* *The War of the Roses* (1989)
* *Hoffa* (1992)
* *Matilda* (1996)
* *Death to Smoochy* (2002)
* *Duplex* (2003)
 Produced
* *8 Seconds* (1994)
* *Pulp Fiction* (1994)
* *Get Shorty* (1995)
* *Sunset Park* (1996)
* *Feeling Minnesota* (1996)
* *Gattaca* (1997)
* *Out of Sight* (1998)
* *Living Out Loud* (1998)
* *Man on the Moon* (1999)
* *Drowning Mona* (2000)
* *Erin Brockovich* (2000)
* *The Caveman's Valentine* (2001)
* *How High* (2001)
* *Camp* (2003)
* *Along Came Polly* (2004)
* *Be Cool* (2005)
* *Even Money* (2006)
* *Relative Strangers* (2006)
* *Freedom Writers* (2007)
* *Reno 911!: Miami* (2007)
* *A Walk Among the Tombstones* (2014)

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* Male actor filmographies
* Director filmographies
* American filmographies