Danny DeVito Highlights

  • 2007: Co-starred in Mark Rydell's "Even Money," a series of intertwining stories on how gambling and drugs destroy people's lives
  • 2007: Cast in Jake Paltrow's directorial debut, "The Good Night"
  • 2006: Joined the cast of the FX comedy "It's Always Sunny in Philadelphia" in it's second season
  • 2006: Partnered with Morgan Freeman's company ClickStar, to host a documentary channel called "Jersey Docs"
  • 2005: Reunited with John Travolta to play Martin Weir in "Be Cool" the sequal to "Get Shorty"
  • 2004: Guest starred on an episode of "Friends" as Roy, the Stripper; received an Emmy nomination for Outstanding Guest Actor in a Comedy series
  • 2003: Helmed the romantic comedy "The Duplex", featuring Ben Stiller and Drew Barrymore
  • 2003: Appeared in Tim Burton's "Big Fish"
  • 2003: Cast in the Woody Allen comedy "Anything Else"
  • 2002: Directed "Death to Smoochy"
  • 2001: Played leading role in the screen comedy, "What's the Worst That Could Happen?"
  • 2001: Was one of the producers of "Caveman's Valentine", the opening night film at the 2001 Sundance Film Festival
  • 2001: Served as an executive producer on the CBS drama series "Kate Brasher"; Rhea Perlman had co-starring role
  • 2000: Served as a producer on the box-office hit "Erin Brockovich", starring Julia Roberts; earned Oscar nomination for Best Picture
  • 2000: Reteamed with Bette Midler in the feature "Drowning Mona"; also served as one of the executive producers
  • 1999: Cast alongside Kevin Spacey and Peter Facinelli in the drama "The Big Kahuna"
  • 1998: Had rare romantic role opposite Holly Hunter in the comedy-drama "Living Out Loud"
  • 1997: Portrayed smarmy tabloid columnist in Curtis Hanson's "L.A. Confidential"
  • 1997: Reunited with producer Michael Douglas, acting in "John Grisham's The Rainmaker", directed by Francis Ford Coppola
  • 1996: Produced, directed and acted in film adaptation of Roald Dahl's novel "Matilda"; also co-starred with Perlman
  • 1994: Served as executive producer on Quentin Tarantino's smash hit "Pulp Fiction"
  • 1994: First executive producing credit on a feature, "8 Seconds"
  • 1994: First producing credit on a film which he did not also direct, "Reality Bites"
  • 1993: Supplied the voice of Whiskers for the feature film, "The Last Action Hero" and the voice of Rocks for the feature, "Look Who's Talking Now"
  • 1992: Played the Penguin in Tim Burton's "Batman Returns"
  • 1992: First feature producing credit, "Hoffa"; also directed
  • 1987: Feature directing debut, "Throw Momma from the Train"; also starred
  • 1986: Starred opposite wife Rhea Perlman in the second season premiere of the NBC anthology series, "Amazing Stories"; also directed the episode, entitled "The Wedding Ring"
  • 1986: First received top billing in a feature in Brian De Palma's "Wise Guys", a comedy co-starring Joe Piscopo
  • 1985: Directed the premiere episode of the CBS sitcom, "Mary", starring Mary Tyler Moore
  • 1984: Made TV-movie directing debut, "The Ratings Game", which aired on The Movie Channel; also starred in film
  • 1979: TV-movie debut, "Valentine" (ABC)
  • 1978: TV debut as Louis De Palma on the ABC (NBC for its last season) sitcom, "Taxi"
  • 1975: Breakthrough acting role, when director Milos Forman and Michael Douglas, serving as producer, asked DeVito to recreate the part of Martini for the screen version of "One Flew Over the Cuckoo's Nest"
  • 1975: DeVito and Perlman received grant from American Film Institute to write and produce a second short film, "Minestrone", which was shown at the Cannes Film Festival and eventually translated into five languages for screenings abroad; was his first film in 35mm and color
  • 1973: Co-wrote and produced (with Rhea Perlman) first short film, "The Sound Sleeper", in black and white
  • 1972: Began making regular feature film appearances with his supporting role in the Italian-French co-production, "La mortadella/Lady Liberty", starring Sophia Loren
  • 1971: Appeared in the Off-Off-Broadway productions, "The Shrinking Bride" and "One Flew Over the Cuckoo's Nest"
  • 1970: Began living with Perlman in an apartment they subletted from Douglas; Douglas had shared apartment with De Vito prior to moving to L.A. and continued to pay half the $150 rent even after Perlman moved in
  • 1969: Off-Broadway debut in the leading role of one of three one-act plays jointly entitled "The Man With the Flower in His Mouth"
  • 1968: Feature film acting debut in "Dreams of Glass"
  • 1966: Met Michael Douglas while studying at the AADA and working at the Eugene O'Neill Foundation when the two were at the National Playwrights Conference in Waterford, CT
  • 1963: Worked as hairdresser for one year at his sister's shop in New Jersey at age 18 (date approximate)
  • Voiced the part of Herb Powell, Homer Simpson's long-lost half-brother, on several episodes of the popular animated Fox sitcom, "The Simpsons", beginning in 1991
  • Grew up in Asbury Park, NJ
  • After graduating from the AADA, tried to find acting work in New York and later Los Angeles, but eventually moved back to the New York area
  • TV directing debut with three episodes of "Taxi"
  • Co-founded production company, Jersey Films, with wife Rhea Perlman

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