Danny DeVito: Facts & Related Content

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Also Known As	Daniel Michael DeVito, Jr.
Born	November 17, 1944 (age 80) • New Jersey
Awards And Honors	Golden Globe Award (2022) • Emmy Award (1981) • Emmy Award (1981): Outstanding Supporting Actor in a Comedy or Variety or Music Series • Golden Globe Award (1980): Best Supporting Actor in a Series, Limited Series, or Motion Picture Made for Television
Notable Works	“Hoffa” • “Matilda” • “The War of the Roses” • “Throw Momma from the Train”
Notable Family Members	spouse Rhea Perlman
Married To	Rhea Perlman (1982–present)
Movies/Tv Shows (Acted In)	"Romancing the Stone" (1984) • "Renaissance Man" (1994) • "10 Items or Less" (2006) • "Terms of Endearment" (1983) • "Christmas in Love" (2004) • "Family of the Year" (2004) • "Pearl" (1997) • "Car Wash" (1976) • "When in Rome" (2010) • "Deadbeat" (2015) • "Friends" (2004) • "Nobel Son" (2007) • "Get Shorty" (1995) • "Going Ape!" (1981) • "What's the Worst That Could Happen?" (2001) • "Wiener-Dog" (2016) • "Batman Returns" (1992) • "Twins" (1988) • "Hotel Noir" (2012) • "Karen Sisco" (2003) • "Starsky and Hutch" (1977) • "The Virgin Suicides" (1999) • "Ruthless People" (1986) • "Smallfoot" (2018) • "The Comedian" (2016) • "The Money" (1976) • "Girl Walks Into a Bar" (2011) • "Throw Momma from the Train" (1987) • "The Lorax" (2012) • "The World's Greatest Lover" (1977) • "Relative Strangers" (2006) • "Taxi" (1978–1983) • "Death to Smoochy" (2002) • "Space Jam" (1996) • "The Good Night" (2007) • "Dumbo" (2019) • "Be Cool" (2005) • "It's Always Sunny in Philadelphia" (2006–2019) • "Goin' South" (1978) • "Angie" (1979) • "Other People's Money" (1991) • "Hercules" (1997) • "Austin Powers in Goldmember" (2002) • "Hurry Up, or I'll Be 30" (1973) • "Hoffa" (1992) • "The Oh in Ohio" (2006) • "Biography" (1999–2000) • "Drowning Mona" (2000) • "Sesame Street" (1988) • "Dreams of Glass" (1970) • "House Broken" (2010) • "The Larry Sanders Show" (1994) • "Look Who's Talking Now" (1993) • "Police Woman" (1977) • "Just Add Water" (2008) • "Junior" (1994) • "Jack the Bear" (1993) • "Even Money" (2006) • "CBS Schoolbreak Special" (1984) • "The Kominsky Method" (2018) • "Animal Crackers" (2017) • "One Flew Over the Cuckoo's Nest" (1975) • "Mars Attacks!" (1996) • "Johnny Dangerously" (1984) • "Bette" (2000) • "Matilda" (1996) • "Head Office" (1985) • "Deadly Hero" (1975) • "Delvecchio" (1977) • "The War of the Roses" (1989) • "Solitary Man" (2009) • "The Big Kahuna" (1999) • "Amazing Stories" (1986) • "Scalawag" (1973) • "Big Fish" (2003) • "Screwed" (2000) • "Marilyn Hotchkiss' Ballroom Dancing & Charm School" (2005) • "Heist" (2001) • "The Van" (1977) • "Man on the Moon" (1999) • "L.A. Confidential" (1997) • "Anything Else" (2003) • "The Rainmaker" (1997) • "Tin Men" (1987) • "Living Out Loud" (1998) • "Wise Guys" (1986) • "Swap Meet" (1979) • "La mortadella" (1971) • "Deck the Halls" (2006) • "Father of the Pride" (2004) • "Jumanji: The Next Level" (2019) • "My Little Pony: The Movie" (1986) • "The Jewel of the Nile" (1985) • "All the Wilderness" (2014) • "The Simpsons" (1991–2013) • "Ed" (2002) • "I'm Still Here" (2010) • "The One and Only Ivan" (2020) • "Reno 911!: Miami" (2007)
Movies/Tv Shows (Directed)	"The War of the Roses" (1989) • "Matilda" (1996) • "Duplex" (2003) • "Death to Smoochy" (2002) • "Mary" (1985) • "Hoffa" (1992) • "Throw Momma from the Train" (1987) • "Taxi" (1982–1983) • "Amazing Stories" (1986)
Movies/Tv Shows (Writing/Creator)	"The Sport Jerks" (1998)