Danny DeVito filmography
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The following is the filmography for American actor Danny DeVito. He has appeared in the films One Flew Over the Cuckoo's Nest (1975), "Carwash" 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), Batman Returns (1992), Get Shorty (1995), Matilda (1996), Man on the Moon (1999), Drowning Mona (2000), Be Cool (2005), and added his voice to the 2012 film The Lorax. He has been 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, and together have produced the films Erin Brockovich (2000), How High (2000), and Garden State (2004).[1]
As actor
Film
Year | Title | Role | Notes |
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1971 | Lady Liberty | Fred Mancuso | |
1972 | Hot Dogs for Gauguin | Adrian | |
1973 | Hurry Up, or I'll Be 30 | Petey | |
Scalawag | Fly Speck | ||
1975 | One Flew Over the Cuckoo's Nest[2] | Martini | |
1976 | Car Wash | Joe | Deleted scenes only |
1977 | The Van | Andy | |
1978 | Goin' South | Hog | |
1981 | Going Ape! | Lazlo | |
1983 | Terms of Endearment | Vernon Dahlart | |
1984 | Romancing the Stone[2] | Ralph | |
Johnny Dangerously | Burr | ||
1985 | The Jewel of the Nile | Ralph | Also in "When the Going Gets Tough" music video with Kathleen Turner and Michael Douglas[3] |
Head Office | Frank Steadman | ||
1986 | Wise Guys | Harry Valentini | |
Ruthless People | Sam Stone | ||
My Little Pony: The Movie | The Grundle King (voice) | ||
1987 | Tin Men | Ernest Tilley | |
Throw Momma from the Train | Owen Lift | Also director | |
1988 | Twins[2] | Vincent Benedict | |
1989 | The War of the Roses | Gavin D'Amato | Also director |
1991 | Other People's Money | Larry Garfield | |
1992 | Batman Returns[2] | The Penguin | |
Hoffa | Bobby Ciaro | Also producer and director | |
1993 | Jack the Bear | John Leary | |
Last Action Hero | Whiskers (voice) | Uncredited | |
Look Who's Talking Now | Rox (voice) | ||
1994 | Renaissance Man | Bill Rago | |
Junior | Dr. Larry Arbogast | ||
1995 | Get Shorty | Martin Weir | Also producer |
1996 | Matilda | Harry Wormwood / Narrator | Also producer and director |
Space Jam | Mr. Swackhammer (voice) | ||
Mars Attacks! | Rude Gambler | ||
1997 | The Rainmaker | Deck Shifflet | |
Hercules | Philoctetes (voice) | ||
L.A. Confidential | Sid Hudgens | ||
1998 | Living Out Loud | Pat Francato | Also producer |
1999 | The Big Kahuna | Phil Cooper | |
Man on the Moon[2] | George Shapiro | Also producer | |
The Virgin Suicides | Dr. Hornicker | ||
2000 | Drowning Mona | Wyatt Rash | Also executive producer |
Screwed | Grover Cleaver | ||
2001 | Heist | Bergman | |
What's the Worst That Could Happen? | Max Fairbanks | ||
2002 | Death to Smoochy | Burke Bennet | Also director |
2003 | Anything Else | Harvey Wexler | |
Duplex | Narrator (voice) | Uncredited Also director | |
Big Fish | Amos Calloway | ||
2004 | Christmas in Love | Brad LaGuardia | |
2005 | Be Cool[4] | Martin Weir | Also producer |
Marilyn Hotchkiss' Ballroom Dancing and Charm School | Booth | ||
2006 | Relative Strangers | Frank Menure | Also producer |
Even Money | Walter | ||
The Oh in Ohio | Wayne | ||
Deck the Halls | Buddy Hall | ||
2007 | The Good Night | Mel | |
Reno 911!: Miami | District Attorney | Also producer | |
Nobel Son | Gastner | ||
2008 | Just Add Water | Merl | |
2009 | House Broken | Tom "Smoky" Cathkart | |
Solitary Man | Jimmy | ||
2010 | When in Rome | Al | |
2011 | Girl Walks into a Bar | Aldo | |
Revenge of the Electric Car | Himself | ||
2012 | The Lorax | The Lorax (voice) | |
Hotel Noir | Eugene Portland | ||
2014 | All the Wilderness | Dr. Pembry | |
2016 | Wiener-Dog | Dave Schmerz | |
2016 | The Comedian | ||
2017 | Animal Crackers | Chesterfield (voice) | Post-production |
Television
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Year | Title | Role | Notes |
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1978–1983 | Taxi[2] | Louie De Palma | 114 episodes |
1979 | Angie | Uncle Cheech | Episode: "Uncle Cheech" |
1980 | The Associates | Alan Swathmore | Episode: "The Out of Town Trip" |
1982–1999 | Saturday Night Live | Himself (host) | 6 episodes |
1984 | The Ratings Game | Vic De Salvo | Television film; also director |
1985 | Amazing Stories | Herbert | Episode: "The Wedding Ring" |
1990 | The Earth Day Special | Vic | Television special |
1991–1992 2013 |
The Simpsons | Herb Powell (voice)[5][6] | 3 episodes |
1994 | The Larry Sanders Show | Himself | Episode: "The Gift Episode" |
1997 | Pearl | Dean Martin | Episode: "Dean Cuisine" |
2002 | Ed | Dr. Jack Carmichael | Episode: "Human Nature" |
2003 | Karen Sisco | Charlie Lucre | 2 episodes |
2004 | Friends | Officer Roy Goodbody | Episode: "The One Where the Stripper Cries" |
2006–present | It's Always Sunny in Philadelphia | Frank Reynolds | 114 episodes |
2015 | Deadbeat | Giuseppe Monamocce | Episode: "The Occult Leader" |
As producer
Year | Title | Notes |
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1992 | Hoffa | Also director |
1994 | Reality Bites | |
8 Seconds | Co-producer | |
Pulp Fiction | Executive producer | |
1995 | Get Shorty | |
1996 | Feeling Minnesota | |
Matilda | Also director | |
1997 | Gattaca | |
1998 | Out of Sight | |
Living Out Loud | ||
1999 | Man on the Moon | |
2000 | Drowning Mona | |
Erin Brockovich | ||
2001 | How High | |
2003 | Camp | |
2004 | Garden State | Executive producer |
Along Came Polly | ||
2005 | Be Cool | |
2006 | Even Money | |
Relative Strangers | ||
2007 | Freedom Writers | |
Reno 911!: Miami | ||
2014 | A Walk Among the Tombstones | |
As director
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Year | Title |
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1976 | Selling of Vince D'Angelo |
1984 | The Ratings Game |
1987 | Throw Momma from the Train |
1989 | The War of the Roses |
1992 | Hoffa |
1996 | Matilda |
2002 | Death to Smoochy |
2003 | Duplex |
2005 | Queen B[4] |
TBA | Honeymoon With Dad [7] |
References
- ↑ Carlson, Erin (6 December 2012). "Danny DeVito 'Working On' Marriage to Rhea Perlman". The Hollywood Reporter.
- 1 2 3 4 5 6 Freeman, Hadley (27 February 2013). "Danny DeVito: 'No one is going to forget the 5ft guy'". The Guardian.
- ↑ Jonathan Cooper; Lisa Russell (13 January 1986). "Jewel of the Nile's Three Stars Sing Backup and Prove That You Can Help Sell a Movie with a Song". People. Retrieved 25 April 2014.
- 1 2 Schneider, Michael (9 March 2005). "DeVito king of 'Queen B'". Variety. Retrieved 25 April 2014.
- ↑ "Danny DeVito lends his voice to 'The Simpsons'". Observer-Reporter. 11 February 1991. Retrieved 25 April 2014.
- ↑ ""The Simpsons" guests stars over the years". CBS. Retrieved 25 April 2014.
- ↑ name=VarietyHoneymoon>Sneider, Jeff (October 10, 2012). "Danny DeVito to direct 'Honeymoon' (EXCLUSIVE)". Variety. Retrieved March 31, 2016.