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Danny DeVito Wiki Biography

Daniel Michael DeVito Jr., commonly known as Danny DeVito, is a famous American film director and producer, actor, comedian, businessman, as well as a voice actor. Ever since his major breakthrough in 1978, when he portrayed the character of Louie De Palma in a sitcom created by James L. Brooks called “Taxi”, Danny DeVito has become one of the most famous actors in the history of television. Danny DeVito’s acting career is filled with such memorable movies as the critically acclaimed “One Flew Over the Cuckoo’s Nest”, starring Jack Nicholson, Louise Fletcher and William Redfield, a box office hit “Batman Returns” with Michael Keaton and Michelle Pfeiffer, “L.A. Confidential” starring Kevin Spacey, Russell Crowe and Kim Basinger, and “Matilda”, for which he provided narration, to name a few. Danny DeVito’s salary from the latter movie amounted to as much as $5 million in 1996.

In addition to being an actor, Danny DeVito has co-created a film production company known as “Jersey Films”, which is notable for producing such films as “Freedom Writers” starring Hilary Swank and Patrick Dempsey, and Quentin Tarantino’s famous work entitled “Pulp Fiction”, where the main roles are played by Samuel L. Jackson, John Travolta and Uma Thurman. A co-founder of “Jersey Films”, Danny DeVito is also an owner of another production company called “Jersey Television”, which helped produce a comedy series under the name of “Reno 911!”. Danny DeVito has managed to maintain his status in the television industry throughout more than 40 years that he spent in front of the cameras. Currently, DeVito appears in a comedy television series called “It’s Always Sunny in Philadelphia”, where he portrays the character of Frank Reynolds.

A famous actor and film producer, how rich is Danny DeVito? According to sources, Danny DeVito’s salary in 2013 amounted to $46 million, while his total net worth is estimated to be $70 million.

Danny DeVito was born in 1944, in New Jersey, US, where he attended the Oratory Preparatory School. DeVito continued his studies at the American Academy of Dramatic Arts. Danny DeVito’s career started off with many theatre productions, until he finally landed a role in Miloš Forman’s “One Flew Over the Cuckoo Nest”. This led to his appearance on “Taxi”, for which he received his first Emmy, as well as a Golden Globe Award. As he began receiving more job offers, Danny DeVito soon became a well-recognized face in the film and television industry. DeVito’s contributions include such films as “Terms of Endearment”, “Junior”, “Hoffa”, as well as films that he produced and directed, namely “Pulp Fiction”, “Get Shorty”, “The War of the Roses”, “Matilda” and many more.

In addition to his acting, DeVito become known for his voice over work in “Space Jam” with Michael Jordan, “The Simpsons” and other television projects. More recently, in addition to working on “It’s Always Sunny in Philadelphia”, Danny DeVito has voiced a character in an animated film called “The Lorax”, and reprised his role of Herb in “The Simpsons”.

A well-known actor, Danny DeVito has an estimated net worth of $70 million.

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Danny DeVito Quick Info

Danny DeVito Trademarks

1. Short stature
2. Deep raspy voice
3. Often portrays ruthless and sinister people in the movies he is in
4. Often directs and produces mean-spirited dark comedies with elements of crime in them.

Danny DeVito Quotes

• I never missed Homeland (2011) when it was on. Or Deadwood (2004). I watch Jon Stewart a lot, too – I’m a big leftie. And a lot of news.
• I enjoy watching Piers Morgan over here. He also took to task a couple of people who needed it during the gun-control debate. Piers is OK by me.
• Rhea loves Downton Abbey (2010). The costumes are great, let’s put it that way.
• I’ll watch Ricky Gervais in anything he does. The guy’s hilarious.
• I used to love Benny Hill because he’s nuts. And Monty Python [Monty Python’s Flying Circus (1969)].
• Jersey is always with me. I was one of the lucky ones. Asbury Park is just the greatest place in the world to spend your childhood.
• It’s fun to be on the edge. I think you do your best work when you take chances, when you’re not safe, when you’re not in the middle of the road, at least for me, anyway.

Danny DeVito Important Facts

• $5,000,000
• During his acting school years he lived with Michael Douglas. They remain great friends to this day.
• As of 2014, has appeared in three films that were nominated for the Best Picture Oscar: One Flew Over the Cuckoo’s Nest (1975), Terms of Endearment (1983) and L.A. Confidential (1997). Only the latter isn’t a winner in the category. As a producer, he produced two films that Best Picture Oscar nominees: Pulp Fiction (1994) and Erin Brockovich (2000).
• He has worked with 5 directors who have won a Best Director Oscar: Milos Forman, James L. Brooks, Robert Zemeckis, Barry Levinson, and Francis Ford Coppola.
• Of all actors from the Tim Burton / Joel Schumacher Batman films, DeVito (as actor, producer or director) has had the most affiliation with other actors from the films. He has worked with Michael Keaton, Jack Nicholson, Tracey Walter, Kim Basinger, Christopher Walken, Vincent Schiavelli, George Clooney, Arnold Schwarzenegger, Uma Thurman and more.
• He was awarded a Star on the Hollywood Walk of Fame at 6906 Hollywood Blvd. on August 18, 2011.
• Directed one Oscar-nominated performance: Anne Ramsey in Throw Momma from the Train (1987).
• He and wife Rhea Perlman met when she went to see him appearing in the off-Broadway play “The Shrinking Bride” in 1971.
• Co-starred with Michael Douglas in Romancing the Stone (1984), The Jewel of the Nile (1985), The War of the Roses (1989) and Solitary Man (2009). DeVito also starred in One Flew Over the Cuckoo’s Nest (1975), which Douglas produced.
• In the late 1960s he shared a New York apartment with fellow actor Michael Douglas at 338 West 89th Street in Manhattan where the rent was $75 each per month.
• The launch of his and wife Rhea Perlman’s production company, “Jersey Films”, kicked off with the release of Hoffa (1992).
• Drives a Nissan Leaf 100% electric car.
• In Romancing the Stone (1984), he makes a Batman-related joke, when he corners Michael Douglas and Kathleen Turner in the cave (“Move it, before Batman comes home!”). Eight years later, he played “the Penguin” in Batman Returns (1992).
• Lives in Los Angeles and Malibu, CA.
• Has a vacation home in Interlaken, NJ.
• Has part of his family living in New Canaan, CT.
• Co-owner of a restaurant, called DeVito South Beach, in Miami, FL.
• Close friends with Lucy Liu.
• He was inducted into the 2010 New Jersey Hall of Fame for his services and contributions to Arts and Entertainment.
• First connection with Michael Douglas happened when he starred in a New York stage production of “Down the Morning Line” in 1969, directed by Douglas and written by Martin Sheen.
• Has been nominated for the Razzie Award for Worst Supporting Actor three different times in three different decade–in the 1980s for Going Ape! (1981), in the 1990s for Batman Returns (1992) and in the 2000s for Deck the Halls (2006). He has never won.
• A staunch supporter of the Democratic Party.
• Lives in Beverly Hills, CA, and attended the Beverly Hills Film Festival in 2008.
• Frequently appears in films with Jack Nicholson, including Goin’ South (1978), One Flew Over the Cuckoo’s Nest (1975), Terms of Endearment (1983), Hoffa (1992), and Mars Attacks! (1996). They have also both played Batman villains: The Joker in Batman (1989) and The Penguin in Batman Returns (1992).
• Cousin of filmmaker Jonathan M. Parisen.
• Provides the voice of Herbert Powell, Homer Simpson’s half-brother.
• Was considered for the role of George Costanza in Seinfeld (1989), which went to Jason Alexander.
• Is a huge fan of musician Mike Patton and his bands Fantomas and Peeping Tom, and asked to be in the video clip for the Peeping Tom single “Mojo”. He was given a cameo.
• Was originally set to play Mario in Super Mario Bros. (1993) but backed out and was replaced by Bob Hoskins.
• Was considered for the role of Detective John Kimble in Kindergarten Cop (1990), but could not secure it due to his small stature. The role went to Arnold Schwarzenegger instead.
• Has appeared alongside Arnold Schwarzenegger in three films, two of which were directed and produced by Ivan Reitman–Twins (1988) and Junior (1994); the third was Last Action Hero (1993), playing a minor role, as the voice of Detective Whiskers. Both have played Batman villains, DeVito as The Penguin in Batman Returns (1992), Schwarzenegger as Mr. Freeze in Batman & Robin (1997).
• Attended the final Phish concert with his son and 75,000 others in Coventry, VT, on August 16, 2004.
• Graduated from the American Academy of Dramatic Arts (AADA) in Hollywood, CA, in 1966.
• Often portrays sinister people in the movies he is in. He played the Penguin, a mutant crime boss, in Batman Returns (1992), a cynical gambler in Space Jam (1996) and Mars Attacks! (1996), a sleazy talent agent in Death to Smoochy (2002) and ruthless and greedy businessmen in Ruthless People (1986), What’s the Worst That Could Happen? (2001), Matilda (1996) and Other People’s Money (1991).
• In 1975, under a grant from the American Film Institute, he and Rhea Perlman wrote and produced Minestrome (1975), which was screened at the Cannes Film Festival and has been translated into five languages.
• Often appears in Tim Burton movies.
• Daughters: Lucy DeVito (born 1983), Gracie DeVito (born March 1985), son: Daniel J. DeVito (Jake Daniel DeVito) (born October 1987).
• Brought a bag of carrots to munch on during the 73rd Annual Academy Awards. Host Steve Martin presented him with an impromptu bowl of ranch dip in the middle of the ceremony.
• Biography in: “Who’s Who in Comedy” by Ronald L. Smith. Pg. 136-137. New York: Facts on File, 1992. ISBN 0816023387
• Was considered for the role of Sallah in Raiders of the Lost Ark (1981) but could not do it due to his TV commitments. The role went to John Rhys-Davies instead.
• In his New Jersey hometown, one of his relatives ran a hair salon with the relatives of another actor from his neighborhood, Jack Nicholson.
• Brother-in-law of Heide Perlman.
• Son-in-law of Philip Perlman.
• Before he became an actor he was a qualified hairdresser (stylist)
• Italian-American
• Went to Oratory Prepatory School in Summit, NJ.

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