Danny DeVito filmography

Danny DeVito is an American actor and filmmaker, who has been active in film since the 1970s. One of his earliest and most notable roles was in the sitcom Taxi.
He played the role Martini in One Flew Over the Cuckoo's Nest in 1975 alongside Jack Nicholson. In the 70s and 80s, he appeared in Car Wash, The Van, Terms of Endearment, Romancing the Stone and its sequel The Jewel of the Nile, Ruthless People, Throw Momma from the Train, Twins, and The War of the Roses. In 1992, he was cast in the role of the villain Penguin opposite Michael Keaton's Batman in Batman Returns. In the 90's, he starred in Renaissance Man, and co-starred in the films Get Shorty with Gene Hackman, 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 Kaufman, a real-life friend of DeVito's.
He appeared in his third movie with Bette Midler in 2000's Drowning Mona, 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. He appeared in the sequel film Jumanji: The Next Level.
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 and a Primetime Emmy Award for Outstanding Supporting Actor in a Comedy Series. He guest starred in several television series over the years such as Starsky and Hutch, Friends and The Simpsons. 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, Gattaca, Erin Brockovich, and Garden State.

As actor

Film

Year	Title	Role	Notes
1970	Dreams of Glass	Thug
1971	Lady Liberty	Fred Mancuso
1972	Hot Dogs for Gauguin	Adrian	Short film
1973	Hurry Up, or I'll Be 30	Petey
1973	Scalawag	Fly Speck
1975	One Flew Over the Cuckoo's Nest	Martini
1975	Deadly Hero	Harry
1976	Car Wash	Joe	Deleted scenes
1976	The Money	Bartender
1977	The Van	Andy
1977	The World's Greatest Lover	Assistant Director
1978	Goin' South	'Hog'
1979	Swap Meet	Max
1981	Going Ape!	Lazlo
1983	Terms of Endearment	Vernon Dahlart
1984	Romancing the Stone	Ralph
1984	Johnny Dangerously	Burr
1985	The Jewel of the Nile	Ralph
1985	Head Office	Frank Steadman
1986	Wise Guys	Harry Valentini
1986	Ruthless People	Sam Stone
1986	My Little Pony: The Movie	Grundle King	Voice
1987	Tin Men	Ernest Tilley
1987	Throw Momma from the Train	Owen Lift	Also director
1988	Twins	Vincent Benedict
1989	The War of the Roses	Gavin D'Amato	Also director
1991	Other People's Money	Larry Garfield
1992	Batman Returns	Oswald Cobblepot / The Penguin
1992	Hoffa	Bobby Ciaro	Also director and producer
1993	Jack the Bear	John Leary
1993	Last Action Hero	Whiskers	Uncredited voice
1993	Look Who's Talking Now	Rocks	Voice
1994	Renaissance Man	Bill Rago
1994	Junior	Dr. Larry Arbogast
1995	Get Shorty	Martin Weir	Also producer
1996	Matilda	Harry Wormwood / Narrator	Also director and producer
1996	Space Jam	Swackhammer	Voice
1996	Mars Attacks!	Rude Gambler
1997	The Rainmaker	Deck Shifflet
1997	Hercules	Philoctetes	Voice
1997	L.A. Confidential	Sid Hudgens
1997	Men in Black	Alien on TV Monitor	Uncredited cameo
1998	Living Out Loud	Pat Francato	Also producer
1999	The Big Kahuna	Phil Cooper
1999	Man on the Moon	George Shapiro	Also producer
1999	The Virgin Suicides	Dr. Hornicker
2000	Drowning Mona	Wyatt Rash	Also producer
2000	Screwed	Grover Cleaver
2001	Heist	Bergman
2001	What's the Worst That Could Happen?	Max Fairbanks
2002	Death to Smoochy	Burke Bennet	Also director
2002	Austin Powers in Goldmember	Himself as Mini-Me
2003	Anything Else	Harvey Wexler
2003	Duplex	Narrator	Uncredited voice; also director
2003	Big Fish	Amos Calloway
2004	Christmas in Love	Brad LaGuardia
2005	Be Cool	Martin Weir	Also producer
2005	Marilyn Hotchkiss' Ballroom Dancing and Charm School	Booth
2006	Relative Strangers	Frank Menure	Also producer
2006	Even Money	Walter	Also producer
2006	10 Items or Less	'Big D'
2006	The Oh in Ohio	Wayne
2006	Deck the Halls	Buddy Hall
2007	The Good Night	Mel
2007	Reno 911!: Miami	District Attorney	Also producer
2007	Nobel Son	Gastner
2008	Just Add Water	Merl Stryker
2009	House Broken	Tom 'Smokey' Cathkart
2009	Solitary Man	Jimmy
2010	When in Rome	Al
2011	Girl Walks into a Bar	Aldo
2011	Revenge of the Electric Car	Himself	Documentary
2012	The Lorax	The Lorax	Voice
2012	Hotel Noir	Eugene Portland
2014	All the Wilderness	Dr. Pembry
2016	Curmudgeons	Jackie	Short film; also director and producer
2016	Wiener-Dog	Dave Schmerz
2016	The Comedian	Jimmy Berkowitz
2017	Animal Crackers	Chesterfield	Voice
2018	Smallfoot	Dorgle	Voice
2019	Dumbo	Max Medici
2019	Jumanji: The Next Level	Eddie Gilpin
2020	The One and Only Ivan	Bob	Voice
2021	The Survivor	Charlie Goldman
2023	Haunted Mansion	Bruce
2023	Poolman	Jack
2023	Migration	Uncle Dan	Voice
2024	Beetlejuice Beetlejuice	Janitor
2024	A Sudden Case of Christmas	Lawrence
2026	Untitled Jumanji: The Next Level sequel	Eddie Gilpin	Filming

Television

Year	Title	Role	Notes
1977	Delvecchio	Anthony 'Beanzie' Marott	Episode: "Requiem For A Loser"
1977	Starsky & Hutch	John 'John-John The Apple' DeAppoliso	Episode: "The Collector"
1977	Police Woman	Napoleon	Episode: "Death Game"
1977	All That Glitters	Baba	10 episodes
1978-1983	Taxi	Louie De Palma	114 episodes
1979	Angie	Uncle Cheech	Episode: "Uncle Cheech"
1980	The Associates	Alan Swathmore	Episode: "The Out of Town Trip"
1982	The Selling of Vince D'Angelo	Vince D'Angelo	Short film; also director
1982-1999	Saturday Night Live	Himself	6 episodes
1984	The Ratings Game	Vic De Salvo	Television film; also director
1984	CBS Schoolbreak Special	Ackroyd	Episode: "All the Kids Do It"
1985	Amazing Stories	Herbert	Episode: "The Wedding Ring"
1986		George Johnson	Voice; television special
1988	Sesame Street	Vincent van Trash	Episode: "2504"
1989	Molly and the Skywalkerz: Two Daddies?	George Johnson	Voice; television special
1990	The Earth Day Special	Vic	Television special
1991–1992; 2013; 2024	The Simpsons	Herb Powell	Voice; 4 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"
2004	Father of the Pride	Emerson	Voice; episode: "And the Revolution Continues"
2006–present	It's Always Sunny in Philadelphia	Frank Reynolds
2015	Deadbeat	Giuseppe Monamocce	Episode: "The Occult Leader"
2018	The Kominsky Method	Dr. Wexler	2 episodes
2021	Last Week Tonight with John Oliver	Himself/Chemist	Episode: "Chemicals"
2022	Little Demon	Satan	Voice; 10 episodes; also executive producer
2022	Storybots: Answer Time	Giuseppe	Episode: "Multiplication"
2023	Big City Greens	Merv Stampington	Voice; episode: "Long Goodbye"
2025	Abbott Elementary	Frank Reynolds	Crossover episode: "Volunteers"
2025	Rick and Morty	Dr. Dogballs	Voice; episode: "The CuRicksous Case of Bethjamin Button"