# Fame.am profile — machine-readable export
# Canonical URL: https://fame.am/person/danny-devito
# Generated: 2026-09-03T12:22:01.188Z

schema: https://schema.org/Person
url: "https://fame.am/person/danny-devito"
name: "Danny DeVito"
slug: "danny-devito"
description: "A four-foot-ten frame, a voice like gravel in a blender, and a knack for playing the kind of gleefully deranged characters most actors wouldn't touch — that's been the calling card for five decades. The dispatcher who made Taxi mean, the trash-dad on It's Always Sunny, the Penguin, the Lorax: all him."
tagline: "American actor, comedian, director and producer (born 1944)"
image: "https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Special:FilePath/Danny_DeVito_cropped_and_edited_for_brightness.jpg?width=1200"
gender: "male"
country:
  name: "United States"
  isoCode: "US"
category:
  name: "Actors"
  slug: "actors"
profileType:
  name: "Actor"
  slug: "actor"
  entityType: "https://www.wikidata.org/entity/Q33999"
birthDate: "1944-11-17"
livingStatus: "LIVING"
scores:
  popularity:           67.31
  momentum:             4.543225528601655
  historical:           32.311428
  currentAttention:     28.94255792223971
  sourceConfidence:     70
  profileCompleteness:  80
  trendDirection:       "STABLE"
ranks:
  global:   null
  country:  null
  category: null
tags:
  - name: "Actors"
    slug: "actors"
  - name: "Comedian"
    slug: "comedian"
  - name: "Comedy"
    slug: "comedy"
  - name: "Television"
    slug: "television"
  - name: "Movies"
    slug: "movies"
  - name: "Film Directing"
    slug: "film-directing"
  - name: "Screenwriting"
    slug: "screenwriting"
  - name: "Literature"
    slug: "literature"
platforms:
  - platform:  "X"
    url:       "https://x.com/DannyDeVito"
    handle:    "DannyDeVito"
  - platform:  "IMDB"
    url:       "https://www.imdb.com/name/nm0000362/"
    handle:    "nm0000362"
sources:
  - url: "https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q26806"
    title: "Wikidata"
    type:  "WIKIDATA"
  - url: "https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Danny_DeVito"
    title: "Wikipedia"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://pantheon.world/profile/person/Danny%20DeVito"
    title: "Pantheon 2.0"
    type:  "DATABASE"
  - url: "https://ar.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D8%AF%D8%A7%D9%86%D9%8A_%D8%AF%D9%8A%D9%81%D9%8A%D8%AA%D9%88"
    title: "داني ديفيتو"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://arz.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D8%AF%D8%A7%D9%86%D9%89_%D8%AF%D9%8A%D9%81%D9%8A%D8%AA%D9%88"
    title: "دانى ديفيتو"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://ast.wikipedia.org/wiki/Danny_DeVito"
    title: "Danny DeVito"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://azb.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D8%AF%D9%86%DB%8C_%D8%AF%D9%88%DB%8C%D8%AA%D9%88"
    title: "دنی دویتو"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://az.wikipedia.org/wiki/Denni_De_Vito"
    title: "Denni De Vito"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://be_x_old.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D0%94%D1%8D%D0%BD%D1%96_%D0%94%D1%8D%D0%B2%D1%96%D1%82%D0%B0"
    title: "Дэні Дэвіта"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://be.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D0%94%D1%8D%D0%BD%D1%96_%D0%94%D1%8D_%D0%92%D1%96%D1%82%D0%B0"
    title: "Дэні Дэ Віта"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://bg.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D0%94%D0%B0%D0%BD%D0%B8_%D0%94%D0%B5_%D0%92%D0%B8%D1%82%D0%BE"
    title: "Дани Де Вито"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://bn.wikipedia.org/wiki/%E0%A6%A1%E0%A7%8D%E0%A6%AF%E0%A6%BE%E0%A6%A8%E0%A6%BF_%E0%A6%A1%E0%A7%87%E0%A6%AD%E0%A6%BF%E0%A6%9F%E0%A7%8B"
    title: "ড্যানি ডেভিটো"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://br.wikipedia.org/wiki/Danny_DeVito"
    title: "Danny DeVito"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://ca.wikipedia.org/wiki/Danny_DeVito"
    title: "Danny DeVito"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://ceb.wikipedia.org/wiki/Danny_DeVito"
    title: "Danny DeVito"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://co.wikipedia.org/wiki/Danny_DeVito"
    title: "Danny DeVito"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://cs.wikipedia.org/wiki/Danny_DeVito"
    title: "Danny DeVito"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://cy.wikipedia.org/wiki/Danny_DeVito"
    title: "Danny DeVito"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://da.wikipedia.org/wiki/Danny_DeVito"
    title: "Danny DeVito"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://de.wikipedia.org/wiki/Danny_DeVito"
    title: "Danny DeVito"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://diq.wikipedia.org/wiki/Danny_DeVito"
    title: "Danny DeVito"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://dsb.wikipedia.org/wiki/Danny_DeVito"
    title: "Danny DeVito"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://el.wikipedia.org/wiki/%CE%9D%CF%84%CE%AC%CE%BD%CE%B9_%CE%9D%CF%84%CE%B5_%CE%92%CE%AF%CF%84%CE%BF"
    title: "Ντάνι Ντε Βίτο"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://eml.wikipedia.org/wiki/Danny_DeVito"
    title: "Danny DeVito"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://it.wikiquote.org/wiki/Danny_DeVito"
    title: "Wikiquote"
    type:  "WEBSITE"
  - url: "https://pl.wikiquote.org/wiki/Danny_DeVito"
    title: "Wikiquote"
    type:  "WEBSITE"
  - url: "https://ru.wikiquote.org/wiki/%D0%94%D1%8D%D0%BD%D0%BD%D0%B8_%D0%94%D0%B5_%D0%92%D0%B8%D1%82%D0%BE"
    title: "Wikiquote"
    type:  "WEBSITE"
  - url: "https://sr.wikiquote.org/wiki/%D0%94%D0%B5%D0%BD%D0%B8_%D0%94%D0%B5%D0%B2%D0%B8%D1%82%D0%BE"
    title: "Wikiquote"
    type:  "WEBSITE"
  - url: "https://musicbrainz.org/artist/6c7e64f5-2b5b-4708-9c56-d0e03cda2579"
    title: "MusicBrainz"
    type:  "DATABASE"
  - url: "https://www.discogs.com/artist/890218"
    title: "Discogs"
    type:  "DATABASE"

# bio (long form, separated for readability)
bio: |
  DeVito broke through as Louie De Palma, the snarling taxi dispatcher on Taxi from 1978 to 1983, winning a Golden Globe and an Emmy for the role. From there he became a fixture in '80s and '90s comedies — Twins, Throw Momma from the Train, The War of the Roses, Batman Returns' Penguin — while also building a serious producing career. He and Michael Shamberg founded Jersey Films, the company behind Pulp Fiction, Erin Brockovich (which earned him an Oscar nod), and Garden State. In 1996 he directed and starred in Matilda alongside his wife Rhea Perlman, adapting Roald Dahl's novel. Since 2006 he's played Frank Reynolds on It's Always Sunny in Philadelphia, a performance that's become its own cultural object. He's also returned to the stage in recent years, earning a Tony nomination for Arthur Miller's The Price in 2017.