Danny DeVito

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.