Danny DeVito filmography
American actor, director, producer, and screenwriter, Danny DeVito has been active in film since the 1970s. One of his early notable roles was as Martini in One Flew Over the Cuckoo's Nest in 1975 alongside Jack Nicholson. In the 70s and 80s, he appeared in Car Wash, Terms of Endearment, Romancing the Stone and its sequel The Jewel of the Nile, Ruthless People, Throw Momma from the Train, Twins, The War of the Roses. In 1992, he was cast in the role of the villain Penguin with 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 Kauffman, 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 .
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 | Refs. |
| 1970 | Dreams of Glass | Thug | ||
| 1971 | Lady Liberty | Fred Mancuso | ||
| 1972 | Hot Dogs for Gauguin | Adrian | ||
| 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 | Unknown character | ||
| 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 | ' | Grundle King | ||
| 1987 | Tin Men | Ernest Tilley | ||
| 1987 | Throw Momma from the Train | Owen Lift | ||
| 1988 | Twins | Vincent Benedict | ||
| 1989 | The War of the Roses | Gavin D'Amato | ||
| 1991 | Other People's Money | Larry Garfield | ||
| 1992 | Batman Returns | Oswald Cobblepot / The Penguin | ||
| 1992 | Hoffa | Bobby Ciaro | ||
| 1993 | Jack the Bear | John Leary | ||
| 1993 | Last Action Hero | Whiskers | Uncredited | |
| 1993 | Look Who's Talking Now | Rocks | ||
| 1994 | Renaissance Man | Bill Rago | ||
| 1994 | Junior | Dr. Larry Arbogast | ||
| 1995 | Get Shorty | Martin Weir | ||
| 1996 | Matilda | Harry Wormwood / Narrator | ||
| 1996 | Space Jam | Swackhammer | ||
| 1996 | Mars Attacks! | Rude Gambler | ||
| 1997 | The Rainmaker | Deck Shifflet | ||
| 1997 | Hercules | Philoctetes | ||
| 1997 | L.A. Confidential | Sid Hudgens | ||
| 1997 | Men in Black | Alien on TV Monitor | Uncredited cameo | |
| 1998 | Living Out Loud | Pat Francato | ||
| 1999 | The Big Kahuna | Phil Cooper | ||
| 1999 | Man on the Moon | George Shapiro | ||
| 1999 | The Virgin Suicides | Dr. Hornicker | ||
| 2000 | Drowning Mona | Wyatt Rash | ||
| 2000 | Screwed | Grover Cleaver | ||
| 2001 | Heist | Bergman | ||
| 2001 | What's the Worst That Could Happen? | Max Fairbanks | ||
| 2002 | Death to Smoochy | Burke Bennet | ||
| 2002 | Austin Powers in Goldmember | Himself as Mini-Me | Cameo | |
| 2003 | Anything Else | Harvey Wexler | ||
| 2003 | Duplex | Narrator | Uncredited | |
| 2003 | Big Fish | Amos Calloway | ||
| 2004 | Christmas in Love | Brad LaGuardia | ||
| 2005 | Be Cool | Martin Weir | ||
| 2005 | Marilyn Hotchkiss' Ballroom Dancing and Charm School | Booth | ||
| 2006 | Relative Strangers | Frank Menure | ||
| 2006 | Even Money | Walter | ||
| 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 | ' | District Attorney | ||
| 2007 | Nobel Son | Gastner | ||
| 2008 | Just Add Water | Merl | ||
| 2009 | House Broken | Tom "Smoky" Cathkart | ||
| 2009 | Solitary Man | Jimmy | ||
| 2010 | When in Rome | Al | ||
| 2010 | I'm Still Here | Himself | ||
| 2011 | Girl Walks into a Bar | Aldo | ||
| 2011 | Revenge of the Electric Car | Himself | ||
| 2012 | The Lorax | The Lorax | ||
| 2012 | Hotel Noir | Eugene Portland | ||
| 2014 | All the Wilderness | Dr. Pembry | ||
| 2016 | Curmudgeons | Jackie | Short film | |
| 2016 | Wiener-Dog | Dave Schmerz | ||
| 2016 | The Comedian | Jimmy Berkowitz | ||
| 2017 | Animal Crackers | Chesterfield | ||
| 2018 | Smallfoot | Dorgle | ||
| 2019 | Dumbo | Max Medici | ||
| 2019 | Eddie Gilpin | |||
| 2020 | The One and Only Ivan | Bob | In post-production | |
| Harry Haft | In post-production |
Television
| Year | Title | Role | Notes | Refs. |
| 1977 | Delvecchio | Anthony "Beanzie" Marott | Episode: "Requiem For A Loser" | |
| 1977 | Starsky and Hutch | John "John John the Apple" DeAppoliso | Episode: "The Collector" | |
| 1977 | Police Woman | Napoleon | Episode: "Death Game" | |
| 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" | |
| 1982-1999 | Saturday Night Live | Himself | 6 episodes | |
| 1984 | The Ratings Game | Vic De Salvo | Television film | |
| 1984 | CBS Schoolbreak Special | Ackroyd | Episode: "All the Kids Do It" | |
| 1985 | Amazing Stories | Herbert | Episode: "The Wedding Ring" | |
| 1988 | Sesame Street | Vincent van Trash | Episode: "2504" | |
| 1990 | The Earth Day Special | Vic | Television special | |
| 1991–1992; 2013 | The Simpsons | Herb Powell | 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" | |
| 2004 | Father of the Pride | Emerson | Episode: "And the Revolution Continues" | |
| 2006–present | It's Always Sunny in Philadelphia | Frank Reynolds | 146 episodes | |
| 2015 | Deadbeat | Giuseppe Monamocce | Episode: "The Occult Leader" | |
| 2018 | The Kominsky Method | Dr. Wexler | 2 episodes |