Danny DeVito

Career timeline

1. 1944 · Born

   Born in Asbury Park, New Jersey, USA

2. 1974 · Screen debut

   Police Woman (TV)

3. 1978 · Directing debut

   Taxi (TV)

4. 1989 · Breakthrough

   The Simpsons (TV)

5. 1994 · First production

   Reality Bites (Movie)

6. 2024 · Latest release

   Beetlejuice Beetlejuice (Movie)

Career in numbers

5 1970s

9 1980s

19 1990s

18 2000s

10 2010s

7 2020s

• Comedy54
• Drama24
• Fantasy14
• Crime13
• Family12
• Adventure11

Highest-rated title Rick and Morty 2013 8.7 Most popular title The Simpsons 1989 8.0

Frequent collaborators

People who appear most often alongside Danny DeVito in our catalogue.

Danny Elfman

6 titles together

Tim Burton

5 titles together

Awkwafina

3 titles together

Uma Thurman

3 titles together

Bette Midler

3 titles together

Amanda Plummer

2 titles together

Greg Daniels

2 titles together

Ving Rhames

2 titles together

Sam Rockwell

2 titles together

Raymond S. Persi

2 titles together

1. 2026 Jumanji: Open World Upcoming as Eddie Movie
2. 2024 Beetlejuice Beetlejuice as Janitor 6.9 Movie
3. 2023 Migration as Uncle Dan (voice) 7.3 Movie
4. 2023 Haunted Mansion as Bruce Davis 6.4 Movie
5. 2023 History of the World: Part II as Czar Nicholas 5.7 TV
6. 2022 Minions & More Volume 1 as The Lorax (voice) 7.0 Movie
7. 2021 Abbott Elementary as Frank 7.5 TV
8. 2020 The One and Only Ivan as Bob (voice) 7.3 Movie
9. 2019 Jumanji: The Next Level as Eddie 6.9 Movie
10. 2019 Dumbo as Maximilian "Max" Medici 6.6 Movie
11. 2018 The Kominsky Method as Dr. Wexler 7.5 TV
12. 2018 Smallfoot as Dorgle (voice) 6.8 Movie
13. 2014 Last Week Tonight with John Oliver as Chemist 7.8 TV
14. 2013 Rick and Morty as Dr. Dogballs (voice) 8.7 TV
15. 2012 The Lorax as The Lorax (voice) 6.5 Movie
16. 2010 I'm Still Here as Danny DeVito 5.9 Movie
17. 2010 When in Rome as Al Russo 5.9 Movie
18. 2006 Deck the Halls as Buddy Hall 5.6 Movie
19. 2005 It's Always Sunny in Philadelphia as Frank Reynolds 8.3 TV
20. 2005 Be Cool as Martin Weir 5.5 Movie
21. 2003 Big Fish as Amos Calloway 7.8 Movie
22. 2003 Duplex as Narrator (voice) (uncredited) 6.1 Movie
23. 2003 Anything Else as Harvey Wexler 6.2 Movie
24. 2003 Reno 911! as Danny DeVito 7.3 TV
25. 2002 Austin Powers in Goldmember as Danny DeVito / Famous Mini Me ('Austinpussy') 6.0 Movie
26. 2002 Death to Smoochy as Burke Bennett 5.9 Movie
27. 2001 Heist as Mickey Bergman 6.3 Movie
28. 2000 Bette as Danny DeVito TV
29. 2000 Ed as Dr. Jack Carmichael 7.7 TV
30. 2000 The Virgin Suicides as Dr. Horniker 7.1 Movie
31. 1999 Man on the Moon as George Shapiro 7.2 Movie
32. 1997 The Rainmaker as Deck Shifflet 7.0 Movie
33. 1997 L.A. Confidential as Sid Hudgens 7.8 Movie
34. 1997 Men in Black as Alien on TV Monitor (uncredited) 7.2 Movie
35. 1997 Hercules as Philoctetes (voice) 7.5 Movie
36. 1996 Mars Attacks! as Rude Gambler 6.4 Movie
37. 1996 Space Jam as Swackhammer (voice) 6.8 Movie
38. 1996 Matilda as Mr. Wormwood / Narrator (voice) 7.2 Movie
39. 1995 Get Shorty as Martin Weir 6.5 Movie
40. 1994 Junior as Dr. Larry Arbogast 5.2 Movie
41. 1994 Friends as Roy 8.4 TV
42. 1993 Look Who's Talking Now! as Rocks (voice) 5.4 Movie
43. 1993 Last Action Hero as Whiskers (voice) (uncredited) 6.5 Movie
44. 1992 The Larry Sanders Show as Danny DeVito 7.8 TV
45. 1992 Batman Returns as Penguin 7.0 Movie
46. 1989 The Simpsons as Herbert Powell (voice) 8.0 TV
47. 1989 The War of the Roses as Gavin D'Amato 6.9 Movie
48. 1988 Twins as Vincent Benedict 6.1 Movie
49. 1987 Throw Momma from the Train as Owen Lift 6.2 Movie
50. 1986 Ruthless People as Sam Stone 6.6 Movie
51. 1985 Amazing Stories as Herbert 7.5 TV
52. 1985 The Jewel of the Nile as Ralph 6.2 Movie
53. 1984 Romancing the Stone as Ralph 6.8 Movie
54. 1983 Terms of Endearment as Vernon Dahlart 7.1 Movie
55. 1978 Taxi as Louie De Palma 7.3 TV
56. 1975 One Flew Over the Cuckoo's Nest as Martini 8.4 Movie
57. 1975 Saturday Night Live as Adrian (uncredited) 6.9 TV
58. 1975 Starsky & Hutch as John John the Apple / John DeAppoliso 7.4 TV
59. 1974 Police Woman 6.5 TV

1. 2003 Duplex 6.1 Movie
2. 2002 Death to Smoochy 5.9 Movie
3. 1996 Matilda 7.2 Movie
4. 1989 The War of the Roses 6.9 Movie
5. 1987 Throw Momma from the Train 6.2 Movie
6. 1985 Amazing Stories 7.5 TV
7. 1978 Taxi 7.3 TV

1. 2004 Garden State 7.1 Movie
2. 1994 Pulp Fiction 8.5 Movie

1. 2014 A Walk Among the Tombstones 6.4 Movie
2. 2007 Freedom Writers 7.9 Movie
3. 2005 Be Cool 5.5 Movie
4. 2004 Along Came Polly 6.0 Movie
5. 2003 Reno 911! 7.3 TV
6. 2001 How High 6.4 Movie
7. 2000 Erin Brockovich 7.4 Movie
8. 1999 Man on the Moon 7.2 Movie
9. 1998 Out of Sight 6.7 Movie
10. 1997 Gattaca 7.6 Movie
11. 1996 Matilda 7.2 Movie
12. 1995 Get Shorty 6.5 Movie
13. 1994 Reality Bites 6.5 Movie

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