Born: November 17, 1944 - Asbury Park, New Jersey, USA
With his diminutive stature, balding
head, and broad Jersey accent, Danny DeVito is one of Hollywood's most
successful character actors. Specializing in comic supporting roles, DeVito
has made an art out of playing endearingly loathsome little men.
Born November 17, 1944, in Ashbury Park, NJ, DeVito
had a Catholic school upbringing and started his career as a cosmetician
in his sister's beauty parlor. Working under the name "Mr. Danny,"
DeVito decided to enter New York's American Academy of Dramatic Arts for
the purpose of acquiring additional makeup expertise. However, he soon
discovered his true theatrical calling and made his screen debut with
a small part in the 1968 drama Dreams of Glass. After some discouraging
experiences with the film industry, DeVito decided to concentrate on stage
work. During this time, he met actress Rhea Perlman, whom he later married
in 1982. In 1972, the actor made his way back into films with a role in
Lady Liberty, a comedy starring Sophia Loren. His first notable film role
came three years later, when he reprised his stage role of Martini in
One Flew Over the Cuckoo's Nest for the play's 1975 film adaptation. Directed
by Milos Forman and produced by DeVito's old friend Michael Douglas (the
two roomed together when DeVito was starting out), the film won wide acclaim
and nine Oscar nominations, eventually winning five. Despite the adulation
surrounding the film, DeVito's screen career remained lackluster, but
he was elevated to fame three years later with his role as the obnoxious
dispatcher Louie on the long-running television sitcom Taxi. According
to legend, the actor won the role when he walked into the audition, script
in hand, and exclaimed "Who wrote this s**t?" From there, DeVito's
career went on an upswing and he spent the next decade playing similarly
repugnant characters with great success.
His best-known roles in the 1980s were in a number
of comedies, including the hugely successful Romancing the Stone (1984),
its 1985 sequel Jewel of the Nile, Ruthless People (1986), Throw Momma
From the Train (1987), Twins (1988), and The War of the Roses (1989),
the last of which was another of his numerous collaborations with Michael
Douglas. Although he was best-known for his work in front of the camera,
during this time DeVito began directing and producing as well. After directing
several episodes of the television series Amazing Stories in the mid-'80s,
along with Throw Momma From the Train and War of the Roses, DeVito went
on to expand his work in the 1990s, producing as well as acting and directing.
Some of his more successful producing endeavors were 1994's Pulp Fiction
(on which he served as executive producer), Reality Bites (1995), Get
Shorty (1995), Gattaca (1997), Out of Sight (1998), and Living out Loud
(1998). In the meantime, DeVito continued to act in a number of movies,
his most notable being Get Shorty, the screen adaptation of Roald Dahl's
Matilda (which he also directed and produced), L.A. Confidential (1997),
and Living out Loud. For the last of these he won particular acclaim,
impressing critics with his touching, sympathetic portrayal of a lonely
elevator operator. The following year, he added to his already impressive
resumé with a role in Milos Forman's biopic of Andy Kaufman, Man
on the Moon, and a supporting part in Sofia Coppola's The Virgin Suicides.
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