theOscarSite Facts:
Birth Name:
  • Daniel Michael DeVito Jr.
Birthplace:
  • Neptune, NJ
Claim to Fame:
  • Louie De Palma, the tyrannical dispatcher with the heart of mush on the acclaimed TV sitcom "Taxi," which ran from 1978 to 1983
Education:
  • American Academy of Dramatic Arts in New York, NY
Significant Other(s):
  • Wife: Rhea Perlman, actor (b. 1948); married 1982; met 1970 in New York and began living together after two weeks; have three children together; have worked together on various projects (she played Zena, Louie De Palma's one true love, on "Taxi") since the '70s
Family:
  • Father: Daniel DeVito Sr., small-business owner; at various times owned a dry-cleaning store (Dan-Dee Cleaners), a dairy outlet (From Our Farm to You), a luncheonette and a pool hall
  • Mother: Julia DeVito
  • Sister: Angela DeVito, beauty-parlor owner; older
  • Sister: also older
  • Daughter: Lucy Chet DeVito, b. 1983
  • Daughter: Grace Fan DeVito, b. 1985
  • Son: Jake Daniel DeVito, b. 1987
Feature Film Credits:
(as Producer/ Executive Producer)
  • 2007: Reno 911!: Miami, Freedom Writers
    2006: Relative Strangers, Bye Bye Benjamin
    2005: Be Cool
    2004: Garden State, Along Came Polly
    2003: Camp
    2001: How High, The Caveman's Valentine
    2000: Erin Brockovich, Drowning Mona
  • 1999: Man on the Moon
    1998: Living Out Loud, Out of Sight
    1997: Gattaca
    1996: Feeling Minnesota, Matilda, Sunset Park, Get Shorty
    1994: Pulp Fiction, 8 Seconds, Reality Bites
    1992: Hoffa
    • Use this link to view DeVito's acting credits.
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