Broadway BUZZ

Danny DeVito is one of the entertainment industry’s most versatile players, excelling as actor, producer and director. The award-winning performance as Louie De Palma on the television show Taxi was what propelled DeVito to national prominence. He won both an Emmy and a Golden Globe. In a 1999 readers’ poll conducted by TV Guide, DeVito’s Louie De Palma was voted number one among “TV’s Fifty Greatest Character’s Ever.” On television, he can currently be seen in Mel Brooks’ History of the World: Part II. He was last seen returning as Frank Reynolds in the 15^th season of FXX’s acclaimed cult comedy It’s Always Sunny in Philadelphia; renewed in 2020 for seasons 15-18, it has become the longest-running scripted comedy in television history. DeVito recently completed filming season 16. He was also recently seen in a guest role in the first season of Netflix’ The Kominsky Method. He will next be seen in Poolman, Chris Pines’ directorial debut, and in Disney’s highly anticipated new Haunted Mansion film. Upcoming films in development include Triplets and Sniff. He was last seen in the Harry Haft biopic The Survivor, directed by Barry Levinson, on which he has also served as executive producer. 2019 saw DeVito in the highly successful sequel Jumanji: The Next Level and reunited with Tim Burton for Disney’s Dumbo. In 2012, DeVito and Richard Griffiths received rave reviews in the London stage revival of Neil Simon’s comedy The Sunshine Boys. The following year, DeVito reprised his critically acclaimed role together with former Taxi co-star Judd Hirsch in Los Angeles. DeVito made his Broadway debut in 2017 in Arthur Miller’s The Price in the role of Gregory Solomon at Roundabout, earning him his first Tony Award nomination. He won a Drama Desk Award, Outer Critics Circle Award and Broadway.com Audience Choice Award for the role. Throughout his career, DeVito has directed more than 25 projects, including Matilda, Death To Smoochy, The War of the Roses, Hoffa, Throw Momma From the Train, The Ratings Game, and numerous short films, TV movies and episodes of television, including Taxi. DeVito has starred in such films as The War of the Roses, Junior, Batman Returns, Twins, Romancing the Stone, Jewel of the Nile, Ruthless People, Throw Momma From the Train, Tin Men, Anything Else, Big Fish, Renaissance Man, The Big Kahuna, Heist, The Good Night, Deck The Halls, Relative Strangers, The OH in Ohio, Be Cool and Even Money.