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Danny DeVito
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Director, Producer, Executive Producer, Actor Born: November 17, 1944 in Neptune, NJ Biography:Perhaps no Hollywood actor continually stirs up more of a gleeful admixture of feelings in his viewers than "Danny DeVito". Singlehandedly portraying characters with mile-long, obnoxious jerk streaks that are nonetheless somehow loveable, DeVito -- with his diminutive stature, balding head, and broad Jersey accent -- recalls a line that he himself used (about a character) in his big-screen directorial debut, "Throw Momma From the Train": "Maybe [he] would be someone you'd like to kill." No question about it: DeVito has made an art form out of playing endearingly loathsome little men.
Born November 17, 1944, in Neptune, NJ, Daniel Michael DeVito Jr. survived a Catholic school upbringing and started his career from the ground up, laboring 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... Full Biography
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