Daniel Michael DeVito Jr. is an Emmy Award-winning American actor, director, and an Oscar-nominated producer, who first gained prominence for his portrayal on the popular ABC and NBC TV series ‘Taxi’ (1978-1983). He launched a successful movie career, with the films ‘Romancing the Stone’, ‘The Jewel of the Nile’ and ‘Throw Momma From the Train’.
Devito starred as the Penguin in director Tim Burton’s ‘Batman Returns’; ‘Hoffa’, which he directed with Jack Nicholson; ‘L.A. Confidential’; and ‘Heist’. In addition to acting, DeVito is a film and television producer. Through his production company, Jersey Films, he produced many movies, including ‘Pulp Fiction’, ‘Get Shorty’, ‘Erin Brockovich’, and ‘Garden State’. In 1999, DeVito produced and co-starred in ‘Man On The Moon’, a movie about the unusual life of his former Taxi co-star, Andy Kaufman.
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