Celebrity Name : Danny DiVito

Celebrity Real Name : Daniel Michaeli

Date of Birth : November 17, 1944

Birth Location : Neptune, New Jersey to Italian-American

Biography of Daniel Michaeli :
Daniel Michael DeVito (born November 17, 1944) is an Emmy Award-winning American actor, a director, and an Oscar-nominated producer, who first gained prominence for his portrayal of “Louie De Palma” on the popular ABC and NBC TV series, Taxi (1978–1983). Because this sitcom was not widely distributed abroad, he is known primarily for his film work in most other countries. He currently plays Frank Reynolds on the FX show It’s Always Sunny In Philadelphia.
DeVito was born in Neptune, New Jersey to Italian-American Catholic parents. He boarded at Oratory Preparatory School, in Summit, New Jersey, graduating in 1961. He married actress Rhea Perlman on January 28, 1982. They have three children, Lucie Chet DeVito (born March 1983), Grace Fan DeVito (born March 1985) and Jacob Daniel DeVito (born October 1987), who currently attends Oberlin College in Ohio.

Director :
Devito has directed five motion pictures, Throw Momma From the Train (1987), The War of the Roses (1989), Hoffa (1992), Matilda (1996), Death to Smoochy (2002), and Duplex (2003). He is set to direct his sixth feature, 2007’s I Married a Witch, which will star Tom Cruise & Famke Janssen.
His films tend to have a bizarre, neo-surrealistic sensibility and gallows humor, though this was absent in the straightforward Hoffa biopic. This approach served him well at times, especially in The War of the Roses which was a commercial and critical success, however his last two films have not been anywhere as successful.
Producer :
In addition to acting, DeVito has become a major film and television producer. Through his production company, Jersey Films, he has produced many movies, including Pulp Fiction, Get Shorty, Erin Brockovich, and Garden State. Devito has also produced the Comedy Central series Reno 911!.
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.

Television :
In addition to his Taxi work, DeVito has voiced the animated character Herb Powell on two episodes of The Simpsons. He earned a 2004 Emmy nomination for Outstanding Guest Actor in a Comedy Series, an episode of Friends, following four Emmy nominations (including a 1981 win) for Outstanding Supporting Actor in a Comedy, for Taxi. In 2006, DeVito joined the cast of the FX Networks television series It’s Always Sunny in Philadelphia.

Personal :
DeVito and his family live in Manalapan, New Jersey. He is a vegetarian.
During the September 11, 2001 terrorist attacks, there was a rumor that DeVito had died aboard one of the hijacked planes. Producer friend Sam Simon heard this report and privately mentioned the sad news to disc jockey Howard Stern. However, before Stern had a chance to announce the information on the air, Simon revealed he had been given “misinformation” and that DeVito was still alive. (Stern recounted this story during his September 12, 2006 broadcast.)[wikipedia]