He remembers thinking, 'Well, I'm not doing anything else, and I could meet a lot of girls there.' Breaking into ActingĪfter 18 months - and no romances - at his sister's salon, DeVito decided to switch to the more lucrative cosmetics profession. College didn't seem a likely or desirable option, and I didn't want to go too far away.' DeVito was lounging around the house one day when his older sister suggested he work as a hairdresser at the salon she owned. DeVito recalls, 'I wasn't sure what I wanted to do when I got out of high school. 'But I had a lot of friends who helped me and looked out for me.'Īlthough he acted in high school, when DeVito graduated in 1962 he did not consider acting a viable career path.

'I took a lot of lumps,' DeVito remembers. He recalls, 'I was plagued I couldn't slow-dance with the girls I wanted to because my face would be in a spot where I might be thought of as moving too fast.' His height also made him a target for neighborhood bullies. Francis of Assisi and the Billion Dollar Saint.Ī diminutive 4 feet, 10 inches tall, DeVito says he longed to be taller as a youth. DeVito attended Our Lady of Mount Carmel Grammar School and Oratory Prep High School in Summit, New Jersey, where he first tried his hand at acting, starring in school productions of St. DeVito was raised by his mother, Julia, and his father, Danny Sr., a small business owner whose various ventures included a dry cleaner, luncheonette, dairy outlet and pool hall. on November 17, 1944, in Neptune, New Jersey. Early LifeĭeVito was born Daniel Michael DeVito Jr. DeVito has also enjoyed a starring role on the TV series It's Always Sunny in Philadelphia since 2006. He later produced and directed many films, including Matilda (1996), along with his wife of more than 30 years, actress Rhea Perlman. He rose to fame on the sitcom Taxi (1978-1983), for which he won a Golden Globe Award and an Emmy.

Actor Danny DeVito had his big break when he starred in One Flew Over the Cuckoo's Nest (1975).

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