DANNY DEVITO – 76 YEARS OLD

Danny DeVito was one of the most loved actors in the ’70s. It was reported how he became the man who once saved Michael Douglas’s life from being poisoned by a snake. According to the report, Devito saved Douglas’s life by literally sucking the snake’s venom from his hand. It was for that incident that he was considered by many as a true American hero. DeVito rose to prominence as an actor for his role as the taxi dispatcher Louie De Palma in the television series Taxi. To add to his list of achievements, DeVito and Michael Shamberg also founded Jersey Films and eventually owned Jersey Television. Even at a ripe age to retire, DeVito never considered doing so. Instead, he actively promotes and digs credit roles in new movie projects.

DeVito was born in Neptune Township, New Jersey, and raised Catholic. He graduated from Oratory Preparatory School in Summit, New Jersey, and studied drama at the American Academy of Dramatic Arts. In his early days in theatre, he acted with the Colonnades Theater Lab at the Eugene O’Neill Theater Center in Connecticut.