Danny DeVito

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Q: What is Danny DeVito up to nowadays?

A: Keeping busy. Quietly making television history. That’s the best way to sum up what comedy legend Danny DeVito is doing now. He’s still starring in “It’s Always Sunny in Philadelphia,” the FXX Network sitcom that’s getting ready to go into its 17th season. At Season 15, it became the longest-running live-action sitcom in history, and it has plans to keep extending that record: Season 17 hasn’t aired yet, but the show already has a deal for Season 18. DeVito has been a big part of that success. He’s starred in every season but the first, and indeed his addition to the cast is what saved the show from cancellation. It was on the brink of getting axed when network suits told the producers that if they wanted a Season 2, they had to add a big name. They approached DeVito, found out his kids were fans, and the rest is history.

But even at the age of 79, 54 years into his screen career, he still has a few different projects on the go at all times.

He just finished voicing Uncle Dan in the animated smash “Migration” (2023) and appeared as well in the family-friendly live-action Disney film “Haunted Mansion” (2023).

He also made headlines just a few weeks ago, appearing in State Farm Insurance’s Super Bowl ad opposite fellow film great Arnold Schwarzenegger (“The Terminator,” 1984). The ad served as a mini-reunion for their 1988 comedy classic “Twins.”

DeVito is also a prolific producer. He’s backing the TV adaptation of the 1997 sci-fi hit “Gattaca,” which is being set up to air on Showtime on a date yet to be determined.