Axl Rose is an American record producer, singer, songwriter, and activist. The lead vocalist of the famous band ‘Guns N’ Roses,’ Axl has been the band’s only steady member since its evolution in 1985. Known for his controversial public personality, Axl is appreciated by millions of fans around the world, while others recognize him to be a misogynistic, maniacal singer who often takes his annoyances out on his band members. Axl Rose is often regarded among the music industry’s most overstated personalities. Much of his observable problems are attributed to his tough childhood. After being kicked out of home, he was apprehended on numerous occasions for public intoxication. He then resolved to mend his ways and became active in Los Angeles’s hard rock scene.

He went on to co-found ‘Guns N’ Roses,’ which became excessively popular in the late-1980s and early-90s. The band’s first album ‘Appetite for Destruction’ became a hit all over the world. Subsequently, the band came up with several hit albums, such as ‘Use Your Illusion I’ and ‘Use Your Illusion II.’ After the conclusion of the band’s ‘Use Your Illusion Tour,’ Axl departed from public life. For the next few years, the band did not tour or execute and no new albums or singles were released. In 2001, Axl resurfaced with new band members, and ‘Guns N’ Roses’ was restored. As a member of ‘Guns N’ Roses,’ Axl was inaugurated into the ‘Rock and Roll Hall of Fame’ in 2012. He is counted as one of the ‘greatest singers of all time’ by NME and ‘Rolling Stone’ magazine.

Axl Rose Wiki/Bio

Birth Name	William Bruce Rose Jr.
Nick Name	W. Axl Rose William Bruce Bailey Bill Rose Bill Bailey
Age	(as in 2023) 61 years
Religion	In his early years, his parents would take him to a Pentecostal church.
Sun Sign/Zodiac Sign	Aquarius
Birth Place	Lafayette, Indiana, United States
Date of Birth	6 February 1962
Nationality	American
Residence	Malibu, California, United States
Home Town	Lafayette, Indiana
Hobbies	Singing
Family
Mother’s Name	Sharon Elizabeth
Father’s Name	Bruce Rose
Brother	Stuart (Step-Brother)
Sister	Amy Bailey
Others	Dale Owen Rose (Paternal Grandfather) Mary Mae Rittenhouse (Paternal Grandmother) Earl Ray Lintner (Maternal Grandfather) Anna Amelia Rosenbrock (Maternal Grandmother)
Girlfriends/Affairs
Affairs/Girlfriends	• Sheila Kennedy – Rumor • Yvonne Kobayashi – Rumor • Alycen Rowse – Rumor • Olivia Williams – Rumor • Caron Bernstein – Rumor • Lindi Hingston – Rumor • Ellen Jabour – Rumor • Bridgette Monroe – Adult film star Bridget Monroe and Axl Rose had an encounter with each other in the past. • Gina Sailer (1979-1983) – Astronomer Gina Sailor and Axl Rose dated each other for about 4 years before they separated in 1983. • Pamela Manning (1983) – Rumor • Yvonne Simon (1984) – Rumor • Michelle Young (1985) • Monique Lewis (1985) – Adult and glamour model, Monique Lewis was in a relationship with Axl in 1985 that didn’t last for more than a year. • Adriana Smith (1985) – P*rnstar Adriana Smith hooked up with Axl that turned out to be quite a part in Axl’s debut album Appetite for Destruction as during the recording in Manhattan, mic’s were set up on the ground to record Rose and Adrianna who were actually having s*x in the studio and those sounds were put into his song. • Elle Macpherson (1993) – Rumor • Jennifer Driver (1994) – Rumor • Dyan O’Connor (2006) – Rumor • Deniz Akkaya (2006) – The Turkish model is speculated to have met Axl at the Istanbul, G N’ R show in 2006. However, their relationship was short-lived. • Kat Mack (2006) – Rumor • Sasha Volkova (2006-2007) – Rumor • Lana Del Rey (2012) – Rumor
Marital Status, Wife and Children
Wife/Spouse	1. Erin Everly 2. Stephanie Seymour
Marriage Date	28 April 1990 (with Erin Everly)
Children	None
Education
School	Efferson High School but he stopped going to the school when he found out about his biological father.
College/University	None
Educational Qualification	He stopped going to the school when he found out about his biological father.
Profession	Singer, Songwriter, Record Producer, Musician
Brands Endorsed	Axl Rose has done endorsement work for several brands such as Dr. Pepper (2008) and Budweiser.
Career Manager	Live Nation Entertainment, Inc.
Height, Weight, and Figure Measurements
Height (Approx.)	in centimeters- 175 cm in meters- 1.75 m in feet inches- 5’ 9”
Weight (Approx.)	in kilograms- 78 kg in pounds- 172 lbs
Figure Measurements
Chest Size	40 Inches
Hips Size	38 Inches
Waist Size	32 Inches
Extra Ordinary Features
Race / Ethnicity	White
Hair Color	Dark Brown (Natural)
Eye Color	Blue
S*xual Orientation	Straight
Dress Size	Not Known
Shoe Size	9 (US)
Favourite Things
Favourite Band	Queen
Favourite Singer	Freddie Mercury (Queen)
Favourite Books	Stand by Stephen King, James Dean: The Mutant King (David Dalton) and Zodiac by Neal Stephenson
Controversies	The controversy led to Guns N’ Roses being dropped from the roster of an AIDS benefit show in New York organized by the Gay Men’s Health Crisis.

Axl Rose was born William Bruce Rose Jr. on February 6, 1962, in Lafayette, Indiana, USA, to Sharon Elizabeth and William Bruce Rose. At the time of his birth, his mother and father were 16 and 20 years old respectively. When he was just two years old, his parents separated and his father kidnapped and molested him. His mother married Stephen L. Bailey and changed his name to William Bruce Bailey. He has a younger sister named Amy and a half-brother named Stuart.

He was brought up in a very religious household. His family went to a Pentecostal church and he was asked to attend services anywhere between three to eight times per week. From an early age, he found comfort in music and performed at church services with his half-brother and sister under the name ‘Bailey Trio.’

At the age of 17, he learned of his biological father when he went through old indemnity papers and informally adopted his birth name. Four years later, when he joined the band ‘AXL,’ he was named ‘Axl Rose’ by his bandmates. Due to his troubled past, he had developed a bad boy image. He was arrested on a number of occasions for battery and public intoxication during his early days.

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Rose’s personal life has been as rocky as his professional one. In 1990 he married Erin Everly, who later claimed that Rose had shown up at her house, threatening to kill himself with a gun in his car if she wouldn’t marry him. The marriage was annulled in early 1991.

That same year he started dating supermodel Stephanie Seymour. They got engaged in 1993 but split up soon after. Rose sued Seymour, claiming she assaulted him, and Seymour counter-sued, saying he attacked her and she grabbed him in self-defense. The case dragged on, but Rose ultimately settled out of court. Everly was called to testify during the case and filed her own suit against Rose for assault and a s*xual battery. Rose settled this case out of court as well.

Early in his life, Rose was diagnosed as manic-depressive and prescribed lithium, which he has since refused to take. He says he believes in homeopathic medicine and past-life regression. Rose has stated that his past-life regression therapy helped him recover memories of being sexually abused by his biological father at age two.

Axl Rose Net Worth

Axl Rose has a net worth of $220 million.

Rose was active in the local hard rock scene and played in a number of bands, including Rapidfire, Hollywood Rose and L.A. Guns. He worked odd jobs to make ends meet and even smoked cigarettes for a scientific study at UCLA for $8 per hour (adjusted for inflation that would be equivalent to $20 in 2019).

Between June 2017 and June 2018, Rose earned $20 million from his various endeavors. The majority of his earnings came from touring after the band reunited for the “Not In This Lifetime Tour”. The tour went on to generate more than $430 million worldwide.

Rose owns a home in Malibu, California. According to records, he purchased the 4,333-square-foot residence for $3.6 million in 1992. In 2008 Axl saved several of his neighbor’s houses during a fire that stampeded through the area in the early morning. Knowing that one of his neighbors was out of town, Axl reportedly pushed the house’s gate open and hosed down the property. Opening the gate also made it easier for firefighters to eventually gain access to several nearby houses that were threatened.

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• After moving to Los Angeles, he joined the band ‘Rapidfire’ and recorded a demo in 1983. When the group disbanded, he joined ‘L.A. Guns’ before forming ‘Hollywood Rose’ with his friend Izzy Stradlin.
• In 1985, he and former bandmate Tracii Guns formed the band ‘Guns N’ Roses’ by merging ‘Hollywood Rose’ and ‘L.A. Guns.’
• They played at ‘The Troubadour’ and then started appearing more frequently on the L.A. club circuit. This was when they started developing their fan base and attracted major record labels along the way. Just before signing his official contract with ‘Geffen Records’ in 1986, he legally got his name changed to W. Axl Rose
• In 1987, the band released their debut album ‘Appetite for Destruction’ which became a huge success despite its slow start.
• Their fan base expanded so quickly that in 1988, during the ‘Monsters of Rock’ festival in England, two fans were crushed to death when the crowd began dancing to their hit single ‘It’s So Easy.’ From then on, Rose made it a point to request his fans to calm down. He has even halted the shows on a number of occasions to pacify the audience.
• In 1988, they released the album ‘G N’ R Lies’ which became extremely popular. However, it was also severely criticized for promoting homophobic attitude and prejudiced sentiments through the song ‘One in a Million.’
• By 1989, ‘Guns N’ Roses’ had become one of the most popular bands in the world of rock music. The same year, he appeared solo on the cover of the prestigious ‘Rolling Stone’ magazine.
• In 1990, the band was to record a follow-up of their debut album. However, the recording process was slowed down considerably due to band member Steven Adler’s struggle with drug abuse. As a result, Adler was fired and replaced by Matt Sorum. Meanwhile, Dizzy Reed also joined the band.
• Despite not having an album to promote in 1991, the band embarked on a two-and-a-half-year tour titled ‘Use Your Illusion Tour.’ Rose faced criticism from audiences and critics due to his late starts or on-stage antics. The same year, the band released two albums, ‘Use Your Illusion I’ and ‘Use Your Illusion II.’
• The final show of the ‘Use Your Illusion Tour’ took place on July 17, 1993, in Buenos Aires. The show turned out to be Rose’s last performance with the band for the next seven-and-a-half years. In November the same year, the band released ‘The Spaghetti Incident?’ which was not very successful, unlike their previous albums.
• Throughout the 1990s, he remained a recluse and did not appear in the public. Although the group never disbanded, they did not release any new material in the ‘90s.
• In 2001, he was seen at ‘Rock in Rio 3’ with a new lineup of musicians. He had fired all his previous band members without even consulting them and for ‘no reason.’
• He once again disappeared from the public but not for long. In 2004, he lent his voice for the popular video game ‘Grand Theft Auto: San Andreas.’
• In 2006, the band, which now had new members, went on a tour and continued to tour the subsequent year as well.
• ‘Guns N’ Roses’ finally released ‘Chinese Democracy’ on November 23, 2008, 15 years after their last album. For the next few years, the band toured America, Europe, and Australia. They were also seen in ‘Rock in Rio 4.’
• Apart from being a constant member of ‘Guns N’ Roses,’ Axl has also toured with the popular Australian rock band ‘AC/DC.’

Facts

1. When Axl was born, his mother was 16, and father Bruce was 20 years old. At the time of his birth, Axl’s mother was still a high school student.
2. At the age of 2, Axl was kidnapped and molested by his own father after his parents got divorced.
3. It was believed that Axl was suffering from an abnormal condition called psychosis.
4. Rose’s birth was not something his teenage parents had planned off.
5. Axl’s stepfather would also physically abuse him, his mother, his step-brother, and s*xually abuse his step-sister.
6. Axl began developing his vocal skills at a very young age at a church that his parents would visit every Sunday.
7. There, it was where his first group started called the “Bailey Trio.”
8. In October 1990, Rose was strongly affected due to a miscarriage that Erin Everly had suffered.
9. In the early months of the 1990s, Axl started undergoing homeopathic treatment to help him uncover his memories from the past.
10. A couple of years after Axl’s father left him and his mother in 1964, his mother married Stephen L. Bailey and his name was changed to William Bruce Bailey.
11. Until the age of 17, Axl did not know who was his biological father. However, he never got the chance to meet him as his father was murdered by a criminal friend of his in 1984 in Marion, Illinois and his body was never recovered.
12. Due to his band Guns N’ Roses, Axl Rose has associated with legends such as Slash, Izzy Stradlin, Duff McKagan, and Steven Adler.
13. After William had found out about his biological father, he decided to change his name to William Rose.
14. William Axl Rose has been arrested more than 30 times for public drunkenness as well as several other offenses. He received a final warning from the police which prompted him to shift to Los Angeles in December 1982.
15. He later formed a band by the name of AXL and with his friend’s suggestion, he legally changed his name to W. Axl Rose.
16. The s*x sounds in Axl’s debut album Appetite for Destruction were real.
17. In order to ease his struggling music succession, Rose began working as a night manager at the Tower Records on Sunset Boulevard.
18. Axl and his childhood friend Izzy Stradlin began smoking cigarettes for scientific research that was being conducted by UCLA and they were being paid $8 every hour.
19. In March 1985, he, along with former band member Tracii Guns, formed the legendary band Guns N’ Roses.
20. The title name Guns N’ Roses came from Axl’s band Hollywood Rose and Tracii Guns’s band L.A. Guns.
21. In 1986, he signed up with Geffen Records.
22. In July 1987, the band Guns N’ Roses released their first album titled Appetite for Destruction which charted at #1 spot on the Billboard 200 listing in August 1988 and then again, in the following year, in February 1989.
23. In the first year of their album launch of Appetite for Destruction, more than 5,00,000 copies were sold in the first year. Overall, the album has sold over 30 million copies worldwide to date, which made it the all-time best-selling debut album in the United States.
24. In 1988, after 2 people were crushed to death at Guns N’ Roses’ performance at Monsters of Rock festival in Castle Donington, England, Rose began to be popularly known to stop concerts to address and instruct troublesome fans and security to be in control.
25. With the launch of their second hit album G N’ R Lies in 1988, Rose was accused of promoting antiblack and homophobic lines in his song One In a Million.
26. In August 1989, Rose had made such a striking image as rock music’s greatest frontman that he got featured on the cover of The Rolling Stones Magazine.
27. In 1990, Rose fired his drummer Steven Adler for the abuse of drugs.
28. Due to the controversial events that occurred at the concert of Use your Illusion tour in May 1991, the band started to get a bad name and caused 2500-people-riot that caused total damage of $200,000.
29. In 1992, the controversy on his song One In a Million about gay men led to his music group not being featured on an AIDS benefit show in New York that was organized by the Gay Men’s Health Crisis.
30. Rose was known as one of the finest hard rock singers of the 90s and certainly the most charming.
31. In November 1992, Axl Rose was sentenced and put on probation for 2 years for assault and property damage following his failure to perform at the Montreal’s Olympic Stadium, which led to property damage of $400,000.
32. From 1994 to 2000, Rose’s band Guns N’ Roses were on a break.
33. In August 1993, a lawsuit for illegal firing was filed against Axl Rose by his former drummer Steven Adler, which ultimately Rose lost. Axl had to pay him $2,500,000 and 15% of the total royalties of the recordings recorded and released when Steven and Axl were together.
34. Axl’s mother, Sharon E. Bailey died on May 28, 1996.
35. In November 1993, Rose had featured a secret track called Look at Your Game, Girl which was written by a convicted murderer Charles Manson.
36. On July 17, 1993, Rose played his last live show with the band in Buenos Aries and took a break for more than 7 years.
37. In 1997, all the original musicians of the group had left due to their indifference to Rose’s decision of hiring his childhood friend Paul Tobias in place of his guitarist Gilby Clarke.
38. In 1998, Axl was arrested for threatening airport security for checking his bags.
39. In 2004, he did voiceover work for the hit game Grand Theft Auto: San Andreas.
40. Rose had refused to let the director of Black Hawk Down use his song “Welcome to the Jungle”.
41. In 2005, Guns N’ Roses band members Slash and Duff McKagan filed a lawsuit against Rose for $1 million claiming that he was the sole owner of the group’s copyrights.
42. In the past, Axl and former band members teamed up to file a case against their record company ‘Geffen’ for not releasing their greatest hits compilation album.
43. He was enlisted as a member of Guns N’ Roses into the Hall of Fame for Rock and Roll in 2012.
44. In 2012, Axl was mugged by thieves, who stole his jewelry worth $200,000 while walking down a street in Paris.
45. During his induction to the Hall of Fame, Axl did not attend the ceremony. Instead, he wrote a letter to the studio telling them that he won’t be able to make it.
46. In April 2015, Axl Rose sent a letter to the Indonesian President requesting him to stop the execution of the Bali Nine for smuggling A$4 million worth of drugs into Australia. However, he received no response and the execution was carried out; 2 were executed whilst the rest were sentenced to 20 years of confinement.
47. In 2016, Axl performed, at Los Angeles as the band reunified, in a wheelchair as he had broken his foot during a warm-up session for the Guns N’ Roses tour.
48. In May 2018, Guns N’ Roses staged the most anticipated live concert of all time, and surprisingly, it was their highest-grossing tour.

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Danny DeVito, is an American actor, director, producer, and comedian. Tortured for his small status at school and by neighboring kids, DeVito took a lot of bumps while growing up, but proved his mettle with his talent and passion for acting. He initiated out by doing off-Broadway musicals and later settled his first dominant portrayal in ‘NBC’ series ‘Taxi.’ The role of a repressive yet Charmy taxi dispatcher for the imaginary ‘Sunshine Cab Company’ made him a beloved character on American television and secured him for roles in Hollywood movies.

He has always been extolled for his comic timing and pleasant humor. However, he did not inhibit himself from only humor and examined with other roles as well. DeVito not only adorned Hollywood with his acting and comedy but also supervised movies starring great actors like Michael Douglas, Jack Nicholson, Robin Williams, etc. The genre near to his heart is a black comedy and almost all of his directorial undertakings belong to this genre. DeVito is also a producer and has produced remarkable projects like ‘Pulp Fiction,’ ‘Erin Brockovich,’ ‘Reno 911!’ etc.

Danny DeVito Wiki/Bio

Birth Name	Daniel Michael DeVito, Jr.
Nick Name	Danny DeVito
Age	(as in 2023) 79 years
Religion	Roman Catholic
Sun Sign/Zodiac Sign	Scorpio
Birth Place	Neptune Township, New Jersey, United States
Date of Birth	17 November 1944
Nationality	American
Residence	Beverly Hills, California
Home Town	Neptune Township, New Jersey
Hobbies	Acting and reading books
Family
Mother’s Name	Julia DeVito
Father’s Name	Daniel DeVito, Sr. (Small Business Owner)
Brother	None
Sister	Angela Lucia (Older Sister) Theresa Scialla (Older Sister)
Others	• Michael DeVito (Paternal Grandfather) • Mary DeVito (Paternal Grandmother) • Ludovico Moccello (Maternal Grandfather) • Angelina Moccello (Maternal Grandmother)
Girlfriends/Affairs
Affairs/Girlfriends	Rhea Perlman (1971-Present)
Marital Status, Wife and Children
Wife/Spouse	Rhea Perlman
Marriage Date	28 January 1982
Children	Daughters- Lucy DeVito Grace Fan DeVito Son- Jake DeVito
Education
School	Oratory Preparatory School, New Jersey
College/University	American Academy of Dramatic Arts
Educational Qualification	Graduate
Profession	Actor, comedian, director, producer
Brands Endorsed	• Nespresso coffee machines (Alongside George Clooney) • Lipton’s Brisk iced tea • DIRECTV • He has lent his voice in the ad for Nest Thermostat devices
Career Manager	Stan Rosenfield & Associates, Inc
Height, Weight, and Figure Measurements
Height (Approx.)	in centimeters- 147cm in meters- 1.47 m in feet inches- 4’10”
Weight (Approx.)	in kilograms- 70 kg in pounds- 154 lbs
Figure Measurements
Chest Size	40 Inches
Hips Size	31 Inches
Waist Size	30 Inches
Extra Ordinary Features
Race / Ethnicity	White
Hair Color	White
Eye Color	Dark Brown
S*xual Orientation	Straight
Dress Size	Not Known
Shoe Size	American size- 9 European size- 42 British size- 8.5
Favourite Things
Favourite Treasured Possession	His wife
Favourite Super Power	Get people do things the way he wanted
Favourite Fancy Dress Costume	An apple
Favourite Guiltiest Pleasure	Popcorn
His Greatest Achievement	Staying alive
Controversies	None

Danny DeVito was born Daniel Michael DeVito Jr. on November 17, 1944, in Neptune, New Jersey. DeVito was raised by his mother, Julia, and his father was a small business owner whose various experiments included a dry cleaner, luncheonette, dairy outlet, and pool hall.

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DeVito joined Our Lady of Mount Carmel Grammar School and Oratory Prep High School in Summit, New Jersey, where he initially tried his hand at acting, acting in school productions of St. Francis of Assisi and the Billion Dollar Saint.

DeVito is 4 feet, 10 inches tall. His small status is due to his having Fairbank’s disease, also called multiple epiphyseal dysplasias (MED), which is a genetic bone rise disorder.

A miniature 4 feet, 10 inches tall, DeVito revealed he yearned to be taller as a youth. He said, “I was bedeviled; I could not slow-dance with the girls I wished to because my face would be in a scene where I might be thought of as moving too fast.” His height also made him a target for neighborhood bullies. “I took a lot of lumps,” DeVito remembers. “But I had a lot of friends who helped me and looked out for me.”

Although he acted in high school, when DeVito graduated in 1962 he did not consider acting a possible career path. DeVito revealed, “I wasn’t sure what I wished to do when I got out of high school. College did not seem a likely or beneficial option, and I didn’t want to go too far away.” DeVito was sprawling around the house one day when his older sister asked him to work as a hairdresser at the salon she owned. He remembers seeing, “Well, I’m not doing anything else, and I could meet a lot of girls there.”

After 18 months and no romances at his sister’s salon, DeVito decided to switch to the more lucrative cosmetics profession. He applied to take makeup classes at the American Academy of Dramatic Arts in New York. Applicants must perform a monologue to get into any of the school’s programs, and after his monologue received positive feedback, DeVito decided to take acting classes as well. He quickly realized that acting was his true calling.

DeVito graduated from the American Academy in 1966 and worked briefly at the Eugene O’Neill Theater Center in Waterford, Connecticut, where he met and befriended with fellow actor Michael Douglas. While in Connecticut, DeVito read Truman Capote’s In Cold Blood; after seeing an advertisement for Hollywood auditions for a movie version of the book, DeVito moved to Los Angeles.

DeVito did not land a part in the film In Cold Blood, or in anything else at the start of his career. Instead, he was worked as a car parker and hung around the Sunset Strip with all the flower children. He had long hair and he wore a raincoat and sneakers, and he fit right in. But he wished to act.” DeVito soon moved back to New York, where he initiated parts in several off-Broadway plays.

Danny DeVito Net Worth

Danny DeVito has a net worth of $85 million.

For many years Danny and Rhea resided in a 14,579 square foot house in Beverly Hills, California. They shopped the property in 1994 and sold it in April 2015 for $24 million after registering it a few years earlier off-market for more than $30 million.

They continue to co-own a home in Malibu’s Point Dume neighborhood.

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Danny DeVito Movies And TV Shows

• After his graduation, DeVito initiated working at the ‘Eugene O’Neill Theater Center’ in Waterford, Connecticut.
• After noticing an advertisement, he auditioned for a character in the film version of ‘In Cold Blood.’ DeVito did not get the part in the movie and issued working as a car parker to earn his living.
• He soon migrated back to New York, where he got parts to play in several off-Broadway plays.
• In 1971, DeVito settled the character of Martini in the stage production of ‘One Flew Over the Cuckoo’s Nest.’ Four years later, Michael Douglas formed its film version and demanded him to reprise his stage role.
• DeVito auditioned for a new ‘NBC’ series titled ‘Taxi’ in 1978 and settled the part of the endearingly oppressive cab dispatcher, Louie De Palma. The show flew for five years and he won an ‘Emmy Award’ for ‘Best Supporting Actor.’
• After ‘Taxi’ was taken off the air, DeVito’s Hollywood career initiated with ‘Terms of Endearment’ in 1983. The movie, which starred actors like Shirley MacLaine, Debra Winger, and Jack Nicholson, won five ‘Academy’ awards.
• Now that his Hollywood career had started, DeVito rapidly earned popularity among filmmakers. He became part of another successful project titled ‘Romancing the Stone’ in 1984. The film was an action-adventure romantic comedy, starring his friend Michael Douglas and Kathleen Turner.
• The following year, a sequel to ‘Romancing the Stone’ titled ‘The Jewel of the Nile’ released where all the actors reprised their respective roles. The movie turned out to be a commercial hit but failed to impress the critics.
• In 1987, DeVito came up with his first directorial venture ‘Throw Momma from the Train,’ a dark comedy in which he also played a role. Inspired by Hitchcock’s ‘Strangers on a Train,’ the movie also starred actors like Billy Crystal and Rob Reiner.
• DeVito once again joined hands with Michael Douglas for his next directorial venture ‘The War of the Roses’ in 1989, which was another black comedy. The movie was based on Warren Adler’s novel of the same name.
• In an attempt to avoid being stereotyped as a comedy actor, he starred in movies like ‘The Rainmaker’ (1997), ‘Hoffa’ (1992) – a biographical film which he also directed, ‘Heist’ (2001), etc.
• During 2002-2003, DeVito directed two movies, ‘Death to Smoochy’ (2002), starring Robin Williams and Edward Norton, and ‘Duplex’ (2003), starring Ben Stiller and Drew Barrymore. Both the movies were black comedies, a genre close to DeVito’s heart.
• As DeVito was always interested in documentaries, he got into a partnership with Morgan Freeman’s company ‘ClickStar’ in 2006, which gave him an opportunity to host a documentary channel called ‘Jersey Docs.’
• In 2012, he debuted at the ‘West End’ in a play titled ‘The Sunshine Boys’ by Neil Simon. He acted in the play along with Richard Griffiths. The play previewed at the ‘Savoy Theatre’ for a 12-week season. From 2012 to 2019, DeVito played many characters with different shades in several movies like ‘Hotel Noir’ (2012), ‘All the Wilderness’ (2014), ‘Weiner-Dog’ (2016), and ‘Dumbo’ (2019).
• He returned to direction with the 2016 short comedy film ‘Curmudgeons’ in which he starred alongside David Margulies.
• As a voice actor, DeVito has voiced several characters in movies, such as ‘Look Who’s Talking Now’ (1993), ‘Space Jam’ (1996), ‘Hercules’ (1997), ‘The Lorax’ (2012), ‘Animal Crackers’ (2017), and ‘Smallfoot’ (2018).
• In 2019, he was cast to important roles in movies like ‘Jumanji: The Next Level’ and ‘Harry Haft.’ He was also elected to voice a character named Bob in a fantasy film titled ‘The One and Only Ivan.’

Facts

1. Before becoming a successful actor, he has held a number of confused jobs such as a cosmetician at his sister’s beauty salon and cleaning of ashtrays at a hotel.
2. He was under consideration to play the role of Super Mario in the adventure comedy film, Super Mario Bros, which was influenced by the popular video game. The role finally went to Bob Hoskins.
3. In 2010, he was listed into the New Jersey Hall of Fame for his enormous contributions and works to the show business and entertainment industry.
4. In his early competing days, he shared a flat in Manhattan, New York City with actor Michael Douglas. His share in the rent of the flat was $75 per month.
5. The producers of Kindergarten Cop considered Danny for the lead role of Detective John Kimble. However, they decided against casting him due to his short stature and instead went for his close friend, Arnold Schwarzenegger.
6. He collaborated with Michael Shamberg to establish a production house, Jersey Films, which has produced cult hits such as Pulp Fiction (1994) and Garden State (2004).
7. His father got him enrolled at a boarding school at the age of 14 after he had convinced his father that was the only way to keep him out of trouble.
8. The cause of his famous short stature is multiple epiphyseal dysplasias, which is also known as Fairbank’s disease. This rare genetic problem has an adverse effect on the development of bones.
9. He was the co-owner of a Miami-based restaurant named DeVito South Beach. However, it shut down in 2011.
10. He has been elected in the steering committee of the Friends of the Apollo, which works to support a theater of the same name in Oberlin, Apollo.
11. He was honored with his star on the Hollywood Walk of Fame at 6906 Hollywood Blvd in Hollywood in August 2011.
12. He is an environment lover and uses a Nissan Leaf 100% electric car. He is also a supporter of the Solar Neighbors Program, which is a foundation that encourages the usage of solar power.
13. He is an active proponent of the International Myeloma Foundation, which is the largest and oldest charity that supports this unique form of cancer.
14. At the 73rd Annual Academy Awards, he took a bag of carrots along to munch during the award ceremony.

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