Danny DeVito

 Danny   DeVito  (b . 1 9 44 ) is an Emmy Award winning actor who became famous for his role as Louie DePalma on t he T V show Taxi.

In the 1 9 8 0 s, he guest starred on  SESAME STREET  as Vincent van  GROUCH  , the  GROUCH  curator of the Museum of  TRASH . In another segment, still in costume , he get s in to a laugh competition with  OSCAR THE GROUCH   ( Danny   attempt s to imitate ever y laughing pattern  OSCAR  give s him ). He appeared out of costume in a different insert, in which he wait s at a  GROUCH  bus stop with  OSCAR  &  BRUNO .

Transitioning from TV to film, DeVito often work s with Kathleen Turner , Arnold Schwarzenegger & direct or  Tim Burton ( including playing the Penguin in Bat man Re turn s ). He has also turned to producing ( including the Andy Kaufman biopic  Man   in   t he  Moon ), & directing Death to Smooch y & Roald Dahl ' s  Matilda . Other notable appearance s include hosting Saturday Night Live 6 time s, voicing  Herb   Powell  on The Simpson s , & playing Martini in One Flew Over the Cuckoo ' s Nest.

Other Muppet credit s include appearing on the cover of Muppet Magazine issue 22 in 1 9 88, appearing in t he 1 99 4 special ''[http://muppet.wikia.com/wiki/Sesame_Street_All-Star_25th_Birthday:_Stars_and_Street_Forever!  SESAME   STREET  A ll - Star 2 5 t h Birthday : Star s &  STREET  For eve r ! ] as a  WORM  T V report e r, & appearing in the celebrity version of Put Down the  DUCKIE '' wit h Rhea Perlman , to whom he is married.

In The  JIM   HENSON  Hour episode "  Miss   Piggy  ’ s Holly wood ", Miss Piggy & Gonzo are unsure of what celebrities ' house they are in front of , with Gonzo suggesting that it is Danny DeVito ' s home ( among other s ).

DeVito spoke t o Empire magazine about his favor it e Muppet : " Snuffleupagus . I h ad a terrible experience once . I was going to do  SESAME STREET  & went t o 11 t h Avenue i n New York, where they do the show  . When I walked onto the sound stage , my heart sank . Because 30 feet up , hanging o n rope s , looking really limp , was Snuffleupagus . It almost destroyed me . "

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 * Danny DeVito on I M D b