Today, the legendary comic actor Danny DeVito turns 64. The former beautician got his big break in in 1978 with ABC’s sitcom “Taxi”. He went on to star in such films as “Matilda”, “Batman Returns” and “Hercules”. Starpulse describes his talents to a tee:

Perhaps no Hollywood actor continually stirs up more of a gleeful admixture of feelings in his viewers than Danny DeVito. Singlehandedly portraying characters with mile-long, obnoxious jerk streaks that are nonetheless somehow loveable, DeVito — with his diminutive stature, balding head, and broad Jersey accent — recalls a line that he himself used (about a character) in his big-screen directorial debut, Throw Momma From the Train: “Maybe [he has made an art form out of playing endearingly loathsome little men.

Happy birthday Danny, here’s to many more birthdays!