Jake DeVito: Inside The Life Of Danny DeVito’s Son

Jake DeVito is a producer, actor, and the son of Danny DeVito. Jake’s father Danny DeVito is an actor, producer, and director. He gained prominence for his role as Louie De Palma in the television series Taxi (1978–1983). He has produced and directed films including Minestrone, Curmudgeons, and Matilda. He is the founder of Jersey Films.

Jake DeVito: Bio Summary

How Old Is Jake DeVito?

Jacob “Jake” Daniel DeVito was born on October 10, 1987, in New York, United States. In 2024, he will be 37 years old after he celebrates his birthday on 10th October. His father is Daniel Michael DeVito Jr also known as Danny DeVito and his mother is Rhea Jo Perlman. His father is an actor and filmmaker while his mother is an actress, producer, and writer. He is not the only child of his parents.

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Jake DeVito is the youngest of three. He has two sisters. His sisters are actress and producer Lucy Chet DeVito (born March 11, 1983) and artist Grace Fan DeVito (born March 1985). Although Jake’s father was raised Catholic and his mother is Jewish, his parents raised him and his siblings celebrating the major holidays of both religions but did not give them any religious identity.

Jake’s mother Rhea Perlman told the Los Angeles Times in 1998: “We do all the holidays to keep the traditions and the culture going, but I truly don’t have a great feeling about any particular organized religion, and I don’t think it’s right to impose one on my kids. I feel like I’m bringing them up to be good people, and that’s what it’s about.” Jake’s maternal grandparents were Philip Perlman and Adele Perlman.

Philip was a Polish-born American businessman, and film and television actor while Adele was a bookkeeper. Jake’s paternal grandparents were Daniel Michael DeVito, Sr., a small business owner, and Julia DeVito (née Moccello), a homemaker and actress. Jake DeVito had a great childhood growing up with his famous parents.

Jake cited the excitement of being on set with his parents, traveling, and getting to meet interesting people. “I think it was a great growing-up experience for us,” Jake said. “Our parents had a lot of amazing, interesting characters around all the time. We were doing a lot of, I guess, unusual things when we were growing up, in traveling to strange places and being on set, which is a really fun experience as a kid.”

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Jake DeVito revealed that his parents were always protective when it came to the media. He reportedly attended Oberlin College.

Jake DeVito Is A Producer And Actor

Jake DeVito has followed in his parents’ footsteps. He is also involved in the entertainment industry but he mostly works behind the camera. He is a producer known for his work in several films. He produced the films The Better Angels, Quicksand, Curmudgeons, Wererock, and He Watches. He served as an associate producer for the film Fair Chase.

Jake DeVito was an executive producer for the TV Series Little Demon. He has worked in the camera and electrical department of the films After.Life, Nest of Vipers, and Folk and the video Palpitations. As an actor, he appeared in Pieces of a Dream as David Lekkas and Amboy as Jake DeVito. He appeared as himself, a guest on Lorraine.

It comes as no surprise that Jake DeVito is involved in the film industry. He once stated: “Our parents raised us watching great movies and going to great concerts. There was always a great group of creative people who were coming through the house all the time.” Jake has worked alongside his father Danny DeVito.

The father and son worked on Little Demons along with Jake’s older sister, Lucy, and on the short film, Curmudgeons. Jake said: “We’ve always stayed really close. We’ve had a very tight, warm relationship.” Jake’s father Danny DeVito plays Frank Reynolds on the FX and FXX sitcom It’s Always Sunny in Philadelphia (2006–present). He was in the television series Taxi (1978–1983).

Danny DeVito has appeared in films such as Twins (1988), The War of the Roses (1989), Batman Returns (1992), Jack the Bear (1993), Junior (1994), Matilda (1996), The Big Kahuna (1999), Big Fish (2003), Deck the Halls (2006), When in Rome (2010), Wiener-Dog (2016), and Jumanji: The Next Level (2019). He has voiced roles in such films as Hercules (1997), The Lorax (2012), and Smallfoot (2018).

Jake DeVito’s Personal Life

Jake DeVito has kept details of his personal life away from the limelight as much as possible. He hasn’t provided any information about his love life. It is unknown if he is married or seeing someone at the moment. His parents Danny DeVito and Rhea Perlman got married on January 28, 1982. Danny and Rhea have separated but they are not divorced.

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“We’re still separated, but we see each other often, and we’re still a family,” Rhea Perlman said. “We can do things together, we can do things separately. I’m really, really glad that Danny and I were able to navigate some rough days to be able to have this different kind of relationship. I think it’s pretty rare, but we agree on so many things that it makes sense.”