Charlie Day
Charles Peckham Day (born February 9, 1976) is an American actor, writer, and producer. He is best known for playing Charlie Kelly on the FX dark comedy It's Always Sunny in Philadelphia (2005–present), which he stars with Rob McElhenney, Kaitlin Olson, Glenn Howerton and Danny DeVito, and he is also a writer and an executive producer. In 2011, he was nominated for a Critics' Choice Television Award and a Satellite Award for the role. He subsequently co-created the Fox sitcom The Cool Kids (2018–2019) with Paul Fruchbom and the Apple TV+ comedy Mythic Quest (2020–present) with McElhenney and Megan Ganz. He continues to executive-produce the latter. In film, Day is best known for his performances as biologist Dr Newton Geiszler in Guillermo del Toro's science-fiction monster movie Pacific Rim(2013) and its sequel Pacific Rim Uprising (2018), Dale Arbus in the comedy Horrible Bosses (2011) and sequel Horrible Bosses 2 (2014), and teacher Andy Campbell in the comedy Fist Fight(2017). He is also known for his voice roles in Monsters University (2013), The Lego Movie film franchise (2014–2019) and the Nintendo franchise character Luigi in The Super Mario Bros. Movie (2023). He made his directorial debut with Fool's Paradise in 2023. Description above from the Wikipedia article Charlie Day, licensed under CC-BY-SA, full list of contributors on Wikipedia.
Known For
Credits
- 2025 · Summer of 69 as
- 2023 · The Saint of Second Chances as Mike Veeck
- 2023 · Fool's Paradise as Latte Pronto
- 2023 · Bupkis as Glen Rossi
- 2023 · The Super Mario Bros. Movie as Luigi (voice)
- 2022 · Welcome to Wrexham as Self
- 2022 · I Want You Back as Peter
- 2021 · Abbott Elementary as Charlie
- 2021 · Snacked as Self
- 2021 · How It Ends as Lonny
- 2020 · Mythic Quest as Spencer
- 2019 · The Kelly Clarkson Show as Self
- 2019 · The Lego Movie 2: The Second Part as Benny (voice)
- 2018 · Emmet's Holiday Party: A LEGO Movie Short as Benny (voice)
- 2018 · The Cool Kids as Chet the Handyman
- 2018 · Hotel Artemis as Acapulco
- 2018 · Pacific Rim: Uprising as Dr. Newton Geiszler
- 2018 · Lie Detector as Self
- 2017 · I Love You, Daddy as Ralph Kinder
- 2017 · Fist Fight as Andy Campbell
- 2016 · The Hollars as Jason
- 2015 · The Late Show with Stephen Colbert as Self
- 2015 · Vacation as Chad
- 2015 · Hot Ones as Self
- 2014 · Horrible Bosses 2 as Dale Arbus
- 2014 · The Emmet Awards Show! as Benny (voice / uncredited / archive footage)
- 2014 · Party Central as Art (voice)
- 2014 · The Tonight Show Starring Jimmy Fallon as Self
- 2014 · The Lego Movie as Benny (voice)
- 2013 · Pacific Rim as Dr. Newton Geiszler
- 2013 · Monsters University as Art (voice)
- 2012 · Unsupervised as Jesse Judge (Voice)
- 2011 · Horrible Bosses as Dale Arbus
- 2010 · Conan as Self
- 2010 · Going the Distance as Dan Grant
- 2009 · A Very Sunny Christmas as Charlie Kelly
- 2009 · The Nightman Cometh: Live as Charlie Kelly
- 2008 · A Quiet Little Marriage as Adam
- 2005 · It's Always Sunny in Philadelphia as Charlie Kelly
- 2005 · Love Thy Neighbor as Video Clerk
- 2005 · American Dad! as Jon (Voice)
- 2003 · Luis as Richie
- 2003 · Reno 911! as Inbred Twin
- 2003 · Jimmy Kimmel Live! as
- 2001 · Late Summer as Trevor
- 2001 · Campfire Stories as Joe
- 2001 · The Red Peppers as Mr. Nudger
- 2000 · Madigan Men as
- 2000 · Mary and Rhoda as Mailroom Kid
- 1999 · Third Watch as Michael Boscorelli
- 1997 · The View as Self - Guest
- 1993 · Raw as
- 1990 · Law & Order as Jeremy
- 1975 · Saturday Night Live as Self - Cameo (uncredited)
- 1975 · Saturday Night Live as Self - Host
- Future · Wildwood as (voice)
- Future · Honey Don't! as
- Future · Kill Me as Jimmy