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Charlie Day
Actor, Producer, Writer, Director, Additional CreditsBorn February 9, 1976 (48 years)
Charlie Day is an American television and film actor, from Middletown, Rhode Island, best known for playing Charlie Kelly on It's Always Sunny in Philadelphia.
Besides playing Charlie Kelly on the hit FX television series It's Always Sunny in Philadelphia, he is also the show's executive producer and one of its writers. He has also appeared on several other television shows such as Third Watch, Law & Order, and Reno 911!.
He appeared in New Line Cinema's Horrible Bosses in July 2011, opposite Jason Bateman, Jason Sudeikis, Kevin Spacey, Jennifer Aniston, Colin Farrell, and Jamie Foxx. He also had a role in the 2010 film Going the Distance, alongside Justin Long, Jason Sudeikis, and Drew Barrymore. In 2013, he voiced a character named Art in the Pixar animated film Monsters University and appeared in Guillermo del Toro's film Pacific Rim.
Day hosted the November 5, 2011 episode of Saturday Night Live (SNL) with Maroon 5 as the musical guest. He was the second cast member from It's Always Sunny in Philadelphia to host SNL (after Danny DeVito, though DeVito hosted SNL before It's Always Sunny in Philadelphia premiered). DeVito made a special appearance during Day's opening monologue.
Besides playing Charlie Kelly on the hit FX television series It's Always Sunny in Philadelphia, he is also the show's executive producer and one of its writers. He has also appeared on several other television shows such as Third Watch, Law & Order, and Reno 911!.
He appeared in New Line Cinema's Horrible Bosses in July 2011, opposite Jason Bateman, Jason Sudeikis, Kevin Spacey, Jennifer Aniston, Colin Farrell, and Jamie Foxx. He also had a role in the 2010 film Going the Distance, alongside Justin Long, Jason Sudeikis, and Drew Barrymore. In 2013, he voiced a character named Art in the Pixar animated film Monsters University and appeared in Guillermo del Toro's film Pacific Rim.
Day hosted the November 5, 2011 episode of Saturday Night Live (SNL) with Maroon 5 as the musical guest. He was the second cast member from It's Always Sunny in Philadelphia to host SNL (after Danny DeVito, though DeVito hosted SNL before It's Always Sunny in Philadelphia premiered). DeVito made a special appearance during Day's opening monologue.
Filmography
| 2025 | Wildwood · as (voice) |
| 2025 | Abbott Elementary x It's Always Sunny Crossover Event · as Charlie Kelly |
| 2023 | The Saint of Second Chances · as Mike Veeck |
| 2023 | Fool's Paradise · as Latte Pronto |
| 2023 | Bupkis (TV Series) · as Glen Rossi |
| 2023 | The Super Mario Bros. Movie · as Luigi (voice) |
| 2022 | I Want You Back · as Peter |
| 2021 | Abbott Elementary (TV Series) · as Charlie Kelly |
| 2021 | How It Ends · as Lonny |
| 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 (TV Series) · as Chet The Handyman |
| 2018 | Hotel Artemis · as Acapulco |
| 2018 | Pacific Rim: Uprising · as Dr. Newton Geiszler |
| 2017 | I Love You, Daddy · as Ralph Kinder |
| 2017 | Fist Fight · as Andy Campbell |
| 2016 | The Hollars · as Jason |
| 2016 | The Lego Movie 4D: A New Adventure · as Benny |
| 2015 | Vacation · as Chad |
| 2014 | Horrible Bosses 2 · as Dale Arbus |
| 2014 | The Lego Movie · as Benny (voice) |
| 2013 | Party Central · as Art (voice) |
| 2013 | Pacific Rim · as Dr. Newton Geiszler |
| 2013 | Drunk History (TV Series) · as Allan Pinkerton |
| 2013 | Monsters University · as Art (voice) |
| 2012 | Unsupervised (TV Series) · as Jesse Judge (voice) |
| 2011 | Horrible Bosses · as Dale Arbus |
| 2010 | Going the Distance · as Dan Grant |
| 2009 | It's Always Sunny in Philadelphia: A Very Sunny Christmas · as Charlie Kelly |
| 2009 | A Very Sunny Christmas · as Charlie Kelly |
| 2009 | The Nightman Cometh Live! · as Charlie Kelly |
| 2009 | Boldly Going Nowhere · as Trainee |
| 2008 | A Quiet Little Marriage · as Adam |
| 2005 | It's Always Sunny in Philadelphia (TV Series) · as Charlie Kelly |
| 2005 | Love Thy Neighbor · as Video Clerk |
| 2005 | American Dad! (TV Series) · as Jon (voice) |
| 2003 | Luis (TV Series) · as Richie |
| 2003 | Reno 911! (TV Series) · as Inbred Twin |
| 2003 | Jimmy Kimmel Live! (TV Series) |
| 2002 | Bad Company · as Stoner |
| 2001 | Campfire Stories · as Joe |
| 2000 | Madigan Men (TV Series) |
| 2000 | Mary and Rhoda · as Mailroom Kid |
| 1999 | Third Watch (TV Series) · as Michael Boscorelli |
| 1998 | Celebrity Deathmatch (TV Series) · as Joe C |
| 1993 | WWE Raw (TV Series) |
| 1990 | Law & Order (TV Series) · as Jeremy |