Charlie Day

Personal Info

Known For

Acting

Born

1976-02-09

Place of Birth

New York City, New York, USA

Charlie Day

Biography

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 (2020–2025) with McElhenney and Megan Ganz. 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.

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Acting History

2026
The Super Mario Galaxy Movie as Luigi (voice)
2025
Honey Don't! as Marty Metakawitch
2025
Summer of 69 as Rick Richards
2024
Hot Ones Versus as Self
2023
The Super Mario Bros. Movie: Replayed as Luigi (archive sound)
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
Rick and Morty as Salva-tron (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
2008
Free Radio as Self
2005
It's Always Sunny in Philadelphia as Charlie Kelly
2005
American Dad! as Jon (Voice)
2003
Love Thy Neighbor as Video Clerk
2003
Luis as Richie
2003
Reno 911! as Inbred Twin
2003
Jimmy Kimmel Live! as Self
2001
Late Summer as Trevor
2001
Campfire Stories as Joe
2000
Madigan Men
2000
Mary and Rhoda as Mailroom Kid
1999
Third Watch as Michael Boscorelli
1997
The View as Self - Guest
1993
Raw as Self
1990
Law & Order as Jeremy
1975
Saturday Night Live as Self - Cameo (uncredited)
1975
Saturday Night Live as Self - Host
Kill Me as Jimmy
Wildwood as (voice)