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Charlie Day

Charlie Day

Actor · Born February 9, 1976 · New York City, New York, USA

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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/FXX dark comedy It's Always Sunny in Philadelphia (2005–present), of which 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. Subsequently, he co-created the Apple TV+ comedy Mythic Quest (2020–2025) with Rob Mac and Megan Ganz. In film, Day is best known for his performances as Dr. Newton Geiszler in Guillermo del Toro's Pacific Rim (2013), Dale Arbus in the comedy Horrible Bosses (2011) and its sequel Horrible Bosses 2 (2014), and 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 Nintendo franchise character Luigi in The Super Mario Bros. Movie (2023) and its sequel, The Super Mario Galaxy Movie (2026). He made his directorial debut with Fool's Paradise (2023). Description above from the Wikipedia article Charlie Day, licensed under CC-BY-SA, full list of contributors on Wikipedia.

Acted in 47

2000s

  1. 2009

    A Very Sunny Christmas

    Charlie Kelly

  2. The Nightman Cometh: Live

    Charlie Kelly

  3. 2008

    A Quiet Little Marriage

    Adam

  4. Boldly Going Nowhere

    Trainee

  5. 2005
  6. 2003
  7. Luis

    Richie · 10 episodes

  8. 2001

    Late Summer

    Trevor

  9. Campfire Stories

    Joe

  10. 2000

    Madigan Men

    TV

  11. Mary and Rhoda

    Mailroom Kid

Produced 12

2020s

  1. 2026
  2. 2025
  3. 2023

    For the Safety of Theo

    Executive Producer

  4. 2022
  5. 2020

2010s

  1. 2018
  2. 2017
  3. 2012

    Unsupervised

    Producer

2000s

  1. 2009

    A Very Sunny Christmas

    Executive Producer

  2. 2008

    Boldly Going Nowhere

    Executive Producer

  3. Boldly Going Nowhere

    Producer

  4. 2005

Wrote 10

2010s

  1. 2018
  2. 2014

    It's Always Sunny in Moscow

    Writer

2000s

  1. 2009

    A Very Sunny Christmas

    Writer

  2. The Nightman Cometh: Live

    Writer

  3. 2008

    Boldly Going Nowhere

    Writer

  4. Boldly Going Nowhere

    Writer

  5. 2005

Created 2

Directed 1

Appearances13