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'''Charles Peckham "Charlie" Day'''<ref name=rbi>[http://leadercall.com/weddings/x1593271166/United-in-Matrimony/print United in Matrimony]. ''Leader Call''. November 10, 2006.</ref> (born February 9, 1976) is an [[United States|American]] television and film actor, from [[Middletown, Rhode Island]], best known for playing [[Charlie Kelly (It's Always Sunny in Philadelphia)|Charlie Kelly]] on ''[[It's Always Sunny in Philadelphia]]''.
'''Charles Peckham "Charlie" Day'''<ref name=rbi>[http://leadercall.com/weddings/x1593271166/United-in-Matrimony/print United in Matrimony]. ''Leader Call''. November 10, 2006.</ref> (born February 9, 1976) is an [[United States|American]] television and film actor best known for playing [[Charlie Kelly (It's Always Sunny in Philadelphia)|Charlie Kelly]] on ''[[It's Always Sunny in Philadelphia]]''.


==Early life==
==Early life==

Revision as of 02:48, 14 December 2011

Charlie Day
Day at the San Diego Comic-Con International in July 2010.
Born
Charles Peckham Day

(1976-02-09) February 9, 1976 (age 48)
Occupation(s)Actor, Writer, Director, Producer
SpouseMary Elizabeth Ellis (2006-present)

Charles Peckham "Charlie" Day[1] (born February 9, 1976) is an American television and film actor best known for playing Charlie Kelly on It's Always Sunny in Philadelphia.

Early life

Day was born in New York City. His mother, Mary (née Peckham), is a piano teacher at The Pennfield School in Portsmouth, Rhode Island. His father, Dr. Thomas Charles Day, is a professor of Music History and Music Theory at Salve Regina University in Newport, Rhode Island.[1][2]

Charlie Day spent most of his childhood in Middletown, Rhode Island. He attended Pennfield School and graduated from Portsmouth Abbey School, both in Portsmouth. He went on to attend Merrimack College in Massachusetts.

Career

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 Jennifer Aniston, Jason Bateman, Jason Sudeikis, Colin Farrell, and Jamie Foxx.[3] He also had a role in the 2010 film Going the Distance, alongside Justin Long, Jason Sudeikis, and Drew Barrymore. In 2013 he will be appearing in Guillermo Del Toro's film Pacific Rim.

Day hosted the November 5th, 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.[4]

Personal life

Day has been married to actress Mary Elizabeth Ellis since March 4, 2006.[5] Day and Ellis met in 2001 and were dating in 2004 when they appeared together on Reno 911 playing incestuous siblings.[6] Ellis has a recurring role on It's Always Sunny in Philadelphia as "The Waitress," a coffee shop employee and an object of obsession for Day's character.[6] Day and Ellis are expecting their first child in December 2011.[7]

He has written some of the music featured in It's Always Sunny in Philadelphia.[8]

Film and television

Day at the premiere for Horrible Bosses in August 2011
Year Title Role Notes
2000 Mary and Rhoda Mailroom Kid TV Movie
Madigan Men Clerk TV Series: 1 Episode
2001–2004 Third Watch Michael Boscorelli TV Series: 5 Episodes
2001 Campfire Stories Joe Boner
Late Summer Trevor Short Film
Law & Order Jeremy TV Series: 1 Episode
2002 Bad Company Stoner Uncredited
2003 Luis Richie TV Series: 9 Episodes
2004 Reno 911! Inbred Twin TV Series: 1 Episode
2005 Love Thy Neighbor Video Clerk
2005–present It's Always Sunny in Philadelphia Charlie Kelly TV Series: 70 Episodes
Also Producer/Writer
2008 Boldly Going Nowhere TV Pilot
Producer/Writer Only
2008 A Quiet Little Marriage Adam
2010 Going the Distance Dan
2011 Horrible Bosses Dale Arbus
2011 Saturday Night Live Host
2013 Pacific Rim Newt Gotlieb

References

  1. ^ a b United in Matrimony. Leader Call. November 10, 2006.
  2. ^ Salve Regina University faculty profile
  3. ^ Weintraub, Steve. Jennifer Aniston, Jason Bateman, Charlie Day and Colin Farrell in Talks for HORRIBLE BOSSES for Director Seth Gordon. Collider. May 11, 2010.
  4. ^ Semigran, Aly (6 November 2011). "'Saturday Night Live' recap: Turning back the clock on Charlie Day(light savings time)". Entertainment Weekly. Retrieved 6 November 2011.
  5. ^ Mary Elizabeth Ellis at IMDb
  6. ^ a b Interview with Charlie Day & Mary Elizabeth Ellis, MonsterFresh.com
  7. ^ http://articles.latimes.com/2011/jul/07/entertainment/la-et-charlie-day-20110707/2
  8. ^ http://www.avclub.com/articles/charlie-day,46810/

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