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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)
New York City, New York, U.S.
Alma materMerrimack College
Occupation(s)Actor, Writer, Producer
SpouseMary Elizabeth Ellis (2006-present)
Children1

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

Early life

Day was born in New York City, New York. 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.[2] Day spent most of his childhood in Middletown, Rhode Island. He attended Pennfield School and graduated from Portsmouth Abbey School, both in Portsmouth, Rhode Island. He went on to attend Merrimack College in North Andover, Massachusetts where he was a shortstop on the baseball team.

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 Jason Bateman, Jason Sudeikis, Kevin Spacey, Jennifer Aniston, 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 appeared in Guillermo Del Toro's film Pacific Rim and voiced a character named Art in the Pixar animated film Monsters University.

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.[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] The couple had their first child, a son named Russell Wallace, on December 15, 2011.[7]

Day has written and improvised 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
Film and Television
Year Film Role Notes
2000 Mary and Rhoda Mailroom Kid TV movie
Madigan Men Clerk episode Three Guys, a Girl and a Conversation Nook
2001 Law & Order Jeremy episode Swept Away - A Very Special Episode
Late Summer Trevor Short film
Campfire Stories Joe Boner
2001–2004 Third Watch Michael Boscorelli 5 episodes
2002 Bad Company Stoner Uncredited
2003 Luis Richie 9 episodes
2004 Reno 911! Inbred Twin episode Not Without My Mustache
2005 Love Thy Neighbor Video Clerk
2005–present It's Always Sunny in Philadelphia Charlie Kelly 94 episodes
Also producer/writer
2008 Boldly Going Nowhere TV pilot
Producer/writer only
A Quiet Little Marriage Adam
2010 Going the Distance Dan
2011 Horrible Bosses Dale Arbus
Saturday Night Live Host TV
2012 Unsupervised Jesse Judge (voice) episode Jesse Judge Lawncare Incorporated
2012 Saturday Night Live Congressman Fenton Worthington Carrey Jamie Foxx/Neyo
2012 American Dad! Meth Head Episode: Ad-Ventures in Hayleysitting
2013 Pacific Rim Newt Geiszler
2013 Monsters University Art Voice role
2014 The Lego Movie 1980-something Space Guy Voice role
2014 Horrible Bosses 2 Dale Arbus

References

  1. ^ Kate Ward (18). "'It's Always Sunny in Philadelphia': The cast tells their story". EW.com. Entertainment Weekly Inc. Retrieved 19 August 2012. {{cite web}}: Check date values in: |date= and |year= / |date= mismatch (help); Unknown parameter |month= ignored (help)
  2. ^ Salve Regina University (2012). "Faculty". Salve Regina University. Salve Regina University. Retrieved 19 August 2012.
  3. ^ Steve 'Frosty' Weintraub (11). "Jennifer Aniston, Jason Bateman, Charlie Day and Colin Farrell in Talks for HORRIBLE BOSSES for Director Seth Gordon". Collider.com. IndieClick Film Network. Retrieved 19 August 2012. {{cite web}}: Check date values in: |date= and |year= / |date= mismatch (help); Unknown parameter |month= ignored (help)
  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://celebritybabies.people.com/2011/12/16/always-sunny-charlie-day-mary-elizabeth-ellis-welcome-son-russell-wallace/?xid=rss-topheadlines
  8. ^ David Wolinsky (26). "RANDOM RULES Charlie Day". A.V. Club. Onion Inc. Retrieved 19 August 2012. {{cite web}}: Check date values in: |date= and |year= / |date= mismatch (help); Unknown parameter |month= ignored (help)
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