The Movies Roles of Danny DeVito Quiz

Answer: Vincent Benedict

The 1988 film "Twins" starred Arnold Schwarzenegger and Danny DeVito as twin brothers who were separated at birth. A genetic experiment was conducted producing Schwarzenegger's "perfect being" Julius Benedict. The embryo accidentally split and DeVito's "lowlife" Vincent Benedict was also born.

The twins were separated at birth. They reunited after their thirty-fifth birthday. The twins went on an adventure to meet their mother and deliver a prototype fuel injector for reward money.

Answer: The Penguin

The 1992 film "Batman Returns" was directed by Tim Burton and based on the DC Comics character Batman. Danny DeVito played a deformed man born as Oswald Cobblepot. This character evolved to become the supervillain known as The Penguin. In the movie, The Penguin plotted to abduct and kill all of the firstborn sons in Gotham City.

Answer: Harry Wormwood

The 1996 film "Matilda" was directed by Danny DeVito. The film was based on a 1988 novel written by Roald Dahl. Danny DeVito played a car salesman named Harry Wormwood. Harry was the abusive and neglectful father of a genius girl with psychokinetic abilities named Matilda.

Answer: Owen Lift

The 1987 film "Throw Mama from the Train" was directed by Danny DeVito. The movie starred Danny DeVito, Billy Crystal and Anne Ramsey. DeVito's Owen Lift character took a literature class at a local community college. Lift killed his literature instructor's ex-wife. In return, Lift wanted the instructor to help Lift kill his over-bearing mother.

Answer: Martini

The 1975 film "One Flew Over the Cuckoo's Nest" was directed by Milos Forman. The movie was based on a 1962 novel written by Ken Kesey. The movie won five Academy Awards.

Danny DeVito's Martini character was a mental patient who had delusional hallucinations. Martini liked to play cards, board games and Monopoly even though he couldn't follow the rules.

Answer: Sam Stone

The 1986 film "Ruthless People" starred Danny DeVito, Bette Midler, Judge Reinhold, Helen Slater and Anita Morris. Danny DeVito's Sam Stone character attempted to murder his wife Barbara to to gain control of her family's fortune. Barbara, played Bette Midler, was kidnapped for ransom by two of Sam's former employees. Sam refused to pay any ransom while his mistress tried a blackmail scheme on Sam.

Answer: Sid Hudgens

The 1997 crime film "L.A. Confidential" directed, produced and written by Curtis Hanson. The film starred Kevin Spacey, Kim Basinger, Danny DeVito, Guy Pearce and Russell Crowe. The film was nominated for nine Academy Awards.

Danny Devito played Sid Hudgens. This character was the editor of the fictional scandal tabloid magazine titled "Hush Hush". Hudgens used this magazine to tip the police about celebrity arrests and scandals.

Answer: George Shapiro

The 1999 film "Man on the Moon" starred Jim Carrey, Paul Giamatti, Danny DeVito and Courtney Love. This film was about the life and career of entertainer Andy Kaufman. DeVito played George Shapiro, the talent agent who signed and guided the career of Andy Kaufman.

Answer: Ralph

The 1984 film "Romancing the Stone" and its sequel 1985 "The Jewel of the Nile" were both produced by Michael Douglas. The movies starred Michael Douglas, Kathleen Turner and Danny DeVito. DeVito played an antiquities smuggler named Ralph who followed Douglas and Turner's characters on their adventures.

Answer: Bill Rago

The 1994 film "Renaissance Man" was directed by Penny Marshall. DeVito's Bill Rago character was fired from his job as an advertising executive. An unemployment agency found Rago a temporary job teaching basic literacy classes at a nearby U.S. Army training base. Rago taught William Shakespeare to the unenthusiastic class.

The soldiers eventually passed Rago's class and graduated from the program.

Answer: Deck Shifflet

The 1997 film "The Rainmaker" was based on a 1995 novel written by John Grisham. The movie was directed by Francis Ford Coppola. Danny DeVito played an insurance assessor-turned-paralegal named Deck Shifflet. DeVito's Shifflet character graduated from law school but failed the bar exam six times. Shifflet mentored a young lawyer named Rudy Baylor.

Answer: Bobby Ciaro

The 1992 biographical film "Hoffa" was directed by Danny DeVito. The film was about former Teamsters leader, Jimmy Hoffa. Jack Nicholson played Jimmy Hoffa in the film. The story was told from the point of view of a Hoffa associate named Bobby Ciaro. The Ciaro character was played by Danny DeVito.

Answer: Gavin D'Amato

The 1989 film "The War of the Roses" was directed by Danny DeVito. The film was based on a 1981 novel by Warren Adler. The film reunited the thespians Michael Douglas, Kathleen Turner and Danny DeVito. They had previously worked together on the 1984 film "Romancing the Stone" and its sequel 1985 "The Jewel of the Nile".

DeVito played a divorce lawyer named Gavin D'Amato. This character told a potential client the eerie story of a bad relationship between a former client named Oliver Rose and his wife Barbara Rose.

Answer: Martin Weir

The 1995 film "Get Shorty" was based on a 1990 novel by Elmore Leonard. The film spawned a 2003 sequel titled "Be Cool" which was based on a 1999 Elmore Leonard novel. Both movies played John Travolta as a fictional gangster Chili Palmer and Danny DeVito as a fictional Academy Award nominated actor named Martin Weir.

Answer: Wyatt Rash

The 2000 film "Drowning Mona" starred Danny Devito and Bette Midler in an ensemble cast. Midler's Mona Dearly character drove her son's car off a nearby cliff and drowned in a river. Local police chief Wyatt Rash, played by DeVito, performed a complex investigation of the death.