Charlie Day

Charlie Day
Day at the San Diego Comic-Con International in July 2010.
Born	Charles Peckham Day (1976-02-09) February 9, 1976 New York City, New York, U.S.
Nationality	American
Education	Portsmouth Abbey School
Alma mater	Merrimack College
Occupation	Actor, screenwriter, television producer, musician
Years active	2000-present
Spouse(s)	Mary Elizabeth Ellis (2006-present)
Children	1

Charles Peckham "Charlie" Day (born February 9, 1976)^[1] is an American actor, musician, television producer and screenwriter best known for playing Charlie Kelly on It's Always Sunny in Philadelphia,^[2] as well as for his roles in the films Horrible Bosses (2011) and Pacific Rim (2013).

Early life

Day was born in New York City, New York. His mother, Mary (née Peckham), was a piano teacher at The Pennfield School in Portsmouth, Rhode Island. His father, Dr. Thomas Charles Day, is retired and was a professor of Music History and Music Theory at Salve Regina University in Newport, Rhode Island.^[3] His father is of Italian and Irish descent, and his mother has English, with remote Irish and Welsh, ancestry.^[4] 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 received a bachelor's degree from Merrimack College in North Andover, Massachusetts. During his college years he was active in the summer training programs at the Williamstown Theatre Festival in Williamstown, 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 Jason Bateman, Jason Sudeikis, Kevin Spacey, Jennifer Aniston, Colin Farrell, and Jamie Foxx.^[5] He also had a role in the 2010 film Going the Distance, alongside Justin Long, Jason Sudeikis, and Drew Barrymore. In 2013, he voiced a character named Art in the Pixar animated film Monsters University and appeared in Guillermo del Toro's film Pacific Rim.

Day has also been a producer for the television shows How to Be a Gentleman and Unsupervised.

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.^[6]

Personal life

Day has been married to actress Mary Elizabeth Ellis since March 4, 2006.^[7] Day and Ellis met in 2001 and were dating in 2004 when they appeared together on Reno 911 playing incestuous siblings.^[8] 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.^[8] The couple had their first child, a son named Russell Wallace Day, on December 15, 2011.^[9]

Day has written and improvised some of the music featured in It's Always Sunny in Philadelphia.^[10]

Filmography

Day at the premiere for Horrible Bosses in August 2011

Film

Television

Video games

Awards and nominations

References

External links

Wikimedia Commons has media related to Charlie Day.

• Charlie Day at the Internet Movie Database