Charlie Day

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] as well as for his roles in the films Horrible Bosses (2011) and Pacific Rim (2013).

CONTENTS  [hide]  1 Early life 2 Career 3 Personal life 4 Film and television 4.1 Film 4.2 Television 5 References 6 External links

EARLY LIFE[EDIT]

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 Universityin 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[EDIT]

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 thePixar 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[EDIT]

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[EDIT]

Day at the premiere for Horrible Bossesin August 2011

Film[edit]

Year	Title	Role	Notes
2001	Late Summer	Trevor	Short film
	Campfire Stories	Joe Boner
2002	Bad Company	Stoner	Uncredited
2005	Love Thy Neighbor	Video Clerk
2008	A Quiet Little Marriage	Adam
2010	Going the Distance	Dan
2011	Horrible Bosses	Dale Arbus
2013	Monsters University	Art	Voice
	Pacific Rim	Newt Geiszler
2014	The Lego Movie	1980-something Space Guy	Voice Post-production
	Horrible Bosses 2	Dale Arbus	Pre-production

Television[edit]

Year	Title	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"
2001–2004	Third Watch	Michael Boscorelli	Episodes: "Childhood Memories" "Old Dogs, New Tricks" "Family Ties: Part 1" "Family Ties: Part 2" "Spanking the Monkey"
2003	Luis	Richie	Series regular
2004	Reno 911!	Inbred Twin	Episode: "Not Without My Mustache"
2005–present	It's Always Sunny in Philadelphia	Charlie Kelly	Series regular Also producer and writer Nominated - Satellite Award for Best Actor – Television Series Musical or Comedy(2011)
2008	Boldly Going Nowhere		TV pilot Producer/writer only
2011	Saturday Night Live	Host	Episode: "Charlie Day/Maroon 5"
2012	Unsupervised	Jesse Judge	Voice Episode: "Jesse Judge Lawncare Incorporated"
	Saturday Night Live	Congressman Fenton Worthington Carrey	Episode: "Jamie Foxx/Neyo"
	American Dad!	Meth Head	Voice Episode: "Ad-Ventures in Hayleysitting"

REFERENCES[EDIT]

1. ^ Kate Ward (18). "'It's Always Sunny in Philadelphia': The cast tells their story". EW.com. Entertainment Weekly Inc. Retrieved 19 August 2012.
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.
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 the Internet Movie Database
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.