Charlie Day

Personal Info

Know For

Acting

Gender

Male

Birthday

1976-02-09 (49 years old)

Place of Birth

New York City, New York, USA

Charlie Day

Biography

Charles Peckham Day (born February 9, 1976) is an American actor, writer, and producer. He is best known for playing Charlie Kelly on the FX dark comedy It's Always Sunny in Philadelphia (2005–present), which he stars with Rob McElhenney, Kaitlin Olson, Glenn Howerton and Danny DeVito, and he is also a writer and an executive producer. In 2011, he was nominated for a Critics' Choice Television Award and a Satellite Award for the role. He subsequently co-created the Fox sitcom The Cool Kids (2018–2019) with Paul Fruchbom and the Apple TV+ comedy Mythic Quest (2020–2025) with McElhenney and Megan Ganz. In film, Day is best known for his perfor...

Acting

2023

2010

Going the Distance

as Dan Grant

2013

Monsters University

as Art (voice)

2009

A Very Sunny Christmas

as Charlie Kelly

2013

Pacific Rim

as Dr. Newton Geiszler

2011

Horrible Bosses

as Dale Arbus

2014

The Lego Movie

as Benny (voice)

2014

Horrible Bosses 2

as Dale Arbus

2000

Mary and Rhoda

as Mailroom Kid

2014

Party Central

as Art (voice)

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Kill Me

as Jimmy

2003

Love Thy Neighbor

as Video Clerk

2015

Vacation

as Chad

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Wildwood

as (voice)

2001

The Red Peppers

as Mr. Nudger

2016

The Hollars

as Jason

2017

Fist Fight

as Andy Campbell

2001

Late Summer

as Trevor

2025

Honey Don't!

as Marty Metakawitch

2025

Summer of 69

as Rick Richards

2009

2018

Pacific Rim: Uprising

as Dr. Newton Geiszler

2018

Hotel Artemis

as Acapulco

2017

I Love You, Daddy

as Ralph Kinder

2023

Fool's Paradise

as Latte Pronto

2022

2014

The Emmet Awards Show!

as Benny (voice / uncredited / archive footage)

2021

How It Ends

as Lonny

2026

Super Mario World

as Luigi (voice)

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Production

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Kill Me

as Producer

2022

I Want You Back

as Executive Producer

2017

Fist Fight

as Executive Producer

2009

A Very Sunny Christmas

as Executive Producer

2023

For the Safety of Theo

as Executive Producer

2023

Fool's Paradise

as Director

2023

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