| Charlie Day | ||
|---|---|---|
| Character Jeremy | ||
| Date of birth 9 February 1976 | ||
| Place of birth Manhattan, New York City, New York | ||
| IMDb profile |
Charles Peckham "Charlie" Day (born February 9, 1976 in New York City, New York) is an actor best known for his role as Charlie Kelly on It's Always Sunny in Philadelphia (with Rob McElhenney), which he also wrote and executive-produced.
In 2020, he co-created the Apple TV+ comedy series Mythic Quest again with Rob McElhenney and Megan Ganz (and starred F. Murray Abraham). In film, he is known for his role as Dale in the films Horrible Bosses (2011) and its 2014 sequel, as well as for his roles in Monsters University (2013), Pacific Rim with Idris Elba (2013), The Lego Movie with Will Arnett and Elizabeth Banks (2014), Fist Fight (2017), Pacific Rim: Uprising (2018) with John Boyega, and The Lego Movie 2: The Second Part (2019). From 2018 to 2019, Day was the executive producer on the Fox comedy The Cool Kids.
He guest-starred on Law & Order in the episode "Swept Away - A Very Special Episode" as Jeremy.
Day has been married to actress Mary Elizabeth Ellis since March 4, 2006. They met in 2001 and were dating in 2004 when they co-starred as incestuous siblings on Reno 911!. Ellis has a recurring role on It's Always Sunny in Philadelphia as The Waitress, the object of the unrequited love and obsession for Day's character. The couple had their first child, a son named Russell Wallace Day, in December 2011. They live in Los Angeles, California.