Personal Life
DeVito met actress Rhea Perlman on January 17, 1971, when she went to see a friend in the single performance of the play The Shrinking Bride, which also featured DeVito. They moved in together two weeks after meeting. The couple married on January 28, 1982. They have three children: Lucy Chet DeVito (born March 11,1983), Grace Fan DeVito (born March 1985), and Jacob Daniel DeVito (born October 1987). Throughout their relationship, Perlman and DeVito acted alongside each other several times, including in the TV show Taxi and the feature film Matilda. DeVito and Perlman separated in October 2012 after 30 years of marriage and over 40 years together. Prior to this, the family lived in Beverly Hills, California, and also spent time at their vacation home in Interlaken, New Jersey. Lucy starred as Anne Frank in a production of Anne Frank at the Intiman Theatre in Seattle, Washington, in 2008.
DeVito is a Democrat, and a supporter of the OneVoice Movement, a nonprofit organization that strives to help moderate Israelis and Palestinians to take a more assertive role in resolving the Israeli–Palestinian conflict. He and Perlman are also members of the steering committee of the Friends of the Apollo, supporting a theater in Oberlin, Ohio, as is filmmaker Jonathan Demme.
DeVito co-owned a restaurant called DeVito South Beach in Miami Beach, Florida, which closed in 2011.
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