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Date of Birth

9 February 1976, New York City, New York, USA

Nickname

Green Man

Height

5' 7" (1.70 m)

Mini Biography

Charles Peckham "Charlie" Day (born February 9, 1976) is an American television and film actor, from Middletown, Rhode Island, best known for playing Charlie Kelly on It's Always Sunny in Philadelphia.

Early life

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, and his father, Thomas Charles Day, is an English/Music professor at Salve Regina University in Newport, RI. Day spent most of his childhood in Middletown, Rhode Island, attended The Pennfield School and graduated from Portsmouth Abbey School, both in Portsmouth. Afterwards, he attended Merrimack College in Massachusetts, where he played baseball.

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 Jennifer Aniston, Jason Bateman, Jason Sudeikis, Colin Farrell, and Jamie Foxx. He also had a role in the 2010 film Going the Distance, alongside Justin Long, Jason Sudeikis, and Drew Barrymore.

Personal life

Day is married to Mary Elizabeth Ellis, the actress who plays a recurring character on It's Always Sunny in Philadelphia, since March 4, 2006. Ellis plays "The Waitress," an employee at a coffee shop, with whom Day's character has an extreme obsession. They met in 2001 and have dated since at least 2004 when Day and Ellis appeared on Reno 911 together and portrayed incestuous siblings. The couple are expecting their first child in December 2011.

While not working, Day is an avid music enthusiast. He enjoys listening to a variety of music from all different genres and learned how to play the piano while growing up. He has written some of the music featured in It's Always Sunny in Philadelphia.

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Spouse

Mary Elizabeth Ellis

(4 March 2006 - present)

Trade Mark

Often plays abused or mistreated characters

Overemotional delivery

High pitched voice

Trivia

Is a skilled musician and wrote the songs contributed by his character, Charlie Kelly, in "It's Always Sunny in Philadelphia" (2005).

He was roommates for a time with actor Jimmi Simpson who would later play the part of Liam McPoyle on Day's show "It's Always Sunny in Philadelphia" (2005).

Expecting his first child with wife Mary Elizabeth Ellis in December 2011.

In 2004, he and his future wife played incestuous siblings on an episode of "Reno 911!" (2003).

He is the only person in his nuclear family not to have doctorate degree.

Charlie and his wife Mary Elizabeth Ellis met as fellow theater actors in New York City in 2001.

He hosted the November 5, 2011 episode of "Saturday Night Live" (1975). He is the second cast member from "It's Always Sunny in Philadelphia" (2005) to host SNL, after Danny DeVito.

Personal Quotes

Well, yeah. The barometer is always whether or not you find it funny. There's plenty of scripts that deal with similar subject matter that I find not funny at all, or way over the top. The trick in my opinion to a really good comedy is when it walks up to that line, and you're always wondering, "Are they going to step over it? Are they going to go too far?" That balancing act of, "I can't believe they're getting away with this, why aren't they falling?" If you don't come close enough to the line, then it's almost too safe and predictable. If you go way over it, then nobody cares to watch it. You could make a really funny movie or episode about the darkest things in the world and if you just handle it the right way it's going to be fine.

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