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Charlie Day
Charles Peckham Day (born February 9, 1976) is an American actor, comedian, writer, and producer. He is best known for playing Charlie Kelly on the FX/FXX dark comedy series It's Always Sunny in Philadelphia (2005–present), of which 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. Subsequently, he co-created the Apple TV+ comedy Mythic Quest (2020–2025) with Rob Mac and Megan Ganz.
In film, Day is best known for his performances as Dr. Newton Geiszler in Guillermo del Toro's Pacific Rim (2013), Dale Arbus in the comedy Horrible Bosses (2011) and its sequel Horrible Bosses 2 (2014), and Andy Campbell in the comedy Fist Fight (2017). He is also known for his voice roles in Monsters University (2013), The Lego Movie film franchise (2014–2019), and Nintendo franchise character Luigi in The Super Mario Bros. Movie (2023) and its sequel, The Super Mario Galaxy Movie (2026). He made his directorial debut with Fool's Paradise (2023).
Day was born on February 9, 1976, in New York City. His family lived in the Riverdale neighborhood of the Bronx. He spent most of his childhood in Middletown, Rhode Island. He is the younger of two children, with an elder sister named Alice. His father, Dr. Thomas Charles Day, who is of Italian and Irish descent, is a retired professor of music history at Salve Regina University in Newport, Rhode Island. His mother, Mary (née Peckham), is of English descent and was a music teacher at The Pennfield School (formerly The New School) in Portsmouth, Rhode Island. His paternal grandfather changed the family name from Del Giorno to Day to assimilate during WWII; he died in a military training accident when his son Thomas was only four.
Day attended Pennfield School and graduated from the Portsmouth Abbey School, both in Portsmouth, Rhode Island. He attended Merrimack College, where he majored in art history and was active in the Onstagers, Merrimack's student theater organization. He graduated in 1998. In May 2014, he gave the commencement speech for Merrimack's graduating class and received an honorary Ph.D.
While still in college, Day was active in the training programs at the Williamstown Theatre Festival every summer from 1997, where he was a contemporary of actors such as Jimmi Simpson, David Hornsby, Kathryn Hahn, Justin Long, and Sterling K. Brown. Day went on to play the lead role in the stage play Dead End at the Huntington Theatre in Boston.
After graduating, Day worked on small television roles, advertisements, and voiceovers for the Independent Film Channel (IFC), and supplemented his income by waiting tables and answering phones for a telethon. In the early 2000s, he had guest and recurring appearances on television shows such as Law & Order, Third Watch, Reno 911!, and the short-lived sitcom, Luis.
In the early years of his career, Day made comedy sketches and absurd short films in his spare time alongside Jimmi Simpson, with whom he was living in New York City, and several friends, including David Hornsby, Nate Mooney, Logan Marshall-Green, and other actors—many of whom they had met through the Williamstown Theatre Festival. These home videos served as the inspiration for several scripted short films he later developed with Rob Mac and Glenn Howerton in 2003, once he had moved to Los Angeles. Among these home movies were two scenes about three self-involved, struggling actors in Los Angeles getting into awkward and darkly comedic situations between auditions and jobs, which went on to form the basis of the pilot episode of the comedy series It's Always Sunny in Philadelphia.
In 2005, the first season of It's Always Sunny in Philadelphia was released on FX television. In addition to executive producing and writing for the show, Day stars as Charlie Kelly. In 2021, It's Always Sunny became the longest running live-action comedy on American television with the release of its 15th season. The series is still ongoing, with its 18th season in the works as of April 2026.
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Charlie Day
Charles Peckham Day (born February 9, 1976) is an American actor, comedian, writer, and producer. He is best known for playing Charlie Kelly on the FX/FXX dark comedy series It's Always Sunny in Philadelphia (2005–present), of which 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. Subsequently, he co-created the Apple TV+ comedy Mythic Quest (2020–2025) with Rob Mac and Megan Ganz.
In film, Day is best known for his performances as Dr. Newton Geiszler in Guillermo del Toro's Pacific Rim (2013), Dale Arbus in the comedy Horrible Bosses (2011) and its sequel Horrible Bosses 2 (2014), and Andy Campbell in the comedy Fist Fight (2017). He is also known for his voice roles in Monsters University (2013), The Lego Movie film franchise (2014–2019), and Nintendo franchise character Luigi in The Super Mario Bros. Movie (2023) and its sequel, The Super Mario Galaxy Movie (2026). He made his directorial debut with Fool's Paradise (2023).
Day was born on February 9, 1976, in New York City. His family lived in the Riverdale neighborhood of the Bronx. He spent most of his childhood in Middletown, Rhode Island. He is the younger of two children, with an elder sister named Alice. His father, Dr. Thomas Charles Day, who is of Italian and Irish descent, is a retired professor of music history at Salve Regina University in Newport, Rhode Island. His mother, Mary (née Peckham), is of English descent and was a music teacher at The Pennfield School (formerly The New School) in Portsmouth, Rhode Island. His paternal grandfather changed the family name from Del Giorno to Day to assimilate during WWII; he died in a military training accident when his son Thomas was only four.
Day attended Pennfield School and graduated from the Portsmouth Abbey School, both in Portsmouth, Rhode Island. He attended Merrimack College, where he majored in art history and was active in the Onstagers, Merrimack's student theater organization. He graduated in 1998. In May 2014, he gave the commencement speech for Merrimack's graduating class and received an honorary Ph.D.
While still in college, Day was active in the training programs at the Williamstown Theatre Festival every summer from 1997, where he was a contemporary of actors such as Jimmi Simpson, David Hornsby, Kathryn Hahn, Justin Long, and Sterling K. Brown. Day went on to play the lead role in the stage play Dead End at the Huntington Theatre in Boston.
After graduating, Day worked on small television roles, advertisements, and voiceovers for the Independent Film Channel (IFC), and supplemented his income by waiting tables and answering phones for a telethon. In the early 2000s, he had guest and recurring appearances on television shows such as Law & Order, Third Watch, Reno 911!, and the short-lived sitcom, Luis.
In the early years of his career, Day made comedy sketches and absurd short films in his spare time alongside Jimmi Simpson, with whom he was living in New York City, and several friends, including David Hornsby, Nate Mooney, Logan Marshall-Green, and other actors—many of whom they had met through the Williamstown Theatre Festival. These home videos served as the inspiration for several scripted short films he later developed with Rob Mac and Glenn Howerton in 2003, once he had moved to Los Angeles. Among these home movies were two scenes about three self-involved, struggling actors in Los Angeles getting into awkward and darkly comedic situations between auditions and jobs, which went on to form the basis of the pilot episode of the comedy series It's Always Sunny in Philadelphia.
In 2005, the first season of It's Always Sunny in Philadelphia was released on FX television. In addition to executive producing and writing for the show, Day stars as Charlie Kelly. In 2021, It's Always Sunny became the longest running live-action comedy on American television with the release of its 15th season. The series is still ongoing, with its 18th season in the works as of April 2026.
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