45 Actors You Probably Didn’t Know Were the Voices Behind Animated Characters

Danny DeVito is known for many things in Hollywood. He is an actor, comedian, director, producer, and screenwriter! While he first gained prominence with the role of Louie De Palma in Taxi, his prosperous career has covered a wide range of different roles, even animated ones.

In the 1997 movie Hercules, Danny DeVito took on the role of the stocky Philoctetes (also known as Phil), who trained Hercules to become a hero. This role really differed from the character of Mr. Wormwood, Matilda’s mean, book-hating father from the movie Matilda, which came out only one year before Hercules.