50+ Disney Characters that Are Based on Real People

Danny DeVito has a long and impressive resume and is one of the showbiz greats, he has been a part of many legendary movies. He is an actor, comedian, director, producer, and screenwriter, and as of 1997, he got to add voice actor to that long and very impressive list.

In 1997, Disney released the film adaptation of Hercules. DeVito voiced Philoctetes, a half-human half-goat character. You can tell that the animators used DeVito’s likeness for inspiration when drawing up this character, from his stature to some of his facial expressions.