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Rob McElhenney and the other stars of It’s always sunny in Philadelphia have paid tribute to their co-star Danny DeVito as the Hollywood icon turns 80.

DeVito has played the role of Frank Reynolds on the American sitcom since 2006, which has given him a late-career renaissance and made him a modern cultural icon.

The Batman returns star recently celebrated his 80th birthday on Sunday (Nov. 17), with many of his co-stars on the show praising DeVito both as an actor and as a person.

“This man was born 80 years ago today. He could still drink you under the table,” Rob McElhenney wrote on X/Twitter.

“He can still make you laugh harder than anyone you’ve ever met. He can still make you feel like you’re the only person in the room. He can still give you the best advice you’ve ever received and make you feel loved no matter what. He is an American treasure. There is only one @Danny DeVito.”

On Instagram, Kaitlin Olson said: “Congratulations on my favorite (rum) ham. Danny DeVito is everything you want him to be. Lights up every room, makes sure everyone is taken care of, gives his whole heart to everyone and everything he loves. Here’s to 80 more. I wouldn’t put it past him.”

The cast of It is always sunnyalso starring Charlie Day and Glenn Howerton, will star in a special two-episode crossover event with ABC hit Abbott Elementary.

The unique collaboration has reportedly already been recorded, Olson recently said Variety“It was a lot of fun.”

She added, “They (cast of Abbott Elementary) will be entering our world in a few weeks, which is very exciting. So it was a lot of fun for both of our casts to be able to do: them a cable show and us a network show.

Elsewhere, McElhenney recently hit back at Jerry Seinfeld’s suggestion that sitcoms have lost their edge with a one-word reference to his own show.

Seinfeld, 70, made headlines earlier this year by claiming as much in an interview with The New Yorker that “the far left (and) PC (politically correct) c**p and people who worry so much about offending other people” are responsible for the “death” of television comedy.

The comedian, whose show Seinfeld ran from 1989 to 1998 and subsequently claimed that many of the jokes in the series should no longer be allowed to air.

“(It could be) Kramer decides to start a business where homeless people pull rickshaws because, as he says, ‘they’re outside anyway,’” Seinfeld said. “Do you think I can get that episode on the air today?”

On X/Twitter McElhenney responded directly to that question, replying, “Probably.”