John Bernard Larroquette was born on the 25th November 1947, in New Orleans, Louisiana USA, and is a film and television actor, a five-time Emmy Award winner best known for his roles of Dan Fielding in NBC sitcom “Night Court” (1984 – 1992) and lawyer Carl Sack in the ABC series “Boston Legal” (2007 – 2008). Larroquette has been active in the entertainment industry since 1974.
How rich is the well known actor? It has been reported by authoritative sources that the outright size of John Larroquette’s net worth is as much as $28 million, as of the data presented in the late 2016. Acting is the main source of Larroquette’s wealth.
John Larroquette Net Worth $28 Million
To begin with, he is a son of Bert Hella Oramous Helmstetter and John Edgar Larroquette. In his youth he played clarinet and saxophone, but in 1973 he saw the play “Vieux Carré”, and then decided to become an actor. He moved to Hollywood to pursue his acting career.
Talking about his professional career, John debuted as the narrator of the horror film “The Texas Chain Saw Massacre” (1974) by Tobe Hooper. Then he made brief appearances in a number of feature films, including “Altered States” (1980), “Heart Beat” (1980), “Green Ice” (1981), “Stripes” (1981), “Cat People” (1982), “Hysterical” (1983) and “Twilight Zone: The Movie” (1983). John Larroquette became known for his role of the sex-obsessed District Attorney Dan Fielding in the sitcom “Night Court”, for which he won four Emmy Awards consecutively in 1985-88. Later, he had his own series “The John Larroquette Show” (1993 – 1996), both of which significantly contributed to his net worth.
It should be said that the actor won Primetime Emmy Award and Viewers for Quality Television Award for his role in the legal drama “The Practice” (1997 – 2002). Then he played the main role in the series “Happy Family” (2003 – 2004), followed by landing the main character in the legal dramedy created by David E. Kelley – “Boston Legal” (2007 – 2008). For the Outstanding Performance in the series he was nominated for the Screen Actors Guild Awards in 2007 and 2008. John was afterwards cast as the main in the feature film “Gun” (2010) directed by Jessy Terrero.
Since 2014, the actor has been staring in the adventure television series “The Librarians”, aired on TNT; for the role of Jenkins, John Larroquette was nominated for a Saturn Award in 2015.
In addition to the above mentioned engagements, Laroquette has added sums to the overall size of his net worth appearing live on the stage. He made his debut on Broadway in 2011, portraying JB Biggley in the musical “How to Succeed in Business Without Really Trying”. In 2012, he starred in the play “The Best Man” by Gore Vidal, creating the character of William Russell.
Finally, in the personal life of the actor, Larroquette married Elizabeth Ann Cookson in 1975; the family has three children. John is an avid collector of rare books – he is focused on authors including Charles Bukowski, David Foster Wallace, Anthony Burgess, John Fante, Michael Ondaatje and John Steinbeck.
