Comedians

Stephen Colbert Net Worth

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8 months ago

August 20, 2023

Daniel Wanburg

Stephen Colbert's Net Worth as of 2024
$45 Million

The famous comedian, actor and screenwriter Stephen Colbert was born on 13 May 1964, in Washington DC USA, of Irish, English and German descent. Stephen is perhaps best known for hosting the late-night satirical TV show “The Colbert Report”, which started running in 2005, in which Stephen positions himself as a political humorist. Colbert even received an Emmy Award for the role in this show, and for the TV special show aired in 2008 “A Colbert Christmas: The Greatest Gift of All”, Stephen gained a Grammy Award.

So just how rich is Stephen Colbert? Sources estimate that Stephen has a net worth of $45 million, which should not be surprising as this satirist earns more than $6 million per year, in particular from “The Colbert Report”.

Stephen Colbert Net Worth $45 Million

Stephen Colbert was the youngest of 11 children: his father and two brothers were killed in an air crash in 1974. His father, James was a doctor and medical school dean at Yale, Saint Louis and finally the Medical University of South Carolina, and his mother, Lorna was, unsurprisingly a homemaker. Stephen spent his childhood in South Carolina, finally at Northwestern University where Colbert started acting, as well as studying drama.

Stephen Colbert toyed with several career possibilities, including as a musician and as a diver before hearing problems leaving him deaf in his right ear led him to concentrate on acting, which was a by-product in his first job with a ‘phone company, where studying was encouraged. In his early career, Stephen Colbert established his net worth with appearances on “Missing Persons” (1993), “Exit 57” (1995 – 1996), “Spin City” (1996), “The Dana Carvey Show” (1996), “The Daily Show” (1997 – 2005). Stephen Colbert’s net worth was further boosted with revenues from “Saturday Night Live” (1996 – 2011): in total, Colbert appeared in 14 episodes of this show.

Stephen Colbert was also a screenwriter of some the already mentioned shows, which added considerable incomes to Stephen’s net worth. In addition, for co-writing “The Daily Show”, Colbert received a couple of Emmy Awards.

Stephen`s filmography is very long, mostly on TV with over 40 credits obviously contributing significantly to his net worth. The actor appeared in “Strangers with Candy” (1999 – 2000), “Harvey Birdman, Attorney at Law” (2001 – 2007), “Crank Yankers” (2002), “The Wrong Coast” (2004), “The Venture Bros” (2004 – 2006), “Bewitched” (2005), “The Office” (2012), and “Alpha House” (2013).

Stephen Colbert’s net worth has also been boosted from his work as a voice actor. He voiced characters from such famous movies as “American Dad” (2005), “The Simpsons” (2007), “Monsters vs Aliens” (2009), and “Mr. Peabody & Sherman” (2014).

Colbert is also known as a screenwriter and author. He has published a couple of books, including “Wigfield: The Can Do Town That Just May Not” (2004), “I Am America (And So Can You)” (2007), “America Again: Re-becoming the Greatness We Never Weren’t” (2012), and “I Am a Pole (And So Can You!)” (2012). Some of these books were acknowledged as best-sellers.

From his successful career in many areas, including acting and politics, Stephen Colbert is considered to be as one of the most influential people in the US, as announced by TIME Magazine.

As for his personal life, Stephen married Evelyn McGee in 1991, and the couple has three children. Along with Evelyn, Stephen performed in “Strangers with Candy”, wherein Evelyn played his mother. Currently, the Colbert family resides in Montclair, New Jersey.

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Comedians

Graham Norton Net Worth

Published

1 day ago

April 18, 2024

Daniel Wanburg

Graham William Walker, better known by his stage name Graham Norton, is a famous Irish comedian, actor, commentator, TV presenter and writer-columnist who has a net worth of $30 million. He was born on April 4, 1963 in Clondalkin, a suburb of Dublin, Ireland, but he was raised in Bandon. Today Norton is one of the most recognised faces on British TV, having begun in show business 1992. Graham Norton is also known as a great businessman: in 1998 he established a production company “So Television” with Graham Stuart. This company still produces Norton’s chat shows, such as the famous “So Graham Norton” and “The Graham Norton Show”. When Norton decided to sell this company in 2012, he received about $28 million.

Graham Norton Net Worth $30 Million

Although this amount of money composes a huge part of Graham’s net worth, he also earns millions of dollars thanks to his acting and writings; today Norton’s income reaches $5 million per year. Some portion of his net worth was received in 2007, when Graham Norton with Claudia Winkelman hosted the first annual Eurovision Dance Contest. Later he hosted the 2008 contest in Glasgow too. Since 2009, Graham Norton has been known by people in the United Kingdom as a BBC commentator of the famous Eurovision Song Contest .

Graham Norton has been successful not only as a Eurovision commentator and businessman, but also as an actor. The first time he appeared on screen was in 1996 as Father Noel Furlong in the movie “Father Ted”. Later Graham played Mr. Puckov in “Another Gay Movie”, voiced plants on BBC in “Rex the Hunt” and even had the opportunity to play himself in a TV show called “Absolutely Fabulous: Gay”. He has also been the host of a myriad number of TV shows, and Graham’s voice has been heard on the BBC radio station “BBC Radio 2” since October 2, 2010, when he took over from Jonathan Ross.

Graham Norton has written 4 books: the first was called “London before the Blitz, 1906-40: from the coming of the motor-car to the outbreak of war” and the last one was called simply and shortly: “So me”. During his career this famous actor and writer has received some awards, the first in 1999 as the “Gay Entertainer of the Year”. He has since received the same award 5 times, plus the BAFTA Television Award for Best Entertainment Performance for his TV shows “So Graham Norton” and “The Graham Norton shows”, the last one being in 2012.

Graham Norton is usually seen driving his Lexus hybrid RX 450h. The car was stolen from him a few years ago, but the owner was able to find it in Wandsworth, West London thanks to English police and to the unique vehicle recovery device which was fitted to it. When Graham doesn’t drive his car and has some free time, he spends it with his two dogs – a terrier cross named Madge (it was named after famous singer Madonna) and labradoodle Madge. Both of his dogs Norton adopted from the UK charity called “Dogs Trust”.

Comedians

Brittany Furlan Net Worth

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1 day ago

April 18, 2024

Daniel Wanburg

Brittany Furlan was born on the 5th September 1986, in Perkasie, Pennsylvania USA, and is an actress, comedian and internet personality, probably best known to the world for being one of the most followed females on the Vine application. She is also recognized as an actress, starring in the role of Sara in “We Are Your Friends”. Besides that, she has also appeared in the TV show “America’s Next Top Model”.

Have you ever wondered how rich is Brittany Furlan, as of late 2017? According to authoritative sources, it has been estimated that Furlan’s net worth is as high as $800,000, an amount earned through her successful career in the world of entertainment, active since the mid- 2000s.

Brittany Furlan Net Worth $800,000

Brittany, of mixed ancestry, since she has Italian and American ancestry, grew up in her hometown, but soon after finishing her education moved to the big city of Los Angeles, California.

Brittany`s popularity comes from a website Vine, on which users post short comedy videos. Currently, Brittany has more than 1000 posts, and a fan base of almost 10 million, which makes her one of the most popular female “Viners”, second only to Lele Pons, who has 11 million fans.

Thanks to her popularity on Vine, Brittany launched her career on television, and so far she has appeared in more than 20 films and TV series.

Starting in 2009 with an appearance in the TV series “Reality Hell”, and two years later she appeared in the film “L.A. Paranormal Activity”. In 2015, her career reached a whole new level, as she began to feature in more popular films, including “We Are Your Friends” with Zac Efron and Emily Ratajkowski, and the following year she appeared in the film “Dreamland”, alongside Beverly D` Angelo and Lilli Birdsell, consistently boosting her net worth.

Most recently, she was selected for the role of Angela Gambazzo in the film “Random Tropical Paradise” (2017), appearing next to Bryan Greenberg, Brooks Wheelan and Spencer Grammer, which certainly added to her net worth. Furthermore, Brittany will appear in the film “Airplane Mode”, which is currently in post-production, but without a release date, and will also feature in the comedy film “The Unicorn”, scheduled for a 2018 release.

Thanks to her talents, Brittany has earned several nominations, including for Teen Choice Awards in the category of Choice Web: Viner in 2015, among others.

Regarding her personal life, there is no information about Brittany Furlan in the media, except the fact that she is currently in a relationship with famous drummer Tommy Lee. Her current residence is in Los Angeles, California. In addition to her career on Vine, she is also active on other social networks such as Twitter and Instagram, on which she has over 1.7 million followers.