How Much Is Jeff Dunham Worth?
Jeff Dunham is one of the famous stand-up comedians worldwide. He is an American ventriloquist and comedian whose net worth is estimated $140 million as of 2020, according to Celebrity Net Worth.
Jeff Dunham Personal Information
Real Name: Jeff Dunham
Nickname: NA
First Name: Jeff
Last Name: NA
Date of birth: April 18, 1962
Gender: Male
Age: 57
Nationality: United States of America
Place of Birth: Timmins
Profession: Actor
Relationship Status: Married
Education: Under assessment
Birth Place: Dallas, TX
Religion: Christianity
Languages Spoken, Written or Signed: NA
Jeff Dunham Body Stats:
Height: 173, 1.82m
Weight: NA
Hair Color: blond
Eye Color: brown
Profession: Voice actor, ventriloquist, comedian, actor
Awards: NA
Work Period Start: NA
Work Period End: NA
Net Worth: $140 Million
Jeff Dunham Family & Relationships:
Father: NA
Mother: NA
Children: Kenna Dunham, Bree Dunham, Ashlyn Dunham, James Jeffrey Dunham, Jack Steven Dunham.
Spouse: Audrey Murdick (m. 2012), Paige Dunham (m. 1994–2010)
Biography
Jeffrey Dunham is an American ventriloquist, stand-up comedian and actor. He was born April 18, 1962 in Dallas, Texas, United States. He has shown his incredible skills on numerous television shows, as well as Comedy Central Presents, Late Show with David Letterman, The Tonight Show and Sonny With a Chance.
Career
Dunham has six specials that run on Comedy Central: Jeff Dunham: Arguing with Myself, Jeff Dunham: Spark of Insanity, Jeff Dunham’s Very Special Christmas Special, Jeff Dunham: Controlled Chaos, Jeff Dunham: Minding the Monsters, and Jeff Dunham: All Over the Map. Dunham also starred in The Jeff Dunham Show, a series on the network in 2009.
His style has been depicted as “a dressed-down, more digestible version of Don Rickles with multiple personality disorder”. He was described by Time that his characters as “politically incorrect, gratuitously insulting and ill tempered.”
Dunham has been credited with bringing innovation in ventriloquism and carrying out more to encourage the art form than anyone since Edgar Bergen. Slate described him “America’s favorite comedian”.
On the other side, the concert industry publication Pollstar announced Dunham the top-grossing standup act in North America and in the middle of the most successful acts in Europe as well.
Since November 2009, He has sold over four million DVDs, an additional $7 million in merchandise sales. However, Dunham has achieved more than 350 million hits on YouTube as of October 2009. His introduction of Achmed the Dead Terrorist in Spark of Insanity was listed as the ninth most watched YouTube video at the time.
His “A Very Special Christmas Special” was the most-watched telecast in Comedy Central history, with the DVD selling more than 400,000 copies in its first two weeks.
Forbes placed Dunham on the third among highest-paid comedian in the United States behind Jerry Seinfeld and Chris Rock. The magazine announced him one of the highest-earning comics from June 2008 to June 2009 with his estimated earnings of $30 million during that period.
Dunham attained the Guinness Book of World Records record for “Most tickets sold for a stand-up comedy tour” for his Spark of Insanity tour, doing in 386 places worldwide.