Gilbert Gottfried was born on 28 February 1955, in Brooklyn, New York USA. He is a famous comedian, voice artist and actor, known for working on such projects as “Cyberchase”, “Aladdin”, “USA Up All Night”, “Problem Child” and others. During his career Gilbert has been nominated for CableACE Award and Daytime Emmy Award. Maybe he does not have a long list of received awards and nominations, but his name is definitely acclaimed in the industry. Gilbert has also appeared in many advertisements for different companies and this HAS made him even more recognized. Gilbert is now 60 years old, and continues his career and participates in different projects.
If you consider how rich Gilbert Gottfried is, it can be said that his estimated net worth is $6 million. The main source of this sum of money is, of course, his work as a voice artist. In addition to this, his various appearances in television shows and movies also have added to his wealth. There is a high chance that Gilbert’s net worth will grow if he continues voice acting and portraying roles in different projects. Hopefully, his fans will soon hear more about his new work.
Gilbert Gottfried Net Worth $6 Million
When Gilbert was just a teenager, he became interested in stand-up comedy and decided to try it himself. Gilbert was really great at this and was soon noticed by others. In 1980 Gilbert became a part of the show called “Saturday Night Live”. This was the time when Gilbert’s net worth began growing. Later he appeared in the show called “The Amazing Live Sea Monkeys”. In 1990 Gilbert appeared in the movie, called “Problem Child”, in which he had an opportunity to work with such actors as John Ritter, Michael Oliver, Jack Warden and others. This movie had a huge impact on the growth of Gottfried’s net worth. Later he also appeared in the sequel of this movie.
Another important step in his career was him voicing the role of Iago in “Aladdin”. Other appearances as a voice artist include such shows as “Superboy”, “Superman: The Animated Series”, “Thumbelina”, “Bear in the Big Blue House: Large Possum”, “Family Guy” and others. These have also made Gilbert Gottfried’s net worth grow. In 2014 Gottfried got his own interview series, called “Gilbert Gottfried’s Amazing Colossal Podcast”, in which he has various celebrities as guests.
As mentioned, Gilbert has also appeared in various advertisements. Some of them include the advertisements for “MTV”, “Subway”, “Pepsi”, “Glad”, “Eat24” and many others. These appearances ve hadded to Gilbert’s net worth. As Gilbert continues his career and works on new projects, there is no doubt that soon we will hear more about him.
To talk about Gilbert Gottfried’s personal life, it can be said that in 2007 he married Dara Kravitz; they do not have children. All in all, Gilbert is one of the most experienced voice artists, actors and comedians in the movie and television industries. He has portrayed many extraordinary roles and given the voice to numerous characters. Let’s hope that Gilbert will be able to continue working for a long time and that we will be able to enjoy more of his successful works.
Full Name
Gilbert Gottfried
Net Worth
$6 Million
Date Of Birth
February 28, 1955
Place Of Birth
Brooklyn, New York City, New York, United States
Height
5 ft 4 in (1.65 m)
Profession
Comedian, Actor, Voice Actor
Nationality
United States of America
Spouse
Dara Kravitz (m. 2007)
Children
Lily Aster Gottfried, Max Aaron Gottfried
Parents
Max Gottfried
Siblings
Arlene Gottfried, Karen Gottfried
Nicknames
America's Creepy Uncle
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Nominations
Daytime Emmy Award for Outstanding New Approaches - Daytime Children's
Movies
Aladdin, Problem Child, Problem Child 2, The Adventures of Ford Fairlane, Beverly Hills Cop II, Look Who's Talking Too, Gilbert Gottfried: Dirty Jokes, A Million Ways to Die in the West, Aladdin and the King of Thieves, Problem Child 3: Junior in Love, Dr. Dolittle, Thumbelina, The Return of Jafar, ...
TV Shows
Saturday Night Live, Cyberchase, Hollywood Squares, USA Up All Night, The Twisted Tales of Felix the Cat, Disney's House of Mouse, Bump in the Night, The Amazing Live Sea Monkeys, I Love Toys, Aladdin, Z Rock, I Love the '80s Strikes Back, I Love the '70s: Volume 2, Problem Child, The A-List, Howard...
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Trademark
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Heavy Brooklyn accent
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Loud, raspy shouting
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Squinting
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Quote
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[on what his career would've been like, had he not pursued comedy] I think, and I really seriously believe this, I think the job I would have are those jobs that Jerry Lewis would have in his movies. Like, "Jerome, watch my gas station while I go out to lunch!"
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I still wake up like I'm in a Twilight Zone episode; where I go "where am I?" "Why, you're in The White House and it's 1803, Mr. President!" And it's like, "huh? What?"
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I play Lincoln in [ A Million Ways to Die in the West (2014) ] and I was perfect for that because a lot of people would like to shoot me.
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[on Silk Degrees (1994)] I remember doing one of these low-budget, direct-to-video [action movies] and it had all these people like Marc Singer and Mark Hamill. I saw a trailer for it and because nobody in it was [a big star], if you've got Tom Cruise you say "TOM CRUISE IN...", but here you've got to name everybody to help it add it up to one big star. So you see helicopters exploding and girls ripping their dresses open and in the midst of it, the announcer goes "MARK HAMMIL! MARC SINGER! GILBERT GOTTFRIED!"
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I emailed Junior, the Problem Child from the Problem Child pictures, and he never emailed me back which is the lowest insult you can get in this business... I don't know why he never answered, it can't be because he's busy!
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I became known in certain circles as the untalented guy with the irritating voice from the worst season of Saturday Night Live (1975). It's not exactly the best nickname in the world, and it's difficult to imagine it fitting on a T-shirt. This was just as well, I always thought, because it's nice to be known in certain circles, especially concentric ones.
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[on his reaction to being passed over for a role in Dick Tracy (1990) for _Dustin Hoffman_] The only way our names would appear together in the same Hollywood conversation would be in the sentence, "I've seen Gilbert Gottfried's acting, and he's no Dustin Hoffman."
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[on his firing from the voice of the Aflac duck] It gives me a sentimental feeling about the old lynch mobs. At least they were social.
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[on his reluctance for interviews] The public wants to know your bank account number, your Social Security and PIN code too. I can't peek my head into a women's changing room and go, 'Well, I want to know, and I'm curious about this.'
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Most people are hoping that they never find anyone like me.
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I love to go where it's a dark area. You never know what people will choose to be offended by.
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I would show up at a party for Al Qaeda if you said there's going to be a dinner.
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I only beat [my children] when I'm on crystal meth. I'm proud of that.
[on his controversial jokes] I have always felt comedy and tragedy are roommates. If you look up comedy and tragedy, you will find a very old picture of two masks. One mask is tragedy. It looks like it's crying. The other mask is comedy. It looks like it's laughing. Nowadays, we would say, "How tasteless and insensitive. A comedy mask is laughing at a tragedy mask."
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[on Saturday Night Live (1975)] I was there right after the original cast left, and so back then it was like "How dare they continue Saturday Night Live without the original cast of people?" Back then it would be like if in the middle of Beatlemania you just said "Oh The Beatles are not John, Paul, George, and Ringo - it's Harry, Artie, Phil" - you know, it was an outrage. So before we even got on the air, they were already writing these articles: "Who the hell are these people?"
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[on his character from Law & Order: Special Victims Unit (1999)] I playing a nerdy, well, yeah, I'm really playing someone nerdy. That's kind of like me saying "I'm playing someone Jewish".
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The pressure to being a comedian is being funny, but I've given that up, so there is no pressure whatsoever.
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Fact
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Once bumped into Harrison Ford backstage at The Tonight Show who complimented his work in The Aristocrats (2005); Gottfried jokingly replied "and you are?" Ford was unamused.
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Was a member of the "resident cast of zanies" on Alan Thicke's infamous talk show "Thicke Of The Night." Though both he and Thicke found it to be an unpleasant, embarrassing experience, they remained friendly afterwards, appearing together on the sitcom Hope & Gloria, the reality shows Celebrity Wife Swap and Unbelievably Thicke and on Gottfried's Amazing Collosal Podcast.
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Lives in an apartment in New York City's Chelsea neighborhood.
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Son, Max Aaron Gottfried born on May 18th, 2009.
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The only actor to appear in all three Problem Child (1990) films, as well as the accompanying animated series.
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Was considered for the role of Balki Bartokomous in Perfect Strangers (1986).
Daughter, Lily Aster Gottfried born on June 12th, 2007.
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Frequently names Iago as his favorite role.
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The character he created was originally named "Murray Abramowitz" and took the credit for Al Jolson's career, among others. He debuted the character on the stage at the Original Improvisation in New York City alongside fellow comedian Joe Piscopo.
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Although he has a notoriously raunchy, X-rated stand-up act, he is probably best known for his family oriented roles as Iago the parrot in the Aladdin films and TV series and Mr. Peabody in the Problem Child films and TV series.
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Was the voice of the AFLAC (American Family Life Assurance Company) duck until he was fired after tweeting controversial jokes about the 2011 tsunami in Japan [March 14, 2011].
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He is part of a sort club of celebrities who have portrayed puppets on Comedy Central's show Crank Yankers (2002).
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Once opened for a The Go-Go's concert. His R-rated act was not a big hit with the audience, the majority of the audience being made up of teenage girls. Even Gottfried was surprised he was booked that night. Gilbert joked about this on the Howard Stern radio show.
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Biography in: "Who's Who in Comedy" by Ronald L. Smith, pg. 189-190. New York: Facts on File, 1992. ISBN 0816023387
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Did the voice of the Toaster for Pop Tart commercials.
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When Microsoft came out with XP and decided to discontinue Clippy, the paperclip office assistant, they did a series of online clips about Clippy's reaction to this. Gilbert provided Clippy's voice.
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When doing standup, he used to keep his eyes squinted shut out of nervousness. This later became a trademark of his.
