Frank James Michael Grande Marchione was born on 24th January 1983 in New York City, USA. Better known as Frankie Grande, he is an actor, producer and recently he has started a video channel which is becoming more and more popular, which also makes him a YouTube personality. Grande`s career includes successful appearances in Broadway productions such as “Mamma Mia”, “La Bete”, “Hamlet” and some others. His career in entertainment industry has been active since 2007.
Have you ever wondered how rich Frankie Grande is? According to sources it is estimated that Frankie Grande`s net worth is $1.5 million, an amount acquired through Broadway appearances and his own productions, and his own YouTube channel – to which there are more than 200.000 subscribers – and also his profile on Instagram and Twitter are building up daily, which also adds to his net worth.
Frankie Grande Net Worth $1.5 Million
Grande was born in New York, but was raised in Englewood, New Jersey and at the age of ten moved to Boca Raton, Florida with his mother. There he enrolled in Pine Crest Middle School. His half-sister is the well known pop artist Ariana Grande. In 2005 he graduated from Muhlenberg College situated in Pennsylvania; he has three majors which include biology, dance and theare.
His career started as early as 2007, appearing in the show “Dora the Explorer” as Boots the Monkey, and later in roles in productions of “George M”, “A Chorus Line” and others. Subsequently that year he appeared on Broadway in a production of “Mamma Mia”, which propelled his career sky high, increasing his fame and net worth in the next few years. He was named Mr. Broadway in the charity benefit under the same name in 2007.
Following the success of his Broadway career, he moved to a career as a producer, which resulted in theatre shows like “Hamlet“ in 2009, “La bete” in 2010 to 2011, and “Born Yesterday” in 2011. However, he continued his acting and dancing career on Broadway which resulted with an increase in his net worth. In 2014 he switched from Broadway for the reality TV show Big Brother, where he stayed for twelve episodes which he made extremely popular with his controversial statements and behavior on the whole. This show also added to his net worth.
After that he expanded his career to television even more; in fact, he became television host. Currently he is a judge on the 2015 reality TV series “America`s Best Dance Crew All Stars: Road to the VMAs”, which was premiered on MTV on 29th July 2015.
His career also includes charity shows. He co-found the non-profit organization “Broadway in South Africa”, which includes teaching performance arts to children of South Africa who have some disabilities. His humanitarian tours through South Africa have lasted for seven years, before his organization united with “buildOn. In 2013, Grande, in association with “buildOn” made a plan to build a school in a village of Southeastern Africa in Malawi. All this resulted in him receiving an honorary award, Global Impact from “buildOn” in 2014.
Overall, during his career, he has appeared in more than 20 musicals on Broadway, and also holds his own show, called “One Man Cabaret”.
Regarding his personal life and other interests; his sexual orientation has been widely acknowledged, as he has stated several times that he is gay. He currently lives in New York.
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