Comedians
Tommy Chong Net Worth
Tommy Chong's Net Worth as of 2024
$8 Million
Thomas B. Kin Chong was born on 24 May 1938, in Edmonton, Alberta Canada, of Scots-Irish and French (mother) and Chinese (father) ancestry. Tommy is primarily a comedian, and came into prominence in 1970s by forming a duo with another comedian, Cheech Marin, calling themselves Cheech and Chong. They mostly performed during the 1970s and 1980s in films directed and produced by both of them, which emphasized the hippie era including drugs, especially cannabis. The albums they released were also based on the same topics. This comedy duo added a solid sum to Tommy Chong’s net worth.
So just how rich is Tommy Chong? Sources estimate that the popular Tommy has a net worth of $8 million, accumulated during his popular partnership with Cheech Marin, but also from his acting a several films, TV series and shows.
Tommy Chong Net Worth $8 Million
Tommy Chong’s mother, Lorna Jean (née Gilchrist) was a waitress, and his father was Stanley a truck driver who immigrated to Canada from China in the 1920s. The family moved to Calgary, but Tommy dropped-out of school at 16, as he was much more interested in playing the guitar, and in fact became a guitarist in the Canadian group “The Shades”. With another member, Bobby Taylor, Chong established a Vancouver night club in 1963. The band changed their name many times: they were “Little Daddy & The Bachelors”, “Four Niggers and a Chink”, until finally the group members found a compromise – “Bobby Taylor & the Vancouvers”. Their debut single was “Does Your Mamma Know About Me” co-composed by Chong. In collaboration with Gordy Records, the band released several albums. Soon after, the band split up simply due to business reasons. The incomes increased Tommy Chong’s net worth though.
Tommy certainly managed to enlarge the total amount of his net worth with the successful activity of “Cheech & Chong” though, as they released several albums throughout their professional existence of more than 10 years, and two of them were nominated for Best Comedy Album Grammy Awards. “Cheech & Chong” split up in 1985 because of incompatible ideas in performing.
It is claimed that after this breaking up, Tommy had a difficult period in his life and, Tommy Chong’s net worth stopped growing. His recovery was marked by an American TV period sitcom “That `70s Show” released in 1998, wherein he appeared as the hippie Leo. Tommy also acted in “Dharma & Greg”, another popular TV serial of 1999s. The artist has performed in many movies too, including “Half Baked” (1998), “The Wash” (2001), and “Best Buds” (2003).
Tommy Chong added some revenues to his net worth by being a voice-over artist in “Scarface: “The Lion King” (1994), “The World Is Yours” (2006), and “Code Monkeys” (2008), among others.
The year of 2005 was important for Tommy since “a/k/a/ Tommy Chong”, a documentary about his personal life, appeared in the Toronto International Film Festival. In 2008, “Cheech & Chong” reunited temporarily for two tours: “The Felimony Tour” and “Light Up America and Canada”.
As can be seen, Tommy Chong has had a very busy and varied career in the entertainment industry, which is not over yet, despite ‘greatly exaggerated’ reports of his death from cancer recently, so his net worth may grow further!
Tommy Chong has two daughters with his first wife Maxine Sneed: married 1960-70. In 1975 Tommy married Shelby Fiddis, and they have welcomed three children as well as adopting one more. Some of his children are also realizing themselves in acting.
For the record, Tommy Chong was jailed for 9 months in 2000s for drug trafficking. Nowadays, however, he is also known as a strong supporter for the legalization of marijuana.
Comedians
Graham Norton Net Worth
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
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.
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