Gilbert Gottfried Net Worth in 2021

Gilbert Gottfried, born in the United States, is an actor who also does voice-overs as well as stand-up comedy. Gottfried’s comedic persona includes an exaggerated screaming voice and a focus on vulgar comedy. He has voiced Iago, the parrot in the Disney classic “Aladdin” – both the animated movie and television show and Kraang Subprime in the popular “Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles”. Before 2011, Gottfried also provided the voice of the Aflac Duck.

In 1990, he starred in the commercial blockbuster Problem Child, which received mixed reviews. “Gilbert Gottfried’s Amazing Colossal Podcast”, which Gottfried has presented since 2014, airs new episodes every week with vintage film discussions as well as celebrity interviews, almost always with experienced actors, comedians, musicians, and comedy writers. In 2017, a biographical film on Gottfried’s life and work, “Gilbert”, was premiered.

Gilbert Gottfried Net Worth and Overview

Net Worth	$8 million
Date of Birth	28th February 1955
Age	66 years old
Height	5 feet 4 inches / 163 centimeters.
Source of Wealth	Acting, Voice acting, Stand-up Comedy
Country of Origin	The United States of America
Last Updated	June 2021

Early Life

Gilbert Gottfried is a man of many talents. On February 28, 1955, Gilbert Jeremy Gottfried was born in Brooklyn in New York. His mother, Lillian Zimmerman, used to be a stay-at-home mom, while Max Gottfried, his father, worked at a hardware business alongside his grandfather.

The family used to stay on the second floor of the hardware business. At just the age of fifteen, Gottfried started performing stand-up comedy as an amateur all around the city of New York.

Career

After a few years of doing stand-up comedy in New York and earning notoriety as he made into the esteemed list of “The Comedian’s Comedian,” Gottfried was recognized by executives for “Saturday Night Live” around the year 1980.

This was also along the same time when “Saturday Night Live” was going through some changes revolving around new personnel and comedians. Gilbert Gottfried was cast in season 6.

Unfortunately, he had very limited airtime and only featured in a few skits throughout his 12-episode run on the program. Nevertheless, he did have a recurring character, called Leo Waxman, as well as two impersonations of celebrities. 

However, Gottfried’s one season on the television show “Saturday Night Live” was a tremendous letdown. His performances were few and far between, and he and the show parted company after the season.

Soon after leaving the cast of “Saturday Night Live,” Gottfried landed a big break when the newly founded MTV network offered him to make a series consisting of improvised promotions. The brief advertisements were a big hit on the network, and they helped Gottfried get on the mind of the network’s younger viewers.

Bill Cosby had seen the MTV commercials and suggested that Gottfried applies for a part on his NBC sitcom titled “The Cosby Show,” which gave him his next breakthrough.

Gottfried made multiple performances on the hit TV show over the following many years. Gottfried has made frequent appearances on “Late Night with David Letterman,” and “Hollywood Squares”. He could also be seen on “The Howard Stern Show” and “The Tonight Show with Jay Leno,” where he was known for his signature screech and squinting.

He also presented his original late-night TV show, called “USA Up All Night,” for numerous years. He additionally gave the voiceover of the beloved Aflac duck in several television commercials.

While Gottfried did not stay for a long time on “Saturday Night Live,” he went on to have a successful career in the entertainment industry. He has also made appearances in several films, both as fictional characters and as well as himself.

Gottfried became one of the greatest renowned voice-over artists with his spectacular portrayal as the goofy sidekick parrot Iago in the Disney blockbuster “Aladdin”.

His distinctive voice can be recognized in a variety of advertisements, cartoons, and films, most notably in the AFLAC Insurance advertisements as the dissatisfied duck. Gottfried also lends his voice to the long-running PBS show “Cyberchase” as Digit.

Highlights and Achievements

• Gilbert Gottfried has been nominated for several awards for his comedy writing.
• He was nominated in the category of “Worst Supporting Actor” for his performance in “The Adventures of Ford Fairlane”.
• Gottfried was also nominated for a Daytime Emmy Award in the category of Outstanding New Approaches in the “Daytime Children’s Cyber Chase”.
• In the year 2017, “Gilbert” by Gilbert Gottfried received the Fіlm Fеѕtіvаl Ѕресіаl Јurу Рrіzе Аwаrd in the category of Best Documentary.

Age, Height, and Weight

Gilbert Gottfried, born on the 28th of February in 1955, is 66 years old as of today. He stands 163 centimeters tall which is approximately 5 feet and 4 inches. Gilbert Gottfried weighs 70 kilograms which are around 154 pounds.

Personal Life

At one of the Grammy Awards celebrations held in the late 1990s, Gottfried ran into Dara Kravitz. The pair tied the knot in 2007 and also have a girl, Lily, and a boy, Max, together. They have a home in Manhattan’s Chelsea district.

According to his podcast, Gottfried grew up in a Jewish home, but he never had a bar mitzvah. Arlene Gottfried, a street photographer from New York who unfortunately passed away in 2017, was one of his siblings.

Criticism

The occasionally arrogant Gottfried has drawn criticism on several occasions during his career. The major instances include when he made inappropriate remarks about the attacks in New York City during 9/11 and the earthquake disaster in Japan.

Gilbert Gottfried Net Worth in 2021

Gilbert Gottfried is believed to have a net worth of approximately $8 million in 2021. He has amassed this large fortune as a result of his spectacular acting career in films and television shows. He has also performed in several films and television shows as a voice actor.

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