Jeff Dunham Net Worth

Jeff Dunham is an American ventriloquist, comedian, and actor with a an estimated net worth at $140 million. Jeff Dunham is consistently one of the most well-paid comedians in the world. He earns between $15 and 30 million annually. Dunham was a part of several TV shows, such as “Late Show with David Letterman,” “Comedy Central Presents,” “The Tonight Show,” as well as “Sonny With a Chance.” Dunham has been consistently among the most popular standup performers across North America. Dunham has significantly brought back the art of ventriloquism. He has been more active in promoting this artform than any other before Edgar Bergen.

Early Life

Jeff Dunham was born in Dallas, Texas on April 18th 1962. He was adopted at the age of three months at the age of three months by Howard as well as Joyce Dunham. The family was an orthodox Presbyterian house. The first time he tried ventriloquism was at the age of 70, at the age of eight old. He was given a Mortimer Snerd doll for the Christmas season. On the next day Dunham took a “how-to” ventriloquism book from the library. The beginning of the story. When he reached in fourth grade Dunham desired to be a professional, but and he wished to be the most successful. Dunham practiced before the mirror over and over. He was a student of the techniques used by the ventriloquist Edgar Bergan, and poured through a manual for the matter.

In the sixth grade, Dunham started attending the annual ventriloquists’ gathering located in Fort Mitchell, Kentucky called the Vent Haven ConVENTion. From that point, Dunham has only missed one ConVENTION, which was in 1977. Dunham started performing for audiences when he was an teen in church, school, and also at Six Flags, the amusement park. Six Flags. His first appearance on television came in the year 1976. Dunham made commercials for automobile dealerships in Dallas when he was still at high school. He graduated from highschool in 1980, and was named the most likely candidate to be successful. The goal he set was getting a spot for “The Tonight Show Starring Johnny Carson” in the next 10 years.

Dunham is enrolled in Baylor University to study communications. In the meantime that he traveled all over the United States at weekends and performing a hundred private events each year. When he was in his junior year at the college of 1983-84 He was earning an annual income of $70,000.

Career

In 1985, he got the role in the Broadway show called Variety that starred Mickey Rooney and Ann Miller. This show would turn out to be a major breakthrough for the comedian’s young age. At the end of the 1980s, the comedian relocated into Los Angeles. He appeared in The Tonight Show with Johnny Carson, and achieving his lifelong ambition. In the late 90s, Jeff was a moderately well-known traveling comedian. The 2003 Comedy Central special that turned Jeff into a star. Jeff appeared on television shows like Blue Collar TV, Good Morning America, Hollywood Squares among others. His most notable appearances include his own specials of one hour, Jeff Dunham: Arguing with Me, (2006) Jeff Dunham: Spark of Insanity (2007) as well as the Jeff Dunham’s Very Special Christmas Special (2008). His Christmas special received the most viewers ever recorded on Comedy Central.

in 2009 Dunham made a bargain in 2009 with Comedy Central, giving him an opportunity to show his fourth episode, make an extensive tour through sixty cities, sign an agreement in the field of consumer goods and an order to produce his “Jeff Dunham Show” television series (which began on October 22 in 2009) and DVDs. Although it had the most watched debut of Comedy Central history, and better ratings on average than other shows from the network, “The Jeff Dunham” show was cancelled after just one season because of poor reviews, a low rating, and the higher cost of production compared to the other Comedy Central shows.

His fourth show, “Jeff Dunham: Controlled Chaos,” was aired at Comedy Central on September 25 2011. His fifth show “Minding the Monsters” premiered on the 7th of October 2012. “Achmed Saved America,” animated feature, debuted in March of 2014 on CMT. Dunham’s sixth special “All Over the Map,” was released on the 16th of November the 16th of November, 2014 in Comedy Central. In his seventh episode, “Unhinged in Hollywood,” Dunham changed away from Comedy Central to NBC. It debuted on 17 September on the 17th of September, 2015.

Dunham’s characters are Achmed the Terrorist who is Dead Walter, Peanut, Jose Jalapeno on a stick Bubba J, Sweet Daddy Dee, Melvin the Superhero Guy, Little Jeff, Achmed Junior, Diane, and Seamus.

Dunham has published two books. “Dear Walter” came out in 2003, and was co-written together with Walter Cummings. The autobiography of his life, “All By My Selves: Walter, Peanut, Achmed and Me,” was published in the year 2010.

Personal Life

Dunham got married to his first spouse, Paige Brown, at the Comedy Corner in West Palm Beach in 1992. They got married in 1994 and he adopted Paige’s one-and-a-half-year-old daughter Bree. The couple had two daughters: Ashlyn (1995) as well as Kenna (1997). Dunham was constantly on the move playing constantly, and it made it difficult for their relationship. In November 2008, he filed for divorce.

Mid-2009, Dunham began dating Audrey Murdick who is a nutritionist personal trainer and bodybuilding competition competitor. The couple got married in the middle of Christmas Day 2011 and married on the 12th of October 2012. Then, in October of 2015 she welcomed twin boys James Jeffrey and Jack Steven.

Salary Highlights

In the year 2011, he earned $20 million. In 2012, he earned $22 million. He earned $19 million. Between June 2017 and June 2018, Jeff earned $17 million. Jeff has sold more than 10 million DVDs and been able to earn tens of million of dollars through the sale of merchandise.

Real Estate

Dunham Sold the Mediterranean model Encino, California home for $4.1 million in December of 2017. The house includes five bedrooms and six bathrooms, and covers approximately 6,522 square feet. It was listed in the year 2015 for $5.199 million. The house was bought in 2009 at $4.25 million.

Dunham also offered the Del Mar, California beach view house in the year 2017. The 3,423 square feet Mediterranean design home features six bathrooms, five bedrooms as well as two half baths. He offered the home in the year 2011 for $8.75 million. The property was eventually sold in 2017 at $5.5 million.

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