Jim Norton Net Worth

Comedians are very popular and mostly universally liked individuals. A way with words or visual comedy that Jim Norton has makes audiences laugh and feel positive. During a decorated career, this person has appeared in stand-up acts, wrote comic pieces and did a lot of related work. Born in unknown on unknown, Jim Norton had a wonderful upbringing with unknown unknown. A Comedian, Actor, Radio personality, Screenwriter, Author from American has very encouraging surroundings to pursue lifelong dreams of creating comedy. Standing at 5 ft 6 in (1.7 m) tall, this comic studied and graduated Royal Academy of Dramatic Art, Fitzwilliam College, Cambridge before turning to comedy as a primary profession. But what about money? Jim Norton surely has a lot of them since the estimated net worth of this person is $5 Million.

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Jim Norton’s teenage years’ experiences contrast sharply with his career as a comedian. Norton’s father worked at the post and at some point for the military, while his mother was a librarian. It is known that Jim dropped-out of high school and also attempted suicide once, which obviously failed, and at the age of 17 after spending some time at a rehab center he returned to school.

Jim Norton began his career as a stand up comedian in 1990, but only really became famous in 2000 through his new job on the radio. It was a program called “The Opie and Anthony Show” on Satellite Radio Provider SiriusXM, on which Jim Norton worked as one of the regular hosts. Soon after he began working there Norton got himself involved in a scandal and was even arrested over an incident when the show was broadcast in a bus driving through Manhattan, and full of half naked women. Several other scandals involving the aforementioned show and Jim Norton followed during the decade. Still, his net worth was rising.

Jim Norton also works on television, and his appearances on a variety of TV shows add a lot to his net worth. From 2002 to 2004 Norton was seen on Comedy Central’s show called “Tough Crowd with Colin Quinn“. Jim has also appeared as himself on “Jimmy Kimmel Live”, “The Late Show with David Letterman“, “The Tonight Show with Jay Leno“, and “The Gong Show with Dave Attell” in which he appeared as one of the judges on several episodes. In 2005, Norton was featured on the first of the HBO stand-up special series called “One Night Stand”, the second of which came out in 2007 and also included Jim. In 2006 he showed himself as an actor with his role in the TV series “Lucky Louie”.  Adding more to his net worth, Jim Norton has also made several cameo appearances as himself in “Zack and Miri Make a Porno”, “Spider-Man” and others.

Jim also became a writer who has published two successful books. His first book was called “Happy Endings: The Tales of a Meaty-Breasted Zilch” and it came out in 2007; this autobiographical book consists of short stories from Jim’s early life, and was in the top five of the New York Times Best Seller list in its category. On the day of its release the book also entered Amazon’s top 10. Jim Norton’s second book named “I Hate Your Guts” enjoyed similar success.

In his personal life, Jim Norton has never married, but jokes continually about the amount of money he (supposedly) spends on prostitutes.

Structural info

• Full Name: Jim Norton
• Net Worth: $5 Million
• Date Of Birth: July 19, 1968
• Died: June 12, 2007, Garland, Texas, United States
• Place Of Birth: Bayonne, New Jersey, United States
• Height: 5 ft 6 in (1.7 m)
• Profession: Comedian, Actor, Radio personality, Screenwriter, Author
• Education: Royal Academy of Dramatic Art, Fitzwilliam College, Cambridge
• Nationality: American
• Spouse: Mary Larkin
• Nicknames: James Norton , Norton, Jim , James Joseph “Jim” Norton, Jr. , Jimmy Robinson , Jimmy Norton , Lil’ Jimmy , James Joseph Norton, Jr. , Gentleman Jim
• Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/Jim-Norton-14285152340
• Twitter: http://www.twitter.com/jimnorton
• Instagram: http://www.instagram.com/jimnorton
• MySpace: http://www.myspace.com/jimnorton
• IMDB: www.imdb.com/name/nm1171163
• Allmusic: www.allmusic.com/artist/jim-norton-mn0002294577
• Awards: Shorty Award for Best Comedian
• Albums: Yellow Discipline (2003), Trinkets I Own Made from Gorilla Hands (2005), Despicable (2011), No Baby For You! (2012), American Degenerate (2013), Please Be Offended (2012)
• Nominations: Drama Desk Award for Outstanding Actor in a Musical, Laurence Olivier Award for Best Actor, Outer Critics Circle Award for Outstanding Featured Actor in a Play
• Movies: “Spider-Man”, “Zack and Miri Make a Porno”, “Courting Condi”, “Lucky Louie”, “One Night Stand”,”Comedian” (2002)
• TV Shows: “The Opie and Anthony Show” (1995-2014), “Down and Dirty with Jim Norton”, “Comedy Central Roast of Bob Saget”,”Tough Crowd with Colin Quinn”

Quotes

• I’m a stand-up comic who hates his own guts.

Facts

• Appearing 1-2 nights a week on “Tough Crowd with Colin Quinn” (2002-2004). [July 2004]
• Release of his book, “I Hate Your Guts”. [2008]
• Release of his book, “Happy Endings: The Tales of a Meaty-Breasted Zilch”. [2007]
• He is currently on The Opie and Anthony Show on XM satelite radio. [October 2004]
• His favorite band is Black Sabbath. His all-time hero is Ozzy Osbourne.
• Beat out fellow comedians Steve Sweeney and Fred Stoller for the role of Rich in Louis C.K.’s Lucky Louie (2006).
• Jim is a regular cast member of the “Opie and Anthony” radio show on Sirius/XM Satellite Radio’s “The Virus” channel(Sirius 197/XM 202). The show broadcasts live every weekday in from the Sirius/XM studios in New York City.

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