Chris Elliott’s net worth
Chris Elliott is an American actor, comedian, producer, and writer. He is one of the richest celebrities in America. He has a net worth of $10 million. Chris Elliott is most widely recognized for his television and film work in such projects as Groundhog Day (1993), There’s Something About Mary (1998), Scary Movie 2 (2001), Everybody Loves Raymond (2003–2005), and How I Met Your Mother (2009–2014).
He played Chris Peterson on Fox’s Get a Life (1990–1992), Chris Monsanto on Adult Swim’s Eagle Heart (2011–2014), and Roland Schitt on the Canadian series Schitt’s Creek (2015–2020). He earned several Emmy nominations for his work as a writer on Late Night with David Letterman (1982–1988).
Chris also appeared in sketches on the late-night talk show and later joined the cast of the iconic sketch comedy show Saturday Night Live (1994–1995). Elliott produced Get a Life, Eagle Heart, and the 2006 TV movie You’ve Reached the Elliotts. He has published four books, Daddy’s Boy: A Son’s Shocking Account of Life with a Famous Father (1989), The Shroud of the Thwacker (2005), Into Hot Air (2007), and The Guy Under the Sheets (2012).
Chris Elliott was born Christopher Nash Elliott on 31 May 1960, in New York City. His father, Bob, was a member of the comedy duo Bob and Ray, and his mother, Lee, was a TV director and a model. Chris grew up with four older siblings and spent a semester at the Eugene O’Neill Theater Center’s National Theater Institute.
Chris Elliott’s successful career
Elliott’s first job in the entertainment industry was a production assistant position at Late Night with David Letterman. He occasionally appeared in sketches during the show’s first year, and he was hired as a writer in 1983 and began appearing in sketches more often. Some of the characters Chris played on the show were The Conspiracy Guy, The Laid-Back Guy, The Guy Under the Seats, and Skylark.
He made his big screen debut in the 1983 film Lianna, then appeared in Gremloids (1984) and My Man Adam (1985). In 1986, Elliott starred in Cinemax’s FDR: A One-Man Show. By the end of the 1980s, Chris had gone on to appear in the films The Abyss (1989) and New York Stories (1989), the television movie Action Family (1987), and the TV series Miami Vice (1987), The Equalizer (1987) and Tattingers (1989).
Elliot created the show Get a Life, where he starred as a 30-year-old paperboy living with his parents. The series ran for 36 episodes, and his real-life father played his dad on the show. Chris appeared in the 1992 TV movie Medusa: Dare to Be Truthful and the 1993 films CB4 and Groundhog Day. He starred in the 1994 comedy Cabin Boy and directed and appeared in the short films The Travelling Poet (1993), Poolside Ecstasy (1994), and Housewives: The Making of the Cast Album (1994). He played The Gambler in 1996’s Kingpin and Dom Woganowski in 1998’s There’s Something About Mary, which grossed $369 million at the box office and is considered one of the funniest movies of all time.