Jimmy Kimmel Net Worth

What is Jimmy Kimmel Net Worth?

Jimmy Kimmel Net Worth is US$ 35 Million as of 2022.

Biography

Jimmy Kimmel is an American comedian, television host, producer, and writer hailing from New York. Jimmy started his career as a radio jockey and later gained popularity by hosting a talk show named ‘Jimmy Kimmel Live!’. Kimmel has also lent his voice for several movies and worked in many movies and TV shows. Jimmy in 2019, wrote his first book titled ‘The Serious Goose.’ Jimmy is recognized as one of the most popular and desired personalities on American television.

Timeline

Early Life

In Brooklyn, New York, Jimmy Kimmel was born on November 13, 1967, to Joan Kimmel, a homemaker, and James John Kimmel, an executive with IBM. Being born and raised as a Roman Catholic, Jimmy assisted as an altar boy at the church as a kid. When Jimmy shifted to Las Vegas, Nevada, with his family when he was nine years old. Kimmel went to Ed W. Clark High School and was a brilliant student. Later on, for a year, Jimmy joined the University of Nevada, where he discovered his urge for radio.

Career

In 1989, Jimmy initially got a job at ‘KZOK-FM’ a Seattle-based radio station, where he co-hosted the show named ‘The Me And Him Show’, though he was out of the show within two months. Later on, Kimmel joined the radio station ‘KROQ’, in Los Angles, where he worked as ‘Jimmy the Sports Guy’ in ‘The Kevin and Bean Show’. In 1996, Kimmel appeared as ‘Jimmy the fox guy’ on Fox Network promos. The same year Jimmy also hosted several talk shows named ‘The Howard Stern Show’, ‘The Late Show with David Letterman,’ ‘Live with Regis and Kelly,’ and ‘The Ellen DeGeneres Show.’

Kimmel co-hosted ‘Win Ben Stein’s Money’, the game show aired on Comedy Central Network in 1997. Jimmy’s exceptional performance and humorous style gained him many TV viewers. Jimmy appeared with an American TV personality, radio show host, and comedian Adam Corolla in ‘The Man Show’ a Comedy Central show in 1999. Kimmel voiced the character of a talking dog named ‘Corky’ in the film ‘Road Trip’ written and directed by Todd Phillips in 2000. In the ‘Mr. Saturday Knight’ Jimmy essayed a character of ‘Deaths Dog’ in the third season of ‘Family Guy’ in 2001. In 2003, Jimmy on the ABC network started his own show ‘Jimmy Kimmel Live!’ which was also aired on the Irish digital TV channel ‘3e’.

In the American live-action film ‘Garfield: The Movie’ Jimmy is voiced as ‘Spanky’ which was released in 2004. Apart from this, Jimmy was seen dodging bullets and firing in a video game named ‘Call of Duty: Black Ops’ in 2010.

2011 – Present

In Washington, D.C., Kimmel presented the White House Correspondents’ Dinner in 2012. The same year at the Nokia Theatre, Jimmy hosted ‘The 64th Annual Primetime Emmy Awards’ held in Downtown Los Angeles, California. In 2015, Jimmy made a cameo appearance in the films ‘Pitch Perfect 2’ and ‘Ted 2.’ Kimmel lent his voice in the movie ‘The Boss Baby’ in 2017.

In 2019, Kimmel wrote his first book, “The Serious Goose,” an interactive children’s picture book in which he featured his personal illustrations to make the reader a serious goose smile. Jimmy hosted 72^nd Primetime Emmy Awards in 2020. In 2021 Jimmy gave his voice to the role of Ted Templeton in the film ‘The Boss Baby: Family Business.’

Highlights

• Jimmy Kimmel Live! (Talk Show)
• Sandy Wexler (Movie, 2017) 
• Pitch Perfect (Movie, 2015)

Favorite Quotes from Jimmy Kimmel

“My definition of cursing is probably different from what other people’s definitions are.” 

– Jimmy Kimmel 

“There’s an air of mystery around the Masons, but the reality is that they’re mostly a bunch of veterans getting drunk in a lodge that they’ve built to look like a temple. It’s just a bunch of guys trying to get away from their wives.”

– Jimmy Kimmel 

“Sometimes I’ll feel like an interview was fine or whatever, and people go, ‘Oh, boy, I saw you with so and so last night; that must have been tough.’ And then I’m like, ‘I guess it was bad. I need to look back at that.’”

– Jimmy Kimmel 

“I definitely feel pressure to keep slim. I don’t want to be the guy who lost weight and gained it all back. But it’s hard. Sometimes I’ll gorge and gain nine pounds in a weekend somehow, and I get bummed about it.”

– Jimmy Kimmel 

”  When I was on the radio, I used to be able to go a lot farther than I can now. You don’t really remember until you’re on the radio again, sometimes in your old radio station and sitting with the guys you used to work with and you go, ‘Oh yeah, I can’t say these things anymore. I’m handcuffed..”

– Jimmy Kimmel 

“The truth is, we have this idea that late night is about creativity and being cool, but that’s not our job. Our job is to get as many people watching the commercials in between our show. That’s the reality of it.”

– Jimmy Kimmel 

Key Life Lessons from Jimmy Kimmel

We now know everything about Jimmy Kimmel and his net worth. Let’s look at some of his lessons.

1. Don’t lose hope wait until your right time arrives.

2. Don’t let the child in you vanish.

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Summary

Jimmy Kimmel is among the richest and most popular American talk show hosts. Kimmel is known for his longest-running late-night talk show ‘Jimmy Kimmel Live!’ Jimmy Kimmel was born on November 13, 1967, in New York. In the initial period of his career, he worked as a radio jockey. Eventually, Jimmy also hosted several talk shows named ‘The Howard Stern Show’, ‘The Late Show with David Letterman,’ ‘Live with Regis and Kelly,’ and ‘The Ellen DeGeneres Show.’ In 2013, he earned a star on the Hollywood Walk of Fame. In 2019, Kimmel wrote his first book, “The Serious Goose,” an interactive children’s picture book in which he featured his personal illustrations to make the reader a serious goose smile.

 As of September 2022, Jimmy Kimmel estimated net worth is‎ US$35 Million. 

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