What is Larry Wilmore’s net worth?
The tv show host has amassed a net worth of $3 million.
| Net Worth: | $3 million |
|---|---|
| Date of birth: | October 30, 1961 (62 years old) |
| Gender: | Male |
| Height: | 175 |
| Profession: | TV Show Host |
| Nationality: | American |
Biography – A Short Wiki
Famous as a writer and producer of the Emmy-winning Bernie Mac Show, Wilmore also made significant contributions to The Office, The Fresh Prince of Bel-Air, and In Living Color. In 2014, he began executive producing the ABC sitcom Black-ish; the following year, he became the host of Comedy Central’s The Nightly Show with Larry Wilmore.
After briefly studying at California State Polytechnic University, Pomona, he launched a career as an actor, appearing in episodes of The Facts of Life and Sister, Sister.
His The Nightly Show with Larry Wilmore was created to replace Stephen Colbert’s popular program The Colbert Report.
Career
At the beginning of his career, in the 1980s, Larry Wilmore got a few roles in television and several in short films. It was in the 1990s when he got a shot at writing in the show, “Into the Night With Rick Dees”. After that, he played the role of a bus driver in an episode of the sitcom, “Sister, Sister”. If this wasn’t enough (as a beginner), Larry Wilmore went on to produce and write two other sitcoms titled- “The Fresh Prince of Bel-Air” and “The Jamie Foxx Show”.
Personal Life
His marriage to stage actress Leilani Jones resulted in two children.
He and Eddie Murphy co-produced a stop-motion-animated comedy series called The PJs.
Quotes
“One of the missions of ‘The Nightly Show’ was to have a conversation with America in a sense, and talk about the things that people didn’t want to talk about it.”
— Larry Wilmore
“I don’t think I ever intend to provoke outrage, but I don’t mind being provocative in content.”
— Larry Wilmore
“I’m not a homosexual, but if I can be an ally for that issue, I think it’s fantastic.”
— Larry Wilmore
“In my time, I experienced a black man not being able to be the quarterback of a football team.”
— Larry Wilmore
“When you have somebody like a Donald Trump – he made no bones about trying to disprove Barack Obama’s Americanism in trying to make him out to be some foreigner that was born in Kenya. I thought that to be very racist.”
— Larry Wilmore
