Bobcat Goldthwait Net Worth 2024

What Is Bobcat Goldthwait’s Net Worth?

Bobcat Goldthwait is an American comedian, actor, author, director, and producer who has a net worth of $3 million. Goldthwait is understood for his energetic stage persona, his black comedy, and his gruff however high-pitched voice.

In the Eighties, he gained consideration for 2 televised live performance specials: “An Evening with Bobcat Goldthwait – Share the Warmth” (1987) and “Bob Goldthwait – Is He Like That All the Time?” (1988). Bobcat has launched the comedy albums “Meat Bob” (1988), “I Don’t Mean to Insult You, however You Look Like Bobcat Goldthwait” (2003), and “You Don’t Look the Same Either” (2012), and he has directed a number of comedy specials by different comedians, reminiscent of “Patton Oswalt: Tragedy Plus Comedy Equals Time” (2014), “Eugene Mirman: Vegan on His Way to the Complain Store” (2015), “Marc Maron: More Later” (2015), and “Ron Funches: Giggle Fit” (2019). He has additionally directed episodes of “The Man Show” (2000–2003), “Chappelle’s Show” (2003), “Jimmy Kimmel Live!” (2004–2007), “Important Things with Demetri Martin” (2010), “Maron” (2013–2016), and “Those Who Can’t” (2016).

Goldthwait wrote and directed the movies “Shakes the Clown” (1991), “Sleeping Dogs Lie” (2006), “World’s Greatest Dad” (2009), “God Bless America” (2011), and “Willow Creek” (2013), and he directed the documentaries “Call Me Lucky” (2015) and “Joy Ride” (2021) and the Comedy Central film “Windy City Heat” (2003).

He created, wrote, directed, and produced the 2018 truTV collection “Bobcat Goldthwait’s Misfits & Monsters,” and he produced “Windy City Heat,” “Sleeping Dogs Lie,” and “Joy Ride” in addition to comedy specials by Gary Gulman, Morgan Murphy, and Brian Posehn.

Bobcat performed Zed in three “Police Academy” movies (1985–1987), voiced Mr. Floppy on The WB sitcom “Unhappily Ever After” (1995–1999), and has greater than 100 performing credit to his title, together with voice roles within the movies “Hercules” (1997), “Leroy & Stitch” (2006), and “Henchmen” (2018) and the tv reveals “Tales from the Crypt” (1990; 1996), “Capitol Critters” (1992–1995), “Hercules: The Animated Series” (1998–1999), and “Skylanders Academy” (2016–current).

Early Life

Bobcat Goldthwait was born Robert Francis Goldthwait on May 26, 1962, in Syracuse, New York. His mom, Kathleen, labored at a division retailer, and his father, Thomas, was a sheet metallic employee. He grew up in a Catholic family and has an older brother, Jim, who has labored as an assistant director on quite a few movie and tv tasks.

Bobcat started making his mates chuckle at an early age and would repeatedly host performances for them whereas attending St. Matthew’s Grammar School. In 1980, Goldthwait graduated from Bishop Grimes Junior/Senior High School and shaped The Generic Comics comedy troupe with classmate Tom Kenny (the longer term voice of SpongeBob SquarePants). As teenagers, the 2 mates got here throughout an advert for an open-mic night time that includes comedian Barry Crimmins, who glided by the nickname “Bear Cat.”

Bobcat and Tom carried out on the open-mic occasion beneath the names Bobcat and Tomcat in honor of Crimmins, who later grew to become the topic of Goldthwait’s award-winning documentary “Call Me Lucky.” During Bobcat’s early days in comedy, he wrote with Martin Olson, who’s credited as a author on his first two comedy specials.

Career

Goldthwait made his TV debut on “Lenny Clarke’s Late Show” in 1980, and his first movie was 1984’s “Massive Retaliation.” In the ’80s, he additionally appeared within the movies “Police Academy 2: Their First Assignment” (1985), “Police Academy 3: Back in Training” (1986), “Police Academy 4: Citizens on Patrol” (1987), “Hot to Trot” (1988), “Tapeheads” (1988), and “Scrooged” (1988) and carried out on “Comic Relief” (1986, 1986, and 1989), “The Tonight Show Starring Johnny Carson” (1986), and “Late Night with David Letterman” (1983, 1984, and 1987).

In 1993, Bobcat toured with Nirvana because the band’s opening act, and in 1995, he starred in his personal “HBO Comedy Half-Hour” particular. He wrote, directed, and starred within the 1991 movie “Shakes the Clown,” then he appeared in “Encino Man” (1992), “Radioland Murders” (1994), “Destiny Turns on the Radio” (1995), “Back to Back” (1996), and “Dog’s Best Friend” (1997) and voiced Pain within the 1997 Disney movie “Hercules.” In the Nineties, he additionally guest-starred on “Married… with Children” (1992), “Are You Afraid of the Dark?” (1993), “Herman’s Head” (1993), “The John Larroquette Show” (1994), “Dave’s World” (1994), “ER” (1995), “Living Single” (1996), and “Sabrina, the Teenage Witch” (1997) and voiced Mr. Floppy on “Unhappily Ever After,” which aired 100 episodes over 5 seasons.

Goldthwait appeared within the movies “G-Men from Hell” (2000), “Late Friday” (2001), “Blow” (2001), and “Grind” (2003), and he voiced Nosy within the 2006 Disney film “Leroy & Stitch.” He introduced his retirement from stand-up comedy in 2005, then he wrote, directed, and produced the 2006 black comedy “Sleeping Dogs Lie.”

Bobcat wrote and directed 2009’s “World’s Greatest Dad,” which starred Robin Williams, and he additionally wrote and directed 2011’s “God Bless America.” In 2012, he launched his first stand-up comedy particular since saying his retirement, “Bobcat Goldthwait: You Don’t Look the Same Either,” and in 2013, he wrote and directed the horror movie “Willow Creek.”

Goldthwait directed the 2015 documentary “Call Me Lucky,” which earned him a number of awards, adopted by the documentary brief “American Bigfoot” in 2017. Since 2016, he has voiced Pop Fizz on the computer-animated Netflix collection “Skylanders Academy, and in 2018, he directed and produced the documentary “Joy Ride,” which he starred in with fellow comedian Dana Gould.

Personal Life

Bobcat married Ann Luly in August 1986, and so they welcomed daughter Tasha and son Taylor earlier than divorcing in 1998. Goldthwait grew to become engaged to his “Unhappily Ever After” co-star Nikki Cox in 1997, and so they break up up in 2005. Bobcat then wed Sarah de Sa Rego in October 2009, and so they divorced in 2014. In a 2016 interview with “LEO Weekly,” Goldthwait stated that he has been sober for the reason that age of 19.

Awards and Nominations

In 2015, Goldthwait gained Best Documentary awards for “Call Me Lucky” on the Boston Independent Film Festival, Boulder International Film Festival, Gasparilla International Film Festival, Independent Film Festival of Boston, and Lighthouse International Film Festival, and he obtained the Filmmaker on the Edge Award at that 12 months’s Provincetown International Film Festival. “Call Me Lucky” earned him nominations from the Cleveland International Film Festival and the Sundance Film Festival as properly, and he additionally obtained a Grand Jury Prize nomination within the Dramatic class for “Sleeping Dogs Lie” on the 2006 Sundance Film Festival. Bobcat earned a Festival Prize for “Windy City Heat” on the Just for Laughs Film Festival, and he obtained a German Independence Honorary Award on the 2013 Oldenburg Film Festival.

He was nominated for a CableACE Award for Performance in a Comedy Special for “An Evening with Bobcat Goldthwait: Share the Warmth” in 1988, and he earned Grand Special Prize nominations on the Deauville Film Festival for “World’s Greatest Dad” (2009) and “God Bless America” (2012). “God Bless America” additionally obtained a Toronto International Film Festival People’s Choice Award nomination for Midnight Madness and an SXSW Film Festival Audience Award nomination for Festival Favorites.

In 2006, Bobcat earned a Golden Seashell nomination for “Sleeping Dogs Lie” on the San Sebastián International Film Festival, and he obtained a New Visions Award nomination within the Non Fiction class for “Willow Creek” on the 2013 Sitges – Catalonian International Film Festival.