Joe Piscopo Net Worth 2024

What is Joe Piscopo’s Net Worth?

Joe Piscopo is an American actor, comedian, author, and producer who has a net worth of $3 million. Piscopo is greatest recognized for his stint as a forged member and author on the NBC sketch comedy collection “Saturday Night Live” (1980–1984), the place he did impersonations of celebrities similar to Frank Sinatra and Bruce Springsteen. He has appeared in additional than 30 movies and tv exhibits, together with “Johnny Dangerously” (1984), “Wise Guys” (1986), and “Dead Heat” (1988). Joe has additionally starred in and produced “The Joe Piscopo Special” (1984), “The Joe Piscopo New Jersey Special” (1986), and “Joe Piscopo: A Night at Club Piscopo” (2012). He performed Vince Fontaine within the 1994 Broadway revival of “Grease,” and he hosts the “Joe Piscopo Morning Show” on the New York City radio station AM 970. In 2013, Piscopo was inducted into the New Jersey Hall of Fame.

Early Life

Joe Piscopo was born Joseph Charles John Piscopo on June 17, 1951, in Passaic, New Jersey. He grew up with siblings Carol and Richard in North Caldwell, and he attended West Essex High School, the place he was a member of The Masquers, the varsity’s drama membership. After graduating in 1969, Joe enrolled at Jones College in Jacksonville, Florida, and earned a Bachelor of Science diploma in Broadcast Management.

Career

Piscopo had an uncredited position within the 1976 movie “King Kong,” then he appeared in “American Tickler” in 1977 and guest-starred on “The Doctors” (uncredited) in 1979. After “Saturday Night Live” went via an upheaval in 1980, with all of the forged members, writers, and main producers leaving the present, Joe joined the forged. The new forged wasn’t highly regarded with viewers or critics, apart from Piscopo and Eddie Murphy, who had been the one forged members to be invited again the following season when Dick Ebersol took over. Joe left the present in 1984, and that yr he appeared within the movie “Johnny Dangerously” and Billy Joel’s “Keeping the Faith” music video and revealed the ebook “The Piscopo Tapes.” In 1985, he launched the comedy album “New Jersey,” and he appeared within the movie “Wise Guys” in 1986. In 1988, Piscopo starred within the buddy cop/zombie film “Dead Heat,” guest-starred on “Star Trek: The Next Generation,” and graced the quilt of “Muscle & Fitness” journal, because of his curiosity in bodybuilding.

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In the Nineties, Joe appeared within the movies “Sidekicks” (1992), “Huck and the King of Hearts” (1994), “Open Season” (1995), “Two Bits & Pepper” (1995), and “Captain Nuke and the Bomber Boys” (1996) and lent his voice to the TV exhibits “Goof Troop” (1992), “Batman: The Animated Series” (1993), “Wild West C.O.W.-Boys of Moo Mesa” (1992–1993), and “The Pink Panther” (1993). From 1999 to 2002, he voiced Salli on the tv collection “100 Deeds for Eddie McDowd,” and from 1999 to 2004, he guest-starred on “Law & Order” 3 times; he additionally guest-starred on “Law & Order: Special Victims Unit” in 2018. Joe appeared within the movies “Baby Bedlam” (2000), “Bartleby” (2001), “Last Request” (2006), “Dead Lenny” (2006), and “How Sweet It Is” (2013), and in 2014, he started internet hosting “Piscopo within the Morning” on AM 970 (WNYM). In late 2020, Piscopo began internet hosting “Ramsey Mazda Sunday Nights with Sinatra” on New York’s 770 AM WABC and its Hampton Bays sister station 107.1 FM WLIR.

Personal Life

Joe married Nancy Jones, a former “Wheel of Fortune” producer, on December 1, 1973, and so they welcomed son Joey earlier than divorcing in 1988. Piscopo then wed Joey’s former nanny, Kimberly Driscoll, on April 4, 1997, and so they had three youngsters, Olivia, Michael, and Alexandra, earlier than their 2006 divorce. He additionally has a daughter named Charley-Rae together with his assistant/on-again, off-again girlfriend, Jessica Nasoff. The couple appeared on “Celebrity Wife Swap” in 2014, swapping Nasoff with the assistant of “Brady Bunch” star Barry Williams.

In 2016,  New Jersey resident Jennifer LaRocca admitted to stealing cash from Joe, saying that her husband had been employed to pay payments for Piscopo and that she used the funds to jot down checks for her bills. LaRocca pleaded responsible to theft and was ordered to pay Joe practically $171,000. Per week later, Jennifer’s husband, bookkeeper Frank Larocca, pleaded responsible to theft as effectively, admitting that he “diverted $170,805 of the cash for his personal use.” Piscopo has supported quite a few charities, and he based his personal charitable group, The Positive Impact Foundation, which is devoted to “creating constructive media for at-risk youth.” The basis has merged with the Boy’s and Girl’s Clubs of New Jersey, and Joe serves as their statewide spokesman. Piscopo campaigned for Donald Trump in the course of the 2016 election, and he thought of working for governor of New Jersey in 2017 however finally determined in opposition to it.

Awards and Nominations

In 1984, Piscopo was nominated for 2 Primetime Emmys for “Saturday Night Live,” Outstanding Individual Performance in a Variety or Music Program and Outstanding Writing in a Variety or Music Program. In 1985, he gained a CableACE Award for Performance in a Comedy Special for “The Joe Piscopo Special,” and in 2011, he acquired a Lifesaver Achievement Award on the Atlantic City Cinefest. For his charity work, Joe has acquired the Volunteer of the Year Award from the Mercer, New Jersey, chapter of Big Brothers Big Sisters in addition to Community Service Awards from New Jersey and Florida Boys and Girls Clubs. He has additionally acquired a Commendation Medal for his help of the navy, and the National Father’s Day Council and New Jersey Council of Children’s Rights have each named him Father of the Year.