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What is Kevin Nealon’s Net Worth and Salary?
Kevin Nealon is an American comedian, actor, author, and producer who has a net worth of $12 million. Kevin Nealon made his community TV debut in 1984 on “The Tonight Show Starring Johnny Carson,” and inside two years, he was requested to hitch “Saturday Night Live,” the place he spent 9 seasons. Kevin has greater than 90 performing credit to his identify, together with quite a few Adam Sandler movies and the tv collection “Weeds” (2005–2012), “Glenn Martin, DDS” (2009–2011), and “Man with a Plan” (2016–2020). He has produced the comedy specials “Kevin Nealon: Now Hear Me Out!” (2009) and “Kevin Nealon: Whelmed, But Not Overly” (2012), and the net collection “Kevin Nealon’s Laugh Lessons” (2014) and “Hiking with Kevin” (2017–current). Nealon printed the e-book “Yes, You’re Pregnant, But What About Me?” in 2008, and he wrote for “Saturday Night Live” from 1986 to 1987.
Early Life
Kevin Nealon was born on November 18, 1953, in St. Louis, Missouri. He grew up in a Catholic family with mom Kathleen, father Emmett (an plane firm govt), and 4 siblings. The family relocated to Bridgeport, Connecticut, a couple of months after Kevin’s start, then moved to Germany six years later and lived there for 4 years. Nealon attended St. Joseph High School in Connecticut, and after graduating in 1971, he enrolled at Sacred Heart University, the place he earned a bachelor’s diploma in advertising. Kevin later took night time programs and performed on the soccer workforce at Fairfield University. When he was 13, Nealon started taking part in guitar at events, and after turning into fascinated about comedy in highschool, he would personalize jokes by comedians like Rodney Dangerfield and inform them at events. He finally “received invited to events simply to inform jokes and entertain folks.”
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Career
Kevin moved to San Diego in 1977, then Los Angeles, and he honed his craft whereas bartending on the Improv comedy membership. After doing stand-up for six years, he appeared on “The Tonight Show Starring Johnny Carson” in 1984 and ended up turning into a daily on the present in addition to “Late Night with David Letterman.” He made his performing debut in a 1985 episode of “Scarecrow and Mrs. King,” and when “Saturday Night Live” recruited Nealon’s good friend Dana Carvey in 1986, Dana advisable Kevin, and so they each joined the solid. Nealon stayed on the present for 9 seasons, serving as a “Weekend Update” anchorman from 1991 to 1994 and taking part in recurring characters resembling Mr. Subliminal and Franz of Hans and Franz. While starring on “Saturday Night Live,” Nealon additionally appeared within the movies “Roxanne” (1987), “All I Want for Christmas” (1991), and the “SNL” spin-off film “Coneheads” (1993). Between 1993 and 1996, Kevin guest-starred on three episodes of “The Larry Sanders Show,” and in 1996, he appeared in “Happy Gilmore” and performed Marty Heslov on the ABC sitcom “Champs.”
From 1997 to 1998, Nealon starred as Ted Hiller on ABC’s “Hiller and Diller” alongside Richard Lewis and Eugene Levy. He appeared within the 1998 movies “Principal Takes a Holiday” and “The Wedding Singer,” adopted by 1999’s “Kill the Man” and 2000’s “Bar Hopping,” “Cecil B. Demented,” and “Little Nicky.” Around this time, Kevin guest-starred on “Dharma & Greg” (1998–1999), “third Rock from the Sun” (1999), “The Outer Limits” (1999), and “Norm” (2000). In 2001, he appeared within the movie “Heartbreakers” and had an uncredited position in “Joe Dirt,” and the next yr, he was in Dana Carvey’s “The Master of Disguise,” guest-starred on “Monk,” and lent his voice to the animated vacation film “Eight Crazy Nights.” Nealon appeared in “Anger Management” (2003), “Daddy Day Care” (2003), “Good Boy!” (2003), and “Grandma’s Boy” (2006), and from 2003 to 2006, he performed Ted Halverson on 5 episodes of the CBS sitcom “Still Standing.” In 2005, he was solid as Doug Wilson on Showtime’s “Weeds,” which aired 102 episodes over eight seasons.
From 2009 to 2011, Nealon voiced the title position on the Nick at Nite stop-motion animated collection “Glenn Martin, DDS,” and he appeared within the movies “Aliens within the Attic” (2009), “Just Go with It” (2011), and “Bucky Larson: Born to Be a Star” (2011) and had a recurring position as Stephen Redford on Fox’s “‘Til Death” (2010). He appeared within the 2014 movies “Small Time,” “Walk of Shame,” and “Blended,” and in 2016, he performed photographer Gary Sikes in “Popstar: Never Stop Never Stopping” and was solid as Don Burns, the brother of Matt LeBlanc’s Adam Burns, on the CBS sitcom “Man with a Plan,” which aired 69 episodes over 4 seasons. In 2018, Kevin appeared within the movie “Father of the Year,” and he competed on “Celebrity Wheel of Fortune” in 2021, profitable greater than $47,000 for the Nashville charitable group The Store. He has accomplished voice performing in quite a few initiatives, together with “Dr. Katz, Professional Therapist” (1996), “Crank Yankers” (2003; 2019-2020), and “Family Guy” (2020). Nealon can be a gifted caricature artist, and he shares his work and sketches on Instagram underneath the deal with @kevinnealonartwork.
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Personal Life
When Kevin was employed by “Saturday Night Live,” he was in a relationship with Jan Hooks, who was employed on the similar time. Their relationship ended after the present’s first season, and Nealon married mannequin/stuntwoman Linda Dupree in 1989. Kevin and Linda divorced in 2002, and on September 3, 2005, Nealon wed actress Susan Yeagley, who’s greatest recognized for taking part in Jessica Wicks on “Parks and Recreation.” The couple welcomed son Gable on January 29, 2007. Kevin turned a vegan in 1989 and has supported a number of animal welfare organizations, together with PETA, Farm Sanctuary, and the Washington Wildlife Alliance. Kevin holds twin citizenship between the U.S. and Ireland attributable to his Irish ancestry.
In February 2006, Nealon wrote an opinion article entitled “Don’t Stop Bugging Me” for “The New York Times” about having his telephone tapped by non-public investigator Anthony Pellicano, who was convicted of unlawful wiretapping, racketeering, and different crimes in 2008. A separate court docket case later revealed that Kevin might have additionally been focused for wiretapping by investigators that have been working for Ringling Brothers and Barnum & Bailey Circus on account of his help of animal rights teams. In early 2021, Nealon’s home was robbed whereas he and his spouse have been out of city, and the thieves stole greater than $100,000 value of bijou and different belongings, together with a necklace that held a few of Garry Shandling’s ashes. Kevin joked on “The Ellen DeGeneres Show,” “The bizarre factor is he gave me the ashes earlier than he died. That’s form of unusual. ‘Cause, you realize, he is very ready.”
Award Nominations
In 1987, Nealon and his fellow “Saturday Night Live” writers earned a Primetime Emmy nomination for Outstanding Writing in a Variety or Music Program. “Weeds” earned Kevin a nomination for Outstanding Actor – Comedy Series on the 2007 Monte-Carlo TV Festival, and the solid obtained Screen Actors Guild Award nominations for Outstanding Performance by an Ensemble in a Comedy Series in 2007 and 2009.
Real Estate
In August 2019, Kevin and Susan paid $4.35 million for a 5,444 sq. foot house in L.A.’s Pacific Palisades neighborhood. They put the house available on the market for slightly below $5 million in June 2021. They beforehand owned a unique Pacific Palisades house, which they bought for $3.45 million in 2010 and bought for $4.85 million in July 2019.
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