Orlando Jones Net Worth 2024

What Is Orlando Jones’ Net Worth and Salary?

Orlando Jones is an American actor, comedian, author, and producer who has a net worth of $5 million. Jones started his profession as a author and producer on reveals like “A Different World,” “Roc,” and “The Sinbad Show” within the late ’80s and early ’90s, and he made an even bigger title for himself when he joined the forged of the Fox sketch comedy sequence “MADtv” (which he additionally wrote for) in 1995. Orlando was the spokesman for 7 Up from 1999 to 2002, and he performed Captain Frank Irving on Fox’s “Sleepy Hollow” (2013–2015) and Mr. Nancy on Starz’s “American Gods” (2017–2019). Jones has greater than 70 appearing credit to his title, together with the movies “Office Space” (1999), “Magnolia” (1999), “The Replacements” (2000), “Evolution” (2001), “Drumline” (2002), “I Think I Love My Wife” (2007), and “The Book of Love” (2016), the miniseries “Madiba” (2017), and the tv sequence “The Evidence” (2006), “Men in Trees” (2007), “Rules of Engagement” (2009), and “LA’s Finest” (2020).

Orlando hosted FX’s “The Orlando Jones Show” in 2003, and he has lent his voice to animated initiatives reminiscent of “King of the Hill” (1998), “Father of the Pride” (2004–2005), “The Adventures of Chico and Guapo” (2006), and “Black Dynamite” (2012–2015). He created and govt produced “The Orlando Jones Show” and “The Adventures of Chico and Guapo,” and he produced “American Gods” in addition to “The Sinbad Show” (1993–1994), “Judge Mooney” (2004), “Bufu” (2007), “The Music Lesson” (2009), “Enemies Closer” (2013), “The 5 Powers” (2016), “Planting Seeds of Mindfulness Animated Movie” (2016), and “Tom Clancy’s Ghost Recon Wildlands: War Within the Cartel” (2017).

Early Life

Orlando Jones was born Orlando Fernez Jones on April 10, 1968, in Mobile, Alabama. Orlando’s father performed baseball for the Philadelphia Phillies. Jones moved to Mauldin, South Carolina, as a young person, and he attended Mauldin High School, graduating in 1985. As a highschool scholar, he performed a werewolf in a haunted home to lift funds for the junior/senior promenade, and he was a member of the talk workforce, which received the state championship throughout his senior 12 months. Orlando attended the College of Charleston from 1985 to 1990 and declared a serious in chemistry. As a freshman, he was forged in a manufacturing of the Tina Howe play “Museum” alongside future “True Blood” star Carrie Preston, and in 1987, he was employed to jot down for the NBC sequence “A Different World.” He earned the principle writing credit score on the 1991 episodes “Never Can Say Goodbye” and “Baby, I’m a Star,” and he guest-starred on the present in 1992. During his college years, Jones additionally launched Homeboy’s Productions and Advertising with comedian Michael Fechter, making commercials for Food Lion, the S.C. Credit Union, and Michael Dukakis’ presidential marketing campaign in addition to a McDonald’s advert starring Michael Jordan.

Career

Orlando wrote for the Fox sequence “Roc” from 1991 to 1992, and he labored on “The Sinbad Show” as a author and co-producer from 1993 to 1994. He made his TV debut in a 1992  episode of “Herman’s Head,” and from 1995 to 1997, he was a performer and author in the course of the first two seasons of “MADtv.” On the present, he was recognized for characters reminiscent of Reverend LaMont Nixon Fatback and Dexter St. Croix, and he did impersonations of Ice Cube, Eddie Griffin, Danny DeVito, Warwick Davis, and Michael Jai White. Jones left the sequence in an effort to give attention to a film profession, however he returned for the two hundredth episode in 2004. After leaving “MADtv,” he appeared within the movies “Sour Grapes” (1997), “Woo” (1998), “From Dusk Till Dawn 3: The Hangman’s Daughter” (1999), and “Liberty Heights” (1999) in addition to the cult traditional “Office Space” (1999) and the Academy Award-nominated movie “Magnolia” (1999). Orlando guest-starred on “Girlfriends” (2003), “The Bernie Mac Show” (2003), “Wild ‘n Out” (2005), “Everybody Hates Chris” (2007; 2008), “Ghost Whisperer” (2007), “New Amsterdam” (2008), and “Pushing Daisies” (2008), and he had recurring roles on ABC’s “Men in Trees” (2007) and the CBS sitcom “Rules of Engagement” (2009). In 2006, he starred as Inspector Cayman Bishop on the ABC police procedural “The Evidence.”

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Jones appeared within the movies “Waterproof” (2000), “Chain of Fools” (2000), “Bedazzled” (2000), “Say It Isn’t So” (2001), “The Time Machine” (2002), “Drumline” (2002), “Biker Boyz” (2003), “Runaway Jury” (2003), “House of D” (2004), “Beyond a Reasonable Doubt” (2009), and “Cirque du Freak: The Vampire’s Assistant” (2009), and he co-starred with Keanu Reeves and Gene Hackman in “The Replacements” (2000), David Duchovny, Julianne Moore, and Seann William Scott in “Evolution” (2001), and Chris Rock and Kerry Washington in “I Think I Love My Wife” (2007). In 2013, he starred within the net sequence “Tainted Love,” which he additionally created, and round this time, he guest-starred on “House” (2010), “Necessary Roughness” (2011) and “CSI: Miami” (2011) and appeared in “Seconds Apart” (2011), “The Chicago 8” (2011), and “Enemies Closer” (2013). From 2013 to 2015, Orlando performed Captain Frank Irving within the first two seasons of “Sleepy Hollow,” and he earned nominations from the Black Reel Awards and Black Reel Awards for Television for his efficiency as South African politician Oliver Tambo within the 2017 miniseries “Madiba.”

From 2017 to 2019, Jones performed Mr. Nancy (also referred to as the African trickster god Anansi) on “American Gods,” and in late 2019, he mentioned that he was fired as a result of Charles Eglee, the brand new showrunner, “thinks that Mr. Nancy’s offended, get sh– achieved is the fallacious message for black America.” A spokesperson for the present responded to the allegations, stating, “The storylines of American Gods have frequently shifted and advanced to mirror the complicated mythology of the supply materials. Mr. Jones’ choice was not picked up as a result of Mr. Nancy, amongst different characters, just isn’t featured within the portion of the e-book we’re specializing in inside season three.” In 2020, Orlando had a recurring position as Lieutenant Marshawn Davis on Spectrum’s “LA’s Finest” and as The Rail Man within the Showtime miniseries “The Good Lord Bird.” In 2022, he guest-starred on “Abbott Elementary” and “Winning Time: The Rise of the Lakers Dynasty.”

Personal Life

Orlando married Jacqueline Staph, a former mannequin, on January 2, 2009, and so they have two youngsters. Jones filed for divorce in March 2021. In October 2011, Orlando was the topic of controversy when he tweeted, “Libyan Rebels kill Gaddafi, if American liberals need respect they higher cease listening to Aretha & kill Sarah Palin (:” He later launched an announcement concerning the tweet, writing, “My job as an artist is to carry up a mirror to society. I don’t determine how folks really feel or react to that. My tweet hit a nerve. That’s good. The reality that’s has taken precedent over the intense points that face us just isn’t good. Any anger directed at me and my proper to free speech is an absolute waste of time. I’m not a statesman. My feedback mirror no political affiliation. It’s simply me being me, in a world that can by no means comfortably combine political correctness with inventive expression. For that, I provide no apologies, excuses or knowledge.”

Award Nominations

In 2017, Jones obtained a Black Reel Award nomination for Outstanding Supporting Actor, TV Movie or Limited Series for “Madiba.” That 12 months the Black Reel Awards for Television nominated him for Outstanding Supporting Actor, TV Movie/Limited Series for “Madiba” and Outstanding Guest Performer, Drama Series for “American Gods,” and in 2019, “American Gods” earned him a nomination for Outstanding Supporting Actor, Drama Series. Orlando additionally obtained a NAMIC Vision Award nomination for Best Performance – Drama for “American Gods” (2018).