Ron White Net Worth 2024

What Is Ron White’s Net Worth?

Ron White is an American comedian, actor, author, and producer who has a net worth of $40 million. Ron White might be most well-known for being a member of the Blue Collar Comedy Tour alongside Jeff Foxworthy, Larry the Cable Guy, and Bill Engvall. Ron has launched the stand-up comedy albums “Tater Salad a.ok.a. Busted in Des Moines” (1990), “Truckstop Comedy” (1994), “Drunk in Public” (2003), “You Can’t Fix Stupid” (2006), and “Behavioral Problems” (2009).

He starred in and produced the comedy specials “You Can’t Fix Stupid” and “Behavioral Problems” in addition to “They Call Me Tater Salad” (2004), “Ron White’s Comedy Salute to the Troops” (2011 and 2015), and “A Little Unprofessional” (2012). White performed Phil Valentine on the Showtime sequence “Roadies” in 2016, and he has appeared within the movies “Sex and the City 2” (2010), “Demoted” (2011), and “Horrible Bosses” (2011). Ron printed “The New York Times” bestseller “I Had the Right to Remain Silent…But I Didn’t Have the Ability” in 2006. He is nearly all the time seen smoking cigars and ingesting scotch throughout his act.

Early Life

Ron White was born Ronald Dee White on December 18, 1956, in Fritch, Texas. His father, Charles, died when Ron was a baby, so White and his sister, Shea, had been raised by their mom, Barbara Joan Craig. Ron attended Deer Park High School, and at age 17, he enlisted within the United States Navy and served on the USS Conserver in the course of the “tail finish of the Vietnam War.” During his time within the Navy, Ron earned the nickname “Tater Salad,” after he yelled to a soldier that was supposed to alleviate him throughout a picnic, “Get up right here and relieve me earlier than any individual eats all that Tater Salad!” After leaving the Navy, White briefly owned a pottery manufacturing facility in Mexico. Ron had been dreaming of a comedy profession since a younger age, and so he determined to pursue comedy when he returned to the U.S.

Career

White first carried out stand-up comedy in 1986 and opened for Jeff Foxworthy and Sam Kinison earlier than turning into a headliner. He launched his debut comedy album, “Tater Salad a.ok.a. Busted in Des Moines,” in 1990, adopted by “Truckstop Comedy” in 1994. In 2000, Ron joined the Blue Collar Comedy Tour, which hit greater than 270 cities over three years and grossed over $35 million. “Blue Collar Comedy Tour: The Movie” was launched in 2003, and “Blue Collar Comedy Tour Rides Again” adopted in 2005. “Blue Collar TV” aired on The WB from 2004 to 2006, and although White wasn’t a most important solid member, he guest-starred in a number of episodes. In 2003, he launched the comedy album “Drunk in Public,” which was licensed Gold and reached #2 on the “Billboard” Comedy Albums and Top Heatseekers charts. His subsequent three albums, 2006’s “You Can’t Fix Stupid,” 2009’s “Behavioral Problems,” and 2013’s “A Little Unprofessional,” topped the Comedy Albums chart, and “You Can’t Fix Stupid” reached #2 on the Top Country Albums chart.  White guest-starred on “12 Miles of Bad Road” (2007), “Reno 911!” (2008), and “Kath & Kim” (2009), and he served as a celeb decide on “The Gong Show with Dave Attell” in 2008. In 2010, Ron shaped Organica Music Group with producer Michael Blakey, and he appeared within the movie “Sex and the City 2” and the TV particular “Back from Hell: A Tribute to Sam Kinison.”

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In 2011, White appeared within the comedy “Demoted” and performed Detective Samson within the hit movie “Horrible Bosses,” and in 2012, he co-starred with Robert Duvall, John Hurt, and Kevin Bacon within the Billy Bob Thornton-directed drama “Jayne Mansfield’s Car.” In late 2015, White introduced his candidacy within the 2016 presidential election, stating, “For years, individuals all throughout this nice nation have requested me to run for President, however nothing like this yr. My determination to run for President of the United States of America got here from an absence of selections. I’ve watched the debates and I assumed to myself: Is this what we’ve to select from? For 30 years I’ve traveled this nation forwards and backwards, up and down. I really like you individuals and you’ve got advised me what you assume is flawed and what you need to see change. So if you would like me to do that, I’ll.” White’s slogan for his presidential run was “Vote Smart! Because You Can’t Fix Stupid.” In 2016, Ron starred as Phil Valentine on Cameron Crowe’s Showtime sequence, “Roadies,” showing in seven of the present’s 10 episodes, and in 2018, his comedy particular “If You Quit Listening, I’ll Shut Up” premiered on Netflix. White has additionally appeared within the comedy specials “Ron White, Jeff Foxworthy & Bill Engvall: Live from Las Vegas” (2004), “Redneck Kings of Comedy” (2005), “Redneck Comedy Roundup” (2005), and “Comedy Central Presents Southern Gents of Comedy” (2006), and in 2021, he appeared within the sports activities drama “12 Mighty Orphans.”

Personal Life

Ron married Lori Brice on August 1, 1981, and so they welcomed son Marshall earlier than divorcing in 1992. White then wed Barbara Dobbs in June 2004, and after they divorced in 2008, he married singer Margo Rey on October 13, 2013. Ron and Margo break up up in 2017, and after Rey filed for spousal assist, White mentioned that they weren’t legally married. In August 2019, a decide dominated that White and Rey had been in a common-law marriage in line with Texas legislation. In April 2020, Ron requested a decide to finish his month-to-month $25,000 funds to Margo as a result of he wasn’t in a position to make any earnings in the course of the COVID-19 pandemic.

White is a supporter of the Red Cross and the Armed Forces Foundation, and in 2009, he launched “Ron White’s Comedy Salute to the Troops.” The income from the annual charity present’s ticket gross sales and DVD gross sales profit the Armed Forces Foundation, and comedians reminiscent of Brian Regan, Lewis Black, Kathleen Madigan, and Dave Attell have carried out.

White stopped ingesting alcohol in early 2021 however was reportedly seen ingesting a beer in September 2023 throughout a present.

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Awards and Nominations

White has earned three Grammy nominations for Best Comedy Album, for “Blue Collar Comedy Tour: One for the Road” (shared with Bill Engvall, Jeff Foxworthy and Larry the Cable Guy) and “You Can’t Fix Stupid” in 2007 and “A Little Unprofessional” in 2014. In 2009, Ron acquired a Patriot Award from the Armed Forces Foundation, and Texas legislative officers designated April twenty seventh “Ron White Day” within the State of Texas.

Real Estate

In 2010, Ron paid $1.505 million for a 4,800-square-foot house within the Beverly Hills Post Office space of Los Angeles. He put the three-bedroom, five-bathroom house available on the market for $7 million in September 2020. White additionally owned a 2,290-square-foot house in Montecito, California, which he listed on the market for $4.475 million in 2014, and a 13,082-square-foot mansion in Suwanee, Georgia, that he listed for $3.5 million in 2009, $2.5 million in 2013, and $2.4 million in 2017.