- Category:
- Richest Celebrities › Richest Comedians
- Net Worth:
- $300 Million
- Birthdate:
- Oct 26, 1973 (50 years previous)
- Birthplace:
- Kent
- Gender:
- Male
- Height:
- 5 ft 10 in (1.78 m)
- Profession:
- Actor, Composer, Animator, Television producer, Voice Actor, Comedian, Singer, Screenwriter, Film director, Television Director
- Nationality:
- United States of America
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What is Seth MacFarlane’s net worth and wage?
Seth MacFarlane is an American producer, author, voice actor, singer and comedian who has a net worth of $300 million. Anyone who was fortunate sufficient to create simply ONE hit tv present for a significant community (with bountiful syndication, DVD and merchandise gross sales) would die a really comfortable and VERY wealthy individual. Seth MacFarlane has managed that feat not as soon as, not twice, not thrice, however FOUR occasions. Seth is the creator of “Family Guy,” “American Dad,” “The Cleveland Show” and “The Orville.”
Furthermore, he has additionally written, directed and produced a number of movies, notably 2012’s “Ted” – which grossed over $500 million – 2015’s “Ted 2” – which grossed just below $200 million – and 2014’s “A Million Ways to Die within the West”- which earned $80 million, double its price range.
Early Life
Seth MacFarlane was born October 26, 1973 in Kent, Connecticut. He is a distant descendant of Mayflower passenger William Brewster. Seth developed an curiosity in illustration as a baby due to cartoons like Woody Woodpecker and Fred Flintstone. Amazingly, Seth determined to pursue a profession in animation when he was simply 5 years previous. At the age of 9 he printed his first comedian, “Walter Crouton”, which was printed weekly in The Kent Good Times Dispatch. Seth earned $5 per week from the comedian, his first paying gig.
RISD
In highschool Seth started making quick movies utilizing his dad and mom’ 8mm digicam. He then went on to the Rhode Island School of Design (RISD) the place he studied movie, video and animation. While at RISD, Seth’s had a classmate named Patrick Henry. At some level Patrick launched Seth to his brother Mike Henry, an aspiring stand-up comedian/actor who would later collaborate on a number of MacFarlane tasks. Mike Henry would later voice the characters Cleveland Brown, Herbert, Consuela and Bruce. In 2009 Mike and Seth co-created “The Cleveland Show” which aired 88 episodes over 4 seasons by means of 2013.
Hanna-Barbera
During his senior yr at RISD Seth created a movie thesis known as “The Life of Larry.” His professor submitted the movie to executives at Hanna-Barbera. Those executives had been impressed and immediately provided Seth a job. Seth labored on quite a lot of Hanna-Barbera tasks. In 1996 he created an up to date model of The Life of Larry known as “Larry & Steve” which featured a lovable/dumb middle-aged character named Larry and his loyal clever canine, Steve. Sound acquainted?
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Family Guy
After seeing Larry & Steve, executives at Fox requested Seth to pitch them a present concept. Fox initially handed on the idea he pitched, however after the shock success of their 1997 present “King of the Hill,” Seth was invited again to pitch once more. This time round Fox agreed to provide a pilot however provided Seth a scant $50,000 to make use of as his price range. At the time, most animated prime time reveals had a per-episode price range of $1 million.
Seth spent six months creating what he would later admit was a crudely animated movie. The pilot impressed Fox execs. Fox instantly ordered a full season. At 24, Seth grew to become the youngest govt producer in tv as much as that time.
“Family Guy” debuted on January 31, 1999 instantly after Fox’s broadcast of Super Bowl XXXIII. The present’s debut was seen by 22 million individuals. The first season carried out effectively sufficient to earn a second season. Unfortunately in the course of the second season the present confronted steep competitors on the Thursday, 9PM time slot and rankings subsequently tanked. Fox technically canceled the present in May 2000 after the second season, however after a last-minute reprieve a 3rd season was permitted and returned in November 2001. The present continued to seek out good rankings however that wasn’t sufficient. Family Guy was formally canceled in the summertime of 2002.
Family Guy discovered a following when reruns started airing on Cartoon Network. It was really the community’s highest-rated present total, boosting viewership of the community greater than 200%. In 2003 the present’s first and second seasons had been launched on DVD. An astounding (for the time) 400,000 copies offered within the first week.
Seasons 1 and a pair of offered thousands and thousands of copies and had been the best-selling DVDs of 2003 and 2004. Today the season 1 and a pair of set is the second best-selling TV DVD in historical past behind Chappelle’s Show. Fox subsequently uncancelled the present, bringing again a fourth season in May 2005.
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Syndication Revenue
Over the following 15 years, Family Guy would air greater than 300 new episodes over an extra 14 seasons. It has been syndicated globally in dozens of nations and languages. Between 2005 and 2008 alone, the present generated north of $1 billion in income – $400 million from syndication offers, $400 from DVD gross sales and $200 million in merchandise gross sales. To date, the present has generated a number of billion in income from all revenue sources.
As of this writing, a single syndicated episode sells for $2 million. A single 30-second industrial on the brand new airings sells for $200,000. The present generates $500 million a yr in advert income. More than 500 Family Guy-related toys and gadgets have been licensed to main retailers together with Wal-Mart and Target, producing $100 million a yr in income.
Seth MacFarlane’s Earnings
Between 2005 and 2008 MacFarlane was paid $2 million per yr by Fox for his show-running duties. In 2009, he negotiated a 5-year $100 million greenback deal to proceed overseeing his animation empire. It was the most important and priciest contract in tv historical past as much as that time. And neither of these wage figures embody DVD or merchandise rights that are estimated to earn Seth upwards of $20 million moreover annually!
As MacFarlane, Trey Parker, Matt Stone and Matt Groening show, there’s A TON of cash within the animation enterprise.
Other Work
Seth can also be the creator/govt producer of “American Dad” which premiered in 2005 and remains to be going sturdy to this present day with over 350 episodes produced throughout greater than 20 seasons.
Seth co-created “The Cleveland” present which ran from 2009 to 2013.
He has additionally written, directed and produced a number of movies. His 2012 film “Ted” grossed over $500 million. The 2015 sequel “Ted 2” grossed just below $200 million. The 2014 western “A Million Ways to Die within the West” earned $80 million, double its price range.
In 2016 he created the live-action Fox collection “The Orville.”
He has launched 5 musical albums and performs commonly as an enormous band act.
Real Estate
Seth’s main dwelling since 2008 has been a big mansion in Beverly Hills that he scooped up for $13.5 million. In 2019 he spent $15.7 million on a house in Malibu, California.
Personal Life
A lifelong bachelor, Seth has been romantically linked to quite a lot of lovely actresses. He dated Eliza Dushku briefly. He dated Emilia Clarke from 2012 to 2013. He is at the moment not married nor does he have any youngsters.
McFarlane obtained a star on the Hollywood Walk of Fame in 2019, and in 2020 he was inducted into the Television Hall of Fame.
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