Gilbert Gottfried Net Worth
Born on 28th February, 1995, Gilbert Gottfried is an American actor, stand-up comedian and voice actor who has lent his voice for prominent fictional characters; ‘Lago’, the parrot from Disney’s Aladdin and Kraang Subprime in Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles. Gilbert was born in Brooklyn, New York City, New York, US.
Regarding his career, Gilbert started to do clumsy stand-up in New York at the very young age of 15, and his hard work made him popular around New York and was got the name “the comedian’s comedian”. In the year 1980, Saturday Night Live was being revised with new members and new comedians where he was noticed by the producers and was hired as cast member for the 6th season of the particular show. He also did promo bits in MTV channel which made him popular among the public.
In the year 1987, Gilbert was casted as accountant Sidney Bernstein in Beverly Hills Cop II. He also appeared in The Amazing Live Sea Monkeys. Besides, Gilbert lent his voice for different characters like the dentist Dr. Bender and his son Wendell in The Fairly OddParents and Jerry the Belly Button Elf on Ren and Stimpy, etc. However, his most noted works include Igor Peabody in Problem Child and Problem Child 2 and his voice for the parrot lago in Aladdin. Because of his work, Gottfried again lent his voice for Aladdin franchise: Aladdin: The Return of Jafar, Aladdin and the King of Thieves, and other series of Aladdin, along with Kingdom Hearts and House of the Mouse.
Besides, Gottfried has lent his voice for the duck in Aflac commercials, Digit in Cyberchase and Mr. Mxyzptlk in Superman: The Animated Series. He also voiced Nick-Nack, a nasty wisecracking criminal genius in two episodes of Superboy, and he made regular appearance on The Tonight Show with Jay Leno. In the year 2004, Gilbert’s stand-up materials were featured in Shorties Watchin’ Shorties by Comedy Central. Later he appeared as Santa Claus in The Grim Adventures of Billy and Mandy’s one-hour Christmas Special episode. He also provided his voice for Rick Platypus in an episode of My Gym Partner’s a Monkey entitled “That Darn Platypus”. Later Gilbert was seen as Peter’s horse in an episode Family Guy titled “Boys Do Cry”, he also appeared in Hannah Montana as Barny Bittmen.
In the year 2009, Gilbert reunited with David Faustino for an episode of Star-ving. After 2 years, Gilbert was seen as Leo Gerber in an episode of Law & Order: Special Victim Unit called “Lost Traveller”. He later appeared as a member of ‘Team Rachael’ on the second season of Food Network’s Rachael vs. Guy: Celebrity Cook-Off.
All of his stand-up comedies and his voices for different famous fictional characters has helped him earn a net worth of $7 Million USD.
Must Know Facts about Gilbert Gottfried
Real Name: Gilbert Gottfried
Date of Birth: 28th February, 1955
Profession: Stand-up Comedian, Actor and Voice Actor
Height: 5 ft. 5 inches
Married: Dara Kravitz (m. 2007)
Children: Max Aaron Gottfried, Lily Aster Gottfried
Facebook: 127K Fans in Facebook
Instagram: 23.4K Followers in Instagram
Twitter: 378K Followers in Twitter
Net Worth: $7 Million
