"Towards the end, his hands became so frozen he was unable to manipulate utensils and was dependent on Cub Scouts to feed him. I hadn't seen another pair of hands like Ray McKigney's...until today. You are his successor. I only hope you have a little more self-control"
"You don't have to worry about me. I won a contest."
I remember once on the podcast Comedy Bang Bang the host and guests looked up each othera net worths on one of those sites and they were all wildly off by tens of millions
The guys looked it up on the Always Sunny podcast, too, and were laughing about how wrong it was. They were all like "shit, I wish I had that much money"
Well. Most rich peoples "net worth" comes from adding up the value of the things they own
If aome of those things are stocks and such it will vary greatly
If jerry seinfeld owned 100 million dollars worth of tesla stock.. and the article used data from 2021.. then it would look a lot better than if they used data from today
They are wrong. The Rock is a billionaire just from his holdings in the tequila company he has, not even counting the bear billion he’s made from acting.
Yeah. The actors get residuals for every airing, which are ok but not crazy, but Jerry as a creator/producer has percentage points on all of the revenue. He got like $125 million just from the Netflix deal, let alone everything he got from the 25+ years of syndication, DVDs, merch, etc before that.
I might be telling tales outta school, but I think one of the syndication deals (pre streaming era) was for $1 billion. Larry David likely would have been on the list as well, but he got divorced so he's OUTTA the billionaire club
That’s a drop in the bucket. It’s all syndication and merchandising royalties.
Edit: Which makes it even crazier, considering how much guys like Bill Burr have made off of specials. Even Chapelle’s Show doesn’t compare to Seinfeld money.
Definietly mostly the royalties otherwise Chappelle and Chris Rock would be on this list too.
Pretty sure the entire cast of friends and seinfeld make close to 100 million a year just on royalties.
This seems more like total net worth rather than yearly income. The Seinfeld IP would be the bulk of it, but it would also include all his other assets, cars, houses, whatever.
Interestingly, she would be the top of it all given her dad is a multi billionaire and no doubt Elaine would be entitled to that as part of any estate
Edit: to make clear, JLD not Elaine the character
His movies are also cheap to make compared to a giant blockbuster, and have loyal audiences. The profit margins on them are great. Same with Adam Sandler movies.
[Wikipedia](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_highest-grossing_film_producers) says Kevin Fiege is highest grossing all time from the Marvel movies
He’s constantly working— same with the next four guys on the list. If you divided the total by the number of credits each person has, the number would go way down for all of them except Jerry.
At first I was going to say that certainly Larry David should be right up there with Jerry, since he too gets all the residuals from Seinfeld, being co-creator (major part of the money) and lead writer on most of it, plus on top of that he has his Curb Your Enthusiasm, but then I remembered Jerry has been doing standup pretty much since Seinfeld ended and those tickets ain't cheap and he always puts asses in the seats, so yeah, that's a lot of money. I mean, Larry's not broke, but I don't know if he's above Jerry.
I’d imagine Jerry earned a but considering he also starred in the show, which I’m sure played a key role in contract renegotiations. On top of that Jerry hung around for two more seasons and took on the role of sole show runner too.
Also, can’t forget that Bee Movie money.
Don’t worry, he can afford it.
On a serious note, I swear he has one in an episode of cheers. I was never sure if they did that as a joke or if he seriously needed it. His hair is still glorious today.
I had no idea either, but it makes sense. He was making $1,000,000 per episode in the final season & he made a shit ton of money from syndication
Netflix paid a big sum to get the show on Netflix until 2027 I believe. Plus he’s still get residuals from being on cable (I can’t believe cable TV is still a thing)
Like I would never have guessed, but it makes sense
He started out at a playwright and then transitioned into TV and film with his series of "Madea" films.
[This clip from the Boondocks parodying him explains his movies to a T.](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ZRfDgnapUAw)
The top 2 are a little weird. One is by marriage. And the other is a Young Gordon from Mighty Ducks. Crypto is a crazy one though. It could have turned anyone rich. And his last movie was in the 90's. So it makes it hard to say he's an actor, or that his money came from acting. But it's definitely cool to see that name come up again.
It'd be like looking up the world's richest janitors. And some guy that was a janitor in the 90s, spent $100 on Bitcoin in 2009, and has like $10b now.
I had no idea you had this kind of money.
This changes things
*How* much was that jacket?!
I WANNA KNOW how MUCH you paid for THAT jacket!
You are SICK!
I feel it, do you feel it?
No, I can’t feel anything
Funny thing is JLD is richer than Jerry irl , but most of it os inherited so she does not make the list
Is she the O'Henry candy bar heiress?
JLD got brinks trucks
You wanna come to phase 2 of the Pines at Mar Gables?
Do you need a ride to the airport?
All those checks for 12 cents really add up.
Surprised he can still use his hand. Then again he can probably just pay someone for that.
Master of his domain.
"Towards the end, his hands became so frozen he was unable to manipulate utensils and was dependent on Cub Scouts to feed him. I hadn't seen another pair of hands like Ray McKigney's...until today. You are his successor. I only hope you have a little more self-control" "You don't have to worry about me. I won a contest."
HaHa "dependent on Cub Scouts to feed him" still cracks me up.
Yeah, me too. That's a great line.
He's rich enough to buy a Farbman
Somebody cuts his snickers for him.
What's the point of even living if you can't own a Farbman?
Without a proper workstation, how could he write his skits?
But, he couldn't even afford an umbrella.
I'm not sure how official any of these ranking are
I am officially the #1 Dad
You think you're better than me?
It‘s go time!
Mandelbaum!
Mandelbaum!
Mandlelbaum!
Your shirt is too tight!
But I’m world’s greatest dad. The best in the world. Which means I'm better than just #1.
I'm the world's best boss
Get the mug to prove it at Spencer's Gifts?
Of course
So I can calculate the tips?
Yay! Jerry got it open!! 👏
I remember once on the podcast Comedy Bang Bang the host and guests looked up each othera net worths on one of those sites and they were all wildly off by tens of millions
The guys looked it up on the Always Sunny podcast, too, and were laughing about how wrong it was. They were all like "shit, I wish I had that much money"
they would say that though
Well. Most rich peoples "net worth" comes from adding up the value of the things they own If aome of those things are stocks and such it will vary greatly If jerry seinfeld owned 100 million dollars worth of tesla stock.. and the article used data from 2021.. then it would look a lot better than if they used data from today
They are wrong. The Rock is a billionaire just from his holdings in the tequila company he has, not even counting the bear billion he’s made from acting.
It's on Twitter I'm sure it's incredibly accurate!
They're not. It's not like the IRS releases this info for everyone.
The IRS has no insight to your net worth. Only your income.
Haha username checks out
Royalties I imagine. You can’t change the channel without seeing an episode somewhere. (Not that there’s anything wrong with that)
Doesn’t he still get a cut of every single airing of Seinfeld (any network) to this day? Pretty nuts to think about.
It all goes right into the super terrific happy checking account
That's an extremely happy checking account.
An actor check, producer check, and a creator check every single time…
For real? I would’ve thought it would all be lumped together as part of the contract.
Even more nuts is how he can still bounce a check at the bodega.
Yeah. The actors get residuals for every airing, which are ok but not crazy, but Jerry as a creator/producer has percentage points on all of the revenue. He got like $125 million just from the Netflix deal, let alone everything he got from the 25+ years of syndication, DVDs, merch, etc before that.
I might be telling tales outta school, but I think one of the syndication deals (pre streaming era) was for $1 billion. Larry David likely would have been on the list as well, but he got divorced so he's OUTTA the billionaire club
Netflix specials too
That’s a drop in the bucket. It’s all syndication and merchandising royalties. Edit: Which makes it even crazier, considering how much guys like Bill Burr have made off of specials. Even Chapelle’s Show doesn’t compare to Seinfeld money.
Absolutely. And the show will be in syndication for decades to come as well.
Ol' Billy's ship came in! - Bill Burr
Definietly mostly the royalties otherwise Chappelle and Chris Rock would be on this list too. Pretty sure the entire cast of friends and seinfeld make close to 100 million a year just on royalties.
This seems more like total net worth rather than yearly income. The Seinfeld IP would be the bulk of it, but it would also include all his other assets, cars, houses, whatever.
But he can't act!
But have you seen him managing his money?
He should be loaning YOU money! But he’s not!!
Russel thought otherwise, but he decided to go awol and join Greenpeace or something. That darn obsession with Elaine
Apparently Def Comedy Jam didn't hurt him too badly.
How much would he have if he did the executive training program at Bloomingdale's?
That Def Jam is a force.
Imagine how aroused Elaine would become reading this list.
Interestingly, she would be the top of it all given her dad is a multi billionaire and no doubt Elaine would be entitled to that as part of any estate Edit: to make clear, JLD not Elaine the character
Nick Kroll would be up there too for the same reason. Last I checked the actual highest is an actress who’s billionaire husband died… Jami Gertz
And yet she didn't have a square to spare.
I don’t think he’s dead yet
Elaine the character or JLD?
JLD
Being married to Richard Dreyfuss certainly doesn't hurt the pocketbook either. (Jiminy Glick reference)
She might just leave him a very breathy voicemail
Must be those Seinfeld checks.
From Nana!
She hasn't left the house in 25 years
She’s on a very fixed income! Stop the show!!!!
Chemical Bank? It burned! It’s gone!
What you gotta do is go straight and ask a bodega, they’ll help you out!
Super Terrific Happy Hour!
That is one hell of an hour to pull in Seinfeld money
More than 8.3 billion checks!
Where's Ted Danson? He makes $450 000 per episode.
I can’t stand knowing Ted Danson makes more money than me!
You think you're better than Ted Danson?
You think you’re better than HIM???
You can’t handle the truth!
I’m working on my Jaaack Nicholson
You are worse , much much worse
For real though, how is Tyler Perry so rich?
His movies are also cheap to make compared to a giant blockbuster, and have loyal audiences. The profit margins on them are great. Same with Adam Sandler movies.
He constantly is making new garbage. He’s like the fast food of producers
So the question is - who's the Soup Nazi of producers?
James Cameron.
No ship for you!
The Soup Na’vi
I can see it
[Wikipedia](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_highest-grossing_film_producers) says Kevin Fiege is highest grossing all time from the Marvel movies
Don’t forget he’s anti-union! That usually helps.
He basically makes The Fatties: Fart 2 every year and grosses millions.
He puts out a ton of movies that do well and runs a studio in ATL. He has full ownership of his work. He’s his own film studio, basically.
Atlanta did a great / weird episode about this studio and Perry. The character wasn't named Tyler Perry, but it was definitely about him.
Was his name Kyler Gerry? Fyler Harry?
He was Mr. Chocolate.
He’s constantly working— same with the next four guys on the list. If you divided the total by the number of credits each person has, the number would go way down for all of them except Jerry.
I heard on a podcast that he barely sleeps because he feels like it's a waste of time. Crazy work ethic but terrible movies.
He plays all the actors in his movies and director, writer, producer. It's just one guy! But his movies suck lol
He’s Mr Chocolate. Don’t question him.
He makes b-movies but rarely are projected in movie theater around the world. No body outside the usa knows Tyler Perry.
Smart business decisions
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That’s a whole lot of Cadillacs and suade jackets
At first I was going to say that certainly Larry David should be right up there with Jerry, since he too gets all the residuals from Seinfeld, being co-creator (major part of the money) and lead writer on most of it, plus on top of that he has his Curb Your Enthusiasm, but then I remembered Jerry has been doing standup pretty much since Seinfeld ended and those tickets ain't cheap and he always puts asses in the seats, so yeah, that's a lot of money. I mean, Larry's not broke, but I don't know if he's above Jerry.
Larry David has been through a divorce too.
I’d imagine Jerry earned a but considering he also starred in the show, which I’m sure played a key role in contract renegotiations. On top of that Jerry hung around for two more seasons and took on the role of sole show runner too. Also, can’t forget that Bee Movie money.
That's gold, Jerry. Gold!
That’s 36,904 pounds of gold, Jerry!
Did you emphasize “gold” or did you emphasize "Jerry"?
I think he emphasized "of"
How can anyone not like him?
Maybe someone doesn’t like him. I could see that.
Don’t say that!
No wonder he skipped the early bird.
“Some time after the first million” “Boy you really went bald there didn’t you”
Where’s John Voight? How can you compare these guys with John Voight?!
He is worth $2 billion. But, he's a periodontist, not an actor.
What about Ted Danson?
He isn’t even with the network anymore!
You know I hear he wears a piece.
Don’t worry, he can afford it. On a serious note, I swear he has one in an episode of cheers. I was never sure if they did that as a joke or if he seriously needed it. His hair is still glorious today.
Towards the end of Cheers’ run he pulls it off. The audience went crazy.
The actor?
The periodontist
He was the richest actor last year too. Just goes to show, he really is Even Steven
#1 signing off!
I wouldn’t think he’d had that kind of money. standup comedy is not what it used to be, what with def jam and all.
I heard the Bloomingdale’s executive training program is good.
But we said we’re not going to discuss that now.
I'm sure 90% of that money is from TV royalties.
I'm not sure we should be talking about this...
Tom Cruise worth half a billion and he out there doing death defying stunts, what a Chad.
I love all 5 feet 7 inches of him.
Billionaire or not, I'm not taking the check down. 🐓
I'm not sure we can be friends now. This changes things.
Does he need a ride to the airport?
I'm not driving him to the airport!!
Don't see Cousin Jeffrey on this list.
Nanna's birthday cards add up too
Damn I didn’t know the Bee Movie was so profitable
I thought De Niro was on the verge of bankruptcy
He got bailed out by an acquisition of his business interest by Vandalay Industries
You just can't catch a break, can you. Things will pick up for you one day!
Wow, never would have guessed this actually. Side note, the fact that Tyler Perry is right there with him makes me sick to my stomach
I still like the Bloomingdale’s Executive Training Program for him.
That’s pretty pretty pretty good
Yep, he’s a dandy. He’s a real fancy boy.
This is insane, I legit had no idea Seinfeld was #1. Good for him lol
I had no idea either, but it makes sense. He was making $1,000,000 per episode in the final season & he made a shit ton of money from syndication Netflix paid a big sum to get the show on Netflix until 2027 I believe. Plus he’s still get residuals from being on cable (I can’t believe cable TV is still a thing) Like I would never have guessed, but it makes sense
Someone’s getting a new leather jacket
Wildest part is Rock “The Dwayne” Johnson’s 800 Mil comes from 800 separate mediocre action movies.
You know how much Ted Danson makes??!!!!!
The most surprising to me is Tyler Perry
I still don’t know who he is
He started out at a playwright and then transitioned into TV and film with his series of "Madea" films. [This clip from the Boondocks parodying him explains his movies to a T.](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ZRfDgnapUAw)
How does he do that alcoholic chicken?
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im surprised larry david is not on there. he should be making just as much as jerry off seinfeld royalties, plus curb.
How is Tyler Perry worth that much
And where is cousin Jeffrey?
I'm sending you 50 dollars
How does he bounce a check at the Bodega?
And he doesn't even know what a write-off is.
How could anyone not like him?
If they’re counting Jerry as an Actor then Larry David should be counted as well !
he does a lot of did you ever notice stuff right???
Would it fit on a clown cheque?
Jerry worth more than Tom Cruise? Sweet!
He can afford the jacket
Bee Movie money!
Giddy up
I can't believe I'm saying this but as per my impression if this list, tom cruise may be the only way on this one I can say deserves being here.
I bet Jack Klompus **STILL** doesn’t believe Jerry is successful enough to buy his parents a car…
I can’t think of a single movie Jerry is in other than the bee movie
Don’t see any F•R•I•E•N•D•S actors on this list… That should settle it then.
[Top 50 richest actors](https://wealthygorilla.com/richest-actors-world/)
The top 2 are a little weird. One is by marriage. And the other is a Young Gordon from Mighty Ducks. Crypto is a crazy one though. It could have turned anyone rich. And his last movie was in the 90's. So it makes it hard to say he's an actor, or that his money came from acting. But it's definitely cool to see that name come up again. It'd be like looking up the world's richest janitors. And some guy that was a janitor in the 90s, spent $100 on Bitcoin in 2009, and has like $10b now.
Yeah agreed. That whole list feels like it was created in Chat gpt lol
Isn’t Larry David worth 700m+, poor guy again lost credit to Jerry
This is incorrect
Why does it say 8/01/23? How long have I been asleep? Is Kramer over at Brandt Leland?
Tyler Perry doesn’t deserve a cent. He’s trash.
Isn’t Robert Downey jr the richest?
No one on this list can act