How much is Alfonso Ribeiro worth?
| Net Worth: | $6 Million |
|---|---|
| Profession: | Professional Actor |
| Date of Birth: | September 21, 1971 (age 51) |
| Country: | United States of America |
| Height: | 5 ft 5 in (1.67 m) |
About Alfonso Ribeiro
Alfonso Ribeiro, whose full name is Alfonso Abraham Lincoln Ribeiro is an American film actor, and director, as well as dancer, game show host, and television personality. His career began in the 1980s as a child actor. Shortly after, he found national popularity with his roles in the sitcoms Silver Spoons, The Fresh Prince of Bel-Air, and In the House.
Presently, he’s the game show host of America’s Funniest Home Videos, as well as Catch 21, Spell-Mageddon and Dance 360. He has an estimated net worth of $6 million that continues to grow from his many professions and his real estate investing.
Alfonso became famous in the 1980s when he joined the cast of the sitcom Silver Spoons. He was born on September 21, 1971, in New York City. He was born in the Riverdale neighborhood and his parents are of Trinidadian and Tobago descent. His paternal grandfather is Albert Ribeiro, the Trinidadian calypsonian known with the stage name Lord Hummingbird. Alfonso started his career when he was eight years old.
He attended the Hollywood Professional School and then enrolled at the Cal State University from which he earned a Theater Arts education in the mid-1990s. Long before that, he began his acting career as a child actor. He first gained national recognition with his leading role in the 1983 Broadway musical The Tap Dance Kid. Besides receiving positive reviews, his performance also earned him a nomination for an Outer Critics Circle Award.
The main reason why this Broadway star is so successful is his many transformations on television. Since the late 1990s, he has used his voice in various series such as Extreme Ghostbusters, and Scooby-Doo and the Cyber Chase. At that time, he also became a full-time director. His directing debut came in the aforementioned The Fresh Prince of Bel-Air. He also directed the likes of All of Us, Meet the Browns, and Are We There Yet?.
At the age of thirteen, while improving his acting skills, Ribeiro also began dancing. In 1984, he appeared in a Pepsi commercial as a dancer alongside Michael Jackson and other music stars. That same year, he secured his first role in television series – Silver Spoons. He spent nearly three years portraying the role of Alfonso Spears.
When he was just fifteen, in late 1985, Alfonso released his own dance instruction book called Alfonso’s Breaking and Popping Book.
He also took part in several films and series such as John Grin’s Christmas, Magnum, P.I, and A Different World. In 1990, he got the main role of Carlton Banks in the NBC sitcom The French Prince of Bel-Air. He spent more than six years in the show, appearing in all 148 episodes, from which he earned a substantial amount from. Also that decade, he guest-hosted an episode of Soul Train and began working as a voice actor for the superhero series Spider-Man from 1994 to 1998.
Since the 2000s, Ribeiro has been proactively working as a dancer, game show host, and television personality. He has been hosting the likes of The Weakest Link, Catch 21, and Spell-Mageddon. In 2006, he took part in Celebrity Duets, which he would go on to win after nine episodes. In 2014, he won the nineteenth season of Dancing with the Stars with the professional Latin ballroom dancer Witney Carson.
Since the mid-2010s, he has been hosting multiple shows such as Unwrapped 2.0, America’s Funniest Home Videos, Whose Line Is It Anyway? and The $100,000 Pyramid to name a few.
It took about four years for Alfonso Ribeiro to start earning real money as a professional actor. He appeared in a few commercials and TV movies, like The Mighty Pawns, but earned very little doing it. Then, in 1984, he began appearing in Silver Spoons which paid him an estimated $225,000 for the 74 episodes that he played the role of Alfonso Spears in.
Then, in 1990, after just half a dozen acting appearances since Silver Spoons Ribeiro had been cast and was appearing in The Fresh Prince of Bel-Air as Carlton Banks. The show was a major success with reruns periodically still playing to this day. Will Smith who was cast under the same name and who also produced 24 episodes, earned $2.8 million from the first three seasons. It is estimated that for the last three seasons he made $5.8 million, earning as much as $100,000 for the last season episodes. Ribeiro, on the other hand, didn’t earn near the sum of $8.6 million that Smith did. In fact, it is estimated that he has earned $3.5 million in total earnings from his involvement with the show.
Besides appearing in 40 episodes of Extreme Ghostbusters in 1997, and 51 episodes of In the House between 1995-1999, Ribeiro has had very few other TV acting series appearances. He has however had a huge amount of appearances as himself, a total of almost 130 appearances and often for many episodes. Most recently America’s Funniest Home Videos, Catch 21 and Dancing with the Stars have all been top earners for Ribeiro.
Ribeiro’s Total Net Worth
From all of this activity Ribeiro has earned a substantial sum, even though many appearances are not near as high paying as acting work. Some are, what is more they have added up over the years and earned Ribeiro an estimated $4 million when combined with his film appearances and his TV work, including Silver Spoons but not including The Fresh Prince of Bel-Air.
In total, it is estimated that Alfonso Ribeiro has earned $7.5 million in career earnings. On average in his 42 year career he has earned about $179,000 per year. However certain years, like 1995 and 1996 he has earned far more than average which has bumped him up into higher tax brackets and caused him to need to pay more in income tax. He also lives in California which has higher state taxes than most. It is estimated that Ribeiro has paid some 43% in tax on his career earnings. In total, his after-tax earnings are therefore $4.28 million, having paid $3.22 million in tax.
He would have also had to pay money to his agent and manager and also incurred other business costs, as well as personal costs, perhaps incurred some losses but also likely realized some investment gains. Ribeiro was married to Robin Stapler between 2002–2007, a period when Ribeiro did not experience much earnings but did have one child with his then wife.
In the event of the divorce Ribeiro would have likely had to pay some money in a divorce settlement and also support toward his child’s living costs and future. Perhaps $900,000 has gone in that direction to date. Ribeiro married Angela Unkrich in 2012, they remain together and have three children.
Alfonso Ribeiro has been a stable dependable TV star over his career and it leads one to believe that he probably managed his finances with the same routine. As mentioned, he may have realized some investment gains outside of property, which he has also profitably been involved.
Overall, and all things considered, it is likely that Alfonso Ribeiro has a net worth of or around $6 million.
Summing-Up
Alfonso Ribeiro is known for being the host of the popular show America’s Funniest Home Videos. He’s also an actor, director, and a Broadway star that has spent more than 30 years leaving his mark in the theatre and television. For the past four decades, this award-winning dancer has achieved a lot of success in various fields of entertainment. Besides hosting television shows, and starring in films and series, he also won the nineteenth season of Dancing with the Stars and is currently an ambassador of the PGA Tour Champions.
