Craig Ferguson Net Worth

How much is Craig Ferguson worth?

About Craig Ferguson

A Scottish-born American television personality, comedian, author, and actor with a net worth of an estimated $30 million, Craig Ferguson was born on May 17, 1962. Craig Ferguson, host of the Late Late Show, was born in Glasgow, Scotland, but grew up in Cumbernauld, a neighboring town created especially to accommodate the overflowing Glasgow population. He was a huge admirer of punk rock music and grew up with two sisters. Because of this, when he was old enough, Craig relocated to London and began playing drums for several punk bands.

If you count his time spent working as a bartender and bouncer, two jobs he frequently performed in bars all around Scotland, he briefly supported himself as a musician. Then there is the time he spent performing as the underground comic “Bing Hitler,” while touring in the UK.

He boarded a plane and landed in Los Angeles after deciding to try his luck in the United States as a result of his success. Soon after arriving, he was cast in the brief sitcom Maybe This Time. But his role as The Drew Carey Show’s wickedly funny, wickedly nasty, wickedly filthy Mr. Wick cemented his place on the B-list, at least.

As a result, he was given many possibilities, including the chance to write and direct his own low-budget movies, including the well-known Saving Grace.

A number of hosts filled in on the Late Late Show after Craig Kilborn left, basically auditioning for the role. Ferguson was one of them, which may surprise you, and his tenure received favorable reviews. Ferguson was ultimately chosen as the final host, and the program was given to him in January 2005.

Since its premiere, the program has undergone significant change, and Ferguson undoubtedly has individualized it (and won critical raves in the process). Early on, Craig abandoned the prepared monologue delivered by the majority of late-night hosts in favor of improvisation, storytelling, and audience participation. He does not have a house band per se; instead, he writes and performs the lyrics to his own theme tune, and his impersonations are spiced with Scottish humor. His sketches also exude a Monty Python-like flavor.

But the night he paid tribute to his father in his opening speech, that’s when people started to realize he was something unique. In those few minutes, the frequently irreverent and absurd comedian revealed a personal depth to his audience that they had never seen before. It was a turning point for the show because it connected the chuckles and guffaws to everyday life and demonstrated to everyone that even during times of suffering, there can be times of joy and laughing.

What does the future therefore hold? The same thing again, but not on The Late Late Show. Ferguson leaves the show in December 2014, only to make a comeback in 2016 with a 30-minute early-evening broadcast.

Craig Ferguson has written, starred in, and directed three movies. He has also contributed voice acting, such as for Gobber in the 2010–2019 How to Train Your Dragon movie series. As well as Lord Macintosh in Brave, and Owl from Winnie the Pooh (2011) (2012). On the ABC television network, Ferguson has been the host of the American game show The Hustler since 2021. Craig Ferguson’s net worth is projected to be $8.5 million as of 2023.

Just for Fun:

• Author Craig has received praise for his debut novel Between the Bridge and the River.
• He has children. Milo, his son, was conceived in 2001.
• Craig faced some criticism when he began hosting sans a tie, but his easygoing demeanor has shown that he’s just as funny without it.
• Prince Charles, Sean Connery, and – astonishingly – Dr. Phil have all been impersonated.
• got naturalized late in 2007.

A Wee Bit O’ Revolution (2009)

The special, which was captured on July 4, 2008, at Boston’s Wilbur Theater, is the Scottish-born comedian Ferguson’s first live show since becoming an American citizen. The over 90-minute Revolution reveals Ferguson to be a tremendously likeable and funny comic, whose “outsider” perspective offers him an original voice in the stand-up environment. Part autobiographical confessional, part observation comedy.

The strongest material in Revolution comes in the early half, when Ferguson discusses his upbringing in Scotland and his travels and immigration to the United States. Ferguson explores his relationship with his mother and his early views of America before teasing the dark turns his life would take in a storytelling manner rather than typical stand-up (including a stint in rehab and a very funny story about missing an entire Deep Purple concert because he decided to try chloroform). Revolution has a section where it more closely resembles a one-man monologue show than a stand-up special, and one wishes that the entire 80 minutes would be like that.

Ferguson loses a lot of the autobiographical material when he gets us caught up, though (glossing over how he landed the Drew Carey position is as current as he gets), and shifts to more observational humor about marriage and Tom Cruise being nuts (even in 2008, that’s pretty dated). As a result, the second half of the special lacks the honesty and simplicity of the first. Ferguson is still likeable and manages to throw a few humorous one-liners, so it’s not terrible, but it falls short of the promise made earlier.

A Wee Bit O’ Revolution ultimately stretches out a little too much, but it’s still worth watching, especially for its first half. I find Ferguson’s outsider viewpoint on American culture to be appealing. Although he’s now formally a member of the group, he still seems to have a lifetime obsession with what it means to be an American, and the way he narrates his path to that point is both humorous and occasionally strangely moving. I enjoy how he hints at certain dark undertones without outright revealing them; we know that his background influences his comedy, but he doesn’t make his entire act about atoning for previous transgressions.

Perhaps he’s keeping that for his upcoming special.