How much is Joe Gatto worth?
| Net Worth: | $5 Million |
|---|---|
| Profession: | Professional Comedian |
| Date of Birth: | June 5, 1974 (age 46) |
| Country: | United States of America |
| Height: | 5 ft 10 in (1.78 m) |
About Joe Gatto
Joe Gatto, whose full name is Joseph Anthony Gatto Junior is an American actor, stand up-comedian, podcast host, and producer. He first started acting in the late 1990s and since then has taken part in several productions on television. In his early years, he was part of the comedy troupe The Tenderloins, which involved other rising stars in the stand-up comedy. All members eventually took part in their own television series titled Impractical Jokers, which has been on air since December 2011.
The stand-up comedian became famous immediately after he and his friends and colleagues formed their comedy troupe. Joseph was born on June 5, 1974, in New York City. He was born and raised in the borough of Staten Island and is of an Italian descent.
In his early years, long before he became successful with his acting, he worked in various places. His father passed away in 1995 from a pancreatic cancer caused by alcohol poisoning, which eventually influenced Joe to stop drinking alcohol.
During his time in the Monsignor Farrell High School, he met his friends and future colleagues Brian Quinn, James Murray, and Sal Vulcano. The four were aspiring actors at the time and had plans to begin performing in stand-up comedies during their early twenties.
Prior to the beginning of his career, the stand-up comedian graduated from the LIU Post university, from which he received a degree in Accounting and Business Management.
During his early twenties, he decided to pursue a career in acting. His friends Quinn, Murray, and Vulcano shared the same idea and they eventually met continuously to discuss their plans. They spend a lot of time in Gatto’s house where they began practicing stand-up comedy. Soon, they started going on tours and visited multiple venues to further improve their skills.
In 1998, while slowly earning, they officially formed the troupe called The Tenderloins.
During the early 2000s, The Tenderloins began actively posting their own stand-up comedy videos online on platforms such as Myspace, Metacafe, and YouTube. The videos eventually accumulated millions of views online and that helped them receive offers to act live on shows. In 2007, the troupe took part in the competition It’s Your Show on NBC.
They eventually won the grand prize of $100,000 for their memorable sketch named Time Thugs.
The Tenderloins eventually became very popular in the early 2010s and were offered a deal with TruTV for the creation of their own show. The hidden camera reality is titled Impractical Jokers and it debuted in mid-December 2011. By this time Joe Gatto is estimated to have had a net worth of over $2 million.
As of now, it has 8 seasons and more than 200 episodes and has multiple spin-offs and crossovers. Among some of them are Jokers Wild, Impractical Jokers: Inside Jokes, and The Impractical Carbon Joker’s Effect. In 2018, the television channel announced a feature-length film named Impractical Jokers: The Movie, which was released in 2020.
The success of the actor comes after many years of hard work in the comedy world. Around the same time, the group was still growing and gaining fame around the United States, Joe also began working as an actor and producer. His film debut came in the 2009 television film The Tenderloins.
Since then, he took part in a number of television series such as 12 Monkeys, and McGyver. Since the 2010s, he and his co-workers have been familiar faces on multiple television talk shows and realities like Jokers Wild, WGN Morning News, and The Misery Index to name a few.
Summing-Up
Joe Gatto is a comedian that’s part of one of the most popular comedy troupes in the United States. As part of the group, he found success in the early years of the new millennium, and ever since then, his career has peaked in many different professions.
In addition to acting and stand-up, the comedian also began working as a producer and podcast host of the troupe’s own podcast, He has taken part in multiple television projects both as part of The Tenderloins and as himself. With Joe Gatto, one thing is certain – he remains one of the funniest and most memorable faces in the stand-up comedy world.
