How much is Wayne Brady worth?
| Net Worth: | $10 Million |
|---|---|
| Profession: | TV personality |
| Date of Birth: | June 2, 1972 |
| Country: | United States of America |
| Height: | 1.82 m |
About Wayne Brady
Since Dana Carvey in 1993, Brady is the only person to win the award for a television series as opposed to a special, which he did in 2003 when he won the Primetime Emmy Award for Outstanding Individual Performance in a Variety or Music Program for his work on the show. The award was given to him for his Outstanding Individual Performance in a Variety or Music Program.
When Brady was 16 years old, he began his performance career in community theater as well as with the Orlando improvisation troupe SAK Comedy Lab. It was with this group that he began to improve his improv talents. He received his high school education at Dr. Phillips High School in Orlando, Florida, and he graduated in the year 1989. After moving to Los Angeles in 1996, he kept honing his acting chops at various acting studios in the area.
After that, he went on to star in his own ABC variety show in 2001 called The Wayne Brady Show, as well as a daytime talk show of the same name in 2002. Both versions of the show lasted for two seasons, and the daytime talk show version won four Daytime Emmy Awards, including two for Brady as Outstanding Talk Show Host. During the years 1999 and 2000, Brady appeared as a special guest on The Drew Carey Show to participate in “Drew Live” and “Drew Live II” Throughout the season, Brady and the other cast members participated in a number of Whose Line Is It Anyway?-inspired games.
That is What I am Talking About is a discussion show on TV Land that has been hosted by Brady since 2006. The show focuses on the contributions that African-Americans have made to the entertainment business. Brady was the host of the Fox show Celebrity Duets from the 29th of August through the 29th of September in 2006. Since 2007, Brady has been an official supporter of Ronald McDonald House Charities, and he currently serves on the Friends of RMHC celebrity board.
In the sitcom Everybody Hates Chris, Brady played the role of Louis, the talented younger brother of Julius Rock. He also hosted a singing game show on Fox called Do not Forget the Lyrics! until the show was canceled in June 2009. At the Venetian Hotel in Las Vegas, Nevada, he gave his performance titled “Wayne Brady: Making $%!^ Up” four times per week.
On the episode of WWE Raw that aired on May 3, 2010, Brady appeared as a guest host. During the show, he participated in an in-ring sequence with Edge and Randy Orton, during which he was knocked out of the ring by Orton. Later on in that year, in the month of August, Brady took on the role of Tom Collins in a production of Rent that was held at the Hollywood Bowl. Neil Patrick Harris was the one in charge of directing the project.
In the song “Dedication To My Ex (Miss That)” by Lloyd featuring Lil Wayne and Andre 3000, which was released in 2011, Brady made a cameo appearance and narrated a portion of the song that included Lil Wayne. On the episode that aired on March 14, 2012, of the television series Psych, he made an appearance as a special guest star. On June 7, 2013, Brady appeared as a special guest on the episode of Phineas and Ferb titled “Where’s Pinky?” Brady also served as a guest host on the CBS show The Late Late Show from February 9 to February 13, 2015.
In 2018, Brady started playing the recurring character of Everett Kynes in the science fiction drama series Colony. Kynes is the administrator of the Seattle colony and the designer of an algorithm that is employed in sorting and identifying people.
Laughing Matters is a YouTube documentary that runs for thirty minutes and was produced by SoulPancake in partnership with Funny or Die. In it, a number of comedians tackle issues related to mental health. On October 10, 2019, he was featured in the documentary.
It was reported on December 28, 2020 that Brady would play the role of Django in a benefit concert presentation of Ratatouille the Musical. Ratatouille the Musical is a musical adaptation of an online meme that began on TikTok and was inspired by the 2007 Disney/Pixar film. On January 1, 2021, the performance was broadcast live and exclusively on TodayTix; it helped collect more than one million dollars for The Actors Fund.
Summing-Up
In 2003, Brady won his first Emmy Award for his work on Whose Line?. The following year, he won two more Emmy Awards for The Wayne Brady Show, and two more Emmy Awards for Let us Make a Deal. In total, Brady has won five Emmy Awards. In addition, he was considered for a Grammy Award in the category of Best Traditional R&B Vocal Performance in 2009 for his rendition of “A Change Is Gonna Come” a song originally performed by Sam Cooke. He was the host of the daytime talk show The Wayne Brady Show, the first host of the Fox game show Do not Forget the Lyrics!, and he has been the host of the game show Let us Make a Deal ever since its relaunch in 2009.
