Who is Bill O’Reilly? See Net-worth, Quote, Awards, Fact, Wiki

William James O’Reilly, Jr. Wiki Biography

William James O’Reilly, Jr. was born on 10th September 1949, in New York City, USA of Irish descent. He is known as a political commentator, syndicated columnist, television host and author of books. The television program “The O’Reilly Factor”, which is hosted by Bill himself, is a popular show in which he might be seen every weekday. In the USA, it is the most watched program broadcast on cable TV. Bill O’Reilly has been active in the industry since 1975.

Is this well known political commentator rich? It has been estimated that his net worth is as much as $100 million. His annual salary from “The O’Reilly Factor” has increased from $10 million to $20 million. More, he received $28 million from the sales of his books in 2014 alone.

Bill O’Reilly Net Worth $100 Million

Concerning his education, after leaving high school he enrolled into the Queen Mary University of London. Later, Bill graduated with his Bachelor of Arts at Marist College, Master of Arts at Boston University and finally, Master of Public Administration at Harvard University.

Who would have said that the television news reporter who worked at WNEP-TV in Scranton would become such a well known political commentator? Later, Bill worked for WFAA-TV in Dallas, and while working there he received the Dallas Press Club Award. This was followed by the Emmy Award while working for KMGH-Tv in Denver. An investigation of corrupt city leaders was worth his second Emmy which was won while working at WCBS News. Afterwards, he worked in ABC News. From 1989 to 1995, Bill O’Reilly worked as a presenter of a syndicated news magazine program entitled “Inside Edition”. Since 1996, he has worked on “The O’Reilly Factor” as a creator and presenter of the show, which is popular for its controversial political issues and is loved by audiences. The program holds top position according to the ratings and averages two million people a month watching the show.

In addition to this, Bill O’Reilly is the author of books which is also a very important source of his net worth. As a writer he debuted with the novel published by Broadway Books “Those Who Trespass: A Novel of Television and Murder” (1998). The other publishings Broadway Books has presented are the following works by Bill O’Reilly, including “The O’Reilly Factor: The Good, the Bad, and the Completely Ridiculous in American Life” (2000), “The No Spin Zone” (2001), “Who’s Looking Out For You?” (2003), “Culture Warrior” (2006), “A Bold Fresh Piece of Humanity: A Memoir” (2008).

Since 2011, the author has been signed to the publisher Henry Holt and Co. His latest works printed by the above mentioned publisher were “Killing Kennedy: The End of Camelot” (2012), “Kennedy’s Last Days: The Assassination That Defined a Generation” (2013), “The Last Days of Jesus: His Life and Times” (2014), “Killing Patton: The Strange Death of World War II’s Most Audacious General” (2014) and “Bill O’Reilly’s Legends and Lies: Into the West” (2015).

In his personal life, in 1996 Bill O’Reilly married public relations executive Maureen E. McPhilmy. Together they have two children: a son and daughter, but divorced in 2011. Currently, Bill resides in the suburb of Manhasset, New York, USA.



Full Name Bill O’Reilly
Net Worth $100 Million
Salary $20 Million
Date Of Birth September 10, 1949
Place Of Birth New York City, NY
Height 6′ 4″
Profession American journalist, television host, political commentator, syndicated columnist
Education Boston University, Chaminade High School, Harvard University, Queen Mary University of London, John F. Kennedy School of Government, Marist College
Nationality American
Spouse Maureen E. McPhilmy (m. 1996–2011)
Children Madeline O’Reilly, Spencer O’Reilly
Parents William James O´Reilly Sr.,Winifred Angela Drake O’Reilly
Siblings Janet O´Reilly
Facebook https://www.facebook.com/billoreillyfnc
Twitter https://twitter.com/oreillyfactor
Instagram https://www.instagram.com/the_bill_o_reilly/?hl=en
IMDB http://www.imdb.com/name/nm0971123/
Nominations Primetime Emmy Awards for Outstanding Television Movie (2014), Goodreads Choice Awards Best History & Biography
Movies Killing Kennedy (2013, documentary), Killing Lincoln (2013), Decoding Deepak (2012)
TV Shows “The O’Reilly Factor” (1996-2017)
Trademark
1 Towering height
2 His aggressive interview style
3 The “No Spin Zone” segment
4 Known for speaking freely and critically of world leaders and figures
5 Intense emotional News commentary
6 Often interrupts guests or tells them to shut up
Title Salary
The O’Reilly Factor (1996) $10,000,000 /year(2004-2009)
The O’Reilly Factor (1996) $10,000,000 /year (2009)
Quote
1 [His advice to the youth of America] Young pinheads: work hard, be honest, get off the internet, travel as much as you can, find your passion, find out what your good at: make money doing it.
2 [on the inspiration for the book “Killing Jesus”]I’m not the chosen one, I’m just one of many who’ve been given gifts. I can write and I can bloviate on TV. So I’m trying to use the gifts in a positive way. And I believe that’s all directed and that’s why I’m here on the planet.
3 All of the ideas come to me in the middle of the night, and one night I just woke up and I went “Killing Jesus”. And I believe, because I’m a Catholic, that comes from the Holy Spirit. My inspiration comes from that and so I wrote “Killing Jesus” because I think I was directed to write that.
4 I knew Howard [Stern], because he was the only guy in [Boston University] taller than me. And he has a big ‘fro. He was always stoned. When I was walking around, I would go, “Oh, there is Howard,” you know? We, of course, didn’t know he was going to be a big media star, we just hoped he could get to the bathroom. I know what it took for Howard Stern to become successful, because he is like me. No uncle in the business, had to work his way up, cut through a whole bunch of BS. And I admire that. Would I do what he does? No. Do I object to what he does? No.
5 (On the on-going feud with his Fox News competitor, Keith Olbermann, on MSNBC) There is no feud! I’ve never mentioned the man’s name in my life and I will never mention it! There is no feud! There is no nemesis!
6 I’ve said ‘shut up’ six times in 12 years and they all deserved it. They were either bloviating, filibustering or lying.
7 [His impression of Harvard University] Well, the faculty at the Kennedy School of Government was pretty good when I was there. The most interesting class I had was ‘Persuasion’, and I use a lot of the points I learned there on the air to try to get people to listen to you so they understand it.
8 What’s the difference between the KKK and Arianna Huffington? What’s the difference? I don’t see any difference between Huffington and the Nazis.
9 The Soros-Lewis mob despises Fox News because we have their number and we report on them accurately. They use the MoveOn web site to smear this network and others with whom they disagree. These people use techniques perfected by Dr. Joseph Goebbels, the Nazi minister of information. They lie, distort, defame, all the time. So it’s not surprising that MoveOn objected to a debate sponsored by Fox News and the Nevada Democratic Party.
10 Joseph Goebbels was the Minister of Propaganda for the Nazi regime and whose very famous quote was, “If you tell a lie long enough, it becomes the truth.” All right? “If you tell a lie long enough, it becomes the truth.” And that’s what Stuart Smalley and Michael Moore and all of these guys do. They just run around.
11 When I am dead, my tombstone will read, ‘He finally stopped talking.’
12 Because look … when 2 percent of the population feels that you’re doing them a favor, just forget it, you’re not going to win. You’re not going to win. And I don’t have any respect by and large for the Iraqi people at all. I have no respect for them. I think that they’re a prehistoric group that is — yeah, there’s excuses.
13 If you get to be as smart and as talented as me, you’ll have a show. That won’t happen.
14 My thesis, you may know, is that nobody should ever talk about their sexuality in any – in any regard ever. You should not define yourself that way. It just makes life a lot rougher. So, therefore, I would probably say, if you’re a gay celebrity, shut up about it.
15 My father didn’t tell me anything. My father just said: ‘Shut up. Eat your food. There are people starving in Korea,’ but he didn’t – he didn’t offer a lot of career counseling, but he never discouraged me.
16 Does anyone know where the Best Men are? I hope they’re not in the parking lot stealing our hubcaps.
17 We’d save lives because Mexicans, “wetbacks”- whatever you want to call them-, the coyotes – they’re not going to do what they’re doing now, so people aren’t going to die in the desert. So we save lives, all right, and we seal it down and make it one hundred times harder to come across.
18 Generally speaking, the elite media believe that the majority in this country — white Christian Americans — are prone to oppressing the minority. The elites rightfully point to the civil rights struggle as an example of how the majority can hurt a minority until the forces of reason stepped in.
19 And the elites firmly believe that not much has changed in 40 years; that white Christian-Americans must be kept in check, or they will violate minority rights.
20 You are about to enter a no-spin zone!
Fact
1 He is of Irish ancestry, except for one of his maternal great-grandmothers, who was of Colonial American descent, including English and some French Huguenot.
2 Release of his book, “A Bold Fresh Piece of Humanity: A Memoir”. [2008]
3 Release of his book, “Who’s Looking Out For You”. [2003]
4 Release of his book, “The No Spin Zone: Confrontations with the Powerful and Famous in America”. [2001]
5 Release of his book, “Kids Are Americans Too”. [2007]
6 Release of his book, “Culture Warrior”. [2006]
7 Release of his book, “Pinheads and Patriots: Where You Stand in the Age of Obama”. [2010]
8 His first job was, at age 16, at Carvel Ice Cream. Later, had a job as a lifeguard.
9 His wife Maureen is reported to have much more politically liberal beliefs than him.
10 Considers Boston as his second home. Parents met there, he attended school (Boston University, Harvard University) there, first journalist job there.
11 When O’Reilly expressed his staunch opposition to the erection of a mosque near the former site of Manhattan’s Twin Towers on The View: Episode dated 14 October 2010 (2010), both Whoopi Goldberg and Joy Behar walked off the set in protest. Shortly after host Barbara Walters defended O’Reilly’s right to his opinion, both co-hosts Goldberg and Behar later returned to their seats.
12 His top five favorite films are in descending order Casablanca (1942), Platoon (1986), Midnight Cowboy (1969), Schindler’s List (1993) and The Godfather: Part II (1974).
13 Favorite songs: “L.A. Woman” by The Doors, “I Love Music” by The O’Jays, “Drive My Car” by The Beatles, “Just Dance” by Lady Gaga, “Kentucky Rain” by Elvis Presley.
14 His hometown is Levittown, New York.
15 Sued by former The O’Reilly Factor (1996) associate producer Andrea Mackris, who accused him of sexual harassment. An out of court settlement was reached 15 days later, O’Reilly reportedly paying Mackris over $2 million without admitting guilt or issuing an apology. No guilt was ever proven on O’Reilly’s part, however. (13 October 2004).
16 Wife Maureen was born on May 11, 1966; making her almost 17 years her husband’s junior.
17 On his website he lists the following as his favorite films: The Godfather (1972), The Godfather: Part II (1974), The Producers (1967), Casablanca (1942), Apocalypse Now (1979), Dracula (1992), Bonnie and Clyde (1967), Unforgiven (1992), Shampoo (1975), Cool Hand Luke (1967), Viva Las Vegas (1964), Saturday Night Fever (1977), The Bridge on the River Kwai (1957), Dirty Harry (1971), The Wolf Man (1941), Rocky (1976), Young Frankenstein (1974), A Shot in the Dark (1964), The Alamo (1960), The Blob (1958), Easy Rider (1969).
18 In 2002, he successfully started “The Radio Factor”… a 2-hour radio version of The O’Reilly Factor (1996).
19 Attended Chaminade High School, Mineola, New York.
20 He has two young children: a daughter, Madeline (born in 1998) and a son, Spencer (born in 2003).
21 While he was a reporter at WNEP-TV in Scranton, Pennsylvania, he also wrote the jokes for “Uncle Ted’s Ghoul School,” a Saturday night monster movie show.
22 He was a high school teacher from 1971-1973 after graduating from Marist. He taught both History and English at Monsignor Edward Pace High School, a school founded by the Marist Order in Opa-Locka, Florida, located in North Miami-Dade. He also assisted with the school’s baseball team.
23 While at Marist, he claimed to have played quarterback, punter, and kicker on the varsity football team, but Marist did not have a varsity football team until after he graduated. He also was a semi-professional baseball pitcher with the New York Monarchs, and was the goalie on his high school hockey team.
24 Names “Rainy Night in Georgia” by Brook Benton as his all-time favorite song. He also enjoys the music of Luther Vandross, Joe Cocker , The Doors, The Rolling Stones and Earth Wind & Fire.
25 During his career, he has been a reporter/anchor in: Boston, Miami, Scranton, Dallas, Denver, Portland (Oregon), Hartford, New York City, and Los Angeles. He has also covered wars in the Falkland Islands, El Salvador, Northern Ireland, and Israel.
26 Politically, he has always claimed he is a registered independent on The O’Reilly Factor (1996). But, it was later revealed that O’Reilly was actually a registered Republican in Nassau County in 1994. O’Reilly re-registered as an independent soon after.
27 The film rights to his novel, Those Who Trespass, were bought by actor/director, Mel Gibson.
28 Earned his M.A. in Public Administration from Harvard University’s John F. Kennedy School of Government in 1995.
29 O’Reilly received his M.A. in Broadcast Journalism from Boston University in 1975.
30 Majored in History at Marist College (Poughkeepsie, New York), earning his B.A. in 1971. He was given an honorary Doctorate of Letters from the school in 2000.
31 As of 2001, has said he receives about 30,000 e-mails a day for his show The O’Reilly Factor (1996).

Writer

Title Year Status Character
Killing Patton TV Movie based on the book by announced
Killing Reagan 2016 TV Movie
Killing Jesus 2015 TV Movie based on the book by
Killing Kennedy 2013 TV Movie based on the book by
Killing Lincoln 2013 TV Movie based on the book by
Bold and Fresh Tour 2010 TV Movie written by
The O’Reilly Factor 1999-2008 TV Series 171 episodes

Producer

Title Year Status Character
Killing Patton TV Movie executive producer announced
Legends & Lies 2015-2016 TV Series executive producer – 20 episodes
Killing Reagan 2016 TV Movie executive producer
Killing Jesus 2015 TV Movie executive producer
Killing Kennedy 2013 TV Movie executive producer
Killing Lincoln 2013 TV Movie executive producer
Killing Kennedy 2013 Documentary producer
The Rumble in the Air-Conditioned Auditorium: O’Reilly vs. Stewart 2012 2012 Video executive producer
The O’Reilly Factor 2002-2008 TV Series executive producer – 140 episodes
Off the Wall: A Creative Journey 1997 TV Movie documentary producer

Actor

Title Year Status Character
Transformers: Dark of the Moon 2011 Bill O’Reilly
Iron Man 2 2010 Bill O’Reilly

Thanks

Title Year Status Character
Salmagundi 2009 Documentary short special thanks
SuperNews! 2007 TV Series special thanks – 1 episode

Self

Title Year Status Character
Extra 2015-2017 TV Series Himself
The O’Reilly Factor 1996-2017 TV Series Himself – Host / Himself / Himself – Guest Host
Legends & Lies 2015-2017 TV Series Himself – Host
CBS This Morning 2013-2016 TV Series Himself / Himself – Author / Himself – Author, Killing Kennedy / …
Fox and Friends 2008-2016 TV Series Himself / Himself – Host, The O’Reilly Factor
The Late Show with Stephen Colbert 2016 TV Series Himself / Himself – Guest
Outnumbered 2016 TV Series Himself – Author, Killing of the Rising Sun / Himself – Guest Co-Host
Fox News Sunday 2016 TV Series Himself – Author, Killing the Rising Sun
The Five 2012-2016 TV Series Himself / Himself – Host, The O’Reilly Factor
Ellen: The Ellen DeGeneres Show 2016 TV Series Himself – Author, Kill the Rising Sun
Jimmy Kimmel Live! 2014-2016 TV Series Himself / Himself – Author, Killing of the Rising Sun / Himself – Host, The O’Reilly Factor
Live with Kelly and Michael 2004-2016 TV Series Himself / Himself – Guest
Today 2004-2016 TV Series Himself / Himself – Author / Himself – Guest
15 Septembers Later 2016 Documentary voice
The View 2006-2016 TV Series Himself
Entertainment Tonight 2010-2016 TV Series Himself
Late Night with Seth Meyers 2014-2016 TV Series Himself
CBS News Sunday Morning 2016 TV Series documentary Himself
Good Morning America 2005-2016 TV Series Himself / Himself – Guest
Stossel 2010-2016 TV Series Himself / Himself – Host, The O’Reilly Factor
Finding Your Roots with Henry Louis Gates, Jr. 2016 TV Series documentary Himself
Rachael Ray 2009-2015 TV Series Himself / Himself – Host, The O’Reilly Factor
The Tonight Show Starring Jimmy Fallon 2014-2015 TV Series Himself
This Week 2012-2015 TV Series Himself – Author, Killing Reagan / Himself
The Daily Show 2001-2015 TV Series Himself
The Greg Gutfeld Show 2015 TV Series Himself – Host, The O’Reilly Factor
Live from New York! 2015 Documentary Himself – Featuring
Late Show with David Letterman 2001-2015 TV Series Himself
The Kelly File 2015 TV Series Himself – Host, The O’Reilly Factor
Media Buzz 2013-2015 TV Series Himself – Host, The O’Reilly Factor / Himself
The Insider 2014 TV Series Himself – The O’Reilly Factor
P.O.V. 2014 TV Series documentary Himself
Cashin’ In 2014 TV Series Himself
The Kennedy Center Honors 2013 TV Special Himself – Presenter
Fox News 2013 TV Series Himself
The Tonight Show with Jay Leno 2001-2013 TV Series Himself / Himself – Storage Room Visitor
Inside Edition 1989-2013 TV Series documentary Himself
The Real Story with Gretchen Carlson 2013 TV Series Himself
On the Record w/ Brit Hume 2008-2013 TV Series Himself
60 Minutes 2004-2013 TV Series documentary Himself – Fox News Host (segment “Killing Jesus”) / Himself – Host, The O’Reilly Factor (segment “O’Reilly”)
Killing Lincoln: An Interview with Author Bill O’Reilly 2013 Video documentary short Himself
America’s Book of Secrets 2013 TV Series documentary Himself
America Live 2012 TV Series Himself
Katie 2012 TV Series Himself
Night of Too Many Stars: America Comes Together for Autism Programs 2012 TV Movie Himself
The Rumble in the Air-Conditioned Auditorium: O’Reilly vs. Stewart 2012 2012 Video Himself
Last Ounce of Courage 2012 Himself (uncredited)
Saturday Night Live 2012 TV Series Himself
Rizzoli & Isles 2011 TV Series Himself
Red Eye w/Tom Shillue 2011 TV Series Himself
Justice w/Judge Jeanine 2011 TV Series Himself
Real Time with Bill Maher 2005-2010 TV Series Himself
Freedom Watch with Judge Napolitano 2010 TV Series Himself
Bold and Fresh Tour 2010 TV Movie Himself
Salmagundi 2009 Documentary short Himself
2009 CMT Music Awards 2009 TV Special Himself
Glenn Beck 2009 TV Series Himself
Books Equal Gifts Commercial 2008 Short
An American Carol 2008 Himself
Fox Report 2008 TV Series Himself
The Live Desk 2008 TV Series Himself
Studio B 2008 TV Series Himself
Just In with Laura Ingraham 2008 TV Series Himself
The Colbert Report 2007 TV Series Himself
Forbes Celebrity 100: Who Made Bank? 2006 TV Movie Himself
Keeping Up with the Steins 2006 Himself (uncredited)
Al Franken: God Spoke 2006 Documentary Himself
Howard Stern on Demand 2006 TV Series Himself
Geraldo at Large 2005 TV Series documentary Himself
Tsunami Aid: A Concert of Hope 2005 TV Special Himself
The First Amendment Project: Fox vs. Franken 2004 TV Movie documentary Himself
Charlie Rose 2000-2004 TV Series Himself
WMD: Weapons of Mass Deception 2004 Documentary Himself
Judging Amy 2004 TV Series Himself
MADtv 2004 TV Series Himself
Late Night with Conan O’Brien 2003 TV Series Himself
Howard Stern 2003 TV Series Himself
Book TV 2003 TV Series Himself
JAG 2003 TV Series Himself
Biography 2002 TV Series documentary Himself
The Pulse 2002 TV Series Himself
Last Call with Carson Daly 2002 TV Series Himself – Guest
First Monday 2002 TV Series Himself

Archive Footage

Title Year Status Character
The O’Reilly Factor 2007-2016 TV Series Himself / Himself – Host
Before the Flood 2016 Documentary Himself
Media Buzz 2014-2016 TV Series Himself – Host, The O’Reilly Factor / Himself
Entertainment Tonight 2015-2016 TV Series Himself / Himself – Host, The O’Reilly Factor
The Drunken Peasants 2014-2016 TV Series Himself
Extra 2015-2016 TV Series Himself
The Eighties 2016 TV Mini-Series documentary Himself – ABC News
CBS News Sunday Morning 2016 TV Series documentary Himself – Host, The O’Reilly Factor
Live with Kelly and Michael 2016 TV Series Himself
Inside Edition 2014-2015 TV Series documentary Himself – Host, The O’Reilly Factor / Himself
The Greg Gutfeld Show 2015 TV Series Himself – Host, The O’Reilly Factor
The Insider 2014-2015 TV Series Himself – Host, The O’Reilly Factor / Himself
Stossel 2015 TV Series Himself – Host, The O’Reilly Factor
The Kelly File 2014 TV Series Himself – Host, The O’Reilly Factor
The Colbert Report 2007-2014 TV Series Himself
Facebook Debates, Retweets, and My Opinion: Does the Bible Have a Place in the Marketplace of Ideas? 2013 TV Movie Himself
Me Gusta: Með Gústa 2013 TV Series Himself
We Steal Secrets: The Story of WikiLeaks 2013 Documentary Himself
After Tiller 2013 Documentary Himself
The Great Delusion: America Under Judgement? 2013 Video Himself
Moyers & Company 2012 TV Series Himself
The Newsroom 2012 TV Series Himself – On TV Monitor
Jeff Dunham: Birth of a Dummy 2011 TV Special Himself
Sarah Palin: You Betcha! 2011 Documentary Himself
Zapp 2011 TV Series Himself
The Tonight Show with Jay Leno 2011 TV Series Himself
Conan 2011 TV Series Himself
Miss Representation 2011 Documentary Himself
The War You Don’t See 2010 Documentary Himself
Insiders 2010 TV Series Himself
The Assassination of Dr. Tiller 2010 Documentary Himself – Host, The O’Reilly Factor
Selling God 2009 Documentary Himself
NOW on PBS 2009 TV Series documentary Himself – Host, The O’Reilly Factor
A Question of Eligibility 2009 Video documentary Himself
Shouting Fire: Stories from the Edge of Free Speech 2009 Documentary Himself
Blood and Oil 2008 Video documentary Himself
Killer at Large 2008 Documentary Himself
War Made Easy: How Presidents & Pundits Keep Spinning Us to Death 2007 Documentary Himself
Larry Flynt: The Right to Be Left Alone 2007 Documentary Himself
Manufacturing Dissent 2007 Documentary Himself
60 Minutes 2004-2007 TV Series documentary Himself – Host, The O’Reilly Factor (segment “O’Reilly”) / Himself – Host, The O’Reilly Factor (segment “Andy Rooney”)
Shut Up & Sing 2006 Documentary Himself
TV Junkie 2006 Documentary Himself
Why We Fight 2005 Documentary Himself
Now 2004 TV Series documentary
Last Laugh ’04 2004 TV Movie Himself
Dateline NBC 2004 TV Series documentary Himself
Ellen et le terrorisme 2004 TV Movie documentary Himself
Outfoxed: Rupert Murdoch’s War on Journalism 2004 Documentary Himself
Feeding the Beast: The 24-Hour News Revolution 2004 TV Movie documentary Himself

Nominated Awards

Year Award Ceremony Nomination Movie
2015 Primetime Emmy Primetime Emmy Awards Outstanding Television Movie Killing Jesus (2015)
2014 Primetime Emmy Primetime Emmy Awards Outstanding Television Movie Killing Kennedy (2013)

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