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Christopher Nash Elliott Wiki Biography

Chris Elliott is a well known actor and also a writer. Chris is mostly known for appearing in such television shows and movies as “Late Night with David Letterman”, “How I Met Your Mother”, “Scary Movie 2”, “Cabin Boy” and others. During his career, Elliott has won four Primetime Emmy Awards, and was also nominated for an American Comedy Award and Razzie Award. In Chris’ personal life, he is married to Paula Niedert and they have 2 children. So how rich is Chris Elliott? It has been estimated that Chris’ net worth is $5 million. As Elliott continues his acting career there is a chance that his net worth will grow in the future.

Chris Elliott Net Worth $5 Million

Christopher Nash Elliott, better known as Chris Elliott, was born in 1960 in New York. His father, Bob Elliott is also a well known actor and comedian so Chris knew more about acting while he was just a young boy. Chris studied at the National Theater Institute at the Eugene O’Neill Theater Center, and began his acting career in 1980s, when he started to perform on “Late Night with David Letterman”. There he portrayed many funny characters and gained a lot of acclaim for that. Later, Elliott started to act in movies. His first roles were in such movies as “Tha Abyss” and “Manhunter”. During the making of these films Chris was able to meet Ed Harris, Mary Elizabeth Mastrantonio, William Petersen, Joan Allen and many others. Roles in both of these movies made Chris Elliott’s net worth grow.

In 1994 Chris became a part of “Saturday Night Live”. He also acted in the movie called “Cabin Boy”. After some time Elliott appeared on more shows. For example, “Everybody Loves Raymond”, “Third Watch”, “Eagleheart” and others. All these appearances added to Elliott’s net worth. As said before, Chris is also known as a writer. Up until now he has written three books: “Daddy’s Boy: A Son’s Shocking Account of Life with a Famous Father”, “Into Hot Air” and “The Shroud of the Thwacker”. These have also had a huge impact on the growth of Chris Elliott’s net worth. Chris has also acted in more movies, some of which are: “Dance Flick”, “The Dictator”, “Scary Movie 4”, “The Sky is Falling” and many others.

All in all, it is clear that Chris Elliott is one of the more successful actors in the industry. Chris had an opportunity to be a part of many different projects and meet many professionals. Maybe Chris hasn’t received many awards during his career, but we have to admit that he really has a talent for acting. There is still a chance that Chris will act in more popular movies and that he will receive the acclaim he deserves. If this happens, Chris Elliott’s net worth will also grow in the future. Let’s hope that Chris will be respected and admired for a long time and that he will gain even more fans.



Full Name Chris Elliott
Net Worth $5 Million
Date Of Birth May 31, 1960
Place Of Birth New York City, U.S
Height 1.83 m, 1.83 m
Profession Actor, Comedian, Writer, Author
Education National Theater Institute at the Eugene O’Neill Theater Center
Nationality American
Spouse Paula Niedert Elliott (1986–present)
Children Abby Elliott, Bridey Elliott
Parents Bob Elliott, Lee Elliott
IMDB www.imdb.com/name/nm0254402
Awards Primetime Emmy Awards in Outstanding Writing in a Variety, Comedy or Music Program (1984-1987), Razzie Award nominee for Worst New Star (1994)
Nominations Funniest Supporting Actor In A Motion Picture, Funniest Supporting Actor In A Motion Picture
Movies “How I Met Your Mother”, “Cabin Boy”, “There’s Something About Mary”, “Scary Movie 2”, “Groundhog Day”
TV Shows “Everybody Loves Raymond”, “Third Watch”, “Late Night with David Letterman”, “Get a Life”, “Eagleheart”, “Futurama”
Trademark
1 His beard
Quote
1 (2007) People are always surprised that I’m not bouncing off the walls and that I’m not goofy, and crazy, and that sort of thing. But I think it’s clear that I have created this other person, this alter ego. That’s not unusual. It’s certainly what Laurel and Hardy did, what the Marx brothers did, what Pee-wee Herman did. Even though I don’t wear a goofy costume or have a goofy name, I’m still a completely different character.
2 (2007, on Manhunter) That was more difficult for me, in a way, just because I felt totally out of place there. I was cast through a casting agent who’d seen some article on me, and had told Michael Mann, “Oh yeah, it would be cool to have him in this movie,” I guess. So I knew right from the start, “Oh, I really shouldn’t be in this.” The Abyss, I could put a little bit of my attitude from Letterman into the character. In Manhunter, I was supposed to be an FBI forensic investigator. And I don’t know, I was 23 or 24 at the time, with a giant beard and long, stringy blonde hair-I just didn’t look the part. I remember when the movie premiered, I appear in the scene where everybody’s putting together the final information that leads to this killer, and the camera panned the table and cut to me, and there was this big blast of laughter from the audience that broke the whole tension of that scene. I can only imagine that Michael Mann was not happy about that.
3 (2007, on Snow Day) Kind of a favor-slash-business choice, financially. I knew someone at Nickelodeon who called me and said there was this role, and asked if I would be interested in doing it, so I did it. At the time, my kids were of the age that they were watching Nickelodeon, and would enjoy that kind of movie, and I thought “Well, I haven’t really done a kids’ movie yet.” I guess I justified it that way.
4 (2007, on New York Stories) Okay, here’s the New York Stories story. I got offered that part from Fred Roos, to play a robber in the Coppola one of the three little short films. And I was joking with Adam Resnick the day before the shoot, about me shooting this. And we were joking that Coppola wasn’t going to know who I was, that he was going to call me “the guy with the beard.” So I show up to shoot, and we don’t shoot because there is something wrong with the camera. I don’t know what the problem is, but I am there for, like, seven hours. And we haven’t yet shot my scene. And it’s late at night, and it gets into the early hours of the morning. I’m exhausted-I’ve worked all day at Letterman. So they yell “Action,” and we shoot this wide scene. And Coppola says “Okay, that was great. Now, the guy with the beard, you come in a little earlier next time.” And, I’ve got to say, I was just so mad at that point, at 4 in the morning, to not have the guy even know who I was, that I tried the next day to get out of the film, and tried to leave. But they had already got me on film so it was too late. I had to stay and go back and shoot the next night. That was my Coppola experience.
5 I did end up in The Abyss, but I didn’t get the part I auditioned for. That was during the 1988 writers’ strike, maybe? Maybe there was another one after that, I can’t remember. But it was during a writers’ strike that I went out and read for the role Todd Graff got, the guy with the little white rat that he carries around on his shoulder. James Cameron liked me and we talked a lot, and then I heard I didn’t get the part, and a few weeks later, I got invited down to North Carolina, and he was literally writing my role on legal paper while I was on the set. Handing it to me and saying, “Okay, you’re gonna say this, that, and that thing.” And I had a great time doing that movie, actually. He was really great to me.
6 (2007, on his Kingpin part) The Farrelly’s sent me Kingpin, I remember, and they had said that they were thinking of me for the Bill Murray role-they had it out to Bill Murray, but they weren’t sure if Bill Murray was going to do it. Then they called and said, “Yeah, Bill Murray’s gonna do it.” And I said “Oh, that’s too bad,” and then they wrote this other little part for me in the casino, and called me up and flew me out just to do that scene. They were really hardcore fans of mine, and it was fun to work with them just that night, shooting that scene, but then a lot more fun to have more to do in There’s Something About Mary.
7 (2007, There’s Something About Mary) A part that I think anybody could have – it was really funny on the page right away. That was one of those scripts that I read and laughed out loud at, which I rarely do, so I’m fairly certain that anyone could have plugged into the part and just done the lines in the script and gotten laughs. I added the facial blemishes, after I met with Peter and Bobby Farrelly, as kind of a running thing, so I guess I feel like I contributed something to it, but with or without the boil on the eyelid, it still was a character just funny on the page. I can’t take much credit for that.
8 (2007) Cabin Boy is a flawed movie, and I look back on it with a certain amount of regret in terms of some of the choices that we made, but at the same time, I’m pretty proud of it, and actually happy that it has somewhat of a cult following at this point. The character in that movie, I like. It was basically Freddie Bartholomew from Captains Courageous, and it’s sort of funny to watch that movie now, because I start with this sort of pseudo-English accent, and then as the notes came down from the studio, you can actually see the accent starting to diminish throughout the movie. I think I end with hardly an accent at all. But I’m actually proud of the movie.
9 (2007, on Dilbert) It was an unhappy experience only in my performance-I wasn’t happy with my performance in it. I’m not crazy about my voice on its own, doing anything. I’ve done a number of King Of The Hills because I’m friends with Paul Lieberstein, who runs the show, but I’d done a pilot with Larry Charles before Dilbert, and then he called and asked if I’d do Dogbert. I said sure, but I don’t like the sound of my voice, and I’m not entirely sure why. I haven’t figured that out yet, because I come from a radio family-in essence, my dad made his career in radio, and he has a great voice, but… My theory is that I’m not comfortable isolating one part of whatever it is I do. And my voice, without me moving around and mugging and adding whatever I add to it, I get uncomfortable. I thought it was a fairly lackluster performance… A lot of what I am telling you goes against what people tell me on the street, when they come up to me and tell me, “You were great in this, that, or the other thing.” Some times I just walk away baffled about my own feelings. I’ve come to realize I have my own take on what it is I do. But a lot of people have come up to me and told me that they liked my Dogbert character.
10 (2007) I haven’t really auditioned much in my career. I’ve been lucky in terms of the feature work; it’s mostly been people that have been fans of mine that have called and said “We have this part, do you want to do it?” That kind of thing. And that’s sort of still the way it is right now-I don’t really go after features too much.
11 I appreciate people being huge fans of mine but I don’t see it. I’m not being humble and I’m not being hard on myself. I’m not even entirely clear on what I do. I know that it’s funny but it’s hard for me to talk about it like it’s an art form.
12 I’m definitely self-absorbed, otherwise I wouldn’t be in this business. But I also live in fear of — believe it or not — humiliation. Everything that I do is humiliating even though I’ve made a living doing it.
13 It’s a cliché to say that dying is easy and comedy’s hard, but I do enjoy appearing in dramas because I don’t have to worry about getting a laugh. I don’t want to say that drama is an easy job for me, because it isn’t, but it does carry a different set of challenges.
14 (Recalling a personal encounter with comedian Jerry Seinfeld): “When my show, Get a Life (1990), first aired on Fox and Seinfeld (1989) first aired, it was around the same time. Surprisingly, Get a Life (1990) was doing slightly better. Jerry and I were sitting next to each other on a flight, and he seemed slightly depressed that his show wasn’t doing that great. I can actually remember saying, ‘Ah come on. I think it’s funny. I’m sure people will catch on.’ In about six months, I was off the air — and he was through the roof.”
Fact
1 Was considered for the role of Harry Dunne in Dumb & Dumber (1994).
2 Father of Abby Elliott and Bridey Elliott.
3 Son of Bob Elliott (of “Bob and Ray” fame).

Actor

Title Year Status Character
Frat Star 2017 completed Eugene Cooper
How to Get Girls 2016 post-production Mr. P
Paper Anchor 2013 completed Marco
Thanksgiving 2016 TV Series Don Morgan
Graves 2016 TV Series
Better Off Single 2016 Angela’s Dad
Schitt’s Creek 2015-2016 TV Series Roland Schitt
The Knick 2015 TV Series Port Authority Officer
Law & Order: Special Victims Unit 2008-2015 TV Series Pete Matthews / Anton Thibodeaux
Nurse Jackie 2015 TV Series Vigilante Jones
Ramsey Has a Time Machine 2015 TV Series Ramsey
The Good Wife 2015 TV Series Adrian Fluke
The 30 Year Old Bris 2014 Rabbi Schnagel
The Birthday Boys 2014 TV Series Dr. Gerard Loudon
The Rewrite 2014 Jim Harper
Hot in Cleveland 2014 TV Series Luke
Community 2014 TV Series Russell Borchert
How I Met Your Mother 2009-2014 TV Series Mickey Aldrin
Eagleheart 2011-2014 TV Series Chris Monsanto
Metalocalypse 2012 TV Series Screaming Funeral Member / Dr. Commander Vermin Chuntspinkton
The Dictator 2012 Mr. Ogden
Bored to Death 2011 TV Series Fishman
SpongeBob SquarePants 2011 TV Series Captain
Futurama 2010 TV Series V-Giny
Speed-Dating 2010 Inspector Green
Stuck Like Chuck 2009 Film Class Professor (uncredited)
Dance Flick 2009 Ron
The Fish Tank 2009 TV Movie Buddy
Thomas Kinkade’s Christmas Cottage 2008 Ernie (as Chris Elliot)
King of the Hill 2003-2008 TV Series Chris Sizemore Ed Burnett Rob Holguin
Code Monkeys 2008 TV Series Chris
Late Show with David Letterman 2007-2008 TV Series Mac Computer / President John Adams
I’ll Believe You 2006 Eugene the Gator Guy
Minoriteam 2006 TV Series Space Drifter
Scary Movie 4 2006 Ezekiel
The King of Queens 2001-2006 TV Series Pete, the exterminator / F. Moynihan
Everybody Loves Raymond 2003-2005 TV Series Peter MacDougall
That ’70s Show 2005 TV Series Mr Bray
Third Watch 2004 TV Series Jeffrey Barton
According to Jim 2002-2004 TV Series Reverend Pierson
Caged 2003 Short Stuart
Still Standing 2002 TV Series Jeff Hackman
Ed 2001 TV Series Chet Bellafiore
The Weber Show 2000-2001 TV Series Larry Heckman
Osmosis Jones 2001 Bob
Scary Movie 2 2001 Hanson
The Sky Is Falling 2001 Santa Clause
Dilbert 1999-2000 TV Series Dogbert
Nutty Professor II: The Klumps 2000 Restaurant Manager
Snow Day 2000 Snowplowman
The Outer Limits 2000 TV Series Jack Parson
Tracey Takes On… 1999 TV Series Gilbert Bronson
The Nanny 1998 TV Series Chris Malley
Hercules 1998 TV Series Triton
There’s Something About Mary 1998 Dom
The Naked Truth 1997-1998 TV Series Bradley Crosby
Sabrina, the Teenage Witch 1997 TV Series Warren
Duckman: Private Dick/Family Man 1997 TV Series Dr. Reamus Elliott
Murphy Brown 1995-1996 TV Series Steve / Murphy’s Agent Steve
Wings 1996 TV Series Steve
Kingpin 1996 The Gambler
The Barefoot Executive 1995 TV Movie Jase Wallenberg
The Larry Sanders Show 1995 TV Series Chris Elliot
Saturday Night Live 1994-1995 TV Series Various / John Liland / Operator / …
Housewives: The Making of the Cast Album 1994 Short Chris the Diva
Poolside Ecstacy 1994 Short Pool Man
The Adventures of Pete & Pete 1994 TV Series Meterman Ray
Cabin Boy 1994 Nathanial Mayweather
The Traveling Poet 1993 Short Alan Squire
CB4 1993 A. White
Groundhog Day 1993 Larry
Medusa: Dare to Be Truthful 1992 TV Movie Andy
Get a Life 1990-1992 TV Series Chris Peterson
The Abyss 1989 Bendix
New York Stories 1989 Robber (segment “Life without Zoe”) (as Chris Elliot)
Tattinger’s 1989 TV Series Spin
Late Night with David Letterman 1985-1988 TV Series Marlon Brando / Various Characters
The Equalizer 1987 TV Series Rags Maloney
Miami Vice 1987 TV Series Danny Allred the Cryptographer
FDR: A One Man Show 1987 TV Movie Franklin Delano Roosevelt
Manhunter 1986 Zeller
Action Family 1986 TV Movie Chris
My Man Adam 1985 Mr. Spooner
Hyperspace 1984 Hopper
Lianna 1983 Lighting Assistant

Writer

Title Year Status Character
Chrissy: Plain & Simple 2007 TV Movie written by
You’ve Reached the Elliotts 2006 TV Movie
Cabin Boy 1994 story
Get a Life TV Series created by – 35 episodes, 1990 – 1992 written by – 2 episodes, 1990 writer – 1 episode, 1990
Late Night with David Letterman: 7th Anniversary Special 1989 TV Movie additional sketches
Late Night with David Letterman 1982-1988 TV Series writer – 147 episodes
Late Night with David Letterman: 6th Anniversary Special 1988 TV Movie
FDR: A One Man Show 1987 TV Movie story / teleplay
David Letterman’s 2nd Annual Holiday Film Festival 1986 TV Movie
Action Family 1986 TV Movie story
David Letterman’s Holiday Film Festival 1985 TV Movie
Late Night with David Letterman: 3rd Anniversary Special 1985 TV Movie
The David Letterman Show 1980 TV Series writer – 2 episodes

Producer

Title Year Status Character
Eagleheart 2012 TV Series consulting producer – 12 episodes
You’ve Reached the Elliotts 2006 TV Movie executive producer
Get a Life 1990-1992 TV Series producer – 35 episodes
FDR: A One Man Show 1987 TV Movie executive producer

Miscellaneous

Title Year Status Character
Late Night with David Letterman TV Series production assistant – 6 episodes, 1982 – 1983 production staff – 2 episodes, 1982

Soundtrack

Title Year Status Character
Eagleheart 2014 TV Series performer – 1 episode
Get a Life 1990-1991 TV Series performer – 6 episodes

Director

Title Year Status Character
Housewives: The Making of the Cast Album 1994 Short
Poolside Ecstacy 1994 Short
The Traveling Poet 1993 Short

Self

Title Year Status Character
Jimmy Kimmel Live! 2005-2015 TV Series Himself – Guest
Late Show with David Letterman 1993-2015 TV Series Himself / Himself – Guest / Himself – Gives Green Tips / …
Conan 2011-2013 TV Series Himself – Guest
Évocateur: The Morton Downey Jr. Movie 2012 Documentary Himself – Comedian & Fan
Chrissy: Plain & Simple 2007 TV Movie Himself
You’ve Reached the Elliotts 2006 TV Movie Himself
Denis Leary’s Merry F#%$in’ Christmas 2005 TV Special documentary Himself
The Daily Show 1998-2005 TV Series Himself – Guest
Late Night with Conan O’Brien 1994-2005 TV Series Himself – Guest
Primetime Glick 2003 TV Series Himself
The Swinger 2001 Himself
The Tonight Show with Jay Leno 2001 TV Series Himself – Guest
The 2000 Radio Music Awards 2000 TV Special Himself – Backstage
Comedy Central Canned Ham 1998 TV Series Himself
Springfield’s Most Wanted 1995 TV Short Himself
Saturday Night Live 1995 TV Series Himself / Tommy
Late Night with David Letterman 1982-1993 TV Series Himself / Himself – Guest
Later with Bob Costas 1989 TV Series Himself – Guest
CBS This Morning 1989 TV Series Himself – Guest
David Letterman’s 2nd Annual Holiday Film Festival 1986 TV Movie Himself (segment “Chris Elliott: A Television Miracle”)

Archive Footage

Title Year Status Character
Video Games AWESOME! 2014 TV Series Larry
How I Met Your Mother 2012 TV Series Mickey Aldrin
Saturday Night Live: The Best of Steve Martin 1998 TV Special Bob Hillets (uncredited)

Won Awards

Year Award Ceremony Nomination Movie
2016 Canadian Screen Award Canadian Screen Awards, CA Best Performance by an Actor in a Featured Supporting Role or Guest Role in a Comedic Series Schitt’s Creek (2015)
1987 Primetime Emmy Primetime Emmy Awards Outstanding Writing in a Variety or Music Program Late Night with David Letterman (1982)
1986 Primetime Emmy Primetime Emmy Awards Outstanding Writing in a Variety or Music Program Late Night with David Letterman (1982)
1985 Primetime Emmy Primetime Emmy Awards Outstanding Writing in a Variety or Music Program Late Night with David Letterman (1982)
1984 Primetime Emmy Primetime Emmy Awards Outstanding Writing in a Variety or Music Program Late Night with David Letterman (1982)

Nominated Awards

Year Award Ceremony Nomination Movie
1999 American Comedy Award American Comedy Awards, USA Funniest Supporting Actor in a Motion Picture There’s Something About Mary (1998)
1995 Razzie Award Razzie Awards Worst New Star Cabin Boy (1994)
1990 Primetime Emmy Primetime Emmy Awards Outstanding Writing in a Variety or Music Program Late Night with David Letterman (1982)
1989 Primetime Emmy Primetime Emmy Awards Outstanding Writing in a Variety or Music Program Late Night with David Letterman (1982)
1988 Primetime Emmy Primetime Emmy Awards Outstanding Writing in a Variety or Music Program Late Night with David Letterman (1982)
1985 Primetime Emmy Primetime Emmy Awards Outstanding Writing in a Variety or Music Program Late Night with David Letterman (1982)
1985 Primetime Emmy Primetime Emmy Awards Outstanding Writing in a Variety or Music Program Late Night with David Letterman (1982)
1984 Primetime Emmy Primetime Emmy Awards Outstanding Writing in a Variety or Music Program Late Night with David Letterman (1982)

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