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Dustin Neil Diamond was born on 7th January, 1977, in San Jose, California USA of Jewish, English, Scottish and Irish descent. He is a stand-up comedian, actor, director and musician. Dustin is usually recognized as Samuel Powers from the television series “Saved by the Bell” (1989 – 1993) etc. He debuted in the entertainment industry in 1987 and is active up until now.

So how rich is Dustin Diamond? During his long spanned career Dustin has accumulated a net worth of $500,000, and the sources of his wealth are music, writing, acting and comedy.

Dustin Diamond Net Worth $500 Thousand

To begin with, he was born and raised in San Jose, California where he studied at the Zion Lutheran School. Dustin has been interested in acting since his early childhood. As an actor he debuted when only 10 years old, appearing in a short film “The Price of Life” (1987) directed by Stephen Tolkin. The same year he showed up in episodes of the television series “American Playhouse” (1987), “It’s a Living” (1987) and “Yogi’s Great Escape” (1987). A year later, Dustin appeared in the main cast of the feature film “Purple People Eater” (1988) written, produced and directed by Linda Shayne. All these roles gave a solid start to Dustin’s net worth.

Later, Dustin Diamond created the character which has increased his popularity and wealth the most – it is the picture of Samuel “Screech” Powers. This character appeared in lots of television series including “Good Morning, Miss Bliss” (1988 – 1989), “Saved by the Bell” (1989 – 1993), “Saved by the Bell: Hawaiian Style” (1992), “Saved by the Bell: The College Years” (1993 – 1994), “Saved by the Bell: Wedding in Las Vegas” (1994) and eventually “Saved by the Bell: The New Class” (1994 – 2000). Afterwards, the role of himself as Dustin Diamond occurred in many films and series including “Made” (2001), “Big Fat Liar” (2002), “Star Dates” (2002), “Pauly Shore Is Dead” (2003), “Dickie Roberts: Former Child Star” (2003), “Celebrity Big Brother” (2013) and “Celebrity Big Brother’s Bit on the Side” (2013).

In addition to the above, Dustin increased his wealth landing small roles in various films as follows: “Jane White Is Sick & Twisted” (2002), “13th Grade” (2005), “Our Feature Presentation” (2008), “American Pie Presents: The Book of Love” (2009), “Big Money Rustlas” (2010), “Tetherball: The Movie” (2011), “College Fright Night” (2013) and other films. His most recent work is a role in the main cast of the independent feature film “Hamlet A.D.D.” (2014), directed by Bobby Ciraldo and Andrew Swant. Of course, appearances in all these movies have significantly boosted Dustin Diamond’s net worth over the years.

In addition to this, Dustin has worked as a stand-up comedian for many years, which has also added considerably to his wealth.

Furthermore, Dustin founded a music band called Salty The Pocketknife. More, he was a composer and bassist, and the band released a studio album before splitting up because of too many disagreements.

Finally, the personal life of the actor has not been very fascinating. Dustin was in a long term relationship with his girlfriend Jennifer Misner. The couple married in 2009, but have apparently separated as Dustin describes himself as single, and resides in Port Washington, Wisconsin, USA.



Full Name Dustin Diamond
Net Worth $500 Thousand
Date Of Birth January 7, 1977
Place Of Birth San Jose, California, United States
Height 6 ft (1.83 m)
Profession Comedian, Actor, Musician, Film director
Education Zion Lutheran School, Anaheim California, Zion Lutheran School, Anaheim California
Nationality United States of America
Spouse Jennifer Misner (m. 2009)
Parents Mark Diamond
Partner Amanda Schutz
Nicknames Dustin Neil Diamond , Screech , Dirty Sanchez
IMDB http://www.imdb.com/name/nm0224616
Nominations MTV Movie Award for Best Cameo, MTV Movie Award for Best Cameo
Movies Yogi’s Great Escape, Big Top Pee-wee, Purple People Eater, Saved by the Bell: Hawaiian Style, Saved by the Bell: Wedding in Las Vegas, Jane White Is Sick & Twisted, Big Money Rustlas, Tetherball: The Movie, Little Creeps, Scavenger Killers, Captured Hearts, Hamlet A.D.D., 13th Grade, Our Feature Pre…
TV Shows Celebrity Fit Club, Saved by the Bell: The New Class, Saved by the Bell: The College Years, Saved by the Bell, Good Morning, Miss Bliss, Celebrity Big Brother, Celebrity Fit Club, Saved by the Bell: The New Class, Saved by the Bell: The College Years, Saved by the Bell, Good Morning, Miss Bliss, Cel…
Title Salary
Celebrity Fit Club (2005) $120 per episode
Quote
1 When all is said and done I’m going to look back on my career . . . and I’m going to be proud of it all.
2 Screech and I have a lot in common. We are both strange, funny, interested in computers, good at chess, and chick magnets.
3 I hope people stop remembering me as Screech and remember me as Dustin Diamond. I think my stand-up routine is helping that.
4 A lot of people do stand-up comedy in hopes of landing a television series. Well, I’m just the opposite. I’ve already had a TV series and now I’m doing stand-up. If this doesn’t work, soon I’ll be doing security with Gary Coleman.
Fact
1 Near the end of 2014, Diamond was arrested after a bar brawl in Wisconsin and charged with felony assault and two misdemeanors stemming from his alleged stabbing of another man. In May 2015, Diamond was acquitted of the felony charge and convicted on both misdemeanors, with a maximum sentence of a year in jail for the combined results. On June 25, 2015, Diamond was sentenced to 4 months in jail and to a post-sentence period of probation.
2 Diamond was not invited to participate in two fairly high-profile events that reunited the main cast of “Saved by the Bell”: a 2009 cover story for “People” magazine on the 20th anniversary of the show’s debut on NBC, and a 2015 skit on “Late Night with Jimmy Fallon” that had Mark-Paul Gosselaar, Tiffani Theissen, Mario Lopez, and Elizabeth Berkley (along with Dennis Haskins) reprise their characters on the show. Dustin Diamond later stated that he did not want to participate in the Saved By The Bell reunions.
3 Diamond became a figure of controversy in the mid to late-2000’s because of three major events where he came across negatively: an alleged sex tape involving two women, an appearance on the VH1 show “Celebrity Fit Club” where he clashed with the other contestants and the show’s hosts, and his 2009 tell-all book “Behind the Bell” where he talked about being mistreated and shunned by the rest of the SBTB cast. Diamond later claimed that none of those events were based in reality, saying that he faked his participation in the sex tape by having an anonymous man provide a “stunt penis” to film it, that he was recruited and scripted to be the VH1 show’s villain to help ratings, and that the book was written by a ghostwriter hired by a cut-rate Montreal-based publishing house who took Diamond’s non-specific notes and made up fictional accounts to fill out the manuscript.
4 His father is of Ashkenazi Jewish descent. His mother had English, Irish, and Scottish ancestry. Dustin’s maternal grandmother’s family has lived in the American South for many generations.
5 Keeping busy making guest appearances on television, movies and selling out colleges and comedy clubs around the country as a stand up comic.
6 Trying to sell 30,000 T-shirts at $15-$20 each, by the end of June 2006, in order to save his $250,000 Wisconsin home, that he purchased on contract. [June 2006]
7 Working as a stand-up comedian. [2001]
8 Performing in Winnipeg at Rumours Comedy Club as a stand up comedian. [August 2004]
9 His first child was miscarried as a result of a ectopic pregnancy. [December 2004]
10 Currently lives in Port Washington, Wisconsin. [April 2005]
11 Release of his book, “Behind the Bell”. [September 2009]
12 Set up The Dustin Diamond Foundation after the loss of his first child. The foundation helps to support organizations that care for children. [2005]
13 He has played the same character (Samuel “Screech” Powers) in five different series: Good Morning, Miss Bliss (1987), Saved by the Bell (1989), Saved by the Bell: The College Years (1993), Saved by the Bell: The New Class (1993) and Robot Chicken (2005).
14 Started to work as a stand-up comedian after Saved by the Bell: The New Class (1993).
15 Isolated himself from the rest of the teenage cast of Saved by the Bell (1989).
16 On BBC Three he was listed in their Top 100 Annoying People List of 2006.
17 In the May 2006 issue of Stuff magazine, readers voted Diamond the third most annoying former child actor that they would like to punch in the face.
18 His girlfriend Jennifer suffered a miscarriage of their first child in December 2004 due to an ectopic pregnancy. They later created the Dustin Diamond foundation, which supports organizations that specialize in child care.
19 Ranked #16 in VH1’s list of the 100 Greatest Kid Stars
20 Plays bass in the band Salty the Pocketknife.
21 Has a black belt in karate.
22 Noted fan of professional wrestling and he has a side gig as a professional wrestler for an independent promotion in Wisconsin. Has also made televised appearances as a fan on WWE programming.
23 Defeated Ron Palillo (Horshack on Welcome Back, Kotter (1975)) on Fox’s Celebrity Boxing 2 (2002).
24 Son of Mark Diamond, who also appeared in an episode of Saved by the Bell (1989) in 1989.
25 He likes chess and computers.
26 When Dustin was younger, he was a live mannequin for a store.

Actor

Title Year Status Character
Joker’s Wild 2016 Raynard
A Dog for Christmas 2015 Fred
Bryan Blue Show 2015 TV Series
Bleeding Hearts 2015 Oliver Jaffe
College Fright Night 2014 Professor Donnely
Scavenger Killers 2014 Agent Dewayne
Hamlet A.D.D. 2014 Bernardo
Stupid Hype 2013 TV Movie Dustin Diamond
Mike and Corey in LaLa Land 2013 TV Series Dustin (rumored)
Breaking Belding 2013 Short Screech Powers Saul Goodman
All Wifed Out 2012 Dustin Diamond
Four Corners Road 2012 Dustin Diamond
Little Creeps 2012 Video Professor Donnely
Tetherball: The Movie 2010 Coach McAger
Big Money Rustlas 2010 Man in Outhouse
Minor League: A Football Story 2010 Richard Wellington
American Pie Presents the Book of Love 2009 Video Alumnus Guy #1 – Special Appearance
Porndogs: The Adventures of Sadie 2009 Buster (voice)
Our Feature Presentation 2008 Mr. Renolds
Tom Goes to the Mayor 2006 TV Series Dustin Diamond
13th Grade 2005 Corey
Duck Dodgers 2005 TV Series Xainius the Eternal
Dickie Roberts: Former Child Star 2003 Dustin Diamond
Pauly Shore Is Dead 2003 Dustin Diamond
The Rerun Show 2002 TV Series Doctor
Big Fat Liar 2002 Wolf Party Guest
Jane White Is Sick & Twisted 2002 Simone
Longshot 2001 Waiter
Saved by the Bell: The New Class 1994-2000 TV Series Samuel ‘Screech’ Powers
Hang Time 1997 TV Series Screech
Saved by the Bell: Wedding in Las Vegas 1994 TV Movie Samuel ‘Screech’ Powers
Saved by the Bell: The College Years 1993-1994 TV Series Samuel ‘Screech’ Powers
Getting By 1993 TV Series Tommy
Saved by the Bell 1989-1992 TV Series Samuel ‘Screech’ Powers
Saved by the Bell: Hawaiian Style 1992 TV Movie Samuel ‘Screech’ Powers
American Playhouse 1991 TV Series Young Stiles
The Munsters Today 1990 TV Series Rob
The Wonder Years 1989-1990 TV Series Joey Lapman / Joey Harris
Who Shrunk Saturday Morning? 1989 TV Movie Samuel ‘Screech’ Powers
She’s Out of Control 1989 Kid on the Beach
Good Morning, Miss Bliss 1988-1989 TV Series Samuel ‘Screech’ Powers
Purple People Eater 1988 Big Z
Big Top Pee-wee 1988 Child – Deke
The Price of Life 1987 Short Young Stiles
It’s a Living 1987 TV Series Little Sonny
Yogi’s Great Escape 1987 TV Movie Chubby Kid (voice)

Soundtrack

Title Year Status Character
Dickie Roberts: Former Child Star 2003 “Child Stars on Your Television”
Saved by the Bell: The College Years 1993 TV Series performer – 1 episode
Saved by the Bell 1989-1992 TV Series performer – 9 episodes
The Wonder Years 1990 TV Series performer – 1 episode

Director

Title Year Status Character
The Last Explorer 2009 Documentary
Screeched 2006 Video
Screeched: Saved by the Smell 2006
Dustin Diamond Teaches Chess 2001 Video documentary

Producer

Title Year Status Character
The Unauthorized Saved by the Bell Story 2014 TV Movie executive producer
Screeched 2006 Video producer
Dustin Diamond Teaches Chess 2001 Video documentary producer

Writer

Title Year Status Character
The Last Explorer 2009 Documentary writer
Dustin Diamond Teaches Chess 2001 Video documentary

Cinematographer

Title Year Status Character
Screeched 2006 Video uncredited

Editor

Title Year Status Character
Lesser Wishes 2013 Short

Thanks

Title Year Status Character
Paranormal Movie 2013 very special thanks

Self

Title Year Status Character
The Dr. Oz Show 2016 TV Series Himself
Extra 2016 TV Series Himself
Insane Clown Posse Theater 2014 TV Series Himself
Oprah: Where Are They Now? 2013 TV Series Himself
Saturday Morning: From Toons to Teens 2013 Video short Himself – Screech Powers
Saved by the Bell: It’s Alright – Back to the Bell 2013 Video short Himself – Screech Powers
Big Brother’s Bit on the Side 2013 TV Series Himself
Celebrity Big Brother 2013 TV Series Himself
Big Brother’s Bit on the Psych 2013 TV Series Himself
The Smoking Gun Presents: World’s Dumbest 2 2013 TV Series Himself
The Game 2012 TV Series Himself
Totally Tracked Down 2010 TV Series Himself
The BackStage Pass 2009 Video Himself
World’s Dumbest 2008-2009 TV Series Himself
The Morning Show with Mike & Juliet 2009 TV Series Himself
Hulk Hogan’s Celebrity Championship Wrestling 2008 TV Series Himself
Rude Tube 2008 TV Series Himself
VH1: All Access 2005-2008 TV Series Himself
Celebrity Fit Club 2007-2008 TV Series Himself
WhiteBoyz in the Hood 2007 Video Himself
The Bronx Bunny Show 2007 TV Series Himself
Sundance Celebrity Swag Hunt 2007 Documentary short Himself
Red Hot Carpet 2007 TV Special Himself
The Knights of Prosperity 2007 TV Series Himself
Screeched 2006 Video Himself
The View 2006 TV Series Himself
Howard Stern on Demand 2006 TV Series Himself
Child Star Confidential 2006 TV Series documentary
Whiteboyz in the Hood 2006 TV Series Himself
Dean’s List 2005 TV Series Himself
The Greatest 2005 TV Series documentary Himself
TV Land’s Top Ten 2005 TV Series documentary Himself
Hollywood Squares 2003 TV Series Himself
Open Mike with Mike Bullard 2003 TV Series Himself
Star Dates 2002 TV Series Himself
I Love the ’80s 2002 TV Series documentary Himself
E! True Hollywood Story 2002 TV Series documentary Himself
NWA: Total Nonstop Action 2002 TV Series Himself
Celebrity Boxing 2 2002 TV Special Himself
Off Centre 2002 TV Series Himself
Weakest Link 2001 TV Series Himself
Jenny Jones 2001 TV Series Himself – Judge
Made 2001 Himself (uncredited)
Dustin Diamond Teaches Chess 2001 Video documentary Himself
Hang Time 2000 TV Series Himself
Making the Video 1999 TV Series documentary Himself
Attack of the Killer B-Movies 1995 TV Movie Himself
Late Night with Conan O’Brien 1993 TV Series Himself

Archive Footage

Title Year Status Character
Extra 2016 TV Series Himself
The Tonight Show with Jay Leno 2011 TV Series Himself
Video on Trial 2006 TV Series Screech
100 Greatest Teen Stars 2006 TV Mini-Series Himself
The First of Its Class: From Sitcom to Icon 2005 Video documentary short Samuel ‘Screech’ Powers (uncredited)

Nominated Awards

Year Award Ceremony Nomination Movie
2002 MTV Movie Award MTV Movie Awards Best Cameo Made (2001)
1991 Young Artist Award Young Artist Awards Outstanding Young Comedian in a Television Series Saved by the Bell (1989)
1990 Young Artist Award Young Artist Awards Best Young Actor in an Off-Primetime Family Series Saved by the Bell (1989)
1990 Young Artist Award Young Artist Awards Outstanding Young Ensemble Cast Saved by the Bell (1989)

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