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Thomas Peter Shadyac, also known simply as Tom, is an American author, TV producer, director, screenwriter, comedian and actor who has net worth as high as $1,5 million. He is best known as the director of movies “The Nutty Professor”, “I Am”, “Liar Liar”, and “Ace Ventura: Pet Detective”. Additionally he has worked at the Pepperdine Universty as an adjunct professor, and Shadyac is also a person who donates a huge amount of his earnings to various charities, particularly after he experienced a severe accident on the road while riding his bike, so now he is known as an activist in different health sciences programs.

Tom Shadyac Net Worth $1.5 Million

Thomas Peter Shadyac was born on December 11, 1958, in Falls Church, Virginia, United States. He was raised in a family of Chrisians and Jews, however, his mother Julia Shadyac died from cancer in the 1998, before which she was  wheelchair-bound and cared-for by her son.

Shadyac graduated from the Unversity of Virginia and moved to Los Angeles at the age of 23. Only one year after he started his activity in a show business. Shadyac made his successful debut as the director of “Ace Ventura: Pet Detective” in which Jim Carrey, Sean Young and Courteney Cox starred. He has since directed many other movies, such as “Liar Liar” in 1997, “Patch Adams” in 1998, “Dragonfly” in 2002, “Bruce Almighty” in 2003,  and others. However, his career and the beginning of  Shadyac’s increasing net worth started even earlier, in 1984, when Shadyac debuted as an actor in the TV show “Magnum, P. I.”. Three years later he made an appearance on screen again when playing Chris in the teenagers comedy “Jocks” directed by Steve Carver. The interesting thing is that Shadyac started to raise his net worth as an actor, later he became a producer, but only in the year 2015  is he going to be the writer, actor, producer and director of the one movie, “Ernest: The Movie”. However,  Tom Shadyac’s net worth is also thanks to the documentary film “I Am”, released in 2002.

Shadyac’s net worth has also increased thanks to his work as a writer. In 2013 Shadyac published a book entitled “Life’s Operating Manual” which was successful partly because it was released by such a popular personality. Naturally, he became even more famous.

Talking about personal life, Thomas married Jennifer Barker in 1997; she is also an actress, however, the couple divorced almost immediately, and since then Shadyac has lived alone. Today Shadyac continues an active life in the world of show business as producer, writer and director.



Full Name Tom Shadyac
Net Worth $1.5 Million
Date Of Birth December 11, 1958
Place Of Birth Falls Church, Virginia, United States
Profession Comedian, Actor, Film Producer, Film director, Screenwriter, Television producer, Author
Education University of California, Los Angeles (1989), J. E. B. Stuart High School (1976), University of Virginia
Nationality United States of America
Parents Richard Shadyac, Julie Shadyac
Siblings Richard Shadyac
Nicknames Thomas Peter Shadyac , Tom Shadyak , Tom , Thomas Peter “Tom” Shadyac
Twitter http://www.twitter.com/tomshadyac
IMDB http://www.imdb.com/name/nm0001723
Awards Humanitas Prize for Documentaries – Special Awards Category (2012)
Movies “Ace Ventura: Pet Detective” (1994), “The Nutty Professor” (1996), “Liar Liar” (1997), “Bruce Almighty” (2003), “I Am” (2011)
TV Shows “Magnum, P. I.”, “Patch Adams” i(1998), “Dragonfly”
Trademark
1 Frequently casts Jim Carrey in lead roles
2 Often hires Don Zimmerman as the editor
Quote
1 Coincidence is God’s way of staying anonymous.
2 “When in doubt, leave it out.” On whether he contemplates scenes of a movie when filming.
Fact
1 Tom Shadyac studied with DW Brown at The Joanne Baron DW Brown Studio.
2 His father was of Lebanese and Irish descent, and his mother was of Lebanese ancestry.
3 Graduated from J.E.B. Stuart High School, Falls Church, Virginia.
4 Gave Jim Carrey his first major role in a motion picture with Ace Ventura: Pet Detective (1994), his big directorial debut.
5 Often collaborates with Steve Oedekerk in working on a film.
6 His father, Richard Shadyac, was on the board for St. Jude Hospital as CEO. Sadly, his father passed away September 16, 2009, after a long illness. Tom Shadyac’s brother Richard, now has taken the reins of St. Jude.

Producer

Title Year Status Character
The Thousand Year Journey 2015 Documentary short executive producer
Racing Extinction 2015 Documentary associate producer
King of Norway 2013 Short executive producer
Happy 2011/I Documentary executive producer
Finding Kind 2011 Documentary executive producer
I Now Pronounce You Chuck & Larry 2007 producer
Evan Almighty 2007 producer
Accepted 2006 producer
8 Simple Rules 2002-2005 TV Series executive producer – 76 episodes
Bruce Almighty 2003 producer
Platonically Incorrect 2003 TV Movie executive producer
Dragonfly 2002 producer
Nutty Professor II: The Klumps 2000 executive producer
Patch Adams 1998 executive producer

Director

Title Year Status Character
I Am 2010/III Documentary
Evan Almighty 2007
Bruce Almighty 2003
Platonically Incorrect 2003 TV Movie
Dragonfly 2002
Patch Adams 1998
Liar Liar 1997
The Nutty Professor 1996
Ace Ventura: Pet Detective 1994
Frankenstein: The College Years 1991 TV Movie

Actor

Title Year Status Character
Jocks 1986 Chris
Trapper John, M.D. 1984 TV Series Purdy
Magnum, P.I. 1984 TV Series Danny

Writer

Title Year Status Character
The Nutty Professor 1996 screenplay
Ace Ventura: Pet Detective 1994 screenplay

Miscellaneous

Title Year Status Character
Working Tra$h 1990 TV Movie production consultant
War Party 1988 actor’s coach

Thanks

Title Year Status Character
Ballet of Blood 2015 special thanks
Infini 2015 special thanks
Just Before I Go 2014 very special thanks
They Came Together 2014 special thanks
Climb It, Tarzan! 2011 special thanks
The Intern 2009 Short thanks
Promise 2008/III Short special thanks
Wanda Sykes: Sick and Tired 2006 TV Special documentary special thanks – as Tom Shadyak
Jimmy Neutron: Boy Genius 2001 special thanks
HBO Comedy Half-Hour 1998 TV Series special thanks – 1 episode

Self

Title Year Status Character
Das große RTL Special zum Film 2007 TV Series Himself
HypaSpace 2007 TV Series documentary Himself
HBO First Look 2007 TV Series documentary Himself
Reject Rejection: The Making of ‘Accepted’ 2006 Video short Himself
Elysium: The Beginning 2004 Short Himself
The Process of Jim 2003 Video documentary short Himself
Revealed with Jules Asner 2003 TV Series Himself
Spotlight on Location: ‘Dragonfly’ – A Spiritual Journey 2002 Video documentary short Himself
Liar Liar: Bridging the Comedy Chasm 1999 Video documentary short Himself
The Medicinal Value of Laughter 1999 Video documentary short Himself
Full Scale Documentary announced Himself (unconfirmed)
Teens Wanna Know 2013 TV Series Himself – Guest
Real Time with Bill Maher 2013 TV Series Himself – Guest
Tavis Smiley 2013 TV Series Himself – Guest
Brand X with Russell Brand 2013 TV Series Himself
Ellen: The Ellen DeGeneres Show 2012 TV Series Himself – Guest
Hollywood’s Best Film Directors 2012 TV Series Himself – Interviewee / Film Director
Media City 2011 TV Series Himself
The Oprah Winfrey Show 2011 TV Series Himself
In the House with Peter Bart & Peter Guber 2011 TV Series
Last Call with Carson Daly 2011 TV Series Himself
AM Northwest 2011 TV Series Himself
I Am 2010/III Documentary Himself (uncredited)
The Suicide 2009 Short Himself
Evan Almighty: Animals on Set Two by Two 2007 Video short Himself
Evan Almighty: Becoming Noah 2007 Video short Himself
Evan Almighty: Steve Carell Unscripted 2007 Video short Himself
Evan Almighty: The Almighty Green Set 2007 Video short Himself
Evan Almighty: The Ark-Itects of Noah’s Ark 2007 Video short Himself
Evan Almighty: The Building of Noah’s Ark 2007 Video short Himself
Evan Almighty: Training the Animals 2007 Video short Himself

Won Awards

Year Award Ceremony Nomination Movie
2012 Humanitas Prize Humanitas Prize Documentaries – Special Awards Category I Am (2010)

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