By surbhi garg | February 26, 2014 0 Comments

Net worth: $25 Million

Introduction

Birth name of Jimmy Fallon is James Thomas Fallon. He was born on September 19, 1974. Jimmy Fallon was born in Bay Ridge, Brooklyn, New York, United States. For his work he has received many awards, including Grammy Awards and Emmy Awards. Talking about his occupation, he is an American television host, comedian, actor, singer, musician and producer. Jimmy is currently hosting the show that airs on NBC, The Tonight Show Starring Jimmy Fallon which is a late night talk show. Prior to this show, he appeared in many other films. From the start, during the period 1998-2004 he was the known cast member of Saturday Night Live and host the Late Night with Jimmy Fallon show for the period 2009-2014.

Early life

Jimmy was born in Brooklyn and is an American. He is a son of Gloria (mother) and James W. Fallon (father), Vietnam War veteran. Later, his family relocated to Saugerties, New York when his father was working in the IBM Company located in Kingston, New York. Talking about his ancestry, he belongs to a rich ancestral family, which is five-eighth Irish, two-eighth German and one-eighth Norwegian. At his teenage he was inclined towards music and started playing guitar in a very early age of thirteen and attended many music contests and shows. He uses to impress his parents with different impersonations like James Cagney.

Education

 

He attended a Roman Catholic elementary school. St. Mary of the Snow in Saugreties and graduated in the year 1992 from Saugerties High School. Later he attended The College of Saint Rose in Albany. He switched to Communications from Computer Science major in his senior year of college. Jimmy received the degree of B.A. in communications on May 9, 2009 from the college Saint Rose. He spoke at the 86^th commencement of the college.

Personal Life

Jimmy Fallo9n married to a lady Nancy Juvonen who is a film producer and the co-owner of the production company Flower Films on December 22, 2007. Recently in the year 2013 both Jimmy and Nancy have a daughter. He has a female dog, English Cream Golden Retriever named Gary Frick, who also appeared in the late Night with Jimmy Fallon show Along with Jimmy Fallon. In February he visited a surgeon, Arthur Perry and removed his mole from the left hand in front of the live studio on the Dr. Oz show, which is astonishing.

Career

In the year 1998, he appeared in the show Spin City as a man who sells the photograph. On October 7, 2000 he became the co-anchor at Weekend Update along with Tina Fey. He began his career in films after leaving SNL in the year 2004. In the year 2002, his comedy album The Bathroom Wall has been released. On June 7, 2001 he co-hosted the MTV Movie Awards with Kirsten Dunst. Not only had this he alone co-host the 2002 MTV Video Music Awards and 2005 MTV Movie Awards. He played Anakin Skywalker in the comedy parody of Star Wars Episode 3: Revenge of the Sith’s Mustafar scene. . In the year 1999. Jimmy along with his sister Gloria wote a book named I Hate This Place: The Pessimist’s Guide to Life for the TV Books record. Not only has this he wrote children booked also.

Awards and Achievements

Jimmy Fallon released two of his albums The Bathroom Wall in the year 2002 by Dream Works Records and Blow Your Pants Off in the year2012 by Warner Bros. Records. Talking about his singles he released Idiot Boyfriend I the year 2002, Car Wash for Peace in the year 2008 and Drunk on Christmas in the year 2010. In the same year he won a Primetime Emmy Award for outstanding Creative Achievement in Interactive Media- Nonfiction and People’s Choice award for favorite online sensation for Late Night with Jimmy Fallon. In the year 2011, he won the People’s Choice Award for favorite late night TV Show and the Critics’ Choice Television Award for Best Talk Show which is a gain for the Late Night with Jimmy Fallon show which airs on NBC. Hence the show has received a lot of appreciation. Not only this, he won three awards in the year 2012: Primetime Emmy Award for outstanding guest Actor in a Comedy Series for Saturday Night Live show, People’s Choice Award for Favorite Late Night Talk Show Host for Late Night with Jimmy Fallon and Grammy Award for Best Comedy Album for Blow Your Pants Off. In the year 2013 and 2014 he is continuously nominated for his shows I various award shows.

Richness

Jimmy Fallon has a worth $25 Million. He is a much known rich personality. Most of his fortune comes from the shows and the albums released. His wife is an also a film producer who earned a lot. Jimmy Fallon is an amazing person. He earns $11 million every year as his annual salary. Besides this he has a house in the Hamptons which is spread in 2.2 acre area located in Sagaponacvk, New York. It is reported that Jimmy Fallon paid $5.7 million for the house. The house was built in the year 1850, the center piece of the Jimmy Fallons property is 3,500 square foot main house. In the house there are 6 bedrooms and 5 bathrooms and there is a separate guest cottage, a barn, a heated pool, and a four-car garage all surrounded by mature trees.