CAREER / PROFESSION: STAND UP COMEDIAN

“Almost every day, someone asks if I ever flat iron my hair. I say, ‘No, because I’m afraid it wouldn’t look good and wouldn’t come back curly.”

-         Carrot Top

Carrot Top is a very popular stand-up comedian in America. He has an estimated net worth of 75 million dollars. He is characterized by bright red curly hair and a height of 5 foot 10 inch with the weight of 215 pounds. He is known to play with props during his acts and he is known to have a great sense of humor. He was born with the name of Scott Thompson on February 25, 1965 in Rockledge, a very small city in Florida. He later moved to another city in Florida, Cocoa which is situated on seashores. He graduated from his high school in the year 1983. He then got admission in Florida Atlantic University where he got a platform to realize his talent in comedy. This was when he performed in an open-mic event held in the college with few other classmates. He was a distinguished comedian when he started using various props in the comedy acts he performed. He was unlike any other comedian of his time. He also appeared in television a few times, namely in 1991 when he got his first break on “idiot box”. He also appeared in “The Tonight Show”. His price reached sky in 1990s when he made his next success move in both movies and television. He was starred in the film Chairman of the Board, a film which was released in 1998. He has also given guest appearances in various other movies like Dennis the Menace Strikes Again which was released in 1998.

Early life: Childhood days

Scott Thompson, stage named as Carrot Top was born and brought up in a small village in Florida, Rockledge. He spent his youth in Cocoa which is also a small town in Florida. His father was Larry Thompson who was a rocket scientist who worked on various rocket missions like that of Gemini and Apollo missions. During his college days he used to perform with his class mate and friend Josh Abelson.

Career

Once he climbed the success ladder, there was no looking back for Carrot Top. He performed exceptionally well as a comedian as well as an entertainer. He also starred in his own show on Cartoon Network, Carrot Top’s AM Mayhem which was aired from 1994 to 1996. He also worked as an announcer till 1999. His each performance continued to be a great hit. He was also headlined in Las Vegas at Luxor Hotel.  He also regularly appears on the show, comedy Central Roasts. He used various props including large trunks even if he mentioned them in just a single line and then he would toss them away. He also played the role of Bradley Cooper in the episode of “Between Two Ferns”. When he doesn’t have shows going on air, he performs various stage acts and plays. He also did various commercials like the one for 1-800-CALL-ATT. He also did one audio track for The Rules of Attraction. He also appeared in serial Reno 911! in its episode “Weigel’s Pregnant”. He also did an audio track for “Police Car”. He also judged the “Last Comic Standing”. He asked the contestants to perform comedy with props.

Television

He has appeared several times on TV in many popular shows like Larry the Cable Guy’s Christmas Spectacular, Gene Simmons Family Jewels, and Space Ghost Coast to Coast, George Lopez, Tugger: The Jeep 4×4 Who Wanted to Fly, Space Ghost Coast to Coast, Criss Angel Mindfreak and Scrubs.

Films

His appearances in films include Cash cab and Tosh and both were released in 2010, CSI: Crime Scene Investigation which was released in 2011. The Neighbors (2014), Chapelle’s Show (2013), The Hangover – he appears in the photographs as himself during the film credits (2009), The Game as himself in 2009, The Bad Girls Club in episode 8 (2009), The Girls Next Door (2008), Gene Simmons Family Jewels as himself (2007), Smiley Face – Brief walk on part (2007), Family Guy (2006), Tugger: The Jeep 4×4 Who Wanted to Fly (2005), George Lopez as himself (2005), The Aristocrats as himself (2005), Pauly Shore is Dead as himself (2003), Carrot Top Rocks Las Vegas (2003), Weakest Link (2002) as himself, Scrubs as himself (2001), The Three Stooges N.Y.U.K. as Dr. Eugene Splicer (2000), Dennis the Menace Strikes Again (1998), Chairman of the Board (1998), Pure Danger (1996) and Hourglass (1996).

Marital Status: Single

Carrot Top has not been married till date. He is one of the warriors of the bachelor’s army.

Homes and Estates

Winter Park home: 925,000 dollars

He purchased this home of his in the year 1997. It is situated near Lake Maitland in Winter Park in the city of Florida. It has five bedrooms, boat dock, three bathrooms, swimming pool, spa, and is extended in the area of 3,254 square feet. It has the same color as Carrot’s hair.

Home in Las Vegas: 1,900,000 dollars

As he performs regularly in Las Vegas, he purchased a home in the year 2006 in Las Vegas for 1,900,000 dollars. Carrot Top’s Sin City house has three bedrooms, two full bathrooms, swimming pool, and is  spread in the area of 4,386 square feet.

Rich Facts about Carrot Top’s net worth

With the amount of money Carrot Top has, he can buy:

1. 17,857.5 pieces of Vintage 1930s Tuxedo w/pants from Ruby Lane worth $335.00 each.

2. 4,173.6 pieces of Raymond Weil Men’s Stainless Steel Bracelet Watch worth $1,995.00 each.

3. 396.3 pieces of 2014 Nissan Pathfinder S worth $28,950.00 each.

Carrot Top has so much money that he can donate 1 dollar to each citizen of Turkey.

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Career / profession: television actor, stand-up comedian

Born on 24th Jan 74 as Edward Parker “Ed” Helms is worth 20 million bucks! Famous as a comedian, he is world widely known for his work on his daily soap as Andy Bernard in The Office (U.S. version) and also as Stuart Price in the Hangover series. It is due to these shows that Ed Helms was able to gather few noteworthy roles in his account like the one of a dentist, Stuart Price in the comedy movie Hangover. It was with this movie he showed the world his real acting talent and his caliber. Soon he appeared in funny movie Cedar Rapids. But the movie could not stand long at the box office as compared to The Hangover Part II. Later that year, he did major roles in movies like The Duplass Brothers’ Jeff, Who Lives At Home. He also contributed his voice in the animated movie Dr. Seuss’ The Lorax. Starting his career as a stand-up comedian, he did various commercials and voice overs. When he is free, he likes listening to music, especially Bluegrass, he is also a good banjo player.

Early life: Childhood days

He was interested in theatre since his school days; he was involved with theatrical arts in his high school. He went to Westminster High School in Atlanta, Georgia with Brian Baumgartner who was also his co actor in the series The Office (2005). He also played guitar when he was in Oberlin College in Ohio. He was doing his major in geology which he later switched with Cinema. He graduated in the year 1996 with the degree of Bachelor of Arts in Film Theory and Technology in hand. He did various performance pursuits, he also sang in a capella group named The Obertones.

Causes he works for

•   Artists for Peace and Justice

Founded in 2009, Artists for Peace and Justice was established by Paul Haggis and his friends. The aim of this organization was to raise awareness for social justice and enfranchisement. It also raises funds to help the poor and needy. Over the past few years, it has works to support various schools like schools in Haiti with the help of Father Rick Frechette. These schools provide children with moral values and a chance to live a better life. It has also organized various relief camps to support the people who lost their livelihood in the earthquakes.

• Malaria no more

It has a very simple mission:” to end deaths due to malaria”. This disease remain on no. 1 to kill enormous no. of people throughout the world especially in Sahara and Africa where it has taken 1 million lives. The organization involves people from various sectors of society, private sector to help families in need. It was founded in 2006, it is one of the leading Non-Profit Organization which works in collaboration with President’s Malaria Initiative (PMI), UNICEF,  American Red Cross, the Global Fund to Fight HIV/AIDS, Millennium Promise, United Way of America, United Nations Foundation, the Global Business Coalition, Bill and Melinda Gates Foundation and others.

•  Tony Hawk Foundation

Tony Hawk Foundation aims to make such improvements in society which lasts for long. It works to empower the youth and supports them in various aspects. It does this by providing various assistance, recreational programs, events and financial grants. These events are organized in public parks

Richly possessions

•  Posters from various Hollywood series

Ed has a hobby of collecting posters from few great movies like The adventures of Captain Underpants, Cedar Rapids, Confessions of a Shopaholic

Evan Almighty, Everyone s Hero, The Hangover Part 2, High Road, I ll Believe You, Jeff Who Lives at Home, The Lorax, Meet Dave, Monsters VS Aliens

Semi Pro, Smell of Success, The Goods: Sell Hard, Live Hard,Walk Hard: The Dewey Cox Story, Blackballed, Harold & Kumar Escape from Guantanamo Bay, Someone Marry Barry, Lower Learning, Night at the Museum 2: Battle of the Smithsonian, They Came Together, We are The Millers.

Rich quotes

• “I try to explain to people that you get the roles that are right when they’re right. If you have a nerd character but you’re kind of a cool guy, you’re probably not going to get the nerd part. The nerd is going to get the nerd part. You know, someone like me.”
• “If I’m in a bar, frat boys will usually try to buy me shots. But I’m not much of a boozer anymore. I certainly had my share of ragers during my 20s, but I think it had more to do with geography than age. I lived in New York City for most of my 20s, and then I moved to Los Angeles when I was 32 or 33. L.A. is all about automobiles, and New York is about public transportation or taxis. So alcohol consumption isn’t as automatic as it was when I was in New York.”
• “Mindy Kaling embodies the trifecta of being brilliant, wonderful and hilarious. Because that is statistically impossible, it can mean only one thing: she was created by an evil scientist to lull us into a giddy stupor in order to control our minds. To be made fun of by Mindy is to feel special.”

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Occupation – Actor

Bradley cooper, the man tagged with “sexiest man alive on earth”. He is an American actor who started his career with TV series and currently ruling the Hollywood industry with his dashing looks and talent. Cooper achieved his fame with ‘Hangover trilogy’, ‘the A-Team’, ‘Limitless’. He is a man who was key actor of Hangover series but never suffered from a hangover.

Profile and career:

Bradley Cooper was born on 5th January’1975 in Philadelphia, and grown up in the nearby town of Jenkintown of Pennsylvania. Cooper’s mother (name Gloria) was an Italian descent who worked for local NBC affiliate. And his father, Charles cooper was an Irish descent and worked as stockbroker for Merrill Lynch. Bradley also had one sister named Holly. He was a catholic by religion. He passed his high school in 1993 from Germantown academy and after graduating from Germantown academy, he went to Villanova University for higher studies but latterly he was transferred to Georgetown University, where he completed his B.A (hons.) in English in 1997. While graduating cooper also learned to speak fluent French and thus he worked six months as an exchange student in Aix-en-Provence, France. In 1998, cooper enrolled in MFA program at actors’ studio drama school at new school University and began molding his career abilities.

While attaining his MFA program he made his acting debut in 1999 in a TV series name- ‘sex and the city’. Afterwards Cooper acted in another TV series in ‘the street’ in 2001. Simultaneously cooper made his first debut in comedy feature film ‘Wet hot American summer’ in 2001, in the same year he also starred in two more films –‘Bending all the rules’ and ‘Stella stories’. In addition to his film work, Cooper is also well known to TV audience for his fantastic work on several hits. He played lead role in a comedy series ‘Kitchen Confidential’, based on renowned chef and author Anthony. He also made some recurring roles in Alias and Jack & Bobby. He was also seen as guest spot in many shows such as Law & order: SVU, Law & order: Trial by jury etc.

After several TV series, Cooper was back on big screen; he made his first major role in a hit comedy film- ‘wedding crashers’ with Owen Wilson and Vince Vaughan in 2005. After this he appeared in ‘Failure to launch’ in 2006. After getting a very tepid response with this movie, Bradley got some success in box office with ‘Yes Man’ in which he was co-starring opposite to Jim Carry. In the same year, Cooper made his Broadway debut in the play ‘Three Days of Rain’, in which he starred with Julia Roberts and Paul Rudd. He was also the part of cast of the play- ‘The Understudy’, which was premiered to sold out audiences at the Williamston Theater festival.

It was seen that Cooper was getting great success with comedy, so in 2009 he again acted in another comedy film ‘He’s Just not that into you’, inspired by popular self-help book. In 2009 Cooper again proved his comedic talent with the release of ‘The Hangover’, this movie was an explosive hit. This movie was based on three friends(Cooper, Ed Helms, Zach Galifianakis) who went to LA to celebrate bachelor party weekend and lost their control with hangover and in morning they lost one of their buddy.

Then in 2010, Cooper starred in two more blockbusters – fisrt one was a ensemble romantic comedy film ‘Valentine’s Day’ and other one was a remake of ‘The-Team’. He then appeared as himself in the TV series ‘Cubed’. In the following year, he proved that he was a star in Hollywood with mind blowing roles in the high-octane techno thriller film- ‘Limitless’ and a comedy sequel ‘The Hangover part II’. In same year he was titled as the World’s Sexiest Man by people magazine too.

After that, he worked nonstop with a wide range of different roles in a list of 2012 films- he plays a gang leader in a comedy movie ‘Hit & Run’, a struggling writer in ‘The Words’, and a cop-turned politician in ‘The place beyond the Pines’. In the same year he got his biggest Hit with ‘silver Linings Playbook’, in this critically acclaimed film, cooper plays the lead role of a man who tries to re-adjust to society after leaving a mental institution. This film was nominated for seven Oscars at 2013 Academy Awards. Cooper also received a nomination for Actor in a leading role.

In 2013, Cooper appeared in the third and final installment of Hangover Trilogy, i.e. ‘The Hangover part III’ and simultaneously he also starred in David O Russell’s-‘American Hustle’ alongside Christen Bale. Both the movies were great hit.

Personal life:

Cooper married to actress Jennifer Esposito in late 2006, but within a year they got divorced. In 2010, it emerged that Cooper is in relationship with Renee Zellwegar, but in 2011 they got separated. Cooper is recently dating Zoe Saldana. He is being practicing Roman Catholic. Bradley Cooper’s lifestyle follows the typical fashion of the rich and lavish. He is a brand ambassador of most posh brands such as Louis Vuitton and diesel. On the charitable front, he is known to support the learning through the Expanded Arts Program (LEAP) which helps youth learn through involvement in acting and other arts.

Achievements:

• Cooper was nominated for Best Actor by Academy Awards’2012 , Bafta Awards’2012 and Golden globe Awards’2012 for Silver Lining Playbook.

• In 2012, Cooper won the Satellite Awards for Best actor for Silver Lining Playbook.

• Cooper also won MTV movie awards’2012 for Best male performance for Silver Lining Playbook.

• He is been nominated for favorite dramatic actor by People Choice Awards’2012 for movie The Words.

• He is been nominated for Best Actor in Supporting role by Bafta awards’2013 and Golden Globe awards’2013 for American hustle.

Quotes:

“I think if you live in a black-and-white world, you’re gonna suffer a lot. I used to be like that. But I don’t believe that anymore.”

“Being in ‘Us Weekly’ does not make you famous”

“It’s the same. I mean, look, more doors have been opened for sure but it’s not like I sit back with a cigar on Monday morning and go through the scripts that have been offered.”

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