Eddie Izzard Net Worth:
$20 Million
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Eddie Izzard
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Net worth: |
$20 Million |
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Date of birth: |
February 7, 1962 (60 Years Old) |
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Gender: |
Male |
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Height: |
5 ft 6in (1.7 m). |
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Profession: |
Comedian, Actor, Screenwriter, Voice Actor, Film Producer, Television producer, Writer |
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Nationality: |
United Kingdom |
What is Eddie Izzard’s Net Worth in 2019?
Eddie Izzard, a British comedian, actor, actress, writer, and producer with a net worth of over $20 million, is an actor, director, writer, producer, and editor. Eddie Izzard is genderfluid, and uses “she/her.” Eddie Izzard won two Primetime Emmys in 1998 for the comedy special “Dress to Kill.” She also released the specials: “Live at the Ambassadors”, “Definite Article”, (1996), “Glorious”, (1997), “Circle”, (2002), “Sexi,” (2003), and “Stripped” (2008). “Live at Madison Square Garden,” (2011), “Force Majeure”, (2013), and “Wunderbar” (2022). Izzard starred in Wayne Malloy / Doug Rich’s FX series “The Riches”, 2007-2008. She has more than 70 credits, including the films “Velvet Goldmine”, “Mystery Men”, (1998), and “The Cat’s Meow”, (2001), as well as “Stripped” (2009), “Live at Madison Square Garden” (2011), and “Across the Universe,” (2007).
Eddie has contributed her voice to many animated projects such as “The Wild”, (2006), Igor (2008), “Cars 2”, (2011), and “Rock Dog” (2016). She produced the majority of her comedy specials. In 2002, she directed “Eddie Izzard – Dress to Circle”, a rough cut of “Dress to Kill” that was performed in French. Izzard also produced “The Riches” as well as the films “Lost Christmas”, (2011), “Get Duked!” (2019), and “Six Minutes to Midnight (2020). She also wrote “Six Minutes to Midnight”, and the TV miniseries “Mongrel Nation” in 2003. Eddie was a part of Broadway’s “A Day in the Death of Joe Egg”, (2003), and “Race,” (2010). He received a Tony nomination as Best Actor in an Act for “A Day in the Death of Joe Egg”. Izzard published “Believe me: A Memoir Of Love, Death, and Jazz Chickens” in 2017. In 2010, Eddie was #5 on Channel 4’s “100 Greatest Comedic Stand-ups of All Time”.
Early Life
Eddie Izzard was born Edward John Izzard in Aden, Yemen, on February 7, 1962. Eddie’s parents were English and his older brother Mark was also born to Dorothy and Harold. Dorothy was a nurse, midwife, and accountant. Harold was an accountant working in Aden for British Petroleum when Izzard was born. When Eddie was a newborn, the family moved to Ireland. They lived in Bangor until Izzard was 5. The family then moved to Skewen in Wales. Unfortunately, Dorothy died from cancer at the age of 6 when Izzard was only 6. Eddie and Mark then built a model railway to fill their spare time. Izzard donated the model railway to Bexhill Museum, East Sussex in 2016. Eddie was educated at Newton’s St John’s School and Eastbourne’s St Bede’s Prep School. She then enrolled at the University of Sheffield to study Drama. Izzard claims that she realized she was transgender as a child after watching a video in which a girl forced her brother to wear a dress. She said, “I was probably four to five years old, and there was laughter, jokes, and mocking.” “That sounds good to me. I would be happy to be a girl. What’s the deal?
Career
Eddie began performing on the streets with Rob Ballard while she was at university. In the early 1980s, Eddie was also a street performer in Europe and the U.S. Izzard began performing at British stand-up comedy venues in Britain, starting with London’s Banana Cabaret. She opened Raging Bull at Raymond’s Revue Bar, Soho, in 1989. Eddie made her breakthrough performing at the Hysteria 3AIDS benefit in 1991. It was televised. Izzard can speak fluent French and has performed comedy in French and Russian as well as Spanish, Arabic, and Spanish. She was the leading role in “The Cryptogram”, a West End production by David Mamet, and then she played the starring part in “Edward II” in 1995. Izzard was seen in the TV movies “Open Fire”, (1994), and “Aristophanes: The Gods are Laughing”, (1995), as well as the films “The Oncoming Storm”, (1995), “The Secret Agent”, (1996), “Velvet Goldmine”, (1998), “The Avengers”, (1998) and “The Criminal,” (1999). She also guest-starred in “Tales from the Crypt,” 1996. She starred in “Mystery Men”, a superhero comedy, with Ben Stiller and Hank Azaria. In 1999 she also starred in “Mystery Men”, and was portrayed by Lenny Bruce in the production of Julian Barry’s “Lenny.”
Eddie was in the films “Circus”, “Shadow of the Vampire”, “All the Queen’s Men,” (2001), “Shadow of the Vampire”, “Shadow of the Vampire,” (2000),” “All the Queen’s Men”, “Alien Invasion”, (2004),” “Blueberry” (2004),” “Romance & Cigarettes,” (2005), “My Super Ex-Girlfriend” (2006), “Across the Universe” (2007) and “Valkyrie” (2008) and “Valkyrie” (2008) and “Valkyrie” (2008) and “Valkyrie” (2008) and “Valkyrie” (2009). She played Charlie Chaplin in “The Cat’s Meow” (2005). She was Roman Nagel’s character in “Ocean’s Twelve” (2004) and “Ocean’s Thirteen” (2007), which grossed $363 million each. Izzard was Wayne Malloy/ Doug Rich in the FX drama, “The Riches,” from 2007 to 2008. It aired 20 episodes in two seasons. The series was nominated for a Satellite Award for Best Television Series, Drama. She portrayed Sir Miles Axlerod in the Pixar film Cars 2, and starred in and produced “Lost Christmas” for BBC. She also played a recurring role in Showtime’s “United States of Tara,” as Dr. Jack Hattarras. Eddie played Long John Silver in the 2012 miniseries, “Treasure Island.” She also played Johann Tannhauser in the IFC’s series “Bullet in the Face” that year and Grandpa in the TV special, “Mockingbird Lane,” a reimagining of “The Munsters.”
Eddie was featured in the BBC One documentary “Meet the Izzards” (2013). From 2013 to 2015, she was Dr. Abel Gideon on six episodes of NBC’s series “Hannibal”. She was the star of “Big Bad Wolfe” on the 2015 PlayStation Network series, and also appeared in “Boychoir”, “Absolutely Anything,” (2015), “Whisky Galore!” (2016), “Victoria & Abdul” (2017), “Get Duked!” (2019), “The High Note (2020) and “Six Minutes to Midnight (2020) She voiced Cadia in “The Dark Crystal: Age of Resistance” and HervnickZ. Snerz in “Green Eggs and Ham,” both Netflix series. Izzard starred as Peter Solomon in Peacock’s 2021 series “The Lost Symbol” and Harry Sutton on Netflix Harlan Coben’s “Stay Close” series.
Personal life
Eddie is a spiritual atheist and has stated that she doesn’t believe in the man upstairs but believes in her. She was a lover of Sarah Townsend, a singer she met at the 1989 Edinburgh Festival. Townsend directed and produced “Believe: The Eddie Izzard Story” in 2009. Izzard supports Crystal Palace FC and was appointed associate director in 2012. Eddie described herself as “somewhat girlish” and “somewhat boyish.” She became an associate director for Crystal Palace FC in 2012. Izzard was previously described as a transvestite. She began cross-dressing publicly in her twenties. In 2014, she told Interview magazine that she wears whatever clothes and whatever else she wants. It’s not bragging, I don’t even consider it cross-dressing. It’s wearing a dress.
Eddie was awarded honorary doctorates by the University of East Anglia, Norwich (2003, University of Sheffield (2006), and the University of Sunderland (2012). In 2010, she was elected Honorary President of the Sheffield Students Union. Izzard completed 43 marathons in 51 days after only five weeks of training. She was raising funds for Sport Relief UK and was awarded BBC Sports Personality Award. She ran 27 marathons in 27 days and raised over PS1.35M for charity. Eddie announced in late 2020 that she would run a marathon, perform stand-up comedy, and raise money for charities like Covenant House, Care International, and Walking With The Wounded. This month-long event raised over PS275,000. Izzard temporarily replaced Christine Shawcroft in March 2018, after she had lost her bid for a seat on Labour Party’s National Executive Committee.
Nominations and Awards
In 2000, Izzard was nominated for three Primetime Emmys. She won Outstanding Individual Performance in a Variety or Music Program, and Outstanding Writing for a Variety, Music, or Comedy Program. The Outstanding Variety, Music, or Comedy Special was her other nomination. Eddie was nominated for an International Emmy for Kids TV Movie/Mini-Series for her role in “Lost Christmas” in 2012. The American Humanist Association, Harvard Community of Humanists, Atheists, and Agnostics, and Harvard Humanist Community were also honored with the Outstanding Lifetime Achievement Award for Cultural Humanism. She was nominated for a Webby Award for Websites – Celebrity/Fan in 2005. In 2007, she was nominated for a Satellite Award nomination as Best Actor in Drama Series for “The Riches.” And in 2007, she won a Teen Choice Award nomination in Choice Movie: Chemistry together with her “Ocean’s Thirteen” castmates.
Izzard was nominated for an Astra Award nomination in 2008 for “The Riches”. In 2010, she also received a nomination for the Gold Derby Award for Variety Performance of the Decade. Eddie was nominated in 2018 for the Achievement Award in Comedy Social Impact at the Legionnaires of Laughter Legacy Awards. Izzard was awarded a Drama Desk Award, Outer Critics Circle Award, and Outer Critics Circle Award as Outstanding Actor in a Theatre Play for “A Day in the Death of Joe Egg”, in 2003. She also received a Theatre World Special Award in 1998. In 1997, she was nominated for a Drama Desk Award for Outstanding Solo Performance.
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