James Jimmy Fallon was widely known as Jimmy. He is a well-known actor, comedian, writer, singer, and producer. He is from Brooklyn where he is famous for his role in Saturday Night Live. He is also famous for his late-night talk show where is a host in The Tonight Show.
His country of origin is the United States of America and as of 2020, he is 45 years old. He was born on September 19, 1974. Other professions of Jimmy are Comedian, Actor, Musician, Singer, Television producer, Screenwriter, Presenter, Impersonator, Voice Actor, and Writer.
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Highlights
Some of the notable highlights of his career are:
1. Spin City TV-Show in the year 1998
2. Saturday Night Live in the year 1998 was a huge breakthrough in his career
3. He Hosted MTV Movie Awards in the year 2005
4. Late Night with Jimmy Fallon was a huge success in the year 2009
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Jimmy Fallon Net Worth
As of 2020, his total net worth is estimated to be $60 million. He is known for his hosting skills as he became worldwide hit through the shows of Saturday Night Live and Tonight Show Starring Jimmy Fallon as he gained many fans.His annual salary for hosting the show namely The Tonight Show is $16 million.
He and his wife lead a lavish lifestyle possessing a own house in Sagaponack covering 3,500 square foot along with farmhouse. He bought it for $5.7 million in the year 2011. They spent $725,000 for a studio apartment in top floor. In 2014, a fifth unit Grammercy place was bought. Now the value of it is estimated to be $1.35 million.
Career
He started his career for stand-up acting in Los Angeles for The Groundlings improv group. He was initially paid $7.50 per set for his acts in stand-up. Fallon went to the audition for Saturday Night Live for the very first time in 1997 but it was unsuccessful.
SNL auditions were comparatively difficult as the creator Lorne Michaels don’t even laugh during auditions. He went to the second audition for SNL at the age of 23. Fallon performed well which made even the creator to laugh. He was hired for the year 1998-1999 as a crew member.
He followed the footsteps of John Belushi spending three years for SNL but he was persuaded to stay in 2000. He performed with Justin Timberlake. He remained as an SNL cast member till the 2004 season. After SNL, he started to act in movies like Whip It, Taxi, Family Guy, iCarly, Holograms, Jem, Ted 2, Factory Girl, and Fever Pitch.
In the year 2005, the MTV Movie Awards was hosted by him along with the performance of Anakin Skywalker’s role in Star Wars. In the year 2006, he got featured in a television commercial starring for Doogal with Parker Posey. As he is a famous host he hosted 62nd Primetime Emmy Awards.
Early Life
Jimmy Fallon from Brooklyn, New York was born on September 19, 1974 in the Bay Ridge neighborhood. He did his schooling in St. Mary of the Snow, a Roman Catholic institution. He served as an altar boy and wanted to become a priest one day.
Like many other teenagers out there, he became very obsessed with Saturday Night Live. He got his graduation from Saugerties High School in the year 1992 followed by higher studies in The College of Saint Rose in Albany, New York. On weekends, he used to perform stand-up comedy. He left college a semester before to pursue a comedy career full-time.
Personal Life
Fallon met Nancy Juvonen, a film producer also the co-owner of Flower Films in the movie of Fever Pitch and they started to date in May 2007. Fallon proposed her a sunset in New Hampshire on August 2007. This couple has two daughters namely Francis Cole and Winnie Rose.
The golden retriever they have is named Gary Frick which got featured in Late Night along with Jimmy Fallon. Before his marriage he was recognized by 50 Most Eligible Bachelors for People Magazine. He was guest-hosted for David Letterman in June 2003.
Jimmy Falloning is a famous term used for his sudden breaking character and cracking up. He is a close friend of Parker Posey who is a neighbor of him in New York City.
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Conclusion
He is best known for ‘Late Night with Jimmy Fallon’, a late-night talk show also an award-winning talk show as it is highly rated on NBC. He is very popular among the ladies due to his manly-good looks and his humorous comic timing. He struggled in the beginning as he got rejected in his first audition and lack of recognition.
He is a hustler and he grabbed every single opportunity assigned to him with full confidence and hence now he is one of the successful hosts all over the world till date.
