Net Worth: | $50 Million |
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Age: | 39 |
Born: | December 20, 1983 |
Country of Origin: | United States |
Source of Wealth: | Actor, Comedian |
Last Updated: | 2023 |
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Introduction
Jonah Hill Feldstein known as jonah hill is an American actor, comedian, and filmmaker With a net worth estimated to be around $50 million in 2023.
He’s most noted for his comedic roles in Superbad, funny people, and jump street movies and in addition to his dramatic roles in Moneyball and the wolf of wall street which earned him two academy award nominations for best supporting actor.
From 2014 to 2015, he ranked 28th on Forbes magazine’s list of highest-paid actors at $16 million.
2018 was a thriving year for Jonah as he starred in the critically acclaimed miniseries Maniac alongside his friend Emma Stone and he made his directorial debut with mid90s which he wrote his own screenplay.
He also played a part as a writer in jump street movies and in “Why Him?”
3 Fun Facts About Jonah Hill
- jonah hill used to be roommates with actor, comedian, director, and actor Justin Long.
- Jonah Hill loves hip hop so much and his passion for hip hop was one of the reasons he wanted to make mid90s.
- jonah hill before deciding to be an actor actually wanted to be a hip-hop producer.
Jonah Hill’s Net Worth and Success Story
Early Life
Hill was born in LA, California on December 20th, 1983. his mother Sharon lyn works as a costume designer and fashion stylist, and his father Richard Feldstein is a tour accountant for Guns N’ Roses.
Hill is the second born of three children, an elder brother Jordan Feldstein who was a music manager of Robin Thicke and Maroon 5, and a younger sister Beanie Feldstein who’s also an actress.
His parents are originally from Long Island, New York but he and his siblings were born and raised in the wealthy Los Angeles neighborhood of Cheviot hills. Following graduating in 2002 from high school, he attended the University of Colorado Boulder but he didn’t procure a degree.
Career & Success Story
Jonah Hill began writing his own plays and performing them in “Black and White bar” in the east village neighborhood of New York City when he was still in college. writing his plays helped him realize that acting in films is his true desire.
His friendship with Hoffman’s helped him get introduced to Dustin Hoffman and audition for a role in “I Heart Huckabees” co-star Jason Schwartzman, which was his film debut.
Then he made a brief appearance in “Judd Apatow’s” first directorial debut “The 40-year-old virgin” which led him, later on, to play roles in the comedies “accepted and Click”.
He once again collaborated with Apatow in “Knocked up” and starred as the “RA Guy” on the first season of the “Campus Ladies” sitcom and was a guest star in one of Clark and Michael episodes and also in the Simpsons episode “pranks and greens” later on.
Apatow collaborated with Hill for the third time but now as a producer landing hill his first leading role in the comedy “Superbad” sharing the screen with his co-lead Michael Cera and written by Seth Rogen and Evan Goldberg, this role was the one that truly launched his career and then he hosted “Saturday Night Live” for the first time featuring musical guest Mariah Carey.
He next starred in Judd Apatow’s third directorial feature “Funny People”. Hill turned down one of three major roles in “The Hangover” in order to seize the chance to start in the independent movie “Cyrus”.
Call Of Duty: Modern Warfare 3
In November 2011, he appeared in commercials for the video game “Call Of Duty: Modern Warfare 3” making his first appearance with his new look after losing 40 pounds.
in 2011 he created the Fox animated series Allen Gregory with Andrew Mogel and Jarrad Paul but unfortunately, it got very negative reviews therefore it was canceled by Fox on January 8, 2012.
In 2011 too he went to start in Moneyball with Brad Pitt and Philip Seymour Hoffman which received rave reviews and especially for his performance, critics singled out his performance as being the standout and as a withdrawal from his habitual comedy roles, this performance scored him his first Oscar nomination for best actor in a supporting role.
A year later, in 2021, he started “21 jump streets” with Channing Tatum, and in the film “The Watch” with Ben Stiller and Vince Vaughn.
The Wolf of Wall Street
Hill appeared in this is the end as Donnie Azoff and in The Wolf Of Wall Street starred Leonardo DiCaprio as Jordan Belfort and received his second Oscar nomination for this role. In 2014, in an interview with Howard Stern, Hill revealed that he was paid only $60,000 for The Wolf Of Wall Street.
He voiced The Green Lantern in The Lego Movie (2014), reprised his role as Morton Shmidt in 22 Jump Street, 21 Jump Street’s sequel. His following performance was in the mystery thriller True Story as Michael Finkel.
In 2016, Hill collaborated with Coen Brothers for the period comedy “Hail, Caesar!” where he played a surety agent for a production company. In the same year, he starred alongside Miles Teller in the biographical crime comedy-drama “War Dogs” paying arms dealer Efraim Diveroli and he was praised for his authentic performance.
Hill starred in that year too as a sausage named Carl in an “adult computer-animated” comedy Sausage Party alongside an all-star cast.
Two years later, in 2018, he appeared with Joaquin Phoenix, Rooney Mara, and Jack Black in the movie “Don’t Worry, He Won’t Get Far on Foot” directed by Gus Van Sant.
Before his directorial film debut, he directed a music video for Danny Brown’s song “Ain’t It Funny” in 2017 and made his directorial debut with the film Mid90s in 2018 from a screenplay he wrote.
The Batman
In 2019, He played Lewis in the comedy The Beach Bum. In the same year, it was announced that hill was in the final negotiations to play the villain in Matt Reeves’s “The Batman”, Nonetheless, the agreement didn’t work out and hill ultimately left the project.
In 2020, He appeared alongside the director Martin Scorsese in a Commercial titled Show up for Coca Cola energy Which aired during Super Bowl Liv.
It was also announced that year that Hill was cast in Adam’s Mckay’s political comedy satire Don’t Look Up alongside an all-star cast, Meryl Streep who played the role of the president of the US in the film announced in Stephen Colbert’s talk show that Hill will be playing her son and Chief Of Staff.
The movie was filmed in Massachusetts during the Lockdown and it was released on Netflix in December 2021. Later that year, Hill was cast as Jerry Garcia in the biopic feature of the Grateful Dead directed by Martin Scorsese. he’ll be also one of the producers of the film.
Jonah Hill Battle With the Media
This started when daily mail posted about Jonah Hill surfing in malibu while focusing on their article on being shirtless and showing off his tattoos.
Jonah Hill addressed the media and daily mail in particular about the article, and how he was unable to take off his shirt when suffering or swimming until his mid-30s because of his childhood insecurities, the trick social media is doing won’t work on him anymore, since he loves and accept himself and near the end of the caption he said that the post was mainly for the kids who can’t overcome those insecurities and take their shirt off at the pole because of the public mockery by telling them they should’ve fun; because they are wonderful, awesome and perfect he ended his caption by saying “ oh and daily mail, not even you can take that smile from my face “.
Personal Life
Jonah Hill Girlfriend
Jonah Hill was in a romantic relationship with Gianna Santos and in October 2019, they became engaged but they ended their engagement. He later found love again and is now in a romantic relationship with Sarah Brady.
Brazilian jiu-jitsu
He’s as well known for training Brazilian jiu-jitsu and said that Transcendental Meditation together with surfing has changed his happiness level and his ability to cope with stress, anxiety, and depression.
FAVORITE QUOTES
- I grew up with baseball played in little league and went to games with my dad but as I grew up, I became more of a baseball fanatic than a baseball one.
- I assume everything I do in life is gonna be a failure and then if it turns up roses then I’m psyched
- I’m an actor, not a comedian, I never was a comedian.
- People are so funny. there’s no winning with commenters or anonymous people. They’d be rude that I was overnight and now they are rude that I’m healthy.
Summary
Jonah Hill is an American actor, comedian, and filmmaker With a net worth estimated to be around $50 million in 2023. From 2014 to 2015, he ranked 28th on Forbes magazine’s list of highest-paid actors at $16 million. Hill got so popular after playing the role of Donnie Azoff is the wolf of wall street.