Aries Spears

Aries Spears Net Worth

Aries Spears Net Worth and salary: Aries Spears is an American stand-up comedian and actor who has a net worth of $8 million dollars. A New York native, Aries Spears was born in 1975 and was expelled from his New Jersey high school after getting into a fight with other students. He began doing comedy to fill his newfound free time and soon broke into acting with an appearance on "Def Comedy Jam" with Russell Simmons. By the early '90s, he moved to Los Angeles and began acting on "A Different World" and taking his comedy act to a variety of Hollywood venues, including The Improv and The Laugh Factory. He also appeared in "Malcolm X," "South of Sunset", "Home of Angels", "Jerry Maguire" and voiced a character on "The Proud Family". In 1997, Spears became part of the cast of MADtv, where he stayed for eight seasons. Spears grew famous for his celebrity impersonations, mimicking LL Cool J, Eddie Murphy, Queen Latifah, 50 Cent, O.J. Simpson, Al Roker and Shaq. He hosts Showtime's "The Underground" and played at the All Star Comedy Jam with Cedric the Entertainer. Spears' comedy special, "Aries Spears: Hollywood, Look I'm Smiling", debuted on Showtime in 2011. Spears' other TV and film credits include "Love Chronicles", "Josie and the Pussycats", "Why Do Fools Fall in Love", "Out-of-Sync", "The Boondocks" and "Black Dynamite".