Chris Hardwick

Chris Hardwick Net Worth

Chris Hardwick net worth and salary: Chris Hardwick is an American comedian, entrepreneur and television host who has a net worth of $15 million. Chris Hardwick was born on November 23, 1971 in Louisville, Kentucky. His father was a professional bowler. For college Chris attended UCLA where for a time he was roommates with Star Trek star Wil Wheaton. In the mid-90s, Chris landed a DJ job at KROQ radio in Los Angeles. In 1993 he was hired to host a show called Trashed on MTV. It was his next MTV hosting gig, for a show called Singled Out, that made him famous. Chris co-hosted Singled Out from 1995 – 1998. After that show went off the air, he hopped from show to show, briefly serving as host to G4's Web Soup. He also began performing comedy regularly around Los Angeles and eventually other cities. In 2010, Chris launched The Nerdist Podcast which helped bring his career to a new level. His "Nerd" empire grew to a production studio, television shows and more. In 2011, Chris began hosting Talking Dead, a live half-hour aftershow that discussed The Walking Dead. Chris parlayed this job into a series of related aftershows including Talking Bad (for Breaking Bad). In July 2012, movie studio Legendary pictures purchased Nerdist Industries for an undisclosed price. From 2013 – 2017, he hosted the Comedy Central game show @midnight with Chris Hardwick. The show, which Chris also created, wrote and executive produced, ultimately aired 600 episodes. In June 2018, Chris' ex-girlfriend Chloe Dykstra accused him of being sexually and emotionally abusive for years during their relationship. Her Medium post was so scathing that is instantly caused Nerdist to erase all mentions of Chris from their website and has jeopardized his career at large potentially forever.