Dennis Miller

Dennis Miller Net Worth

Dennis Miller net worth: Dennis Miller is an American stand-up comedian, talk show host, actor, commentator and personality who has a net worth of $30 million. Dennis Miller has earned his net worth through his career on radio, films and television. He also hosts his own TV talk show, and gives political and sports commentaries. Miller was born in Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania in November 1953. He won $500 after submitting a joke to Playboy magazine's first annual humor competition and being runner-up. He started as the host of Punch Line in the early 1980s in Pittsburgh. He started doing stand-up comedy in New York and Los Angeles. He was narrowly beat out by fellow comic Sinbad on Star Search. Saturday Night Live creator Lorne Michaels saw Miller's routine at The Comedy Store and Miller took over as Weekend Update anchor on SNL. He stayed with SNL until 1991. In 1998 he released a stand-up CD that led to an HBO special. The Dennis Miller Show was launched in 1992 but was cancelled after seven months. In 1994 he started hosting Dennis Miller Live on HBO for which he won five Emmy Awards during the show's run that ended in 2002. Miller became a color commentator for ABC's Monday Night Football in 2000, but was replaced after two seasons. TV Guide Network ranked Miller's run on MNF as the 12th Biggest TV Blunder. In 2007 Miller signed a deal to host The Dennis Miller Show, a three hour talk radio program.