Ray Romano Net Worth, Age, Wife

Ray Romano Net Worth

Ray Romano, an American stand-up comedian, actor and screenwriter whose full name is Raymond Albert Romano has a net worth of $200 million.

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Biography

Raymond Albert Romano is an American comedian, actor, and writer. He's best known for playing Ray Barone on the TV show Everybody Loves Raymond, which won him an Emmy.

He also voiced Manny in the Ice Age movies. Romano created and acted in the show Men of a Certain Age from 2009 to 2011. From 2012 to 2015, he appeared in the NBC series Parenthood as Hank Rizzoli, a love interest. Recently, he was in The Big Sick in 2017 and played mob lawyer Bill Bufalino in The Irishman in 2019. From 2017 to 2019, he was in the Epix series Get Shorty.

He grew up in Forest Hills, Queens, with two brothers: Richard, a NYPD sergeant, and Robert, a second-grade teacher in New York City.

Romano went to Our Lady Queen of Martyrs for elementary and middle school and graduated from Hillcrest High School in 1975.

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He was in the same high school class as Fran Drescher. Before his entertainment career, Romano briefly attended Queens College, where he studied accounting.

How old is Ray Romano?

Ray Romano was born on December 21, 1957 in New York City, United States of America. However, the American stand-up comedian, actor and screenwriter is 65 years old as of 2023.

Parents

The American stand-up comedian, actor and screenwriter's parents are Luciana Lucie (née Fortini) a piano teacher, and Albert Romano (1925–2010), a real estate agent and engineer.

Ray Romano Wife and Children

In 1987, Romano married Anna Scarpulla. They met while working at a bank. They have four children together; Alexandra Romano, Joseph Romano, Matthew Romano, and Gregory Romano. Romano's character's daughter in Everybody Loves Raymond is named Alexandra Ally Romano, just like his real-life daughter.

Initially, in the show, Ray and Debra had twin boys named Gregory and Matthew, like his real twin sons.

But he changed their names to Geoffrey and Michael onscreen because it was confusing to have all his TV children with the same names as his real kids. He also mentioned that his brother wasn't happy with Ray Barone's TV brother.

Career

Ray Romano started doing comedy in 1989 when he joined a contest called the Johnnie Walker Comedy Search, organized by Neal Marshad, who produced short films for Saturday Night Live. He also appeared on The Comedy Channel.

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His comedy career covered different places, like Comedy Central, where he often lent his voice to the show Dr. Katz, Professional Therapist. He even took part in the stand-up comedy competition Star Search. Initially, he was supposed to be Joe (later called Rick) on the TV show NewsRadio, but he got replaced by Joe Rogan.

He later performed his stand-up comedy on the Late Show with David Letterman, which helped him connect with CBS. Soon after, he became the star of his own show, Everybody Loves Raymond, on CBS, which suited his style of humor. He got nominated for six Primetime Emmy Awards, winning one in 2002. He also won two Emmy Awards as an executive producer when the show was named Outstanding Comedy Series in 2003 and 2005.

In 1998, Romano gave the opening speech at the White House Correspondents' Association dinner.

Romano and his comedian buddy Kevin James acted in the comedy Grilled as two regular salesmen trying to close a big deal.

In 2000, Romano appeared on Who Wants to Be a Millionaire, winning $125,000 for the NYPD's D.A.R.E. unit. The next year, he and one of his brothers were featured on a New York Police Department recruiting poster.

In 2004, Romano became the highest-paid TV actor ever for his role as Raymond on CBS's Everybody Loves Raymond. The show also made history by earning a whopping $3.9 billion.

On December 13, 2003, Romano made a guest appearance on the CBS game show The Price Is Right, sending a birthday card to Bob Barker for his 80th birthday on the Million Dollar Spectacular.

Romano was the subject of the documentary film 95 Miles to Go, which followed his road trip across the southern United States. The film hit theaters on April 7, 2010. In August 2006, Romano was interviewed at UCLA by fellow stand-up veteran David Steinberg for an episode of Sit Down Comedy with David Steinberg, which first aired on the TV Land network in March 2007.

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In 2008, Romano returned to TV with a new show on TNT called Men of a Certain Age, which he co-created with a former writer from Everybody Loves Raymond, Mike Royce. The show also starred Scott Bakula and Andre Braugher.

Romano made a guest appearance in the seventh season of the NBC series The Office as Merv Bronte, a nervous job applicant interviewing for Michael Scott's old job.

In the third-season premiere of the ABC sitcom The Middle, Romano played Nicky, a friend of Mike, who accidentally ruined his and Frankie's honeymoon. This marked a reunion with Patricia Heaton from Everybody Loves Raymond, with Doris Roberts also guest-starring in three episodes.

He joined the cast of Parenthood in its fourth season, playing photographer Hank Rizzoli. His character developed a romantic relationship with Sarah Braverman and formed a friendship with her nephew, who has Asperger's syndrome. This role was created specifically for him after he expressed his love for the series.

In 2002, Romano provided the voice for the woolly mammoth Manfred (Manny) in the film Ice Age, along with its sequels Ice Age: The Meltdown (2006), Ice Age: Dawn of the Dinosaurs (2009), Ice Age: Continental Drift (2012), and Ice Age: Collision Course (2016).

From 2017 to 2019, Romano played a leading role in three seasons of the MGM+ television show Get Shorty, co-starring with Chris O'Dowd.

In 2019, Romano starred in the Netflix comedy film Paddleton and portrayed mob lawyer Bill Bufalino in Martin Scorsese's The Irishman.

Looking ahead, Romano is set to portray Jim Valvano in an upcoming movie about the former NC State Wolfpack basketball coach.