What is Dave Attell’s Net Worth?
Dave Attell, an American stand-up comedian, writer, and actor, has a net worth of $6 million. He is best known for hosting Comedy Central’s “Insomniac with Dave Attell” from 2001 to 2004. Attell has also written for “Saturday Night Live” and “The Jon Stewart Show” and has appeared on numerous film and television projects, including “Arrested Development,” “Funny People,” “Trainwreck,” “The Jim Gaffigan Show,” and “Crashing.”
In addition, Attell has lent his voice to various projects, such as “Dr. Katz, Professional Therapist,” “Bob’s Burgers,” and “The Simpsons.”
Early Life and Education
Dave Attell was born in Queens, New York, on January 18, 1965, and grew up in Rockville Centre, New York. He comes from a Jewish household and has a younger sister, Monica, who is also a musician. Attell attended New York University and graduated with a communications degree in 1987. After graduation, he began testing his comedy skills at open mic-nights.
Early Career and TV Appearances
Dave Attell’s first stand-up gig was at Governor’s in Levittown, where he admitted he “totally bombed.” He made his TV debut on VH1’s “Stand-Up Spotlight” in 1988 and appeared on “The Late Show with David Letterman” for the first time in 1993. Attell’s performance on the show caught the attention of Lorne Michaels, who hired him to write for “Saturday Night Live.” Dave went on to write for 20 episodes and appeared on seven episodes of the show.
Attell was also featured on the “HBO Comedy Showcase” in 1995, the “1995 Young Comedians Special,” and got his own “HBO Comedy Half-Hour” special in 1996. He later appeared on “Pulp Comics” (1997), “Mr. Vegas All-Night Party Starring Drew Carey” (1997), “Just for Laughs” (1997), and “The N.Y. Friars Club Roast of Drew Carey” (1998).
Comedy Albums and Specials
In 2001, Dave was nominated for an American Comedy Award for Funniest Male Stand-Up Comic, and he released his first comedy album, “Skanks for the Memories…,” in 2003. He released the DVD “Hey, Your Mouth’s Not Pregnant!” in 2006 and aired his first one-hour special, “Captain Miserable,” on HBO the following year. In 2014, his one-hour special “Road Work” aired on Comedy Central.
Recent Work
Dave Attell toured with Jeff Ross in 2018, and the duo filmed a three-part documentary for Netflix titled “Bumping Mics with Jeff Ross & Dave Attell.”
Dave Attell’s Television Appearances
Dave Attell appeared on “Dr. Katz, Professional Therapist” in 1995 and 1997 and was a commentator on “The Daily Show with Jon Stewart” from 1999 to 2002. He hosted “Insomniac with Dave Attell” from 2001 to 2004, visiting cities such as Atlanta, Honolulu, Las Vegas, Myrtle Beach, and Philadelphia. Attell began appearing on “Tough Crowd with Colin Quinn” in 2002 and played himself on “Arrested Development” in 2005. In 2008, he hosted “The Gong Show with Dave Attell” and “Dave’s Old Porn” from 2011 to 2012. He hosted “Comedy Underground with Dave Attell” in 2014 and played himself on “The Jim Gaffigan Show” in 2015 and 2016 and “Crashing” from 2017 to 2019.
Attell’s Film Career
In 1999, Attell appeared in the film “Los Enchiladas!,” which was written and directed by fellow comic Mitch Hedberg, who passed away in 2005. He went on to appear in several other films, including “Pootie Tang” (2001), “Crazy for Love” (2005), “Scary Movie 4” (2006), and “The Great Buck Howard” (2008).
In 2009, he played himself in Judd Apatow’s film “Funny People.” He also lent his voice to the Mystery Machine’s GPS in “Scooby-Doo! Abracadabra-Doo” (2010) and co-starred with Amy Schumer in both “Trainwreck” (2015) and “I Feel Pretty” (2018).
Dave Attell’s Personal Life
In the late 1980s, Dave Attell dated comedian Sarah Silverman. He is currently good friends with Amy Schumer, whom he inspired to name her son “Gene Attell Fischer” in his honor. However, she later changed the middle name to David due to the potential for it to be misheard as “genital.”
