Christopher Ryan Hardwick was born on 23rd November 1971, in Louisville, Kentucky USA of part Italian descent. He is a stand up comedian, actor, television personality, writer and musician which are the sources of Chris Hardwick’s net worth. He was nominated for an Emmy Award and won the Spike Guys’ Choice Award for Smartacus. Hardwick has been active in the entertainment industry since 1991.
How rich is Mr. Hardwick? Sources have reported that the overall size of Chris’s net worth stands at $10 million, accumulated fom his varied career over a period of almost 25 years.
Chris Hardwick Net Worth $10 Million
To give some background facts, he was born to parents Billy Hardwick, a professional bowler and Sharon Hills Facente, a real estate agent, and was raised in Memphis, Tennessee. He was educated at St. Benedict at Auburndale K-12 School, Regis Jesuit High School and Loyola High School to receive high school education. Hardwick majored in philosophy at The University of California, Los Angeles.
In 1991, he debuted on television appearing in the episode of television series “Thirthysomething”. As an actor among many small roles he landed was that of Sean Barker in Dan Schneider’s sitcom “Guys Like Us” (1998–1999), voiced Glowface in the animated series “The X’s (2005–2006) and Otis in the animated series “Back at the Barnyard” (2007–2011). It should be mentioned that hosting is a very important source of Chris Hardwick net worth, given his articulate ability in front of the camera. Chris hosted the game show “Singled Out” (1995–1998), the television show “Shipmates” (2001–2003), the weekly series “Web Soup” (2009–2011), the live talk shows “Talking Dead” (2011–present) and “Talking Bad” (2013). All these projects contributed steadily to Chris’ net worth.
In 2013, Chris debuted as a creator and the executive producer of the late night panel game show “@midnight with Chris Hardwick” (2013–present) hosted by Hardwick himself. It was a huge success as his show received a nomination for an Emmy Award as the Outstanding Interactive Program. On the whole, television increased the total size of Chris Hardwick net worth considerably.
To add more, feature films are another source of Chris Hardwick’s net worth. He began with small roles in the feature films “Courting Courtney” (1997), “Beach House” (1998), “Art House” and others. Chris was cast in the comedy film “Jane White Is Sick & Twisted” (2002), the horror film “House of 1000 Corpses” (2003), the drama film “Spectres” (2004) and the comedy film “The Mother of Invention” (2009). Moreover, he voiced Bones in the animated film “Lego: The Adventures of Clutch Powers” (2010). His net worth again increased with each appearance.
Additionally, the comedy musical duo called “Hard’n Phirm was founded in 1994 and is active up until now with founding members Mike Phirman and Chris Hardwick. The two have been performing as well as releasing two studio albums which have also added sums to Chris Hardwick and his partner’s net worth.
Some facts about the personal life of Hardwick; the latter has never been married though was engaged once to the actress and model Jacinda Barrett. More, he has been in relationships with actresses Janet Varney and Chloe Dykstra. Now, he is dating the actress, model and blogger Lydia Hearst. He confessed to be an alcoholic, but states that he gave up alcohol more than 10 years ago.
Actor, Comedian, Musician, TV Personality, Voice Actor, Presenter, Television producer, Radio DJ, Writer, Broadcaster
Education
University of California, Los Angeles, Regis Jesuit High School
Nationality
United States of America
Spouse
Lydia Hearst
Parents
Sharon Hills, Billy Hardwick
Siblings
Eddie Hardwick
Partner
Chloe Dykstra
Nicknames
Christopher R. Hardwick , Christopher Ryan Hardwick , Chris Ryan Hardwick , Christopher Hardwick , Big C , Christopher Ryan "Chris" Hardwick , Hard 'n Phirm , Hardwick , Hard n' Phirm
Primetime Emmy Award for Outstanding Interactive Program, Shorty Industry Award for Best in Television
Movies
House of 1000 Corpses
TV Shows
@midnight, Talking Dead, Singled Out, Talking Bad, Web Soup, Attack of the Show!, Shipmates, Wired Science, Guys Like Us, Back at the Barnyard, The X's, The Wall, The Legend of Korra, Hollywood Squares, Trashed, The Whole 19 Yards
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[on why he quit drinking] When I was 22, I got a job working as co-host of Singled Out (1995), MTV's mass human-fluid transfer experiment. It was a weird accident, and had I been mentally prepared to handle the responsibility, it would have been a good thing. But the erroneous lesson that I learned from getting hired at MTV was "work just falls into your lap." What followed were several years of laziness, drinking, and fuck-ups on my part. This "woo-hoo par-tay" attitude piloted my brain through my twenties as I tried desperately to ditch the scared, wienerly nerd I had always been to fit in with the "cool kids," whoever those oft-referred-to assholes are. Three years after the MTV gig ended, I was doing stand-up full-time and unwittingly tripped over my 30th birthday. It was at this first mortality mile-marker that I began to look around at my life: I was consuming a baby elephant's weight in alcohol every day. I lived in a shitty apartment near UCLA (where I had gone to school-apparently I had become that dude who wouldn't leave), my apartment was always a mess, I had ruined my credit, and I had no real work prospects. I had become what I'd always dreaded being-the fat, drunk guy who used to be on television. Back when I was working at MTV (which oddly, at one time, aired short films set to popular music), people used to talk about an MTV curse-that you might not "hit it any bigger" after your time there. I always recoiled at the thought of this curse, and here I was taking active steps every fucking day to make it happen... I knew that I had two choices: I could continue living the way I was living and die pickled and unemployed, or make sweeping changes with the hope of salvaging my life.
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[on quitting drinking] Ultimately, it's the best decision I've ever made in my life. There's an economy of energy that you have in your life. You just have to devote it to things that are good for you, for the most part, that's more constructive than drinking. And one of them doesn't end in uncontrollable vomiting and crying...The first thing I noticed about sobriety? I lost about 20 pounds within a couple of months. I started getting compliments. This was highly motivating. Years later, and through much therapy, I would come to discover all of the really bad things (as opposed to weight gain) alcoholism caused, like anxiety, paranoia, and perpetual emotional infancy.
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Fact
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Was in a relationship with Janet Varney (2004-2011).
Tales from the Borderlands: A Telltale Games Series
2014
Video Game
Vaughn / Additional Voices (voice)
The Real Housewives of Horror
2014
TV Series
Chris Hardwick
Evolve: Chris Hardwick vs. Team Nerdist
2014
TV Movie
Maron
2014
TV Series
Chris Hardwick
Math Bites
2014
TV Series
Man in Tutu
Booker, Catch!
2013
Short
Booker
Outlands
2013
TV Series
The Kid
Tiny Commando
2013
TV Mini-Series
Guard
Video Game High School
2013
TV Series
News Anchor
Star Wars Cantina Karaoke
2013
Short
Han Solo
Homemade Movies
2013
TV Series
Luke Skywalker
Waco Valley
2012
TV Series short
The Lifeguard
All Star Bowling Trick Shots
2012
Video short
Chris Hardwick
Ben Folds Five: Do It Anyway
2012
Video short
Gate Guard
Scooby-Doo! Mystery Incorporated
2011-2012
TV Series
Evallo Von Meanskrieg / Graveyard Ghoul / Maxwell / ...
The Legend of Korra
2012
TV Series
Sokka
Clip Cup 3
2012
Short
Extremely Loud & Incredibly Close
2011
Estate Sale Organizer (as Christopher Hardwick)
Back at the Barnyard
2007-2011
TV Series
Otis the Cow Otis Announcer ...
Mash Up
2011
TV Movie
McBusters
2010-2011
TV Series short
Morgan Spurlock
Lego: The Adventures of Clutch Powers
2010
Bones (voice)
Lego Clutch Powers: Bad Hair Day
2010
Short
Bones (voice)
Halloween II
2009
David Newman
The Mother of Invention
2009
Drake Wooderson
Atom TV
2008
TV Series segment "Guacamole"
- Episode #1.9 2008 ... segment "Guacamole" voice
Radio Adventures of Dr. Floyd
2008
TV Series
Alexander Hamilton (voice)
The Batman
2007-2008
TV Series
Green Arrow Oliver Queen
CSI: Crime Scene Investigation
2006
TV Series
Mikey Shoemaker
The X's
2005-2006
TV Series
Glowface
The Life Coach
2005
Milos
Zoey 101
2005
TV Series
Garth Berman - Executive Chairman
Johnson Family Vacation
2004
Arson Investigator
Spectres
2004
Sam Phillips
Terminator 3: Rise of the Machines
2003
2nd Engineer
House of 1000 Corpses
2003
Jerry Goldsmith
Jane White Is Sick & Twisted
2002
Burger
Shipmates
2001
TV Series
Host
The Zeta Project
2001
TV Series
Ro's Brother
Battle of the Sitcoms
2000
TV Series
Jim Splitt
Jack & Diane
2000
Short
Jack
Guys Like Us
1998-1999
TV Series
Sean Barker
Art House
1998
Weston Craig
Win a Date
1998
Short
Evrett
Cartoon Sushi
1998
TV Series
Screams (segment "Performance Art Starring Chainsaw Bob")
Courting Courtney
1997
Tim
Married with Children
1996
TV Series
Dan Inwood
Beach House
1996
Ross
Performance Art: Starring Chainsaw Bob
1992
Short
Screams (voice)
Thirtysomething
1991
TV Series
Young Man
Producer
Title
Year
Status
Character
WoW MoM
Documentary executive producer post-production
The Wall
2016
TV Series executive producer
Talking Dead
2014-2016
TV Series producer - 28 episodes
Talking Preacher
2016
TV Series executive producer - 2 episodes
@midnight
2013-2016
TV Series executive producer - 11 episodes
Bloodworks
2014-2016
TV Series executive producer - 7 episodes
Chris Hardwick: Funcomfortable
2016
TV Special executive producer
Talking Saul
2016
TV Series executive producer - 2 episodes
Sleight of Mouth with Justin Willman
2015
TV Movie executive producer
'Weird Al' Yankovic: Tacky
2014
Video short producer
Saber
2012-2014
TV Series short executive producer - 2 episodes
NerdTerns
2012-2014
TV Series executive producer - 11 episodes
Math Bites
2014
TV Series executive producer - 5 episodes
The Blade Runner Holiday Special
2013
Short executive producer
Doctor Who 50th Anniversary Live Pre-Show
2013
TV Movie executive producer
Blood and Guts with Scott Ian
2012-2013
TV Series executive producer - 17 episodes
Nerdist Presents: A Conversation with... Bill Paxton
2013
TV Movie executive producer
Futurama Live!
2013
TV Series short producer
Breaking Belding
2013
Short executive producer
Nerdist Presents: Carrie vs. Slash
2013
TV Movie executive producer
Star Wars Cantina Karaoke
2013
Short executive producer
Zero Charisma
2013
executive producer
The Real World: Whiterun
2013
TV Series executive producer
Neil's Puppet Dreams
2012
TV Series executive producer - 1 episode
Chris Hardwick: Mandroid
2012
TV Special executive producer
Nerd Down & 10
2012
TV Series executive producer
Try This at Home!
2012
TV Series executive producer
Ben Folds Five: Do It Anyway
2012
Video short executive producer
COPS: Skyrim
2012
TV Series executive producer
4 Points
2012
TV Series executive producer - 15 episodes
Face to Face with 'Weird Al' Yankovic
2012
TV Series producer - 8 episodes
Tournament of Nerds
2012
TV Series executive producer
Puppet for President
2011
TV Series executive producer
Art House
1998
co-producer
Soundtrack
Title
Year
Status
Character
Sanjay and Craig
2013-2016
TV Series performer - 11 episodes
The Tonight Show Starring Jimmy Fallon
2014
TV Series performer - 1 episode
The Legend of Neil
2010
TV Series performer - 1 episode
The Haunted World of El Superbeasto
2009
Video writer: "Suzi X", "El Superbeasto", "Velvet Von Black", "Otto Explains It All", "Zombie Nazis", "The Old Bloodbath Routine", "Catfight!"
Writer
Title
Year
Status
Character
Chris Hardwick: Funcomfortable
2016
TV Special
@midnight
2014-2015
TV Series 3 episodes
Chris Hardwick: Mandroid
2012
TV Special written by
Mash Up
2012
TV Series writer - 1 episode
Hard 'n Phirm's Musical Timehole
2011
TV Series creator
Funny as Hell
2011
TV Series writer - 1 episode
Back at the Barnyard
2009
TV Series written by - 1 episode
Comedy Central Presents
2008
TV Series documentary writer - 1 episode
Composer
Title
Year
Status
Character
Hard 'n Phirm's Musical Timehole
2011
TV Series
Atom TV
2008
TV Series 3 episodes
Music Department
Title
Year
Status
Character
Earth to Echo
2014
provider: additional music: The Nerdist Podcast audio
The Benson Interruption
2010
TV Series composer - 1 episode
Costume Designer
Title
Year
Status
Character
Singled Out
1998
TV Series documentary 1 episode
Thanks
Title
Year
Status
Character
The Wil Wheaton Project
2014
TV Series special thanks - 1 episode
Marvel Studios: Assembling a Universe
2014
TV Movie documentary thanks
Cinematic Titanic: Danger on Tiki Island
2010
special thanks
Cinematic Titanic: East Meets Watts
2009
Video special thanks
Self
Title
Year
Status
Character
The Late Late Show with James Corden
2015
TV Series
Himself
2015 Primetime Creative Arts Emmy Awards
2015
TV Movie
Himself - Presenter: Outstanding Documentary or Nonfiction Special / Outstanding Documentary or Nonfiction Series / Outstanding Informational Series or Special / ...
Comedy Bang! Bang!
2013-2015
TV Series
Himself
Misery Loves Comedy
2015
Documentary
Himself
Real Time with Bill Maher
2014-2015
TV Series
Himself - Guest
Larry King Now
2012-2014
TV Series
Himself - Guest
Comedy Central's All-Star Non-Denominational Christmas Special
2014
TV Special
Some Dis-Assembly Required
2014
Short
Himself
Today
2012-2014
TV Series
Himself / Himself - Guest
Epic Meal Empire
2014
TV Series
Himself
The Meltdown with Jonah and Kumail
2014
TV Series
Himself - Guest
The 66th Primetime Emmy Awards
2014
TV Special
Himself - Presenter: Outstanding Directing for a Variety Special
Doctor Who: After Who Live
2014
TV Movie
Himself
Garfunkel and Oates
2014
TV Series
Himself
Spoilers
2014
TV Series
Himself
Video Games: The Movie
2014
Documentary
Himself
Guys Choice Awards 2014
2014
TV Special
Himself
The Wil Wheaton Project
2014
TV Series
Himself - Guest
Just for Laughs: All-Access
2014
TV Series
Himself - Host
In Bed with Joan
2014
TV Series
Himself - Guest
Chaotic Awesome
2014
TV Series
Himself
NerdTerns
2012-2014
TV Series
Himself
Marvel Studios: Assembling a Universe
2014
TV Movie documentary
Himself
Harmontown
2014
Documentary
Himself
Chris Hardwick's All-Star Celebrity Bowling
2012-2013
TV Series
Himself - Host
The Late Late Show with Craig Ferguson
2010-2013
TV Series
Himself / Himself - Guest
The Talk
2013
TV Series
Himself - Guest
Good Morning Today
2013
TV Series
Himself
The Walking Dead: A Decade of Dead
2013
TV Short documentary
Himself
Talking Bad
2013
TV Series
Himself - Host
The Fire Rises: The Creation and Impact of the Dark Knight Trilogy
2013
Video documentary
Himself
The Course of the Force Lightsaber Relay, from Skywalker Ranch to Comic-Con
2013
Short
Himself
The Walking Dead: Cast and Creators Live at Paleyfest
2013
TV Movie
Himself - Host
Late Night with Jimmy Fallon
2009-2013
TV Series
Himself / Himself - Guest
The Nerdist
2013
TV Series
Himself / Himself - Host
AM Northwest
2013
TV Series
Himself
The Return of Return of the Jedi: 30 Years and Counting
2013
Short
Himself
5th Annual Shorty Awards
2013
Video
Himself - Presenter
My Drunk Kitchen
2013
TV Series
Himself
The Gamer's Guide to Wreck-It Ralph
2013
Video short
Himself
Joan & Melissa: Joan Knows Best?
2013
TV Series
Himself
TableTop
2013
TV Series
Himself - Guest
Attack of the Show!
2008-2013
TV Series
Himself / Himself - Tech Expert / Himself - Gadget Pr0n / ...
Chelsea Lately
2009-2013
TV Series
Himself - Round Table / Himself
Nerdist: Course of the Force
2012-2013
TV Mini-Series
Himself / Himself - Host
The Soup
2010-2012
TV Series
Himself / Himself - Guest
Chris Hardwick: Mandroid
2012
TV Special
Himself
Mash Up
2012
TV Series
Himself - Comedian
The Destinations of Doctor Who
2012
TV Movie documentary
Himself
The Timey-Wimey of Doctor Who
2012
TV Movie documentary
Himself
The Women of Doctor Who
2012
TV Movie documentary
Himself
The Nerdist: Tribute to Science
2012
TV Movie
Himself
The Nerdist: Tribute to Nerd Girls
2012
TV Movie
Himself
The Nerdist: Tribute to Time Travel
2012
TV Movie
Himself
The Nerdist: Comic Con
2012
TV Movie
Himself
The Nerdist: Tribute to Toys & Games
2012
TV Movie
Himself
Comic Con 2012 Live
2012
TV Movie
Himself - Host
Speakeasy: With Paul F. Tompkins
2012
TV Series
Himself
The Nerdist: January Special
2012
TV Movie
Himself
The Nerdist: The Fades Special
2012
TV Movie
Himself
Talk Nerdy to Me
2011
TV Movie
Himself / correspondant
Undivided: The Preston and Steve Experience
2011
Documentary
Himself - Comedian
The Nerdist: End of the Year Special
2011
TV Movie
Himself
The Nerdist: Year in Review
2011
TV Special
Himself
The Death and Return of Superman
2011
Short
Himself
Rove LA
2011
TV Series
Himself
Pretend Time
2011
TV Series
Himself
The Nerdist
2011
TV Movie
Himself - Host
What's Trending
2011
TV Series
Himself
The Green Room with Paul Provenza
2011
TV Series
Himself
Web Soup
2009-2011
TV Series
Himself - Host / Himself
E3 '11 Live
2011
TV Movie
Himself - Floor Reporter
Funny as Hell
2011
TV Series
Himself - Comedian
We Are the World 25.75
2010
Video short
Himself
The Benson Interruption
2010
TV Series
Himself
Spotlight: Sony
2010
TV Movie
Himself
New York Stand-Up Show
2010
TV Series
Himself
I Am Comic
2010
Documentary
Himself
The Bonnie Hunt Show
2010
TV Series
Himself
The Whole 19 Yards
2009
TV Movie
Himself - Host
Kevin Pollak's Chat Show
2009
TV Series
Himself
Spotlight: Nintendo
2009
TV Movie
Himself
Spotlight: Electronic Arts
2009
TV Movie
Himself
Comedy Central Presents
2008
TV Series documentary
Himself
Wired Science
2007
TV Series documentary
Himself / Himself - Host
I Love the '70s: Volume 2
2006
TV Series
Himself (as Hard 'n Phirm)
I Love the 80's 3-D
2005
TV Series documentary
Himself
'Reservoir Dogs' Revisited
2005
TV Special documentary
Himself
I Love the '90s: Part Deux
2005
TV Series documentary
Himself
Party @ the Palms
2005
TV Series
Himself
Retrosexual: The 80's
2004
TV Mini-Series documentary
Himself
Shorties Watchin' Shorties
2004
TV Series
Himself
Player$
2003
TV Series
Himself
Media Whore
2002
Short
Himself
Premium Blend
2001
TV Series
Himself
Hollywood Squares
2001
TV Series
Himself
Late Friday
2001
TV Series
Himself
1997 MTV Movie Awards
1997
TV Special documentary
Himself
Jeopardy!
1997
TV Series
Himself - Celebrity Contestant
Boy Meets World
1996
TV Series
Himself
MTV's Singled Out: Dirt on the Dates
1996
Video
Himself - Host
MADtv
1996
TV Series
Himself
MTV Spring Break: Panama City Beach
1996
TV Movie
Himself - Host
MTV Invades Your Space
1995
TV Special
Himself
MTV Video Music Awards 1995
1995
TV Special
Himself
Singled Out
1995
TV Series
Himself - Host
MTV Spring Break: Lake Havasu
1995
TV Movie
Himself - Host
Trashed
1994
TV Series
Himself - Host
Under the Smogberry Trees
2016
Documentary post-production
Himself
The Wall
2016
TV Series
Himself - Host
Chelsea
2016
TV Series
Himself
@midnight
2013-2016
TV Series
Himself - Host / Himself
Talking Dead
2011-2016
TV Series
Himself - Host / Himself
The Tonight Show Starring Jimmy Fallon
2014-2016
TV Series
Himself
Ear Buds: The Podcasting Documentary
2016
Documentary
Himself
Live with Kelly and Michael
2016
TV Series
Himself - Guest Co-Host
The Daily Show
2016
TV Series
Himself
2016 Creative Arts Emmys
2016
TV Movie
Himself - Presenter: Outstanding Main Title Theme Music / Outstanding Main Title Design / Outstanding Cinematography for a Multi-Camera Series / ...
Talking Preacher
2016
TV Series
Himself - Host
Conan
2011-2016
TV Series
Himself - Guest
Chris Hardwick: Funcomfortable
2016
TV Special
Himself
Last Call with Carson Daly
2016
TV Series
Himself
Jimmy Kimmel Live!
2005-2016
TV Series
Himself / Himself - Guest
Talking Saul
2016
TV Series
Himself - Host
Not Safe with Nikki Glaser
2016
TV Series
Himself
Join or Die with Craig Ferguson
2016
TV Series
Himself - Special Guest
Archive Footage
Title
Year
Status
Character
The Drunken Peasants
2015
TV Series
Himself
Homemade Movies
2013
TV Series
Himself
Attack of the Show!
2011
TV Series
Himself - Gadget Pr0n / Himself - Gadget Pron / Himself
Biography
2007
TV Series documentary
Himself
Won Awards
Year
Award
Ceremony
Nomination
Movie
2016
Primetime Emmy
Primetime Emmy Awards
Outstanding Creative Achievement in Interactive Media - Social TV Experience
@midnight (2013)
2015
Primetime Emmy
Primetime Emmy Awards
Outstanding Creative Achievement in Interactive Media - Social TV Experience
@midnight (2013)
2015
Webby Award
The Webby Awards
Entertainment
@midnight (2013)
2014
Webby Award
The Webby Awards
Online Film & Video: Events & Live Webcasts
Futurama Live! (2013)
Nominated Awards
Year
Award
Ceremony
Nomination
Movie
2016
Primetime Emmy
Primetime Emmy Awards
Outstanding Interactive Program
Talking Dead (2011)
2016
BTVA Video Game Voice Acting Award
Behind the Voice Actors Awards
Best Vocal Ensemble in a Video Game
Tales from the Borderlands: A Telltale Games Series (2014)