Corbin Dean Bernsen was born on 7 September 1954, in North Hollywood, California, USA, and is a director and actor, best known for his acting work in television shows including as divorce attorney Arnold Becker in “L.A. Law”, and in “The Dentist” as Dr. Alan Feinstone. All of his endeavors have helped put his net worth to where it is today.
How rich is Corbin Bernsen? As of late-2016, sources inform us of a net worth that is at $6 million, mostly earned through a successful career on television. He was part of the comedy-drama series “Psych”, and has made regular appearances in other shows, including “Cuts” and “General Hospital”. All of these achievements have ensured the position of his wealth.
Corbin Bernsen Net Worth $6 million
Corbin attended Beverly High School and matriculated in 1972, and then attended the University of California, Los Angeles (UCLA), earning a BA in Theatre Arts in 1977. Two years later, he would receive an MFA in Playwriting.
Bernsen started his career in the soap opera “Ryan’s Hope” in which he stayed for two years. In 1986, he was cast in the series “L.A. Law” as lawyer Arnold Becker, which would help boost his popularity. The show earned him Golden Globe and Emmy nominations, then increased his net worth. He would then appear as a guest in “Seinfeld” and “The Larry Sanders Show” while also being featured in magazines. He would stay with “L.A. Law” for its entire run until 1994.
Corbin would then appear in several films with actor Bruce Payne. These included “Aurora: Operation Intercept” and “Kounterfeit”, and he would then become the titular character in the horror film “The Dentist”, and reprise the role in the sequel. Afterwards, he was cast in the sports comedy “Major League” as well as its sequels. In 2004, he became a part of “General Hospital” as John Durant, staying with the show for almost two years before his character was killed off. His next role would be in “Cuts”, and he would also portray a lawyer in “Boston Legal”. He then appeared in “Star Trek: The Next Generation”, “JAG”, and “The West Wing”; all these continued appearances helped his net worth rise further.
Bernsen would also delve into directing and producing work, creating the film “Dead Air”. His next role would be in “Psych” and the film “Rust”. One of his latest appearances was in the series “Switched at Birth”in which he appeared as a guest. His net worth was growing steadily.
Aside from his acting endeavors, Corbin is the co-owner of Public Media Works, and the company’s first film was “Carpool Guy” released on DVD during 2005. He then founded Team Cherokee Productions with Kyle McDonald. A few of his latest films are focused more on the Christian theme with films such as “Rust” which was released in 2010. He also formed Home Theater Films which focuses on the Christian Market. Some of his latest projects there include “Christian Mingle”, and “Beyond the Heavens”.
Bernsen is also a writer, releasing his first novel entitled “Rust: The Novel” in 2015.
For his personal life, it is known the Corbin has been married to actress Amanda Pays since 1988. They have four sons, with the family appearing in “Celebrity Family Feud” last 2008. Bernsen also owns one of the largest snow globe collections in the world, having 8,000 of them.
Primetime Emmy Award for Outstanding Lead Actor in a Drama Series, Golden Globe Award for Best Performance by an Actor in a Television Series – Drama, Satellite Award for Best Supporting Actor – Comedy or Musical
Movies
Kiss Kiss Bang Bang, Christian Mingle, The Dentist, Major League, 25 Hill, The Dentist 2, Major League: Back to the Minors, Major League II, Tales from the Hood, Disorganized Crime, The Great White Hype, 3 Day Test, Shattered, Love Comes Softly, Dead Air, Hello Again, Lay the Favorite, Kounterfeit, ...
TV Shows
Psych, How Much Is Enough?, The Extraordinary, The Cape, L.A. Law, Ryan's Hope, A Whole New Ballgame
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[In a chat with Conan O'Brien, said playfully] Most women in the business sneak off to Costa Rica and return with a new younger face, but no my mother has hers done live on TV and has it written into her script.
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They sent me some tapes of the original Mole and I thought it was pretty intriguing. I'm sort of an experimenter; I thought it'd be interesting to play around and see what's there. It was fun. Turned out to be good.
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Yeah, I think if I were to go again, I'd try to go more on gut feelings and stick with it. I was on to Frederique. I found clues for everything, I found tons of stuff.
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There's nothing like coming home here, having the day off or morning off and going surfing. In Orlando I don't know what I would do.
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We need a space program because we need explorers. It's in our souls.
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Well, acting was just in me and I tried to avoid it. I didn't want to do what my parents did, you know?
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I'm very much looking forward to my 30-40 years of acting, and, as I get older, I'm really looking forward to some of the roles that are out there to play.
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Taking employment out of the country - now that's taking away jobs. These shows employ a lot of people: production, post-production, music supervisors, camera people. A hundred people or more.
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I'd like to direct some, act in some of them, and produce.
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I'm sort of an experimenter; I thought it'd be interesting to play around and see what's there.
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In daytime, they're doing 50-60 pages a day, whereas nighttime, you do seven or eight.
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It's a great counter to doing the soap because it's a comedy. It's real physical comedy.
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It's an addictive thing. It's not so much I like to go win, but it's a rush.
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I love to entertain, I love to make people laugh, cry, and move them, perhaps moving them in their lives.
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If we stop exploring space, we're going to lose the same part of us that found vaccines and penicillin, the part that searches for cures to cancer and AIDS.
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It's not so much I like to go win, but it's a rush. A horrible gut wrenching thing, but it's exciting.
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I have to say, though, it's a little strange doing both because Durant is very straight and stern and austere.
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I saw the excitement, going to different places, being able to explore emotion in a healthy way.
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Due completing a UK based film joined many co-stars from prior shows when marketing PR visited the most densely packed (UK non-Award), celebrity event 'Save the Rose Theatre' campaigns, public PR day, May 1989. [See also S.O.B. (1981) & Major League (1989). ].
Corbin's father, whose family's surname was originally "Bernstein", was of German Jewish descent. Corbin's mother had English, Scottish, and more distant Welsh and French, ancestry.
Artist Wayne Barlowe picked Bernsen to be his model for a series of paintings used as cover art for science fiction paperbacks, most notably Keith Laumer's "James Bond in Space" Retief series.
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He owns over 7000 snowglobes.
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Was so eager to get the role in L.A. Law (1986) that he drove cross-country in his jeep to track down Steven Bochco and ask him to give him another shot.
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Graduated Beverly Hills High School in 1972.
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President of Public Media Works; a Television and Motion Picture Production Company with an interactive Virtual Studio at www.publicmediaworks.com
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Is cousin of Rod Bernsen, who is known as Southern California's #1 police news-specialist for Fox 11 News.