Michael Blackson was born on the 28th November 1972, in Accra, Ghana. He is an actor and comedian which are the main sources of his net worth. It should be noted, he rose to prominence as a stand up comedian touring through various comedy festivals. He is also known under the names Michael Black, Mike Blackson and Click–Click. Michael Blackson has been active in the entertainment industry since 1993.
How much is Michael Blackson’s net worth? Under the latest estimations, it has been reported that the outright size of his wealth is as much as $2 million, accumulated over more than 20 years in the entertainment industry.
Michael Blackson Net Worth $2 Million
Michael’s family moved to the USA whilst he was still a young boy, and after which he was exposed to an enormous variety of entertainment. It was the great comedian Eddie Murphy, who inspired Michael to pursue a career in the comedy sphere, and he started developing his talent entertaining people in various comedy clubs located in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, USA. After experiencing success, he decided to participate in a number of comedy competitions including the Comedy Central Tour USA 1992, Schlitz Malt Liquor Comedy Tour 1993, Urban Comedy Festival 1996, Laffapolooza Comedy Festival 2000 and Bay Area Black Comedy Competition 2001 which took place in various places of USA like Philadelphia, Valley Forge, Atlanta, California and New York City. “Modasucka: Welcome to America” (2005) the CD released by Michael Blackson reached the top of the best selling comedy sketches, and being financially profitable it earned him a lot of money. On the whole, stand up comedy not only made him famous in the field but also added sums to the total size of Michael Blackson’s net worth.
Michael Blackson continued his career with on-screen roles which also increased the size of his wealth. He is known for starring in the comedy film directed by Steve Carr, “Next Friday” (2000). Michael has appeared on television screens too: one of the first roles he landed was in 2005 the sitcom “30 Rock” created by Tina Fey. He then starred alongside Master P in the film “Repos” (2007). Later, he had a role in the television series “Are We There Yet? “(2010) created by Ice Cube and Ali LeRoi. Following this, he made appearances in several other programs including “Judge Joe Brown” (2011), “Get Money” (2011) and “The Mo’Nique Show” (2011). All assisted the growth of his net worth.
As a stand up comedian, Michael was seen in “Martin Lawrence Presents – 1st Amendment Stand-up” (2011) and “Shaq’s All Star Comedy Jam” (2011). Afterwards, he was seen in several feature films including “One Night in Vegas” (2013) directed by John Uche, in which Blackson starred in the main cast alongside Jimmy Jean-Louis, John Dumelo and Yvonne Nelson, particul;arly notable as the film won three NAFC Awards. He portrayed Mr. Wooky in the comedy “Meet the Blacks” (2015). Currently, Michael Blackson is working on the set of the upcoming film “Black Panther” (2017) which is believed will also add significant sum to the total size of his net worth.
Concerning the personal life of the comedian, he prefers to keep it private and does not reveal any facts of his private life.
