Thomas Richard Christy, Jr. was born on the 1st April 1974 in Fort Scott, Kansas, USA. He is widely known as a professional drummer, who played with metal bands Iced Earth and Death and currently plays in his own heavy metal group Charred Walls of the Damned. He is a radio personality as well, who is known for working in “The Howard Stern Show”. His career has been active since 1996.
Have you ever wondered how rich Richard Christy is? Sources estimate that the overall size of Christy’s net worth is $200,000; his salary per year is $75,000. The main sum of his wealth is his career in the music industry. Another source is coming from his appearances in several radio shows. Christy has also appeared in a number of films and TV series, which have also added to his overall fortune.
Richard Christy Net Worth $200,000
Richard Christy spent his childhood in Redfield, a city in Kansas, the son of a Vietnam veteran. At the age of 10, he started playing drums in his elementary school band Uniontown. His inspiration to start playing was Alex Van Halen’s drumming in the song entitled “Hot For Teacher”, by the band Van Halen. At the beginning he played snare drum, and later his parents bought him a Gretsh drum set, so he could practice every day after school.
After graduation, Christy decided to move to Florida, hoping that he would meet the leader of the band Death, Chuck Schuldiner, and did so in the mid-1990s, soon auditioned and eventually became the new drummer of the band Death. He stayed with the band until Chuck`s death in 2001 after he lost the battle with cancer. Richard was on the band`s seventh studio album “The Sound Of Perseverance” (1998), and was also on tour with them, later that year, of which two concert albums were released, “Live In Eindhoven” (1998), and “Live In L.A” (1999). His net worth was growing a little.
Afterwards, he co-founded death metal band Burning Inside, with musicians Steve Childress, Jamie Prim, and Michael Estes. They released three albums before disbanding in 2007 – “The Eve Of Entities” (2000), “Apparition” (2001), and “Burning Inside” (2007), which considerably increased his overall net worth.
Richard was also the drummer of the band Iced Earth from 2001 until 2004, and he is currently working on his own band, called Charred Walls Of The Damned, with which he has released two albums “Charred Walls Of The Damned” (2010), and “Cold Winds Of Timeless Days” (2011).
However, apart from his successful career in music, Richard is also known for his career as a radio personality; having first appeared in 1999,.he has been an official member of the “Howard Stern Show” since 2004, performing prank calls, comedy stunts and song parodies – a useful addition to his net worth.
Richard is also known for his career as actor, which has also added to his net worth, appearing in more than 10 film and TV titles, including “Harold And Kumar Escape From Guantanamo Bay” (2008), “Booley“ (2010), “Adventures OF Serial Buddies” (2011), “Jersey Shore Masacre” (2014), and he is currently filming “Body Farm” (2016).
Speaking about Richard Christy’s personal life, he married long-time girlfriend Kristen Jenco in 2011, and they are current based in New York City. In free time he is active on Facebook, Twitter, as well as on his own website.
Albino Farm, Harold & Kumar Escape from Guantanamo Bay, Lights Camera Dead, Supertwink, Unraveled
TV Shows
Howard Stern on Demand
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Fact
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Former drummer for many popular death metal bands including: Iced Earth, Burning Inside, Incantation, Control Denied and Death.
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When John Melendez left Howard Stern's radio show, the show held a contest for someone to win the vacant job position. The audience voted for their favorite contestant. Christy, a longtime fan of the show, entered the contest and won by a wide margin.
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Worked as an electrician when he was not on tour.
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Began sending comedy bits and song parodies to Howard Stern's show in 1999.
Actor
Title
Year
Status
Character
Body Farm
2017
filming
Richard
Nerdland
2016
Confused Woman (voice)
Uncle Grandpa
2016
TV Series
Ric
Jersey Shore Massacre
2014
Junior
Rick and Morty
2014
TV Series
Zardoz Head / Teenager Morty Jr.
Motorcity
2012
TV Series
Junior, Mama's Boy
Howard Stern on Demand
2007-2011
TV Series
Retarded Flu
Adventures of Serial Buddies
2011
Skinhead leader
Blue Mountain State
2011
TV Series
Booley
2010
Lyle
Killer Hoo-Ha!
2010
Steve
Albino Farm
2009
Caleb
Metalocalypse
2008
TV Series
Lunatic Driver / 57WHYK TV News Anchor / Floridian Meteorologist
Harold & Kumar Escape from Guantanamo Bay
2008
Kenny
Lights Camera Dead
2007
The Composer
Supertwink
2006
TV Short
Rusty Peters
Writer
Title
Year
Status
Character
Howard Stern on Demand
TV Series 1 episode, 2006 writer - 1 episode, 2006
Supertwink
2006
TV Short
Howard Stern
1994
TV Series 2003-
Director
Title
Year
Status
Character
Howard Stern on Demand
2006
TV Series 2 episodes
Supertwink
2006
TV Short
Camera Department
Title
Year
Status
Character
Howard Stern on Demand
2006
TV Series camera operator - 1 episode
Supertwink
2006
TV Short camera operator
Editor
Title
Year
Status
Character
Howard Stern on Demand
2006
TV Series 1 episode
Supertwink
2006
TV Short
Producer
Title
Year
Status
Character
Howard Stern on Demand
2006
TV Series radio segment producer - 1 episode
Supertwink
2006
TV Short producer
Special Effects
Title
Year
Status
Character
Supertwink
2006
TV Short penis rocket effects
Thanks
Title
Year
Status
Character
Why You Do This
2010
Documentary special thanks
Not the Bradys XXX
2007
Video big ups
Self
Title
Year
Status
Character
That Metal Show
2014
TV Series
Himself
Ask Howard with Rachel Fine
2013
TV Series
Himself
Howard Stern on Demand
2005-2012
TV Series
Himself / Himself - Host / Ultimate Warrior / ...
Howard Stern: Behind the Scenes Show
2011
TV Series
Himself
Why You Do This
2010
Documentary
Himself
The Killers of Comedy: On the Road
2009
TV Series
Himself
The 2008 AVN Adult Movie Awards
2008
TV Special
Himself - The Howard Stern Show Personality
Talking Metal
2008
TV Series
Himself
60 Minutes
2005
TV Series documentary
Himself - Stern's Staff (segment "Howard Stern")
Howard Stern
2004
TV Series
Himself
Archive Footage
Title
Year
Status
Character
Howard Stern on Demand
2006-2007
TV Series
Himself
Known for movies
Howard Stern on Demand (2005-2012) as Writer
The Killers of Comedy: On the Road (2009) as Himself
Howard Stern (2004) as Writer
Harold & Kumar Escape from Guantanamo Bay (2008) as Kenny