Steven Van Zandt Net Worth

Steven Lento net worth is
$80 Million

Steven Lento Wiki Biography

Steven Van Zandt was born as Steven Lento on the 22nd November 1950 in Winthrop, Massachusetts, USA of Italian and American ancestry. He is a musician, singer, songwriter,record producer and DJ, perhaps best recognized as a member of the E Street Band. Besides that, he is also known for his role in the TV series “The Sopranos” (1999-2007). His career has been active since 1968.

Have you ever wondered how rich Steven Van Zandt is, as of early 2016? According to sources, it is estimated that the size of Steven’s net worth is over $80 million, which has been accumulated through his successful career as a musician. Another source is coming from his successful career as an actor, appearing in several projects.

Steven Van Zandt Net Worth $80 Million

Steven Van Zandt was born to Mary Lento – the name of his biological father is unknown, and his last name came from his stepfather William Van Zandt; his half-brother is Billy Van Zandt, who is known as an actor and film producer. At the age of seven, he moved with his family to Middletown Township, New Jersey. From an early age he showed interests in music, and he started playing the guitar.

Steven`s career began when he was a teenager, playing guitar in several bands during the 1960s, however, at the beginning of the 1970s he became more focused on a career in music, and soon extended his friendship with Bruce Springsteen to a professional level, as he became a member of the E-Street band. Throughout the 1970s, and until the mid-1980s, Steven contributed to the E-Street band as a guitarist, and occasional mandolin player. During his first stint with the E-Street band, Steven contributed on albums such as “Born to Run” (1975), “The River” (1980), and “Born in the U.S.A.” (1984), after which he left the band, and started several projects on his own. However, he rejoined the band in 1999, and participated in creating such albums as “18 Tracks” (1999), “The Rising” (2002), “Magic” (2007), “The Promise” (2010), “Wrecking Ball” (2012), and latest release “High Hopes” (2014), all of which have increased Steven`s net worth.

Apart from his success with the E-Street band and Bruce Springsteen, Steven has also collaborated with the band Southside Johnny & The Asbury Jukes, with which he has released seven studio albums, including “I Don`t Want To Go Home” (1976), “This Time It`s For Real” (1977), “Hearts Of Stone” (1978), “Better Days” (1991), and most recently “Jukebox” in 2007, which have increased his net worth.

Steven has also started several bands on his own; most recognized is the band Little Steven and Disclosed Souls, with which he has released five studio albums that have also benefited his net worth. His first album was released in 1982, entitled “Men Without Women”, which only reached No. 118 on the US Billboard 200 chart. His second album came out in 1984, entitled “Voice Of America”, entering into the 100 best albums at No. 55. Steven released two more albums “Freedom- No Compromise” (1987), and “Revolution” (1989), but after that he put his solo career aside, to return ten years later with the album “Born Again Savage” (1999), which also added to his net worth.

Thanks to his talents, Steven has received several prestigious awards, including induction into the Rock ‘n’ Roll Hall Of Fame, as a member of the E-Street band, among many others. Regarding his personal life, Steven has been married to actress Maureen Santoro since 1982. He is known for his charity work, as he is a member of the non-profit organization Little Kids Rock, for which he was rewarded with “Big Man of the Year” award in 2013.

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Net Worth	$80 Million
Date Of Birth	November 22, 1950
Place Of Birth	Boston, Massachusetts, United States
Height	5' 7" (1.7 m)
Profession	Actor, Music Department, Soundtrack
Nationality	American
Spouse	Maureen van zandt since
IMDB	http://imdb.com/name/nm3492009

#	Trademark
1	Known for wearing a bandana on his head

#	Quote
1	[on the closing episode of the 'Sopranos'] I had to go on one of those nationally syndicated shows the next morning, so I heard from the whole country how upset they were. So I just started asking people, Okay, what's your ending? Does the family get wiped out? Is that what you want? You want the kid to get killed? Tony to get killed? The wife? Okay, so what? And nobody could really say. I said, 'I'll tell you exactly what happened. The director said cut, the actors went home. That's what happened.' It's a TV show. It's a fucking TV show, okay?
2	We lost Vinny Pastore [playing Sal 'Big Pussy' Bonpensiero] and that was the most difficult day up to that point. The only day on the set I can remember, you know, out of the whole ten years, where it was very uptight, a lot of tension on the set. I remember people yelling at each other and really pissed off, which you never saw. Why? Because we were losing Vinny. He was a beloved friend of ours, and you're not going to see him anymore.
3	[on auditioning for 'The Sopranos'] So David [Chase] goes, 'Sorry - any other part you want, you can have it'. I said, 'You know what, now that I think about it, I feel kind of bad taking another actor's part here. I'm a guitar player. These guys, they go to school, they go Off Broadway, they work for 5, 10 years honing their craft and being waiters and whatever'. He says, 'All right. I tell you what. I'll write you a part so you're not taking anybody's job'. I said, 'Well, I have a couple of treatments. I've written one about an independent hit-man that had retired. Silvio Dante.'
4	[on being in the cast of The Sopranos (1999) and a member of Bruce Springsteen's E Street Band] "I am having the experience two times in my life of doing something that makes New Jersey fashionable. What are the odds on that?"

#	Fact
1	He and the E Street Band (including Gary Tallent, Vini Lopez, David Sancious, Max Weinberg, Roy Bittan, Nils Lofgren, Patti Scialfa, Ernest "Boom" Carter, the late Clarence Clemons, and the late Danny Federici) were inducted into the 2012 New Jersey Hall of Fame for their services and contributions to music.
2	Reprised his Sopranos character, Silvio Dante in a commercial for World of Warcraft. Citing his famous quote from The Godfather "Just when I thought I was out, they pull me back in!".
3	At his wedding to Maureen, not only was the classic marital song "When a Man Loves a Woman" performed, it was sung live by Percy Sledge who had a hit with the record in 1966.
4	Adopted his professional surname "Van Zandt" from his stepfather. He has said, "Though my last name is Dutch, I'm 100 percent Italian".
5	He and wife Maureen Van Zandt were married by (Reverend) Little Richard, with a wedding reception band consisting of Bruce Springsteen and the E Street Band, Gary U.S. Bonds, Little Milton and the wedding band from The Godfather (1972).
6	Real-life wife Maureen Van Zandt plays the wife of his character, Silvio Dante, on The Sopranos (1999).
7	Host of "Little Steven's Underground Garage" a late night radio program on Sunday nights 10pm-Midnight (2002-
8	Long-time friend of Bruce Springsteen, playing with Springsteen's early bands (Steel Mill and The Bruce Springsteen Band), but didn't join the E-Street Band until the "Born to Run" tour in 1975.
9	Introduced as the Minister of Faith and Friendship, keeper of all that is righteous in the E-Street Band and star of The Sopranos (1999) television show, "Little" Steven Van Zandt on the "Live in New York" album with Bruce Springsteen & The E Street Band.
10	Is a member of Bruce Springsteen's E-Street Band.
11	Older half-brother of Billy Van Zandt.
12	Brother-in-law of Adrienne Barbeau.
13	Told "People" magazine that he had no desire to act in any other roles in spite of rave reviews for his portrayal in The Sopranos (1999).

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Actor

Title	Year	Status	Character
Just Cause		announced	Dictator
His Will Be Done	2009	Video
The Sopranos	1999-2007	TV Series	Silvio Dante
The Sopranos: Road to Respect	2006	Video Game	Silvio Dante (voice)
American Flyers	1985		Cyclist
Bruce Springsteen: Glory Days	1985	Video short	Steven Van Zandt
Bruce Springsteen: Born in the U.S.A.	1984	Video short
Bruce Springsteen: Dancing in the Dark	1984	Video short	Steven Van Zandt

Soundtrack

Title	Year	Status	Character
The Night Before	2015/II	writer: "All Alone on Christmas" - as Stevie Van Zandt
The Tonight Show Starring Jimmy Fallon	2014	TV Series performer - 1 episode
The Expendables 3	2014	performer: "Come for Me" / writer: "Come for Me"
Lilyhammer		TV Series writer - 4 episodes, 2012 - 2013 performer - 3 episodes, 2012 - 2013
Some Jerk with a Camera	2012	TV Series writer - 1 episode
Not Fade Away	2012	producer: "Pipeline", "Bo Diddley", "Time is on My Side", "All Day and All of the Night", "Rollin' and Tumbling", "I Ain't Gonna Eat Out My Heart", "Surgical Supply" / writer: "The St. Valentines Day Massacre", "Surgical Supply"
Yle Live: Michael Monroe	2012	TV Movie writer: "Hammersmit Palais", "Dead, Jail or Rock'n'roll"
Ruisrock - 40 vuotta rockia ja rakkautta	2011	TV Movie documentary writer: "Dead, Jail or Rock'n'roll" - as Steven Little
Late Night with Jimmy Fallon	2010	TV Series performer - 1 episode
Stan Helsing	2009	writer: "I Don't Want To Go Home" - as Steven Van Zandt
Running Scared	2006	writer: "I Don't Want to Go Home" - as Steven Van Zandt
Saturday Night Live in the '80s: Lost & Found	2005	TV Special documentary writer: "Shelter"
Christmas with the Kranks	2004	performer: "Feliz Navidad" - as Little Steven / producer: "Hey Santa Claus", "Feliz Navidad", "Frosty the Snowman" 1950, "White Christmas" 1940, "Navidad", "C'mon Everybody" 1958, "Merry Christmas To All of the World" - as Little Steven / writer: "Navidad" - as S. Van Zandt
The Sopranos		TV Series writer - 4 episodes, 1999 - 2004 performer - 2 episodes, 2002 - 2004
Love Actually	2003	as Van Zandt, "All Alone On Christmas" 1992
Moonlight and Valentino	1995	writer: "Shelter" - as Steven Van Zandt
Nine Months	1995	performer: "The Time Of Your Life" - as Little Steven / producer: "The Time Of Your Life" - as Little Steven / writer: "The Time Of Your Life" - as Steven Van Zandt
Home Alone 2: Lost in New York	1992	producer: "All Alone on Christmas" - as Steven Van Zandt / writer: "All Alone on Christmas" - as Steven Van Zandt
The Mighty Ducks	1992	writer: "SHAKE 'EM DOWN" - as Steven Van Zandt
Amazing Grace and Chuck	1987	performer: "Undefeated" - as Little Steven / writer: "Undefeated" - as Little Steven
Something Wild	1986	writer: "You Don't Have to Cry" - as Little Steven
Dangerously Close	1986	writer: "Sweet, Sweet Baby I'm Falling"
Sun City: Artists United Against Apartheid	1985	Video documentary writer: "Sun City"
Hittimittari	1984	TV Series performer - 1 episode
Between the Lines	1977	writer: "I Don't Want To Go Home", "Sweeter Than Honey" - as Steve Van Zandt

Music Department

Title	Year	Status	Character
Lilyhammer		TV Series composer - 16 episodes, 2013 - 2014 music supervisor - 14 episodes, 2013 - 2014
The Expendables 3	2014	music consultant
Not Fade Away	2012	music supervisor / song arranger / song producer
Christmas with the Kranks	2004	music supervisor - as Little Steven
Nine Months	1995	composer: song "The Time Of Your Life"
Sun City: Artists United Against Apartheid	1985	Video documentary music producer - as Little Steven

Writer

Title	Year	Status	Character
Lilyhammer	2012-2014	TV Series 23 episodes

Producer

Title	Year	Status	Character
Lilyhammer	2012-2014	TV Series executive producer - 15 episodes
Not Fade Away	2012	executive producer
The Cheap Trick or Treat Halloween Ball	2006	TV Special documentary executive producer

Director

Title	Year	Status	Character
Lilyhammer	2014	TV Series 1 episode

Thanks

Title	Year	Status	Character
Easy Trouble	2006	Video documentary special thanks

Self

Title	Year	Status	Character
Artists United Against Apartheid: Sun City	1985	Video short	Himself (uncredited)
1985 MTV Video Music Awards	1985	TV Special	Himself (Lil' Steven)
Late Night with David Letterman	1985	TV Series	Himself
Today	2014-2017	TV Series	Himself
Great Moments from Soundbreaking	2016	TV Movie documentary	Himself - Host
Soundbreaking: Stories from the Cutting Edge of Recorded Music	2016	TV Mini-Series documentary	Himself
Bang! The Bert Berns Story	2016	Documentary	Narrated by (voice)
Bruce Springsteen & the E Street Band: The River Tour, Tempe 1980	2015	Documentary	Himself - E Street Band
CBS This Morning	2015	TV Series	Himself
The Seventies	2015	TV Series documentary	Himself - The E Street Band
Sound of Song	2015	TV Series documentary	Himself - Musician / Producer
The Tonight Show Starring Jimmy Fallon	2014	TV Series	Himself
Glad All Over: The Dave Clark Five and Beyond	2014	TV Movie documentary	Himself
Bruce Springsteen's High Hopes	2014	Documentary short	Himself - E Street Band
Bruce Springsteen & the E Street Band: Born in the U.S.A. Live	2014	Video	Himself - E Street Band
James Gandolfini: Tribute to a Friend	2013	TV Special documentary	Himself
Big Morning Buzz Live	2012-2013	TV Series	Himself
Wendy: The Wendy Williams Show	2013	TV Series	Himself
Late Night with Jimmy Fallon	2010-2013	TV Series	Himself / Himself - Guest
Lindmo	2013	TV Series	Himself - Guest
I kveld med YLVIS	2013	TV Series	Himself - Guest
The Arsenio Hall Show	2013	TV Series	Himself - Guest
The 67th Annual Tony Awards	2013	TV Special documentary	Himself - Presenter: The Rascals
The Basement Tapes	2013	Video documentary short	Himself
Skavlan	2013	TV Series	Himself - Guest
Entertainers with Byron Allen	2012	TV Series documentary	Himself - Guest
Made in Hollywood	2012	TV Series	Himself
Yle Live: Michael Monroe 50 vuotta	2012	TV Movie	Himself (as Little Steven)
The 2012 Rock and Roll Hall of Fame Induction Ceremony	2012	TV Special	Himself
American Idol	2012	TV Series	Himself - Guest Mentor
The Hour	2012	TV Series	Himself
Tavis Smiley	2012	TV Series	Himself
The 54th Annual Grammy Awards	2012	TV Special	Himself
Attack of the Show!	2012	TV Series	Himself - Guest / Actor, 'Lilyhammer'
The Talk	2012	TV Series	Himself - Guest
When Pop Culture Saved America: A 9-11 Story	2011	TV Movie documentary	Himself
Legends	2010	TV Series documentary	Himself
The Promise: The Making of Darkness on the Edge of Town	2010	Documentary	Himself - E Street Band (as Stevie Van Zandt)
Breakfast	2010	TV Series	Himself - Actor and Musician
Hotel Cæsar	2010	TV Series	Himself
The 2010 Rock and Roll Hall of Fame Induction Ceremony	2010	TV Movie	Himself
Sid Bernstein Presents...	2010	Documentary	Himself
Rock and Roll Hall of Fame Live	2009	TV Movie	Himself
The 25th Anniversary Rock and Roll Hall of Fame Concert	2009	TV Special	Himself
Rock and Roll Hall of Fame Live: I'll Take You There	2009	Video	Himself
Rock and Roll Hall of Fame Live: Sweet Emotion	2009	Video	Himself
Xposé	2009	TV Series	Himself
Burning Down the House: The Story of CBGB	2009	Documentary	Himself
Godfather World	2008	Video short	Himself
60 Minutes	2007	TV Series documentary	Himself - Guitar (segment "Springsteen")
20 on 20	2007	TV Movie	Himself
Seven Ages of Rock	2007	TV Series documentary	Himself
Entertainment Tonight	2007	TV Series	Himself
Howard Stern on Demand	2007	TV Series	Himself
The 50 Greatest Television Dramas	2007	TV Movie documentary	Himself
The Music of 'The Sopranos'	2007	TV Short documentary	Himself
The Sopranos: A Sitdown	2007	TV Short documentary	Himself
HBO: The Making of 'The Sopranos: Road to Respect'	2006	TV Movie	Himself / Silvio Dante
The Cheap Trick or Treat Halloween Ball	2006	TV Special documentary	Himself - Host
Gene Simmons: Family Jewels	2006	TV Series	Himself
Headline Country	2006	TV Series	Himself
The Colbert Report	2006	TV Series	Himself
3-D Rocks	2005	Documentary	Himself
ESPN's New Year's Eve	2005	TV Movie	Himself - Host
Bruce Springsteen and the E Street Band: Hammersmith Odeon, London '75	2005	Video	Himself
11th Annual Screen Actors Guild Awards	2005	TV Special	Himself - Nominee
Late Show with David Letterman	2004-2005	TV Series	Himself
Ramones Raw	2004	Documentary	Himself
Out of Our Dens: The Richard and the Young Lions Story	2004	Documentary	Himself
Jimmy Kimmel Live!	2004	TV Series	Himself
Bill Stanton Project	2003	TV Series	Himself
Bruce Springsteen & the E Street Band: Live in Barcelona	2003	Video documentary	Himself
9th Annual Screen Actors Guild Awards	2003	TV Special	Himself
Bruce Springsteen & the E Street Band	2003	TV Movie documentary	Himself
The 45th Annual Grammy Awards	2003	TV Special	Himself
Late Night with Conan O'Brien	2000-2002	TV Series	Himself
8th Annual Screen Actors Guild Awards	2002	TV Special	Himself
Bruce Springsteen and the E Street Band: Live in New York City	2001	TV Movie documentary	Himself
7th Annual Screen Actors Guild Awards	2001	TV Special	Himself
Bruce Springsteen: The Complete Video Anthology 1978-2000	2001	Video documentary	Himself
Blood Brothers: Bruce Springsteen and the E Street Band	2000	Video documentary	Himself
Behind the Music	2000	TV Series documentary	Himself
The 51st Annual Primetime Emmy Awards	1999	TV Special	Himself - Audience Member
Power Vision - Pop Galerie	1997	TV Series documentary	Himself
Murder Incorporated	1995	Video	Himself
Southside Johnny & The Asbury Jukes: Having a Party Live at the Stone Pony	1992	Documentary	Himself
Nelson Mandela: An International Tribute for a Free South Africa	1990	TV Movie	Himself (as Little Steven)
Lifestyles of the Ramones	1990	Video	Himself (as Little Steven)
Bruce Springsteen: Video Anthology 1978-1988	1989	Video documentary	Himself
Freedomfest: Nelson Mandela's 70th Birthday Celebratation	1988	TV Special documentary	Himself
A Vision Shared: A Tribute to Woody Guthrie and Leadbelly	1988	Video documentary	Himself
Fantastico 8	1987	TV Series	Himself
The 28th Annual Grammy Awards	1986	TV Special	Himself
Sun City: Artists United Against Apartheid	1985	Video documentary	Himself
MusiCalifornia	1985	TV Series	Himself
Jacobs stege	1985	TV Series	Himself

Archive Footage

Title	Year	Status	Character
America's Book of Secrets	2013	TV Series documentary	Silvio Dante
Have You Heard from Johannesburg: Free at Last	2010	Documentary	Himself
60 Minutes	2008	TV Series documentary	Himself - Guitar (segment "Springsteen")
Bruce Springsteen: Under Review 1978-1982 - Tales of the Working Man	2008	Video documentary	Himself
Making 'Cleaver'	2007	TV Short documentary	Silvio Dante
Hittimittari	1984	TV Series	Himself

Won Awards

Year	Award	Ceremony	Nomination	Movie
2015	Golden Nymph	Monte-Carlo TV Festival	Outstanding Actor in a Comedy TV Series	Lilyhammer (2012)
2014	Golden Nymph	Monte-Carlo TV Festival	Outstanding Actor - Comedy Series	Lilyhammer (2012)
2008	Actor	Screen Actors Guild Awards	Outstanding Performance by an Ensemble in a Drama Series	The Sopranos (1999)
2000	Actor	Screen Actors Guild Awards	Outstanding Performance by an Ensemble in a Drama Series	The Sopranos (1999)
1986	IDA Award	International Documentary Association		Sun City: Artists United Against Apartheid (1985)

Nominated Awards

Year	Award	Ceremony	Nomination	Movie
2008	Golden Nymph	Monte-Carlo TV Festival	Outstanding Actor - Drama Series	The Sopranos (1999)
2007	Actor	Screen Actors Guild Awards	Outstanding Performance by an Ensemble in a Drama Series	The Sopranos (1999)
2005	Actor	Screen Actors Guild Awards	Outstanding Performance by an Ensemble in a Drama Series	The Sopranos (1999)
2003	Actor	Screen Actors Guild Awards	Outstanding Performance by an Ensemble in a Drama Series	The Sopranos (1999)
2002	Actor	Screen Actors Guild Awards	Outstanding Performance by an Ensemble in a Drama Series	The Sopranos (1999)
2001	Actor	Screen Actors Guild Awards	Outstanding Performance by an Ensemble in a Drama Series	The Sopranos (1999)

Known for movies

The Sopranos (1999-2007)
as Silvio Dante

Lilyhammer (2012-2014)
as Frank Tagliano / Francesco 'Frankie the Fixer' Tag

Home Alone 2: Lost in New York (1992)
as Soundtrack

The Expendables 3 (2014)
as Music Department