Drew Carey is an American actor, game show, comedian, and sports executive. He has also served his country in the U.S. Marine Corps. Drew Carey is popular in the entertainment industry for hosting his own comedy show named The Drew Carey Show and another game shows The Price is Right.
Drew Carey early life
Drew Carey was born as Drew Allison Carey in Cleveland, Ohio on the 23rd of March, 1958. The 60 years old is the son of late Lewis Carey and Beulah Carey. He is of American nationality and his ethnicity is white.
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Growing up was hard for Drew Carey and his family as he lost his father when he was just 8 years to a brain tumor. As a child, Drew attended the James Ford Rhodes High School.
He later enrolled at Kent State University and was an active member of the Delta Tau Delta Fraternity.
Drew Carey was expelled twice from the University, due to his poor academic performance.
Does Drew Carey have a brother?
Drew Carey is the youngest son of his parents and has two elder brothers named Neil Carey and Roger Carey.
Drew Carey's career
In 1980, Drew Carey joined the United States Marine Corps. He worked there for about half a decade and then he began pursuing his stand-up career. In 1985, he won an open-microphone contest.
After his success with the open-microphone contest, in 1986, he joined Cleveland Comedy Club as the Master of Ceremonies.
Furthermore, in 1988, he was seen in the 1988 Star Search and this performance raised him to prominence. He has also performed in The Tonight Show Starring Johnny Carson, which featured Alexis Maas' late husband Johnny Carson, and is active in acting since the early 1990s.
In 1992, he made his acting debut by portraying the role of Herby Scroggins in the TV series The Torkelsons.
What is Drew Carey famous for?
From 1995 to 2004, he hosted his own show The Drew Carey Show, which also featured other actors like Craig Ferguson and Christa Miller. The show revolved around a fictionalized version of Carey, and the show premiered on ABC on September 13, 1995.
While hosting the Carey Show, Drew Carey also began hosting the comedy show Whose Line Is it Anyway? The show ran until 2006, for a total of 220 episodes, and featured Ryan Stiles and Wayne Brady.
In 2007, Drew Carey began hosting game shows, first with the CBS game show Power of 10. The show ran from August 7, 2007, to April 7, 2008. Secondly, he hosted The Pirce Is Right replacing Bob Barker as the host. It was announced that Drew would have a seven-figure annual salary to replace Bob Barker.
Drew Carey's personal life
Drew Carey proposed Nicole Jaracz on the 9th of October 2007. During that time she was a recent graduate of culinary school. They got engaged a few months later.
He wished to make Nichole his loving wife but this never happened. They called off this engagement before getting married in 2012.
Currently, he is engaged to therapist Dr. Amie Nicole Harwick. The pair met at a house party in June 2017 and started dating soon after.
Drew Carey's net worth
For his role in the first season of The Drew Carey Show, Drew earned $60 thousand per episode and for the final season, he was paid $750 thousand per episode. In 1998, he was ranked No. 24 on Fore's list of highest-paid entertainers with earnings of $45.5 million.
How much is Drew Carey's net worth?
Drew Carey earns a massive amount of money from his career. He makes in the neighborhood $8.5 million a year as the host of The Pirce is Right. It is estimated that his current net worth is $165 million.
Drew Carey body measurements
The actor cum comedian Drew Carey stands tall with an impressive height of five feet and ten inches (177 cms) and his body weighs about 82.5 kgs (181 lbs).
