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What Is Orlando Jones' Net Worth and Salary?
Orlando Jones is an American actor, comedian, writer, and producer who has a net worth of $5 million. Jones began his career as a writer and producer on shows like "A Different World," "Roc," and "TheSinbadShow" in the late '80s and early '90s, and he made a bigger name for himself when he joined the cast of the Fox sketch comedy series "MADtv" (which he also wrote for) in 1995. Orlando was the spokesman for 7 Up from 1999 to 2002, and he played Captain Frank Irving on Fox's "Sleepy Hollow" (2013–2015) and Mr. Nancy on Starz's "American Gods" (2017–2019). Jones has more than 70 acting credits to his name, including the films "Office Space" (1999), "Magnolia" (1999), "The Replacements" (2000), "Evolution" (2001), "Drumline" (2002), "I Think I Love My Wife" (2007), and "The Book of Love" (2016), the miniseries "Madiba" (2017), and the television series "The Evidence" (2006), "Men in Trees" (2007), "Rules of Engagement" (2009), and "LA's Finest" (2020).
Orlando hosted FX's "The Orlando Jones Show" in 2003, and he has lent his voice to animated projects such as "King of the Hill" (1998), "Father of the Pride" (2004–2005), "The Adventures of Chico and Guapo" (2006), and "Black Dynamite" (2012–2015). He created and executive produced "The Orlando Jones Show" and "The Adventures of Chico and Guapo," and he produced "American Gods" as well as "The Sinbad Show" (1993–1994), "Judge Mooney" (2004), "Bufu" (2007), "The Music Lesson" (2009), "Enemies Closer" (2013), "The 5 Powers" (2016), "Planting Seeds of Mindfulness Animated Movie" (2016), and "Tom Clancy'sGhost Recon Wildlands: War Within the Cartel" (2017).
Early Life
Orlando Jones was born Orlando Fernez Jones on April 10, 1968, in Mobile, Alabama. Orlando's father played baseball for the Philadelphia Phillies. Jones moved to Mauldin, South Carolina, as a teenager, and he attended Mauldin High School, graduating in 1985. As a high school student, he played a werewolf in a haunted house to raise funds for the junior/senior prom, and he was a member of the debate team, which won the state championship during his senior year. Orlando attended the College of Charleston from 1985 to 1990 and declared a major in chemistry. As a freshman, he was cast in a production of the Tina Howe play "Museum" alongside future "True Blood" starCarrie Preston, and in 1987, he was hired to write for the NBC series "A Different World." He earned the main writing credit on the 1991 episodes "Never Can Say Goodbye" and "Baby, I'm a Star," and he guest-starred on the show in 1992. During his college years, Jones also launched Homeboy's Productions and Advertising with comedian Michael Fechter, making commercials for Food Lion, the S.C. Credit Union, and Michael Dukakis' presidential campaign as well as a McDonald's ad starringMichael Jordan.
Career
Orlando wrote for the Fox series "Roc" from 1991 to 1992, and he worked on "The Sinbad Show" as a writer and co-producer from 1993 to 1994. He made his TV debut in a 1992 episode of "Herman's Head," and from 1995 to 1997, he was a performer and writer during the first two seasons of "MADtv." On the show, he was known for characters such as Reverend LaMont Nixon Fatback and Dexter St. Croix, and he did impersonations ofIce Cube,Eddie Griffin,Danny DeVito,Warwick Davis, andMichael Jai White. Jones left the series in order to focus on a movie career, but he returned for the 200th episode in 2004. After leaving "MADtv," he appeared in the films "Sour Grapes" (1997), "Woo" (1998), "From Dusk Till Dawn 3: The Hangman's Daughter" (1999), and "Liberty Heights" (1999) as well as the cult classic "Office Space" (1999) and the Academy Award-nominated film "Magnolia" (1999). Orlando guest-starred on "Girlfriends" (2003), "TheBernie MacShow" (2003), "Wild 'n Out" (2005), "Everybody Hates Chris" (2007; 2008), "Ghost Whisperer" (2007), "New Amsterdam" (2008), and "Pushing Daisies" (2008), and he had recurring roles on ABC's "Men in Trees" (2007) and the CBS sitcom "Rules of Engagement" (2009). In 2006, he starred as Inspector Cayman Bishop on the ABC police procedural "The Evidence."
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