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What is Paul Lieberstein's Net Worth?

Paul Lieberstein is an American screenwriter, actor, director, and producer who has a net worth of $14 million. Lieberstein is best known for playing HR rep Toby Flenderson on the NBC comedy "The Office" (2005–2013). He was also a writer, producer, and director on the series, and he was the showrunner during seasons five through eight. Paul has written for several TV series, including "Weird Science" (1994), "The Naked Truth" (1995–1996), and "King of the Hill" (1997–2000), and he wrote, directed, produced, and starred in the 2018 film "Song of Back and Neck." As an actor, he has appeared in such projects as "The Goods: Live Hard, Sell Hard" (2009), "Bad Teacher" (2014), and the TBS series "People of Earth" (2017). Lieberstein has directed episodes of "The Newsroom" (2014) and "The Mindy Project" (2013–2014), and he has served as a producer on "King of the Hill" (1998–2000), "TheDrew CareyShow" (2000–2001), "TheBernie MacShow" (2002–2003), and several other TV series.

Early Life

Paul Lieberstein was born Paul Bevan Lieberstein on February 22, 1967, in Westport, Connecticut. He grew up in a Jewish household with mother Judith (a clinical psychologist), father Stanley (a lawyer), sister Susanne, and brother Warren. Susanne is married toGreg Daniels, who developed "The Office" for American television, and Warren was previously married to Paul's "Office" co-starAngela Kinsey.

Lieberstein played vibraphone in the Staples High School band, and that's where he first became interested in sitcom-writing. In a 2006 interview with "Suicide Girls," he stated, "I actually did my first episode of television in high school. Me and some friends discovered a television studio right in the middle of our high school. It was this multi-camera set up so we wrote and produced a television episode. I don't even remember what it was about." After graduation, Paul enrolled at Hamilton College, where he studied economics and was a member of the Chi Psi fraternity, earning his degree in 1989. He then moved to New York City and spent six months working as an auditor at Peat Marwick International. In 2011, Hamilton College awarded Lieberstein an Honorary Doctorate of Fine Arts.

Career

Paul and a writing partner moved to Los Angeles after signing with an agent at William Morris, and he landed a writing job on the Nickelodeon series "Clarissa Explains It All" in 1991. He was a member of the writing staff for one season and was fired when he and his writing partner decided to split up; Lieberstein is credited with writing the 1992 episode "President Ferguson." In 1994, he wrote the "Weird Science" episodes "Party High, U.S.A.," "Nightmare on Chett Street," and "Chett Reborn," and he  wrote "The Naked Truth" episodes "Sewer Gators, Swordplay, Santa from Hell!," "Shocking Tales of Hollywood Gunplay!," and "Man Loses Load While Woman Can't Dump!" from 1995 to 1996. In 1997, Paul joined the writing staff of his brother-in-law Greg Daniels' animated series "King of the Hill," and he became a supervising  producer the following year and a co-executive producer in 1999. During his time on the series, Lieberstein wrote 12 episodes and produced 50 episodes; the episodes he wrote include "Luanne's Saga," "How to Fire a Rifle Without Really Trying," and "Spin the Choice."

From 2001 to 2002, Paul wrote "The Drew Carey Show" episodes "Drew Pops Something on Kate," "Drew and the Motorcycle," and "Drew and the Activist: Part 1" and served as a co-executive producer on 24 episodes and a supervising producer on three episodes. He wrote the 2002 "Greg the Bunny" episode "Greg Gets Puppish" and co-executive produced two episodes, then from 2002 to 2003, he wrote "The Bernie Mac Show" episodes "The Sweet Life" and "Nut Job" and co-executive produced 22 episodes. In 2005, Lieberstein teamed back up with Greg Daniels for "The Office," first appearing as Toby Flenderson in the second episode "Diversity Day." He was a co-executive producer from 2005 to 2008 and an executive producer from 2008 to 2013, and he directed seven episodes, including "Sex Ed" and "The Farm." Paul wrote 16 episodes of "The Office," and he also wrote the web series "The Office: The Accountants" (2006) and appeared in the web series "The Office: The Outburst" (2008) and "The Office: Blackmail" (2009).

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