Pete Holmes Net Worth

How much is Pete Holmes worth?

Net Worth:$2 Million
Profession:Professional Comedian
Date of Birth:March 30, 1979 (age 43)
Country:United States of America
Height:
6 ft 5 in (1.98 m)

Who is Pete Holmes

Pete Holmes was born on March 30, 1979, in Lexington, Massachusetts. During his studies, Holmes was a part of an improvisational comedy troupe titled The Sweaty-Toothed Madmen. When he was 22 years old, he started performing stand-up comedy.

As of 2023, Pete Holmes’ estimated net worth is estimated to be about $2 million.

How did Pete Holmes become so popular?

Peter Benedict Holmes is an American comedian, actor, writer, producer, and podcaster. Holmes is well-known for his cheerful personality, self-aware humor, and musings on spirituality and religion.

American stand-up comedian Pete Holmes is also known as a producer, TV host, writer, and cartoonist.

Holmes has appeared on ComedyCentral’s Premium Blend and on VH1’s  Best Week Ever and All Access. His cartoons have appeared in The New Yorker, and he has made guest appearances on television shows such as Late Night with Jimmy Fallon and Conan.

In 2010, Holmes performed his first television special on the series Comedy Central Presents.

Holmes is perhaps most known as the author of the sitcoms Outsourced and I Hate My Teenage Daughter. He has been hosting a comedy interview podcast You Made It Weird since October 2011. He also hosted The Pete Holmes Show from October 2013 to June 2014. Holmes released two albums, Impregnated With Wonder in 2011 and Nice Try, The Devil in 2013.

Holmes’ official YouTube channel has over 574 thousand subscribers and millions of views. He wrote, created and executive produced the comedy TV series Crashing which ran on HBO from 2016 to 2019. He has also voiced for episodes of The Simpsons and Bob’s Burgers. He also performs his stand-up special Dirty Clean.

Peter Holmes and Conan

For some time after the launch Conan O’Brien’s TBS talk show, Conan, the search was on for a show to follow – or at least talk started among fans. After all, Conan already had a follow-up in the form of Lopez Tonight with comedian and actor George Lopez serving as host.

But Lopez was unceremoniously cancelled by the network less than a year after Conan began. It was assumed that some other talk show might take its place. But time passed – and nothing appeared. Perhaps, some thought, the network just hadn’t found the right host to follow O’Brien.

Then came Pete Holmes.

Conan reincarnated

In February 2013, it was announced that little known comedian and writer Pete Holmes would debut a new late night talk show on TBS following Conan. And almost immediately, folks (and by folks, I mean my friends and co-workers) started wondering who Pete Holmes was.

Turns out, Holmes’ story is a lot like O’Brien’s.

Holmes was born in March 1979 and grew up in Lexington, Mass. O’Brien is also a Massachusetts native. So there’s that. And then there’s the background in comedy writing and stand-up.

New York to L.A.

Holmes got his first taste of the comedy life at Gordon College in Wenham, Mass., where he participated in an improvisational comedy group. He turned that improve act into a stand-up act and started sharing jokes on stage in New York.

His stand-up act and writing skills landed him a number of gigs on television, especially at Comedy Central, where he made regular appearances on Premium Blend and John Oliver’s New York Stand Up Show, both programs featuring a variety of stand-up acts. Success on those shows helped him land his first Comedy Central Presents special.

Holmes was also a regular panelist on VH1’s Best Week Ever and an accomplished voiceover actor. He voiced many of the characters on Comedy Central’s Ugly Americans. He is probably best known for his work as the “e*trade baby” – a talking baby that appears in the financial services’ company’s television commercials – spots he also helped write.

Talk show fans may have caught Holmes’ guest appearances on Conan and Late Night with Jimmy Fallon.

Behind the scenes – and behind the mic

Holmes is also known for his writing skills. He’s credited for several episodes of Outsourced, an NBC sit-com cancelled in 2011, and I Hate My Teenage Daughter, a Fox sit-come cancelled in 2012.

He is also the host of a popular podcast titled You Made it Weird with Pete Holmes on the Nerdist network. Once a show with a specific niche – three weird things about the show’s featured guest – the podcast has evolved into a more of a general topic program, though the topics can get deep and philosophical amongst the goofiness. The usually weekly show is recorded in Los Angeles. It has featured familiar names in comedy like Judd Apatow, Aziz Ansari, Jim Gaffigan, Mike Birbiglia and many more. He’s even taken the podcast on the road for live shows.

Podcast to broadcast

Holmes was discovered by O’Brien and pursued as a possible talk show host for a program that would follow Conan. To test whether Holmes could make the transition from podcast to broadcast, O’Brien and his production company, Conaco, ordered three episodes of the show, titled The Midnight Show with Pete Holmes. The shows were never aired, but they featured real guests, including Nick Offerman (Ron Swanson on Parks and Recreation) and Joel McHale (Jeff Winger on Community).

It was enough, though. The show was picked up by TBS and will debut in the fall of 2013. Here’s the catch though – and where Holmes and O’Brien’s stories really read similarly. Holmes will only get a four-show contract out of the gate. How the show performs in the first month will determine if Holmes’ show continues.

Much like an untested comedian and comedy writer named Conan O’Brien, who took on Late Night as an unknown and went from week to week with a new contract from NBC. Until he proved he had that secret formula that makes a good talk show host great.

The Pete Holmes Show

The Pete Holmes Show began its life as The Midnight Show with Pete Holmes way back in the summer of 2012. The show, set to star comedian Pete Holmes, was meant to accompany Conan O’Brien’s Conan on TBS, giving the cable network a similar talk show block as the major networks, CBS, NBC and ABC.

Created by Holmes and developed by O’Brien’s production company, Conaco, the show would carry on the pop culture humor and nerdy, high-brow, slapstick that resonates well with Conan’s audience into the post-midnight time slot.

In order to determine if the show would be viable with Conan’s audience, three episodes were shot during the summer of 2012. Based on the format of those shows, and Holmes’ performance, the show was picked up for a seven-week trial run during November sweeps in 2013. Though never aired, the show featured real guests, including Nick Offerman (Ron Swanson on Parks and Recreation) and Joel McHale (Jeff Winger on Community).

Déjà vu all over again

Selecting Holmes as a talk show host is probably not the first thing many television producers would do.

A lesser known comedian, Holmes is no proven commodity. Which, in many ways, makes him the perfect complement to O’Brien. When O’Brien was selected to host Late Night after David Letterman’s departure, most people had no idea who he was. In fact, O’Brien’s contract was week to week, until he proved he could draw an audience with his brand of humor.

Holmes got his first taste of the comedy life at Gordon College in Wenham, Mass., where he participated in an improvisational comedy group. He turned that improve act into a stand-up act and started sharing jokes on stage in New York.

His stand-up act and writing skills landed him a number of gigs on television, especially at Comedy Central, where he made regular appearances on Premium Blend and John Oliver’s New York Stand Up Show, both programs featuring a variety of stand-up acts. Success on those shows helped him land his first Comedy Central Presents special.

Holmes was also a regular panelist on VH1’s Best Week Ever and an accomplished voiceover actor. He voiced many of the characters on Comedy Central’s Ugly Americans. He is probably best known for his work as the “e*trade baby” – a talking baby that appears in the financial services’ company’s television commercials – spots he also helped write.

The show goes on

Holmes half-hour laff fest (who doesn’t love a laff fest?) is a bit edgier than Conan. His debut episode included a skit in which he spoofed The X-Men. In the sketch, Holmes’ Professor Xavier fires Wolverine. The skit – perfect the late night, pop culture nerdist – includes bleeped language and questionable gestures.

Each show opens with a sketch, which leads in to Holmes’ monologue. More comedy follows – either a skit or a comedian – followed by a celebrity interview. The show closes with another comedy bit.

The program debuted in late October and is set to run for seven weeks, with shows airing Monday through Thursday. Twenty-eight will be produced altogether during the test run.

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