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Norm MacDonald

Norman Gene Macdonald was a Canadian stand-up comedian, writer, and actor who was known for his style of deadpan humor and interjecting poetic, sometimes old-fashioned turns of phrase. In 2022, Norm MacDonald's net worth is estimated to be $2.2 million dollars.

March 29, 2022

Words by Matthew Taylor

Norm MacDonald Net Worth

$2.2 million

Est. Range $2M - $3M

Medium Confidence

Norman Gene Macdonald was a Canadian stand-up comedian, writer, and actor. He was known for his style of deadpan humor and interjecting poetic, sometimes old-fashioned turns of phrase. He appeared in numerous films and was a regular favorite comedian panelist of talk show hosts. He wrote for such comedies as Roseanne and The Dennis Miller Show. In 1993, he was hired as a writer and cast member on Saturday Night Live. He was fired from SNL, but he wrote and starred in the 1998 film Dirty Work and headlined his own sitcom The Norm Show from 1999 to 2001. He was also a voice actor, and provided voice acting roles for Family Guy, Mike Tyson Mysteries, The Orville, and the Dr. Dolittle films. Between 2013 and 2018, he hosted the talk shows Norm Macdonald Live and Norm Macdonald Has a Show. In 2016, he authored Based on a True Story, a novel that presented a heavily fictionalized account of his life. In 2021, he died of leukemia, with which he was diagnosed in 2012 and had not publicly disclosed.

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Norm MacDonald's net worth of 2.2 million can buy...

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Priced at $999
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Priced at $8,900
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Methodology

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