Dennis Miller Bio | Wiki
Dennis Miller is an American political commentator, actor, talk show host, comedian, and also sports commentator. From 1985 to 1991, he was a cast member of Saturday Night Live and also subsequently hosted his own talk shows on CNBC, and HBO, as well as in Syndication.
In addition, Miller hosted a daily three-hour self-titled talk radio program from 2007 to 2015, that is nationally syndicated by Westwood One. His twice-weekly show known as Dennis Miller + One was launched on March 9, 2020, on RT America and features celebrity interviews.
Dennis Miller Age
He was born on November 3, 1953, in Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, in the United States. Miller is 69 years old.
Dennis Miller Height
He is a man of above-average stature. Miller stands at a height of 5 ft 9 in (Approx 1.75 m).
Dennis Miller Family
He was born to his parents in Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, and raised in the suburb of Castle Shannon. His parents separated when he was very young and was raised by his mother Norma. Miller’s mother served as a dietitian at a Baptist nursing home. When it comes to speaking about his father, he is quite reluctant and his usual words are that his father moved on with his life when he was very young. He has four younger siblings who he often looked after in his early life.
Dennis Miller Brother
He is a proud brother to his four siblings. Miller’s two brothers are also well known as they have managed to build a career for themselves in the entertainment industry. His brother named Jimmy Miller is a partner and comedy manager in the Hollywood management company known as Gol|Miller. In addition, Jimmy represents various comedians such as Sacha Baron Cohen, Judd Apatow, and Jim Carrey. Miller’s other brother Rich Miller owns an entertainment agency known as RCM which deals with the performance arrangements as well as logistics of comedians.
Dennis Miller Wife
He is married to his beautiful and supportive longtime girlfriend Carolyn “Ali” Espley. His wife is a former model from Vancouver, British Columbia, Canada. She is famously known as the girl in Kajagoogoo’s 1983 “Too Shy” music video. Miller and his wife exchanged their wedding vows on April 24, 1988. They are blessed with two sons named Holden who was born in 1990 and Marlon born in 1993. The family currently resides in Santa Barbara, California.
Dennis Miller Sons
He is a proud father of two sons. Miller and his wife Carolyn welcomed their first son named Holden Miller in the year 1990 and after a period of three years, they welcomed their second son Marlon Miller in 1993. The family currently lives in Santa Barbara, California. However, Miller has not shared much information regarding his children with the public.
Dennis Miller Education
He attended a catholic elementary school called Saint Anne School. During that time he served as a manager for the Catholic Youth Organization basketball team for boys around 15-16 years old. Miller later joined Keystone Oaks High School where he completed his high school education in 1971. He then enrolled at Point Park University graduating in 1976 with a Bachelor’s degree in Journalism.
Dennis Miller House
In October 2020, Miller sold his custom Cape Dutch-style Montecito compound to Ellen DeGeneres and Portia de Rossi for $49 million. However, at the moment there is not much available information in regard to Miller’s house.
Dennis Miller Podcast | Option
He has a podcast known as The All-New Dennis Miller Option. In this podcast, you can join Miller along with his A-list friends as well as his “Guy Friday” called Christian Bladt every week for their uncensored take on current events, pop culture, politics, and also anything and everything else on their minds.
Dennis Miller Comedy | Comedian
Miller made the decision that he had to chase his dream of being a stand-up comedian in the year 1979. He began his comedy career in Pittsburgh by performing at open-mic nights. Miller withdrew from his first two attempts to perform at an open mic. When he eventually did his very first debut on Sleepy Hollow Road at the Oak’s Lounge in Castle Shannon, most of his family members were in the audience to cheer him.
He started appearing onstage in Castle Shannon at the Oak’s Longe while working at the Giant Eagle deli in Kennedy. Miller carried on with his stand-ups in Oakland and also at places like Brandy’s in the Strip District among others. He finally saved up $1,000 and tried to fast-track his comedy career by relocating to New York. During his time in New York, Miller submitted a joke for a Playboy magazine contest for humor writing that was judged by an all-star panel including David Brenner.
With around 15,000 entries, Miller became second and his joke and picture appeared in the issue of the magazine in June 1979. As a result, he won $500 in Playboy’s first annual humor competition. Miller acquired more exposure when he decided to try out for the New York Laff-Off Contest which had 40 slots but 32 of them had already been filled out by the top regulars who made an appearance at the three comedy venues sponsoring the competition.
Miller had a fine-tuned for around ten minutes while other contestants had lengthy crafted materials. Much to his surprise, he obtained one of the slots. Although Miller did not win the Lff-Off competition, he was recognized by numerous talent agents which resulted in bookings at colleges and also other clubs. While still working in New York, he was listed in a piece called “The 10 Funniest People in America You’ll Never See on TV” by the Hustler Magazine.
Dennis Miller On Hannity
He went on Fox News on a Wednesday night in April 2020 to clown around with Sean Hannity, where he joked concerning the coronavirus and taking shots at Joe Biden. His appearance was on the same day it was announced that more than 19 million of the antimalarial pills had been sent all over the country. In addition, he also took a few shots at President Joe Biden.
Dennis Miller SNL | Weekend Update
He was discovered by Lorne Michaels at The Comedy Store in the year 1985. Miller later auditioned for Saturday Night Live (SNL) in Los Angeles and was selected for the second audition at Times Square in New York. His second audition was watched with around 70 people who were most of the show staff together with Lorne Michaels, Dan Aykroyd, and Paul Simon. After the New York audition was done, he went to dinner along with Michaels and Jack Nicholson which he felt was just another aspect of his audition to see if he could carry himself around famous people.
Miller got a spot on SNL as the weekend update anchor where he succeeded Christopher Guest. When he felt that those who had tried to do the Weekend Update segment as nice guys did not last for long, he decided to make his stage persona a little sardonic. When he left SNL in the year 1991, Kevin Nealon took over the anchor’s chair. Miller released a stand-up comedy CD, known as The Off-White Album, obtained from an HBO special called Mr. Miller Goes to Washington. In addition, a well-received HBO special called Dennis Miller: Black and White was aired shortly after the release of the CD.
Despite the fact that he spent most of his time on SNL behind the weekend update desk, he was also included in some sketches and also did a few recurring characters as well as celebrity impersonations.
Dennis Miller Movies
Movies
– Never Talk to Strangers where he acted as Cliff Raddiso.
– Joe Dirt as Zander Kelly.
– Madhouse as Wes.
– Murder at 1600 as Detective Steve Stengel.
– Bordello of Blood as Rafe Guttman.
– What Happens in Vegas as Judge Whooper.
TV Shows
– Boston Public.
– House of Cards.
– Space Ghost Coast to Coast.
Comedies
– The 13th Annual Young Comedians Special.
– Mr. Miller Goes to Washington.
– The Earth Day Special.
– State of the Union Undressed.
Dennis Miller Live
He hosted Dennis Miller Live, a half-hour talk show on HBO at the beginning of 1994. The show’s theme song was known as Tears for Fears hit ‘Everybody Wants to Rule the World” and also included a snippet of the song called by Rollins Band called “Civilized”. In addition, the show was recorded at CBS Television City on the same stage where The Price Is Right was recorded. The show comprised Miller mainly speaking to the largely-unseen studio audience on a darkened stage.
In addition, he hosted one guest per show with whom they discussed the topic of the day together. Before that, guests were all interviewed live through satellite, but later most appeared live in the studio. Besides that, there was also a call-in segment. With the time he had at the show, Miller could only accommodate two to three calls. In the last few seasons of the show, he eliminated call-ins. He along with his writing staff obtained five Emmy Awards throughout the show’s run which aired a total of 215 episodes over nine years. The show was later canceled by HBO in the year 2002.
Dennis Miller Fox News
He returned to Fox News with a two-and-a-half-minute commentary concerning illegal immigration throughout his “Real Free Speech” segment on Hannity & Colmes on September 21, 2006. In addition, Miller appeared on 13 of the 17 aired episodes of the comedy show called The 1/2 Hour News Hour. Besides that, he had a weekly show known as “Miller Time” on The O’Reilly Factor and also appeared on Red Eye w/Greg Gutfeld under the pseudonym “Musquito”, a name that he pledged to use on his future appearances on the network.
Dennis Miller Monday Night Football | Dennis Miller MNF
He auditioned sitting with Michaels in a Los Angeles studio to do a mock broadcast on June 12, 2000. Miller’s Knowledge of the NFL left those in attendance dumbstruck. He grew up watching the 1970s championship Steelers and was also an avid watcher of the NFL draft. It was later announced in late June 2000 that Miller had beaten Tony Kornheiser, and Rush Limbaugh among others for the job as color commentator on ABC’s Monday Night Football.
Miller together with the new broadcasting team started airing during the preseason, starting on July 31, 2000, in the preseason Hall of Fame Game between the San Francisco 49ers and the New England Patriots. The Show’s official season opener was on September 4, 2000, at the defending Super Bowl champion St. Lois Rams with the Denver. His performance at the official opener was met with mixed reviews. Tv guide networks listed Miller’s stint at ABC Monday Night Football at no 12 on their 25 Biggest TV Blunders in the year 2010.
Dennis Miller Politics
Although in his early career, he had been regarded as a staunch liberal and an outspoken critic of Republicans, in current years, Miller has become well known for his neoconservative political opinions. In addition, he was also a frequent political commentator on Fox News’s The O’Reilly Factor in a segment known as “Miller Time”. Before that, Miller appeared on the networks’ Hannity & Colmes in a segment known as “Real Free Speech”
Dennis Miller Net Worth
Having served as an actor, comedian, talk show host, political commentator, and sports commentator for some time. As a result, Miller has managed to secure a decent fortune. His net worth is $100 million.
Where Has Dennis Miller Been
He still serves as a comedian. However, Miller has an approach to providing jokes in particular those with a political undertone. Not long ago, he described himself as being more cranky than he accredited to old age. In addition, Miller made it known that regardless of how he cracks a joke he would attract good reviews as well as bad ones.
How Old Is Dennis Miller
He is 69 years old. Dennis was born on November 3, 1953, in Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, USA.
Is Dennis Miller Married
He is married to his wife Carolyn Espley, a former model from Vancouver, British Columbia, Canada. The couple tied the knot on April 24, 1988, and are blessed with two sons.