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Greg Proops (Full Name: Gregory Everett Proops) is a popular American actor, stand-up comedian, and television host. He is best known due to his work as an improvisational comedian on the U.K. and U.S. versions of Whose Line Is It Anyway?
Greg also performed on Drew Carey’s Green Screen Show and voiced the title character on the animated from 2005 to late 2007 children’s show Bob the Builder. As of now, Greg works as a host of the podcast called The Smartest Man In The World.
Greg Proops Age
Greg was born on October 3, 1959, in Phoenix, Arizona, in the United States. He is 63 years old. Greg celebrates his birthday on October 3rd every year.
Greg Proops Height
He is a man of above-average stature. Greg stands at a height of 6 ft 2 in (Approx 1.88 m).
Greg Proops Family
He was born in Phoenix, Arizona, in the United States to his parents. Greg is the proud son of Doris and Steven. He was brought up in San Carlos, California, a suburb south of San Francisco.
Greg Proops Wife
Greg is married to his wife Jennifer Canaga. The pair met at a comedy show and after dating extensively, the two married on 14 February 1990. Greg and his wife Jennifer are childless and now live in Los Angeles, California.
Greg ProopsEducation
He studied at San Carlos High School. Greg attended the College of San Mateo and spearheaded the comedy duo “Proops & Brakeman”. Afterward, Greg took courses in improvisation and acting at San Francisco State University, though he never completed college.
Greg Proops Star Wars
He has been involved with the Star Wars franchise too. Greg played the role of Fode in Star Wars: Episode I – The Phantom Menace. Greg would afterward serve with the Expanded Universe, reprising his role as Fode in the video game Star Wars Episode I: Racer as well as the video game adaptation of Star Wars Episode I: The Phantom Menace and Greg also guest-starred on two episodes of the animated series Star Wars: The Clone Wars (“The Mandalore Plot” plus “Voyage of Temptation”) as Tal Merrick. He voiced Jak Sivrak in Star Wars Resistance in 2018.
Greg Proops Nightmare Before Christmas
He was in the cast of Tim Burton’s The Nightmare Before Christmas soundtrack and movie, covering the voice for the Harlequin Demon, the Devil, and the Sax Player.
Greg Proops Whose Line Is It Anyway
Following college, Greg joined an improv group alongside Mike McShane. The two impressed producers Dan Patterson and Mark Leveson, who put them on their show, Whose Line Is It Anyway?. Greg frequently instigated jokes concerning many idiosyncrasies and differences between British English and American English, as well as would frequently banter with Clive Anderson on these matters (among others). He lived in London for four years when he was doing the show and lists McShane, Richard Vranch, and Colin Mochrie among his best friends. Following the ending of the show, Greg was recalled for the American version and has been a frequent “fourth contestant”. Over 2020, Greg has appeared in 74 U.S. Whose Line episodes, more than any other non-regular cast member.
Greg Proops Podcast
He hosts a podcast called The Smartest Man In The World, since 2010, often together with his wife Jennifer Canaga, in which Greg talks about ongoing events, celebrity culture, as well as his personal life, usually in front of live viewers. Before Smartest Man, he hosted a podcast titled The Greg Proops Experiment.
Greg Proops Movies And Tv Shows
Movies
– The Nightmare Before Christmas (1993) as Harlequin Demon
– Star Wars: Episode I – The Phantom Menace (1999) as Fode
– Brother Bear (2003) as Male Lover Bear (voice)
– Asterix and the Vikings (2006) as Cryptograf
– Super High Me (2007) as Himself
– Bad Actress (2011)
– Hey Monster, Hands Off My City
– Hell and Back (2015) as Asmoday the Demon (voice)
– Duck Duck Goose (2018) as Banzou (voice)
Television
– Whose Line Is It Anyway? (1989–1998) as himself
– Midnight Caller (1990) as Chauffeur
– Family Matters (1996) as Cafe Manager
– Dennis the Menace (1996) as Quentin Hitchberg (voice)
– Men Behaving Badly (1997) as Billy
– 3rd Rock from the Sun (1997) as Yasmine
– Mike Hammer, Private Eye (1998) as Deke Gerard
– Whose Line Is It Anyway? (1998–2007,
2013–present) as Himself
– The George Lucas Talk Show (2020) as himself
Greg Proops Net Worth
He is an actor, stand-up comedian, and television host who currently works as the host of the podcast called The Smartest Man In The World. Therefore, Greg has accumulated a decent fortune over the years. Greg’s estimated net worth is $3 million.
Is Greg Proops Married
Yes. Greg is married to his wife Jennifer Canaga. The pair met at a comedy show and after dating extensively, the two married on 14 February 1990. Greg and his wife Jennifer are childless and now live in Los Angeles, California.
Who Is Greg Proops
He is best known due to his work as an improvisational comedian on the U.K. and U.S. versions of Whose Line Is It Anyway? Greg also performed on Drew Carey’s Green Screen Show and voiced the title character on the animated from 2005 to late 2007 children’s show Bob the Builder. As of now, Greg works as a host of the podcast called The Smartest Man In The World.