Celebrity Biographies
Biography of Billy Eichner
| Date of Birth: | 1978, September 18 |
|---|---|
| Years: | 42 years |
| Nation of birth: | United States of America |
| Height: | 6 feet 3 inches |
| Name | Billy Eichner |
| birth name | Billy Eichner |
| Nationality | American |
| Place of birth / city | New York, New York |
| ethnicity | White |
| Profession | Actor, writer, host |
| Net worth | $5 million |
| eye color | Blue |
| Hair color | Light brown |
| face color | fair |
| Famous for | Billy in the street |
| Education | Stuyvesant High School, Northwestern University |
| Awards | Daytime Emmy Awards and Primetime Emmy Awards |
| Films | What Happens in Vegas, The Lion King, Penguins of Madagascar, The Angry Bird Movie |
| tv show | Billy on the Street, Parks and Recreation, New Girl, Difficult People |
| Brothers | 1 |
Born to American parents, Billy Eichner is a refreshing and undeniable talent in Hollywood. The versatile man is involved in various fields including acting, writing, hosting, and comedy among others. He earned a large following after appearing as a host on the comedy game show. Billy in the street . His performance on the show earned him a Daytime Emmy and Primetime Emmy Award nomination. As of 2018, he is working on movies, The Lion King and Noelle and RuPaul’s Drag Race show as a judge.
Early life and education of Billy Eichner
Billy Eichner was born on the 18th of September 1978 in New York City, New York under the birth sign of Virgo. Eichner is American based on his nationality and ethnicity/race, he is white. He lost his mother when he was 20 and his father in 2011. He has an older brother from his father’s previous relationship.
In 1996, Eichner graduated from Stuyvesant High School and four years later, earned a BA in drama from Northwestern University, where Robin Lord Taylor was his roommate.
Billy Eicher’s career
Films
Billy Eicher made his Hollywood debut in 2008 from the comedy film, What Happens in Las Vegas directed by Tom Vaughan . Eichner then worked on two short films Charlie Sheen’s Too Damn and Glitter and Ribs . In 2014, he voiced Chef Pig/Phillip in The Angry Birds Movie with Jason Sudeikis, Josh Gad , Bill Hader, and Peter Dinklage .
As of 2018, he is working on upcoming movies, The Lion King and Noelle .
T.V. series
Eichner began his career as a writer and host of the comedy game show, Billy on the Street . He has been associated with the series since 2011, appearing in 52 episodes. He gained much appreciation for his work on the show. His performance on the series also helped him get nominated for a Daytime Emmy Award and a Primetime Emmy Award .
Thereafter, Eichner worked on various shows, The Wendy Williams Show , Last Call with Carson Daly , and Watch What Happens Live . In 2013, he appeared as Craig Middle Brooks (an overly passionate employee) in the political satire TV sitcom, Parks , and Recreation with Amy Poehler, Chris Patt, Aubrey Plaza and Nick Offerman.
Two years later, Eichner worked on dark comedy web television series, Difficult People with Julie Klausner , James Urbaniak , and Andrea Martín . As of 2018, he has worked on reality competition television series, RuPaul’s Drag Race as a judge.
Additionally, he created two YouTube channels, Billy Eichner and Billyonthestreettv .
Billy Eichner Net Worth
Billy Eichner has an estimated net worth of $5 million according to Celebrity Net Worth. Eichner worked on several successful movies that made an impressive collection at the box office. Some of those movies include
| Films | Budget | box office collection | IMDB Rating | Awards and nominations | cast members |
| What Happens in Vegas (2008) | $35 million | $219.33 million | 6.1 |
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Cameron Diaz , Ashton Kutcher, Lake Bell, and Rob Corddry . |
| Penguins of Madagascar (2014) | $132 million | $373 million | 6.7 |
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Tom McGrath , Benedict Cumberbatch, and John Malkovich. |
| Neighbors 2: Sorority Rising (2016) | $35 million | $108 million | 5.7 |
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Zac Efron, Chloe Grace Moretz , and Seth Rogen . |
According to some online sources, a game show host earns on average a salary ranging from $1 million to $10 million. Eichner also earns his fair share of YouTube channels from him. He earns $1.1k to $18.3k a year with his channel, Billyonthestreettv which has over 225k subscribers.
Billy Eichner’s personal life
Billy Eichner, the television presenter, is openly gay. As of 2018, Eichner is possibly single. On November 15 , 2017, Eichner posted a photo in which he joked about his engagement to the American singer-actor. Nick Jonas .
Billy Eichner and Meghan McCain Twitter War
In January 2017, Billy Eicher and Meghan McCain had a Twitter battle where he verbally lashed out at Meghan McCain, daughter of John McCain after she criticized Meryl Streep’s anti-Trump speech at the 74th Golden Globe Awards .
This Meryl Streep speech is the reason Trump won. And if people in Hollywood don’t start to recognize why and how, you’re going to help him get re-elected.
In the reply to the above tweet, Eichner responded to his writing,
‘Um, she asked him not to make fun of disabled people and advocated for free press and the arts, idiot.’
After his response, McCain hit him by writing,
”@billyeichner Calling Republicans like me ‘fucking assholes’ is a great way for Hollywood to bridge the culture gap. Enjoy your bubble.”
Eichner did not remain silent and responded by writing:
“I’d rather live in a bubble than live with people who don’t feel the need to respect the disabled, free speech and the arts,” adding: “@MeghanMcCain Oh and another message from my bubble: can you ask dad to pay back the MILLIONS you have received from the NRA? MERYL F… STREEP! ”
Political
Eichner did a new initiative called Glam Up the Midterms with the purpose of getting people to vote in the 2018 midterm elections which he featured during the Tonight episode of Jimmy Kimmel Live on 1st February 2018 together. with Funny or Die supported by various hosts including James Corden, Seth Meyers, Sarah Silverman, Jimmy Kimmel and John Oliver among others.
Here is the video where Billy Eichner talks about his Billy On the Street show: