Tom Kenny – Net Worth 2024, Biography, Personal Life, Professional Life and Everything
Tom Kenny is an actor and comedian famous for voicing the titular character in SpongeBob SquarePants since 1999. He has also voiced many other characters, including Heffer Wolfe (Rocko’s Modern Life), Ice King (Adventure Time), and Carl Chryniszzwics (Johnny Bravo).
For his voice work in SpongeBob SquarePants and the Ice King, Tom Kenny earned two Daytime Emmy Awards and Annie Awards. He is also active in video games, having played the titular role in the Spyro video game series and also part of the comedy shows The Edge and Mr. Show.
Keep reading to learn more about Tom Kenny’s net worth, personal life, professional life, and more.
Tom Kenny Personal Details |
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| Real Name | Thomas James Kenny |
| Profession | Actor, comedian |
| Date of Birth | July 13, 1962 |
| Age | 62 |
| Birth Place | Syracuse, New York, U.S. |
| Parents | Theresa and Paul Kenny |
| Spouce | Jill Talley |
| Networth | Estimated $16 million |
Net Worth 2024
As of 2024, Kenny’s net worth is around $16 million. His acting career is his primary source of income, with his role in SpongeBob SquarePants accounting for most of it.
Early Life
Tom Kenny was born to Theresa and Paul Kenny on July 13, 1962, in Syracuse, New York. As a child, he was interested in drawings and loved to collect record albums. After meeting in the first grade, he became lifelong friends with Bobcat Goldthwait. When they were teenagers, after attending their first open mic night together at Skaneateles, which featured comedian Barry Crimmins, they began their careers as stand-up comedians.
Kenny attended Bishop Grimes Junior/Senior High School, and after completing college, he continued his stand-up comedy for eight years.
Professional Career
Kenny concentrated on his career in films and TV shows after focusing on stand-up comedy for years. He debuted acting in the 1989 film How I Got into College. After that, he appeared in Shakes the Clown (1991) and Comic Book: The Movie.
In the early 1990s, he became the host of Friday Night Videos, which were Music News segments. Kenny acted as a regular cast member in the shows The Edge on Fox and Mr. Show on HBO. He then appeared as Patchy the Pirate in the live-action segments of SpongeBob SquarePants and as Uncle Howee on the fourth season of R.L. Stine’s The Haunting Hour: The Series.
Kenny’s first important voice-acting role was in the animated series Rocko’s Moder Life, which aired between 1993 and 1996. That series gave him many opportunities in the field of voice acting. After that, he appeared in various animated series, including The Fairy Odd Parents, CatDog, Camp Lazlo, and The Powerpuff Girls.
In 1997, he appeared in the popular animated series Johnny Bravo, which ran for four seasons. He voiced the Penguin character in The Batman (2004) series and Squanchy in Rick and Morty. He also voiced Eduardo and other characters in the animated series Foster’s Home For Imaginary Friends.
In the Transformers Animated TV show, Kenny appeared in various roles, including Starscream and his clones, Waspinator and Isaac Sumdac.
He became popular after giving voice to the titular character in the animated series Spongebob SquarePants, which won several awards, including two Emmys. He appeared as a regular cast member in the comedy series Sit Down, Shut Up (2009) on Fox and played Ice King and Magic Man on Adventure Time. He also reprised the role of Ice King in the spinoff series Adventure Time: Fionna and Cake, released in 2023.
Personal Life
Kenny married Jill Talley, an actress, in 1995. The pair met in 1992 while working on “The Edge.” They worked together on many projects, including SpongeBob SquarePants. The couple shares two children, Mack and Nora. They currently live in Studio City, California.
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