| Celebrated Name: | Greg Proops |
| Real Name/Full Name: | Gregory Everett Proops |
| Gender: | Male |
| Age: | 64 years old |
| Birth Date: | 3rd October, 1959 |
| Birth Place: | Phoenix, Arizona, USA |
| Nationality: | American |
| Height: | 6 feet 0 inches (183cm) |
| Weight: | 80Kg (177lbs) |
| Sexual Orientation: | Straight |
| Marital Status: | Married |
| Wife/Spouse (Name): | Jennifer Canaga |
| Children/Kids (Son and Daughter): | No |
| Dating/Girlfriend (Name): | No |
| Is Greg Proops Gay?: | No |
| Profession: | Actor, stand-up comedian and television host |
| Salary: | N/A |
| Net Worth in 2024: | $5 Million |
| Last Updated: | July 2024 |
Greg Proops is mostly known for being an actor, stand-up comedian and television host who mainly operates out of his home country, USA. He specializes in improvisational comedy on the popular comedy show, Whose Line Is It Anyway?
He has also performed on Drew Carey’s Green Screen Show and voiced the main character in the kids show, Bob the Builder from 2005 to 2007. The article below goes deeper into the life and career of Greg Proops, so let’s dive in.
Maybe you know about Greg Proops very well But do you know how old and tall is he and what is his net worth in 2024? If you do not know, We have prepared this article about details of Greg Proops’s short biography-wiki, career, professional life, personal life, wife, girlfriend, dating, divorce, kids, today’s net worth, age, height, weight, and more facts. Well, if you’re ready, let’s start.
Early Life & Biography
Greg Proops was born on 3rd October 1959, in Phoenix, Arizona to Steven G. Proops (father) and Doris Olive (mother). However, he was raised in San Carlos, California, a suburb south of San Francisco where he went to San Carlos High School.
He later went to the College of San Mateo and led the comedy duo, ‘Proops& Brakeman’. Later on, he took improvisation courses at the San Francisco State University but never completed his education there.
Age, Height, Weight and Body Measurements
Being born on 3 October 1959, Greg Proops is 64 years old as of today’s date 26th July 2024. His height is 183 cm tall, and weight is 80 Kg.
Personal Life: wife, girlfriend, dating, divorce, kids
Greg Proops is currently married to Jennifer Canaga with whom they married on the 14th of February, 1990. The two met at a comedy show, liked each other and dated for quite some time. The couple currently lives in Los Angeles, California and do not have a child.
Career
Mark Leveson and Dan Patterson, show producers, watched the performances of Greg Proops and Mc Shane and were quite impressed with their work. This was so much so that the producers cast the comedians on their improvisational comedy show; Whose Line Is It Anyway?. Greg spent four years in London because of the filming of the show.
After staying in London for that time, Greg went back to USA after the expiration of his work permit. He was cast on the American version of Whose Line Is It Anyway where he appeared in 71 episodes of the show, mostly as a fourth contestant.
From 2004, Greg was featured in every episode of Drew Carey’s Green Screen Show despite the show not lasting for a long time. The performers played improvisation games in the backdrop of a green screen which was later animated into the relevant props and backgrounds. He also hosted four popular game shows known as; Space Cadets in the mid-1990’s, VS in 1999, RendezViewin 2001 and Head Games in 2009.
Greg has also diversified into voice-over roles in many popular films and television shows. He has voiced Tim Burton in The Nightmare Before Christmas which was released in 1993 and played Bernard, a FUGG technician in Stripperella, an adult-animated show on Spike TV from 2003 to 2004. He did the voice of Fode in Star Wars: Episode I – The Phantom Menace, and Bob in the famous cartoon, Bob the Builder.
He later re-did some of his roles in Star Wars: Episode 1 – Racer and Star Wars: Episode 1 – The Phantom Menace. He was a guest-star in a computer-animated series, Star Wars: The Clone Wars, where he played Tal Merrick.
Greg Proops ventured into making podcasts and started with his show, The Greg Proops Experiment, and now hosts a weekly podcast called The Smartest Man in the World. He mostly talks about a wide variety of topics from his personal life to current events.
Greg released his book called The Smartest Book in the World on May 5th, 2015, which is a combination of short essays that provide some information about baseball, history, poetry and comedic books.
Awards & Achievements
Greg Proops once won a Streamy Award for Best Ensemble Cast in a Web Series in 2010 for his work in Easy to Assemble.
Net Worth & Salary of Greg Proops in 2024
Greg Proops has made a living out of comedy for as long as anyone can remember and still continuing with a similar successful trend. He has diversified in a number of different movies, TV shows and even has a podcast.
As of July 2024, Proops has an estimated net worth of $5 Million which mainly comes from the jobs he has been getting on TV and so on. Other than that, not much is known about his other sources of income.
Greg Proops has been entertaining people all over the world for over three decades and has achieved a lot of success is doing so. As he continues with his various jobs, we do wish him all the best.