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Raymond Albert Romano Wiki Biography

Raymond Albert Romano was born on 21 December 1957, in Queens, New York City, USA, and is a comedian, television producer, screenwriter, actor, as well as a voice actor, probably best known for portraying the character of Raymond Barone in the popular television series called “Everybody Loves Raymond”. The show debuted on television screens in 1996, and aired its final, ninth season in 2005 . Based on Romano’s real-life experiences, the show gained a lot of public exposure and interest over the course of nine years, as it finished its run with an audience of 17.4 million viewers in its last season.

So how rich is Ray Romano, as of mid-2017? Authoritative sources estimate that Ray’s net worth is over $140 million, accumulated during a career in the entertainment industry, which began in the late 1980s. A significant contribution was made by his starring in “Everybody Loves Raymond”, ending with a reputed $1.7 million per episode, close to $20 million per series in its latter stages.

Ray’s ancestry is mostly Italian, but also French. His mother Lucie was a piano teacher, and father an engineer and estate agent. Ray matriculated from Hillcrest High School, and then enrolled at Queens College studying accountancy, but from which he didn’t graduate at the time. Still. he worked in banking for a while, before Romano’s career in entertainment began in 1989 when he appeared in the “Johnnie Walker Comedy Search”, after which he starred in “Star Search” and “The Late Show with David Letterman”. Soon Ray received an opportunity to appear in his own semi-reality series called “Everybody Loves Raymond”, which was loosely based on his personal life. The show not only inspired the creation of several other versions of the series, including the Russian, British, Dutch and Polish ones, but also managed to win Emmy Awards, Screen Actors Guild Awards, and Writers Guild of America Awards.  In addition, Ray reprised the role of Ray Barone in several other television series, including “The King of Queens” with Kevin James, “Cosby” starring Bill Cosby, “The Nanny” with Fran Drescher and Daniel Davis, and “Becker”. Ray Romano also starred in “The Last Word” with Wes Bentley and Winona Ryder, “Hanna Montana” with Miley Cyrus and “Funny People”. All helped raise his next worth.

Romano’s acting skills have helped him earn roles in other television projects too, such as “The Knights of Prosperity”, “The Office” and “The Middle”. In 2009, Romano debuted his own comedy-drama series called “Men of a Certain Age”, in which he co-starred alongside Andre Braugher and Scott Bakula. Even though the show was cancelled after two seasons, it was met with positive critical reviews, and even won a Peabody Award. Ray Romano’s contributions to the entertainment industry have been acknowledged with People’s Choice Awards, Emmy Awards, American Film Institute Awards, as well as Academy of Television Arts and Sciences Awards.

Ray has also delved into voice-acting territory, in particular for Manny, a woolly mammoth in  the animated film “Ice Age” in 2002, and subsequently reprised in four film sequels stretching to 2016.

Romano has more recently starred as Hank Rizzoli in the  television comedy drama series called “Parenthood”, adding to his over 20 appearances in TV productions, and to his net worth.

In his personal life, Ray has been married to Anna Scarpulla since 1987, and they have four children, all having guested in “Everybody Loves Raymond’. Anna overcame breast cancer in 2010.

Aside form acting, Ray has appeared in “Who Wants to be a Millionaire” and “The Price is Right”, plus “The Haney Project” on the Golf Channel, aimed at improving various celebrity’s golfing skills. Ray is also a keen poker player, taking part in The World Series of Poker several times during the last 10 years.

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Raymond Albert Romano Quick Info

Raymond Albert Romano Trademarks

1. Self-deprecating sense of humor
2. Nasal voice
3. Jokes about dealing with his parents, wife and children

Raymond Albert Romano Quotes

• Right after ‘Raymond’ I had a world-is-my-oyster attitude, but I found out I don’t like oysters. I had this existential emptiness.’What is my purpose? Who am I?’ I had a big identity crisis.
• It seems to be a common denominator with a lot of comics, this low self-esteem thing.
• Everyone should have kids. They are the greatest joy in the world. But they are also terrorists. You’ll realize this as soon as they’re born, and they start using sleep deprivation to break you.
• At The 57th Annual Golden Globe Awards (2000): “I feel like this is a dream – and I apologize for how I dressed some of you.”

Raymond Albert Romano Important Facts

• $1,800,000 per episode
• $19,000,000 /year(2001)
• His real-life father had a birthday, just 3 days after Doris Roberts. The most coincidental thing is they were both born in 1925. His father died just 6 years before Roberts.
• After the ending of Everybody Loves Raymond (1996), he remained close friends with Doris Roberts, until her death in 2016.
• His older brother, Rich, was a NYC police sergeant for 20 years and has written his own theatrically released feature film called ‘The Investigator.”.
• Acting mentor was Doris Roberts.
• Brother is Richard A. Romano. Richard is a screenwriter and high school baseball coach, following his longstanding career as an NYPD Sgt/investigator.
• His father died on March 2010.
• Michael K. Brock also attended Hillcrest High School with Fran Drescher and Ray Romano.
• Best known by the public for his starring role as the title character in Everybody Loves Raymond (1996).
• Graduated from CUNY Queens College in Flushing, New York.
• Lived at home with his parents until he was 29 years old.
• Was among the guests at Kevin James’ wedding to Steffiana De La Cruz.
• The flashback episode of Everybody Loves Raymond (1996), in which Ray Barone first meets his future wife, he is delivering a futon. After Ray Romano’s bank-teller job (where he met his real wife, Anna), he worked as a futon delivery-man before he tried stand-up comedy.
• Dropped out of Archbishop Molloy High School in Briarwood, New York to go to Hillcrest High School. One of his brothers, however, did graduate from AMHS.
• He guest-starred a few times in The King of Queens (1998) as Ray Barone, his character from Everybody Loves Raymond (1996)
• Currently resides in Los Angeles.
• First comedy performance was in a comedy troop called No Talent.
• Was classmates with comedienne Fran Drescher in high school and has even guest-starred as his Ray Barone character on The Nanny (1993).
• Won a Cable Ace Award for Dr. Katz, Professional Therapist (1995) (for Best Animated Programming Special or Series) in 1995 as one of the writers.
• Ray Barone, Romano’s character on Everybody Loves Raymond (1996), was ranked #10 in TV Guide’s list of the “50 Greatest TV Dads of All Time” [20 June 2004 issue].
• He is the son of Albert Romano and Lucie (Fortini). Seven of his great-grandparents were Italian, and one of his great-grandparents was French (his paternal grandmother’s father, August Blache).
• Went to Hillcrest High School in Queens, New York.
• He met his wife, Anna Romano, when both worked at the Williamsburg Savings Bank in Queens, New York in 1982. He asked out two other co-workers before he asked Anna, and she was the only one who said yes.
• Was originally cast in the role of technician Ted Garelli on NewsRadio (1995) but left after negotiations with writers about a sitcom starring him, namely Everybody Loves Raymond (1996), airing the following year. The role was replaced by Joe Rogan, and after a few days of shooting the cast decided it was easier to call the character Joe Garelli.
• Brother is an actual sergeant for the New York Police Department. Ray and his brother were featured on a 2001 NYPD recruiting poster.
• Ray originally planned to become an accountant.
• Named one of E!’s “Top 20 Entertainers of 2001.”
• Father of 4 children: Alexandra Romano (born 1990), twins Matt Romano and Gregory Romano (born 1993) and Joseph Raymond Romano (born February 16, 1998) with his wife, Anna Romano.
• Final contestant (i.e. “slowest finger”) on Celebrity Who Wants to Be a Millionaire (1999), walking off with $125,000 for the NYPD’s D.A.R.E. Unit. (5/4/2000)

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