What is David Hyde Pierce’s Net Worth Collection?

David Hyde Pierce is an American actor and director who has a net worth of $40 Million, according to Celebrity Net Worth. He received $1 million per episode of “Frasier” during its final two seasons. After adjusting for inflation, that equates to about $1.5 million in today’s dollars. He ultimately won $22 million a season, $44 million for the final two seasons, and tens of millions from reruns.  

David Hyde Pierce received $1 million per episode of "Frasier" during its final two seasons.
David Hyde Pierce has a $40 million net worth
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The actor paid $3.625 million for an 8,184-square-foot home in Los Feliz, Los Angeles, in 2003. In 2012, he sold the seven-bedroom house for $7.05 million. The house has a library, a theatre, a gym, and the. The 92-acre estate features a swimming pool and a guesthouse.  

David Hyde Pierce’s Career  

After graduating from college, David Hyde Pierce relocated to New York City, where he served as a security guard and sold ties at Bloomingdale’s while attending classes at Michael Howard Studios. In 1982, he made his Broadway debut in Christopher Durang’s “Beyond Therapy,”. Five years later, he made his television debut in guest roles on “Spenser: For Hire” and “Crime Story.”

The artist’s first feature film was “Bright Lights, Big City,” and by the end of the decade, he had also appeared in “Crossing Delancey” (1988), “Rocket Gibraltar” (1988), and “Vampire’s Kiss” (1989). In 1993, David starred in “Sleepless in Seattle” and “Addams Family Values,” before landing the part that would make him famous: psychiatrist Niles Crane on “Frasier.” He earned numerous awards for the film, which broadcast 264 episodes over 11 seasons, and won the Primetime Emmy for Outstanding Comedy Series five years in a row.  

The 63-year-old appeared on “The Simpsons” as Cecil Terwilliger from 1997 to 2007, and he returned in 2014 as a different character. Hyde narrated “Forever Plaid: The Movie” (2008) and “Stingray Sam” (2009), and he starred in the 2010 psychological thriller “The Perfect Host.”

In 2015, The actor directed the Broadway musical “It Shoulda Been You” and an Off-Broadway version of David Lindsay‘s “Ripcord.” Abaire’s In 2017, he returned to Broadway to co-star with Bette Midler in “Hello, Dolly!” for which he earned Tony, Outer Critics Circle, and Drama League awards. Pierce appeared in “When We Rise,” a miniseries about LGBT rights, as well as Julie Andrews‘ educational Netflix series “Julie’s Greenroom” the same year. David will star in the horror film “The Georgetown Project,” which will be released in 2021.  

David Hyde Pierce’s Awards and Nominations  

David Hyde Pierce has earned 11 Primetime Emmy Awards, including Outstanding Supporting Actor in a Comedy Series in 1995, 1998, 1999, and 2004 for “Frasier.” He was nominated for five Golden Globes, six American Comedy Awards, five Online Film & Television Association Awards, two Screen Actors Guild Awards, two Television Critics Association Awards, six Viewers for Quality Television Awards, and a “TV Guide” Award for his role as Niles Crane.  

David Hyde Pierce was nominated for five Golden Globes, six American Comedy Awards.
David Hyde Pierce has four Tony Awards to his name, including Best Actor in a Musical for “Curtains” in 2007.
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In 1997, the actor received a Cable ACE Award for Guest Actor in a Dramatic Special or Series for his work on “The Outer Limits” and an Online Film & Television Association award for Best Guest Actor Comedy Series for “Caroline in the City” in 1998.   

Pierce has four Tony Awards to his name, including Best Actor in a Musical for “Curtains” in 2007 and the Isabelle Stevenson Award in 2010. In 2007, he received an Honorary Doctor of Fine Arts Degree from Niagara University in Lewiston, New York, and an Honorary Degree from his hometown’s Skidmore College.  

David Hyde Pierce’s Married Life, Who is His Partner?

David Hyde Pierce announced in 2007 that he is gay after years of media rumors regarding his sexuality. Later he clarified via his publicist that he and television journalist, director, and producer Brian Hargrove were a couple. While accepting his Tony Award for Curtains, Pierce thanked “my partner, Brian, because it’s 24 years of listening to your damn notes—that’s why I’m up here tonight.”

David Hyde Pierce later clarified via his publicist that he and television journalist, director, and producer Brian Hargrove were a couple.
David Hyde Pierce and Brian Hargrove married in California on October 24, 2008. Source: Pinterest

The couple married in California on October 24, 2008, just days before Proposition 8, which prohibited same-sex marriages in the state, became law. While appearing on The View on May 28, 2009, he publicly announced his marriage to Hargrove and expressed his displeasure with the passage of Proposition 8.  

David Hyde Pierce’s Early Life  

David Hyde Pierce was born David Pierce in Saratoga Springs, New York, on April 3, 1959. He grew up with his mother, Laura, an insurance agent, his father, George, an aspiring actor, his older sisters Nancy and Barbara, and his older brother, Thomas. Since David Pierce was another actor, he started using the middle name Hyde (his father’s middle name).  

David Hyde Pierce enjoyed playing the organ at a local church as a child.
David Hyde Pierce was born David Pierce in Saratoga Springs, New York,
on April 3, 1959.
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The 62-year-old actor enjoyed playing the organ at a local church as a child, and as a high school student, he became involved in drama. Following graduation, he enrolled at Yale to study classical piano, but changed his major and graduated in 1981 with English and Theatre Arts degrees. In college, David directed and starred in student productions of “Who’s Afraid of Virginia Woolf?” and “Waiting for Godot.” 

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