A stand-up comics artist by trade, Sebastian Maniscalco has achieved a thriving career in comedy after a slow start. His great determination to succeed and diligent attitude to work saw him land a role in Vince Vaughn’s comedy film entitled Wild West Comedy Show: 30 Days and 30 Nights – Hollywood to the Heartland. After his extraordinary display of unique talent on film, the talented comic artist received public acclaim, leading to his meteoric rise to superstardom.
Maniscalco is also a podcaster as he co-hosts The Pete and Sebastian podcast with Pete Correale. More so, the brilliant comedian has acted in a few films including: The Nut Job 2: Naturally Crazy, The Irishman, Greenbook . Over the years, the accomplished comic artist has released five comedy videos with his recent Netflix special entitled Stay Hungry being dropped on January 15, 2019
Sebastian Maniscalco’s Biography (Age)
Sebastian Maniscalco, who is of Italian-American ethnicity, was born on July 8, 1973 to Salvatore and Rose Maniscalco in Arlington Heights, Illinois, Chicago, United States. He is an American citizen. Maniscalco completed his undergraduate education at Rolling Meadows High School and continued his studies at Northern Illinois University.
In 1998, the famous comedian got his career off to a slow start after attending open mic shows at bars and bowling alleys when he moved to Los Angeles. To make ends meet, Maniscalco began working as a waiter at the Beverly Hills Fours Seasons Hotel, resigning in 2005 after seven years.
The comic actor began his fame when he took another job at the Comedy Store in West Hollywood and became a frequent performer at the venue. In addition, Sebastian Maniscalco directed a 30-minute comic show for Comedy Central Presents.
In 2009, he released his first comic video entitled Sebastian Leben , which lasted four hours. Another comedy special followed in 2012, What’s Wrong With People? From 2014 to 2016, Maniscalco released two more comic videos titled: Aren’t You Ashamed? and why would you do that?Additionally, the TV character was among four comic book artists who played alternate roles in Vince Vaughn’s comedy film. Wild West Comedy Show: 30 Days and 30 Nights – Hollywood to the Heartland. The three other comedians are John Caparulo, Ahmed Ahmed and Bret Ernst. During his career as a comedian, Maniscalco appeared on numerous comedy shows including The Late Show With Craig Ferguson, The Jay Leno Show and The Tonight Show With Jimmy Fallon .
In addition, the Illinois-born comedian also works as the on-air host of a comic book program – Crude Dog Comedy on Sirius XM radio station. In his acting career, Sebastian Maniscalco has had roles in Season 7 of TV show, Comedians in Cars Get Coffee and also in movies like TAG, Cruise and The Irishman alongside Robert De Niro which will premiere in October 2019.
What’s more, on February 27, 2018, the Brilliant actor released the release of his autobiography titled ‘Stay Hungry’ and the next year a comedy special of the same title was dropped by Netflix. Due to Maniscalco’s growing popularity, his comic specials were picked up by Netflix, selling the talented stand-up comics artist to the world.
Wealth (income and earnings)
The highly gifted comic artist has done well through his impressive body of work over the years. After releasing his five comedy videos as well as appearing in several TV shows and movies, Sebastian Maniscalco has consistently made a net worth of $6 million as of 2018.
Sebastian Maniscalco’s family – his wife and father
The popular comedian is happily married to Lana Gomez, an A-list painter whose wonderful artwork was featured on acclaimed interior designer Kelly Wearstler’s book Hue. She is best known for her towering 10-foot guitar sculptures in Guitar Town, West Hollywood, where she also set up her showroom. Gomez made a name for herself when she was publicly honored with California Home and Design Magazine’s Tastemaker of 2014 Award. The duo tied the knot in August 2013 and they have a daughter named Serafina Simeone Maniscalco, born in 2017.
Regarding Sebastian Maniscalco’s father, his name is Salvatore Maniscalco and no other details about him are available.
