Ben Gleib is and American actor, writer, satirist, and comedian. He was a regular guest on the E! late night talk show Chelsea Lately for seven years until the show ended in 2014.
Early life
Ben Gleib is 44 years old due to his birth on June 18, 1978. He was born in Los Angeles to his loving and caring parents named Nate and Ziva Gleiberman. He has a brother named Ron Gleiberman who is younger than Ben. Ben went to the University of California, San Diego, where he received his degree in communications and theater. He worked on his thesis and produced the campus TV talk show “The Gleib Show” for four years. The show’s finale saw an interview with Carmen Electra (known professionally as Tara Leigh Patrick – model, singer and media personality) and was dedicated to the Marines in the military tank.
Ben Gleib career
guest appearances
Ben was the regular guest on the E! Late night talk show Chelsea Lately, where he appeared for the regular seven seasons until the show ended in 2014. He began appearing as a frequent guest on KPCC (Southern California’s NPR affiliate) on the Patt Morrison program, where he did comedy with a mix of political themes. He also made a few appearances for KPCC live from the 2008 Republican National Convention in St. Paul, Minnesota.
Ben also appeared in the famous and most watched NBC series The Real Wedding Crashers, a primetime comedy. The show was also picked up by other networks such as Bravo and Style Network. In 2009, he officially appeared as a standup on NBC’s Last Call with Carson Daly, and in 2008, Gleb was featured on the NBC competition show Last Comic Standing.
Production of the television pilot
In 2006, Ben sold a television pilot, The Gleb Show, to Fox. The pilot received financial backing from Lorne Michaels, creator of Saturday Night Live, Broadway Video and NBC/Universal. This show was based on another TV show that Ben Gleib directed, wrote and starred in for the regular three seasons of National Lampoon College Network from 2003 to 2005, and which continued to air on college campuses across the country , and the show that earned the sequel reward or be called the number-one network show.
TV roles, movies and podcasts
Ben appeared in supporting roles and was in the film Bar Starz, which failed to star in theaters. Ben also appeared in a few other films including Kevin Smith’s Jay and Silent Bob’s Super Groovy Cartoon Movie, the voice of Marshall the Sloth in Ice Age: Continental Drift, and the voice of Dali in The Book of Life. He has voiced Phineas and Ferb and the YouTube series The Melvin Bros. Ben Gleib has also appeared on The Late Late Show on CBS, the Vancouver Comedy Festival and the Laughing Matters Festival in the Netherlands. He has hosted several pods and worked for Current TV, and in 2002 received credit for writing the Radio Music Awards for ABC.
Since November 2011, Gleb has hosted the famous and most-watched podcast, Last Week on Earth with Ben Gleib. He also worked as a co-guest host for ABC News Digital for a week, working on their 2016 election night coverage. Ben was also a frequent on-air contributor to CNN, The Young Turks and NPR, which led him to win a Golden Mic Award for his work at NPR’s Patt Morrison’s Comedy Congress. He also worked as a host of the social impact news show “ASPIREist” on CNN.
Ben Gleib biography | |
|---|---|
| Real name | Ben Nathan Gleiberman |
| Date of birth | June 18, 1978 |
| Age (as of 2022) | 44 years |
| Place of birth | Los Angeles, California, United States |
| profession | actor |
| University | University of California |
| qualification | graduate |
Physical Statistics | |
| Height | in feet inches – 6′ 0” – in centimeters – 185 cm |
| weight | in kilograms – 79kg – in pounds – 174 pounds |
| hair colour | Brown |
| eye color | Green |
Ben Gleib family | |
| Father | Nate Gleiberman |
| mother | Ziva Gleibermann |
| sister | – |
| Brothers | – |
relationship status | |
| Marital status | single |
| affair | no |
| Who is Ben Gleib’s wife/girlfriend? | – |
Personal life
Ben Gleib’s marital status is single. He is not known to be romantically committed to anyone. In addition, he often jokes about the people involved in ongoing political scenarios and is known for his comedic instincts, which are intrinsically fast and furious.
According to his Instagram post, he is engaged but don’t know this is true or he was just joking.
Ben Gleib net worth
Ben Gleib is an actor, comedian, stand-up personality, podcast writer, director and host of many television series or shows. Surely he has to earn a good amount of money due to his diverse professional life. At the moment, Gleb’s net worth is around $2 million.
Facts About Ben Gleib
- For a brief period from May 2019 to December 2019, he launched his political campaign and announced his candidacy for President of the United States. But in the end he couldn’t fund the campaign and eventually the campaign was shut down after that.
- As of August 2014, Gleb worked for the regular four years hosting the television game show Idiotest on Game Show Network.
- He was named by Esquire as one of the “six comedians who could be the next big things in comedy” and was also named “funniest comedian working today” by TBS.
- He is available on Amazon Prime, where he is known to be working on “Ben Gleib – Neurotic Gangster” for Showtime.