Eddie Murphy's Net Worth (Updated September 2022)

Net Worth:	$140 Million
Age:	63
Born:	April 18, 1962
Gender:	Male
Height:	1.83 m (6 ft 0 in)
Country of Origin:	United States of America
Source of Wealth:	Professional Comedian
Last Updated:	Mar 3, 2026

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• Introduction
• Earnings History
• Planet Hollywood Residency
• Merchandising
• Real Estate

Introduction

Jeff Dunham is an American professional actor, stand-up comedian, and ventriloquist with an estimated net worth of $140 Million.

Quick Facts

• Peak annual income of $19 million in the 2010s
• Earned an estimated $98.5 million from 2013 to 2019 (excluding 2014)

Earnings History

Year	Earnings
2013	$19,000,000
2015	$19,000,000
2016	$13,500,000
2017	$15,500,000
2018	$16,500,000
2019	$15,000,000
Total	$98,500,000

It’s probably no secret that Jeff Dunham was one of the highest-paid comedians in the 2010s, often earning between $15 million and $19 million per year. Forbes’ first mention of Dunham was back in 2013, when they placed him fourth on the list of the top-earning comedians that year. At the time, the publication highlighted Dunham’s merchandise revenues (ventriloquist dummy sales) as a significant source of income for the comedian, earning him “several million” dollars per year.

Dunham also earned an estimated $19 million in 2015, but his income began to decline in the latter half of the decade. In 2016, he earned approximately $13.5 million, a low for the period. Between 2017 and 2019, his annual income bounced between $15 million and $16.5 million. Aside from merchandising, Dunham’s most lucrative income stream was his residency at Planet Hollywood in Las Vegas.

Between 2013 and 2019, Jeff Dunham earned approximately $98.5 million from all his endeavors. However, this excludes 2014 because we struggled to find information about that year.

Planet Hollywood Residency

In 2015, Jeff Dunham announced the beginning of a formal residency at Planet Hollywood Hotel & Casino in Las Vegas, Nevada. While there was never an official word on a contract being signed, the partnership, which continues on to this day, is believed to have been a primary source of Dunham’s income over the last decade. Each show runs 90 to 120 minutes, and he typically performs 6 shows per year at the venue.

Merchandising

We briefly mentioned above that Jeff Dunham earns several million dollars per year from merchandising. In the late 1990s, Dunham had a genius idea to begin producing his own ventriloquist dolls and selling them. He invested $30,000 to produce the first 3,000 units of the purple-skinned, green-haired Peanut doll, which, according to Forbes, 10% of his live audience purchased on any given night.

At the time, they sold for roughly $40 a pop. With roughly 300 people in attendance at a typical show, he sold an average of 30 dolls per night, generating a solid $1,200 in revenue. Of course, this was over two decades ago, and the doll has been through many iterations since then.

Today, Dunham sells all three versions of his ventriloquist dolls (Peanut, Jeff, and Eddie) on his website for $199. He also offers animatronic talking dolls for $45, plush dolls for $15, and bobbleheads for $25.

Real Estate

In July 2009, Jeff Dunham paid $4.25 million for a 6,522-square-foot, six-bedroom, seven-bathroom home in Encino, California. The property is situated on 0.42 acres of land and was built just one year before Dunham acquired it. In March 2015, he returned the property to the market, seeking $5.2 million, but unfortunately, it didn’t attract any interest. This led to numerous price reductions, resulting in his selling for just $4.1 million, a loss, in December 2017.

In May 2014, a year before listing his Encino home, Dunham acquired a 7,204-square-foot, six-bedroom, eight-bathroom house in the Hidden Hills. He paid $4.033 million for the property, which is situated on a 2.3-acre lot. Kris Jenner is also reportedly his next-door neighbor. The property hasn’t changed hands since the purchase, and is now valued at roughly $5.47 million.

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