Cliff Cash Biography
Cliff Cash( born Clifton Freeman Cash) is an American stand-up comedian from North Carolina. Cash’s first open mic was in 2011. Cash spent six years in sales and real estate investing before becoming a full-time comedian and founding Green Coast Recycling.
Age
Cliff was born in 1981, in Gastonia, North Carolina, United States of America. He is 43 years old as of 2023.
Family- Education
Cash was born in Gastonia, NC. and raised in a strict Southern Baptist household. He is the younger brother of the novelist Wiley Cash. The two have frequently performed on stage together. They also have a sister. He attended the University of North Carolina, Asheville.
Wife- Married
He lives in Wilmington, North Carolina. He was divorced in 2017.
Career
Cash’s first open mic was in 2011. Cash spent six years in sales and real estate investing before becoming a full-time comedian and founding Green Coast Recycling. Cash received a Pelican award from the North Carolina Coastal Federation in 2013 for founding the environmental organization Friends of the Lower Cape Fear. His comedy, inspired by George Carlin, is frequently satirical and politically charged, addressing issues such as racism, religious extremism, and the MeToo movement. He frequently holds shows as fundraisers for environmental and other causes. He is also a photographer who has set a goal of visiting and shooting all 61 national parks in the United States while touring as a comedian.
Cash and two other Southern comics, Tom Simmons and Stewart Huff, launched the Sick of Stupid Tour, which he described as “the unofficial rebuttal” to the more stereotypically Southern Blue Collar Comedy Tour and a different perspective on topics such as gay rights, religion, and gun control to shows like Duck Dynasty. His album Half Way There, released on January 8, 2021, on Stand Up! Records, reached No. 1 on the iTunes comedy chart.
Since 2016, he has appeared at the Houston Whatever Fest, Cape Fear Comedy Festival, Norfolk Comedy Festival, Altercation Comedy Festival, San Luis Obispo Comedy Festival, and the Boise Treefort Music Fest. He won the Port City’s Top Comic competition, was a semifinalist and regional winner in Comedy Central’s Up Next competition, and a semifinalist on Standup NBC. In 2014, he participated in two episodes of the Fox television series Laughs.
Net Worth
Cash has an estimated net worth of 1 million dollars.