Greg Fitzsimmons Biography
Greg Fitzsimmons is an American stand-up comedian, actor, podcaster, and Emmy-winning television writer. Greg has been hosting a radio show on Howard Stern’s Sirius/XM channel since 2006, as well as his own twice-weekly podcast, Fitzdog Radio.
Age
Greg was born Gregory Sebastian Fitzsimmons on 5 April 1966,in New York, New York, United States of America. He is 58 years old as of April 2024.
Height
Sebastian stands at a height of 5′ 8″ (1.73 m).
Family- Parents
Fitzsimmons was born and raised in Tarrytown, New York, by Bob (1939-1993) and Patricia Marie Judith (née McCarthy) Fitzsimmons. Greg’s father was a New York City radio and television celebrity who was one of the first presenters of Good Day New York and hosted the Jerry Lewis Muscular Dystrophy Telethon from 1973 to 1989.
Wife- Married
Career
Fitzsimmons made his debut on The Late Show with David Letterman in 1996. That same year, he began hosting MTV’s Idiot Savants, which won the CableACE Award for Outstanding Sports Special or Series. Greg was a writer on The Ellen DeGeneres Show for the first three seasons, for which he received one nomination and four Daytime Emmy Awards. In a 2010 interview with Howard Stern, Fitzsimmons described the workplace as “toxic.” these accusations.
Greg was a regular speaker on Vh1’s Biggest Week from 2004 to 2009, making over 40 appearances, most recently at Chelsea from 2010 to 2014. Fitzsimmons was a regular guest on the Howard Stern Show in the late nineties and early 2000s. He was the last candidate to replace Jackie Matlin following her departure, and the job eventually went to Artie Lange. In 2006, Greg began hosting The Greg Fitzsimmons Show on SiriusXM’s Howard 101 channel. He was banned from the channel in 2011 for anti-Semitic comments about Stern.
Fitzsimmons has toured the United States as a guest speaker and appeared on The Tonight Show with Jay Leno, Tonight with David Letterman, Tonight with Conan O’Brien, and the Jimmy Kimmel Live Wait for shows. In 2013, the one-hour special “Stage Life” premiered on Comedy Central. Fitzsimmons hosts the comedy podcast Fitzdog Radio. The show features interviews with artists, musical guests and performers. Listeners are encouraged to call throughout the show. Guests include Zach Galifianakis, Leslie Jones, Whitney Cummings and Judd Apatow. As of August 2023, the show has aired over 1,000 episodes.
He also hosts The Sunday Papers with partner and producer Mike Gibbons (“Gibby”) and Childish with singer Alison Rossum. Fitzsimmons started his career writing wrong things with Bill Maher. From 2003 to 2005, he wrote and produced The Ellen DeGeneres Show ; She received a nomination and four Daytime Emmy Awards for this program. He has also written for Cedric the Entertainer, The Man Show, The Wanda Sykes Show, Lucky Louie, and most recently HBO’s Crash. He also hosts Sunday Papers with sidekick/producer Mike Gibbons (aka “Gibby”) and Childish with comedian Alison Rosen.
Net Worth
He has an estimated net worth of 5 million dollars.
Movies and TV Shows
2019-2020 Lights Out with David Spade
2016 This Is Not Happening
2014-2015 How To Be A Grown Up with Tom Segura
2014 Upload with Shaquille O’Neal
2013 Greg Fitzsimmons: Life on Stage
2012 Un-Cabaret
2011 Pumped!
2011 Dave’s Old Porn
2011 AM Northwest
2010-2014 Chelsea Lately
2010 John Oliver’s New York Stand Up Show
2010 The Wanda Sykes Show
2010 A Night of 140 Tweets: A Celebrity Tweet-A-Thon for Haiti
2009 Naked Ambition: An R Rated Look at an X Rated Industry
2008 History of the Joke
2008 Here Come the Newlyweds
2008 25th AVN Awards
2008 I Love the New Millennium
2008 Best Week Ever with Paul F. Tompkins
2007 Porky’s: A Comedy Classic
2007 What I Learned About… From the Movies
2007 Heckler Self
2007 Rock Band Cometh: The Rock Band Band Story
2006 I Love Toys
2006 I Love the ’70s