Aaron Sorkin

Quick Facts

Full Name	Aaron Sorkin
Occupation	Screenwriter
Date Of Birth	Jun 9, 1961(1961-06-09)
Age	63
Birthplace	New York City
Country	United States
Birth City	New York State
Horoscope	Gemini

Aaron Sorkin Biography

Aaron Sorkin is one of the most popular and richest Screenwriter who was born on June 9, 1961 in New York City, New York State, United States. American film and TV writer and producer best known for creating the TV series The Newsroom and The West Wing. He wrote the screenplays for the critically acclaimed films A Few Good Men, The Social Network and Moneyball.

He cast Jeff Daniels in the lead role for the HBO series The Newsroom.

Aaron Benjamin Sorkin (born June 9, 1961) is an American screenwriter, director, producer, and playwright. His works include the Broadway plays A Few Good Men, The Farnsworth Invention and To Kill a Mockingbird; the television series Sports Night, The West Wing, Studio 60 on the Sunset Strip, and The Newsroom; and the films A Few Good Men, The American President, Charlie Wilson’s War, Moneyball, and Steve Jobs. For writing The Social Network, he won the Academy Award for Best Adapted Screenplay, among other awards. He made his feature directorial debut in 2017 with Molly’s Game, which he also wrote. He received two additional Oscar nominations for Moneyball and Molly’s Game.

In 1979 Sorkin attended Syracuse University. In his freshman year he failed a class that was a core requirement – a devastating setback because he wanted to be an actor, and the drama department did not allow students to take the stage until they completed all the core freshman classes. Determined to do better, he returned in his sophomore year, and graduated in 1983. Recalling the influence on him at college of drama teacher Arthur Storch, Sorkin recalled, after Storch’s death in March 2013, that “Arthur’s reputation as a director, and as a disciple of Lee Strasberg, was a big reason why a lot of us went to S.U. … ‘You have the capacity to be so much better than you are’, he started saying to me in September of my senior year. He was still saying it in May. On the last day of classes, he said it again, and I said, ‘How?’, and he answered, ‘Dare to fail’. I’ve been coming through on his admonition ever since”.

He was married to Julia Bingham from 1996 to 2005. He has a daughter named Roxy.

Aaron Sorkin Net Worth

Aaron Sorkin is one of the richest Screenwriter from United States. According to our analysis, Wikipedia, Forbes & Business Insider, Aaron Sorkin 's net worth $80 Million. (Last Update: December 11, 2023)

He graduated from Syracuse University in 1983 with a Bachelor of Fine Arts degree in musical theatre.

He created the NBC series Studio 60 on the Sunset Strip, which aired from 2006 to 2007.

The West Wing was honored with nine Primetime Emmy Awards for its debut season, making the series a record holder for most Emmys won by a series in a single season at the time. Following the ceremony, a dispute arose regarding the acceptance speech for Outstanding Writing for a Drama Series. The West Wing episode “In Excelsis Deo” won, which was awarded to Sorkin and Rick Cleveland, while it was reported in a The New York Times article that Cleveland had been ushered off the stage by Sorkin without being given a chance to say a few words. The story behind The West Wing episode is based on Cleveland’s father, a Korean war veteran who spent the last years of his life on the street, as Cleveland explains in his FreshYarn.com essay titled “I Was the Dumb Looking Guy with the Wire-Rimmed Glasses”. A back and forth took place between Sorkin and Cleveland in a public web forum at Mighty Big TV where Sorkin explained that he gives his writers “Story By” credit on a rotating basis “by way of a gratuity” and that he had thrown out Cleveland’s script and started from scratch. In the end, Sorkin apologized to Cleveland. Cleveland and Sorkin also won the Writers Guild of America Award for Television: Episodic Drama at the 53rd Writer Guild of America Awards for “In Excelsis Deo”.

Height, Weight & Body Measurements

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Who is Aaron Sorkin Dating?

According to our records, Aaron Sorkin married to Julia Bingham. As of December 1, 2023, Aaron Sorkin’s is not dating anyone.

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Sorkin did uncredited script doctor work on several films in the 1990s. He wrote some quips for Sean Connery and Nicolas Cage in The Rock. He worked on Excess Baggage, a comedy about a girl who stages her own kidnapping to get her father’s attention, and rewrote some of Will Smith’s scenes in Enemy of the State.

Facts & Trivia

Aaron Ranked on the list of most popular Screenwriter. Also ranked in the elit list of famous people born in United States. Aaron Sorkin celebrates birthday on June 9 of every year.

Sorkin continued writing Making Movies and in 1990 it debuted Off-Broadway at the Promenade Theatre, produced by John A. McQuiggan, and again directed by Don Scardino. Meanwhile, David Brown was producing a few projects at TriStar Pictures and tried to interest them in making A Few Good Men into a film but his proposal was declined due to the lack of star actor involvement. Brown later got a call from Alan Horn at Castle Rock Entertainment who was anxious to make the film. Rob Reiner, a Castle Rock producing partner, opted to direct it.

What is Aaron Sorkin known for?

Aaron Sorkin is a TV and film screenwriter, playwright, and director. He is well-known for using his fast-paced, snappy dialogue and sharp wit to tell dramatic stories about American politics, law, and media. Aaron was born in 1961 and raised in New York City.

How rich is Aaron Sorkin?

Net Worth: $90 Million
Date of Birth:| Jun 9, 1961 (60 years old)
Gender:| Male
Profession:| Screenwriter, Television producer, Playwright, Script doctor, Actor

How much does Aaron Sorkin make for a script?

Sorkin is one of the highest paid screenwriters, earning nearly $4million per script , reportedly making an additional $1million if it gets turned into a film. He has written several critically acclaimed screenplays such as Charlie Wilson’s War, The Social Network, Moneyball, Steve Jobs, and Molly’s Game.

Who is Aaron Sorkin's father?

Bernard Sorkin

Did Aaron Sorkin write Moneyball?

Moneyball is a 2011 American sports drama film directed by Bennett Miller and written by Steven Zaillian and Aaron Sorkin.