Jonathan Ames

Quick Facts

Full Name	Jonathan Ames
Occupation	Comic Book Author
Date Of Birth	Mar 23, 1964(1964-03-23)
Age	60
Birthplace	New York
Country	United States
Horoscope	Pisces

Jonathan Ames Biography

Jonathan Ames is one of the most popular and richest Comic Book Author who was born on March 23, 1964 in New York, United States. Famous for comic books and memoirs such as, Wake Up Sir! and What’s Not to Like? The Adventures of the Mildly Perverted young writer, the well-known writer also wrote an article to The New York Press and created and wrote the HBO series Bored to Death starring Known for such comic novels and memoirs as, respectively, Wake Up Sir! and What’s Not to Love?: The Adventures of a Mildly Perverted Young Writer, this popular author also penned a column for the New York Press and created and wrote the HBO series Bored to Death starring Jason Schwartzman..

The novel of his The Extra Man was adapted into a movie in 2010, with His novel The Extra Man was adapted into a 2010 film starring Kevin Kline..

Raised in Oakland, New Jersey, Ames attended Indian Hills High School. Ames graduated with an English degree in 1987 from Princeton University, and where he authored his senior thesis entitled Eye Pity Eye: (The Collected Writings of Alexander Vine). He also holds a Master of Fine Arts degree in fiction from Columbia University. He has been an infrequent faculty member at Columbia, The New School, and the Iowa Writers’ Workshop.

Ames’s novels include I Pass Like Night (1989), The Extra Man (1998), and 2004’s Wake Up Sir!, described by The New York Times as “laugh-out-loud funny”. In September 2008, Ames released The Alcoholic, his first foray into graphic literature, illustrated by Dean Haspiel; an excerpt was included in The Best American Comics 2010. In 2009, he published a new collection of essays and fiction with Scribner, titled The Double Life Is Twice as Good. In 2018, Vintage released an expanded version of Ames’s first thriller novel, You Were Never Really Here, which was originally published at Byliner as an e-book in 2013.

He earned his degree in the fall of 2007 from Princeton University before returning to his hometown of New York to enter the Master of Fine Arts program in writing fiction in Columbia University.

Jonathan Ames Net Worth

Jonathan Ames is one of the richest Comic Book Author from United States. According to our analysis, Wikipedia, Forbes & Business Insider, Jonathan Ames 's net worth $5 Million. (Last Update: December 11, 2023)

He began his writing career as an actor and storyteller before being a hit in 1999 with his solo show, Oedipussy.

An actor and writer, he starred in the film with An actor as well as a writer, he appeared with John Malkovich in the 2008 film The Great Buck Howard. in the film of 2008 The Great Buck Howard.

Jonathan Ames (/eɪ m z / ; born March 23, 1964) is an American author who has written a number of novels and comic memoirs, and is the creator of two television series, Bored to Death (HBO) and Blunt Talk (STARZ). In the late ’90s and early 2000s, he was a columnist for the New York Press for several years, and became known for self-deprecating tales of his sexual misadventures. He also has a long-time interest in boxing, appearing occasionally in the ring as “The Herring Wonder”.

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The film adaptation of Ames’s novel The Extra Man, starring Kevin Kline, John C. Reilly, Katie Holmes, and Paul Dano, was released in 2010.

Facts & Trivia

Jonathan Ranked on the list of most popular Comic Book Author. Also ranked in the elit list of famous people born in United States. Jonathan Ames celebrates birthday on March 23 of every year.

The film adaptation of You Were Never Really Here was theatrically released in April 2018. The author produced the movie based on his book, which was directed by Lynne Ramsay. It premiered at the 70th Cannes Film Festival, where Ramsay won the award for Best Screenplay and Joaquin Phoenix won the award for Best Actor.