Judd Apatow

Quick Facts

Full Name	Judd Apatow
Occupation	Film Producer
Date Of Birth	Dec 6, 1967(1967-12-06)
Age	57
Birthplace	Long Island
Country	United States
Birth City	New York State
Horoscope	Sagittarius

Judd Apatow Biography

Judd Apatow is one of the most popular and richest Film Producer who was born on December 6, 1967 in Long Island, New York State, United States. Acclaimed film producer and director who re-launched the genre of raunchy comedy with hits like Knocked Up, The 40-Year-Old Virgin, and Superbad. He initially gained fame as executive producer of the series Freaks and Geeks and creator of the series Undeclared.

He helped kickstart the careers of actors Seth Rogen and Jason Segel on Freaks and Geeks, then went on to cast them in his movies.

Apatow began performing stand-up comedy at age seventeen, during his senior year of high school. In the September 1985 issue of Laugh Factory Magazine, he is listed as an Associate Editor. After graduating from high school in 1985, he moved to Los Angeles and enrolled in the screenwriting program at University of Southern California. While at USC, he organized and hosted a number of on-campus “Comedy Night” events, featuring headliners such as Saturday Night Live performer Kevin Nealon. Apatow introduced the acts at these events with short standup routines of his own. He also began volunteering at (and later producing) benefit concerts for HBO’s Comic Relief and performing and seeing standup at the Improv in Hollywood. He dropped out of college during his second year and later moved into an apartment with comedian Adam Sandler, whom he met at the Improv. He competed in the Johnnie Walker Comedy Search in 1989 directed by Saturday Night Live short film producer Neal Marshad.

Shortly thereafter, Apatow was introduced by manager Jimmy Miller to Garry Shandling which resulted in Apatow being hired as a writer for the 1991 Grammy Awards that year, which Shandling hosted. He went on to co-produce comedy specials by Roseanne Arnold, Tom Arnold, and Jim Carrey. In 1992, Apatow appeared on HBO’s 15th Annual Young Comedians Special and shortly afterwards went on to co-create and executive produce The Ben Stiller Show for Fox. Apatow had met Stiller outside of an Elvis Costello concert in 1990, and they became friends. Despite critical acclaim and an Emmy Award for Apatow and the rest of the writing staff, Fox canceled the show in 1993.

He married actress Leslie Mann on June 9, 1997 after meeting during the filming of The Cable Guy. He and Mann have two daughters named Iris and Maude who both appear as Mann’s children in the films Knocked Up and This Is 40.

Judd Apatow Net Worth

Judd Apatow is one of the richest Film Producer from United States. According to our analysis, Wikipedia, Forbes & Business Insider, Judd Apatow 's net worth $150 Million. (Last Update: December 11, 2023)

He was a student at the University of Southern California, where he organized and hosted a series of on-campus comedy night events.

He received an Emmy award for his writing on The Ben Stiller Show, which he also produced and co-created.

Judd Apatow (/ˈ æ p ə t aʊ / ; born December 6, 1967) is an American filmmaker, actor and comedian. He is the founder of Apatow Productions, through which he produced and developed the television series Freaks and Geeks, Undeclared, Funny or Die Presents, Girls, Love, and Crashing and directed the films The 40-Year-Old Virgin (2005), Knocked Up (2007), Funny People (2009), This Is 40 (2012), Trainwreck (2015), May It Last: A Portrait Of The Avett Brothers (2017), and The Zen Diaries of Garry Shandling (2018).

Height, Weight & Body Measurements

Judd Apatow height 5 feet 8 inches Judd weight Not Known & body measurements will update soon.

Who is Judd Apatow Dating?

According to our records, Judd Apatow married to Leslie Mann. As of December 1, 2023, Judd Apatow’s is not dating anyone.

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Apatow met actress Leslie Mann on the set of the 1996 comedy film, The Cable Guy, where she was cast as Matthew Broderick’s character’s girlfriend and Apatow served as producer. They were married on June 9, 1997 in Los Angeles, and have two daughters, Maude and Iris. Mann has appeared in Freaks and Geeks, The 40-Year-Old Virgin, Knocked Up, Drillbit Taylor, Funny People, and This Is

40. Both daughters appeared in Knocked Up, Funny People, and This Is 40, as Leslie Mann’s character’s daughters, and Maude was nominated at the 34th Young Artist Awards for Best Performance in a Feature Film – Supporting Young Actress for This Is 40.

Facts & Trivia

Judd Ranked on the list of most popular Film Producer. Also ranked in the elit list of famous people born in United States. Judd Apatow celebrates birthday on December 6 of every year.

In 2001, Apatow created North Hollywood, a pilot that featured Jason Segel, Kevin Hart, Seth Rogen, Phil Hendrie, and Judge Reinhold (playing himself). The pilot was not picked up by ABC. In 2002, he co-wrote (with Brent Forrester) a Fox pilot titled Life on Parole, starring David Herman as a dissatisfied parole officer whose roommate happens to be one of his parolees; it was not picked up. Apatow has screened and introduced them at “The Other Network”, a festival of un-aired TV pilots produced by Un-Cabaret.

Top Facts about Judd Apatow

1. Judd Apatow was born on December 6, 1967 in New York City.
2. He is a comedian, writer, producer and director.
3. Apatow’s breakout hit was the TV show “Freaks and Geeks.”
4. He has produced many successful comedy films including “The 40-Year-Old Virgin” and “Bridesmaids.”
5. Apatow has been married to actress Leslie Mann since 1997.
6. He has two daughters named Maude and Iris.
7. Apatow’s net worth is estimated to be around $150 million.
8. He frequently collaborates with actors Seth Rogen and Paul Rudd.
9. Apatow won an Emmy for his work on “The Ben Stiller Show.”
10. His latest project is the HBO series “The Zen Diaries of Garry Shandling.”

What ethnicity is Judd Apatow?

His family is Jewish , but nonreligious. Apatow has an older brother, Robert, and a younger sister, Mia. Their mother died in 2008. His maternal grandmother, Molly, co-starred in his film This Is 40 (playing the grandmother of Paul Rudd’s character).

What did Judd Apatow do?

Judd Apatow, (born December 6, 1967, Syosset, New York, U.S.), American writer, director, and producer known for creating offbeat comedies featuring unconventional protagonists.

Who is Judd Apatow's wife?

Leslie Mann

Why are Judd Apatow's movies so long?

Judd Apatow has said he makes longer comedy movies, like The King of Staten Island, because they are “character studies” that need time to explore their characters. Many of Apatow’s comedy films exceed the two-hour mark, with his new outing running to 137 minutes.