Jim Varneys Net Worth, Biography, Career, Awards, Fact and Life Story

May 2024 · 2 minute read

Publish date: 2023-11-29

Net Worth:$12 Million
Date of Birth:Jun 15, 1949 – Feb 10, 2000 (50 years old)
Gender:Male
Height:6 ft (1.85 m)
Profession:Actor, Comedian, Writer, Voice Actor, Musician
Nationality:United States of America

Jim Varney Net Worth: Jim Varney was an American comedian, actor, musician, voice artist, and producer who had a net worth of $12 million dollars. Jim is most widely known for his interpretation of Ernest P. Worrell which he played in several Ernest TV commercial campaigns and movies. His catchphrase “KnoWhutIMean, Vern” went viral nationally almost the moment he uttered it.

Jim Varney was born in Lexington, Kentucky, on June 15, 1949. He was the fourth child and only boy of Louise and James Varney Sr,. His mother discovered his passion for performing as she observed that little Jim would impersonate the cartoon characters he saw on his black-and-white television. She enrolled him in theater classes when he was eight.

When he was 15, he played Ebeneezer Scrooge in a local theater production. He began acting professionally at the age of 17. At the time, he was mainly performing at night clubs and coffee houses.

Jim started his on-screen career appearing in TV Commercials in 1980. His first commercial featured the Ernest character which would be used in a series of subsequent ads. The Ernest character became so popular that it was formatted into a TV series titled, “Hey Vern, it’s Ernest”. Disney went on to acquire the character and from then on, a series of Ernest films began with 1987’s “Ernest goes to Camp”, giving Jim worldwide fame and a number of accolades. He appeared in seven “Ernest” movies. He was a voice actor in “Toy Story” parts 1 and 2. He appeared in dozens of films and television shows.

Jim both married and divorced twice. He was a heavy smoker which later was connected to the development of lung cancer. After a series of chemo treatments, Jim died in White House, Tennessee on February 10, 2000 at the age of 50.

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