What is Jason Mantzoukas's Net Worth and Salary?
Jason Mantzoukas is an American writer, actor, producer, and comedian who has a net worth of $3 million. Jason Mantzoukas is probably best known for playing Rafi on the FX series "The League" (2010–2015), and he has had recurring roles on several series created by Michael Schur, playing Dennis Feinstein on "Parks and Recreation" (2011–2015), Adrian Pimento on "Brooklyn Nine-Nine" (2016–2020), and Derek Hofstetler on "The Good Place" (2017–2020).
Jason has more than 90 acting credits to his name, including "Neighbors" (2014), "The Disaster Artist" (2017), "The House" (2017), and "John Wick: Chapter 3 – Parabellum" (2019). He has lent his voice to numerous animated projects, such as "The Lego Batman Movie" (2017), "Ralph Breaks the Internet" (2018), "Big Mouth" (2017–present), and "Close Enough" (2020–present). Jason served as a writer and producer on the Adult Swim series "Childrens Hospital" (2010–2013), the TV short "Mr. Neighbor's House" (2016), and the television films "Mr. Neighbor's House 2" (2018) and "Off Duty" (2009), and he co-wrote two episodes of "The League" and wrote the screenplay draft of the 2014 film "Ride Along."
Mantzoukas has co-hosted the podcast "How Did This Get Made?" with Paul Scheer and June Diane Raphael since 2010.
Early Life
Jason Mantzoukas was born on December 18, 1972, in Nahant, Massachusetts. His parents, Cynthia and William, are second-generation Greek-Americans, and he has a younger sister named Melissa. Mantzoukas started taking drum lessons when he was 10 years old, and he studied with Steve Barrett for more than eight years. He was a member of the marching band and jazz band in high school, and he was in a cover band, Slygoul. Jason attended Swampscott High School, where he was captain of the soccer and track teams. After graduating in 1991, he majored in religion at Vermont's Middlebury College, earning his degree in 1995. After college, Mantzoukas received a Watson Fellowship and spent two years studying religious and transcendental music in the Middle East and North Africa. Mantzoukas was arrested several times during his travels, including an arrest in Morocco for an expired tourist visa.
Career
Jason started writing comedy sketches for variety shows in high school, and in college, he was a member of the improv comedy group Otter Nonsense Players, which also included Jessica St. Clair, Rodney Rothman, and Dan O'Brien. He moved to New York City in 1998 and began performing at the Upright Citizens Brigade Theater, where he learned from his future "Parks and Recreation"/"Baby Mama"/"The House" co-star Amy Poehler and joined the improv team Mother. He formed the comedy duo The Mantzoukas Brothers with comedian Ed Herbstman, and "Time Out New York" named them "Best Improv Duo" in 2006. Jason and Jessica St. Clair often wrote and performed together, appearing in the improv show "First Date" and the sketch show "We Used to Go Out." Mantzoukas later taught advanced improv classes at UCB, and he appeared on Comedy Central's "Upright Citizens Brigade" series in 2000. He made his film debut in 2004's "Terrorists," then he appeared in the movies "American Loser" (2007), "Baby Mama" (2008), "I Hate Valentine's Day" (2009), and "Splinterheads" (2009), guest-starred on "Human Giant" (2007), and did voice acting on "Squidbillies" (2008) and "The Life & Times of Tim" (2010–2012).
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In 2010, Jason landed a recurring role as Rafi on "The League," and he appeared in 30 episodes of the series. He appeared in the film "Please Give" (2010) and starred in the Sacha Baron Cohen comedy "The Dictator" (2012), and in 2011, he began playing the recurring roles of Omar Ali on "Enlightened" and Dennis Feinstein on "Parks and Recreation." Mantzoukas guest-starred on "NTSF:SD:SUV::" (2012) and "Modern Family" (2013), and in 2014, he appeared in the films "They Came Together," "Neighbors," "Adult Beginners," "Stretch," and "Search Party" and the television shows "Broad City," "Playing House," "Review," and "Transparent." He appeared in 2015's "Sleeping with Other People" and "The Night Before" and 2016's "Dirty Grandpa," "Donald Trump's The Art of the Deal: The Movie," and "How to Be Single," and he guest-starred on "Community" (2015), "Gilmore Girls: A Year in the Life" (2016), "Bajillion Dollar Propertie$" (2016–2017), and "Lady Dynamite" (2016–2017).
Jason played Adrian Pimento on 10 episodes of "Brooklyn Nine-Nine" and Derek Hofstetler on nine episodes of "The Good Place," and he also had recurring roles on "I'm Sorry" (2017–2019) and "No Activity" (2017–present). In 2017, he began voicing Jay Bilzerian on "Big Mouth," co-starred with Will Ferrell and Amy Poehler in "The House," and played Peter Anway in the critically-acclaimed film "The Disaster Artist." He served as a guest judge on two episodes of the baking competition "Nailed It!" (2018–2019), guest-starred on "Legion" (2019), and voiced characters on "Rise of the Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles" (2019–2020), "DuckTales" (2020), "Dolittle" (2020), and "Invincible" (2021). Mantzoukas appeared in the 2018 film "The Long Dumb Road" and co-starred with Keanu Reeves in 2019's "John Wick: Chapter 3 – Parabellum," which grossed $326.7 million at the box office. In March 2021, it was announced that Jason would be voicing a "street smart cat who lives with about thirty other cats" on the Fox animated series "Housebroken."
Personal Life
Jason dated actress Connie Britton in 2009. The two co-starred as husband and wife in the film "Conception," which was released in 2011.
Mantzoukas has lived with an egg allergy since birth and will suffer from anaphylaxis if he ingests them. While filming "The League" in Las Vegas, he ended up in the hospital after eating granola from Starbucks that, unbeknownst to him, had egg whites in it. Jason said of the experience:
"It really did alter how I do things. I started controlling more and more how and where I got my food — when I'm on a job specifically. I really try to limit whatever I'm eating so there are more checks and balances so I don't get burned. It's become enough of a headache that I need to be more vigilant and in control when I'm working."
Awards and Nominations
In 2012, Jason won a Best in Improv award for "UCB Comedy Originals" at the Improvisation News New York Awards. The cast of "Regular Show: The Movie" earned two Behind the Voice Actors Awards in 2016, the People's Choice Voice Acting Award and the Special/DVD Voice Acting Award for Best Vocal Ensemble in a TV Special/Direct-to-DVD Title or Short. Mantzoukas was nominated for an Indiana Film Journalists Association Award for Best Actor for "The Long Dumb Road" in 2018, and he received Online Film & Television Association Award nominations for Best Guest Actor in a Comedy Series for "Brooklyn Nine-Nine" in 2017 and "The Good Place" in 2018. Jason and his "The Good Place" castmates received a Gold Derby Award nomination for Ensemble of the Year in 2018.
