Sean Hayes Net Worth: Film Career | How Rich Is He & Is He Lesbian?

Sean Hayes Net Worth

American actor and comedian Sean Hayes has a $20 million fortune. For his role as Jack McFarland on the popular NBC sitcom “Will & Grace,” Sean Hayes is best known.

Additionally, he appeared in “Pieces of April,” “The Bucket List,” and “Hit and Run,” as well as in “An Act of God” and “Promises, Promises” on Broadway. In addition to his work as an actor, Hayes also has a production firm that has worked on movies like “Grimm,” “Hot in Cleveland,” and “Hollywood Game Night.”

Sean Hayes Early Life

Sean Hayes, the youngest of five children, was born in Chicago, Illinois, in 1970. His father, Ronald, was a lithographer, and his mother, Mary, was the executive director of the charitable Northern Illinois Food Bank. He was raised a Roman Catholic in the Chicago suburb of Glen Ellyn and is of Irish origin.

Hayes's alcoholic father left home when he was five years old. Hayes attended Glenbard West High School as a teenager before enrolling at Illinois State University to study piano playing. A few classes shy of graduating, Hayes departed Illinois State to take the musical director position at the Pheasant Run Theater in St. Charles, Illinois.

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Later, he performed improv at The Second City in Chicago and wrote original music for a production of “Antigone” by the Steppenwolf Theatre Company. Hayes relocated to Los Angeles in 1995 and quickly found work performing stand-up comedy and appearing in commercials.

Sean Hayes Film Career

In the 1998 homosexual romantic comedy “Billy's Hollywood Screen Kiss,” Hayes had his feature film debut, which helped him gain a lot of fame. Later, he performed a voice role in the animated children's film “Cats & Dogs,” and he made an appearance in the critically acclaimed indie dramedy “Pieces of April” in 2003, which also starred Katie Holmes and Patricia Clarkson.

He also appeared in the live-action version of “The Cat in the Hat” in 2003 as Mr. Hank Humberfloob and the Fish.

The buddy comedy “The Bucket List,” starring Jack Nicholson and Morgan Freeman, the musical comedy “Soul Men,” starring Samuel L. Jackson and Bernie Mac, and the animated fantasy movie “Igor,” in which he provided the voice of the character Brain, are some of his other 2000s credits.

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Later movies starring Hayes include the slapstick comedy “The Three Stooges,” the action-comedy “Hit and Run” with Dax Shepard, “Monsters University” with Disney/Pixar, “The Emoji Movie” with animated kids, and the comedy “Lazy Susan.” There is also “Am I Ok?,” a drama movie starring Dakota Johnson and Tig Notaro, co-directed by Stephanie Allynne and Notaro.

Sean Hayes Personal Life: Is He Lesbian?

Hayes resisted talking about his sexual orientation for a long time. In contrast, he intimated his homosexuality and mentioned being in a relationship in a 2010 interview. He announced his marriage to Scott Icenogle in 2014. Hayes creates lip-sync films for The Kitchen Sync's YouTube channel with his husband. Additionally, the duo has written a book titled “Plum.”

Sean Hayes Reveals Good Night; Oscar Will Come to Broadway!

Sean Hayes announced that Good Night, Oscar, which recently completed a run at Chicago's Goodman Theatre (see BWW's review here), will transfer to Broadway on the most recent episode of his podcast, Smartless, which he co-hosts with Jason Bateman and Will Arnett.

There have been no announcements regarding the transfer date of the production.

Jason Bateman, who co-hosts his podcast, enquired, “Congratulations on a fantastic run of your show, Sean. You and your crew are now finished. Do we yet know if we are moving on with this enormous success?”

Hayes answered, “Yes, we're going to the Broadway.

 

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The world premiere of Good Night, Oscar, written by Pulitzer Prize-winning playwright Doug Wright (War Paint, I Am My Wife), was presented at Chicago's Goodman Theatre under the direction of Lisa Peterson.

Sean Hayes, a Tony Award nominee and Emmy Award winner, portrays Oscar Levant, one of America's most lasting and provocative wits, in this piece that examines comedy and tragedy through his eyes.

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Ben Rappaport played Jack Paar, Peter Grosz played Bob Sarnoff, Ethan Slater played Max Weinbaum, Tramell Tillman played Alvin Finney, and Emily Bergl played June Levant in the Chicago cast (George Gershwin).

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