James Michael Tyler Net worth
James Michael Tyler Net worth – James Michael Tyler had a net worth of $5 million. He had an extensive career as an American actor. James Michael Tyler portrayed Gunther on the sitcom Friends from 1994 until 2004.
| Name | James Michael Tyler |
| Date of Birth | May 28, 1962 |
| Net worth | $5 million |
| Age | 59 years (2021) |
| Wife | Jennifer Carno |
| Cause of Death | Pancreatic Cancer |
| Profession/Occupation | Actor |
| Gender | Male |
| Nationality | American |
| Former Wife | Barbara Chadsey |
James Michael Tyler Wiki/Bio
On May 28, 1962, in Greenwood, Mississippi, James Michael Tyler, the youngest of five children, was born. His uncle was the inspiration for his name. Tyler was born and raised in Winona, Mississippi.
His father, a retired USAF captain, died when he was ten years old, and his mother died when he was eleven. Tyler relocated to Anderson, South Carolina, with his sister when he was 12 years old.
James Michael Tyler Education
He earned a two-year degree from Anderson College (now Anderson University) in 1982 and a geology degree from Clemson University in 1984. He was a member of the Clemson Players, a student theatre company, during his time at Clemson. This event fueled his desire to pursue a career as an actor. In 1987, he earned his Master of Fine Arts from the University of Georgia.
James Michael Tyler Career
James Michael Tyler Career – He traveled to Los Angeles in 1988 and worked as a production assistant and assistant film editor on the film Fat Man and Little Boy.
He was a supporter of the Lili Claire Foundation and the AIDS Project L.A. Tyler spent the rest of his life in Hollywood.
James Michael Tyler portrayed Gunther on the sitcom Friends from 1994 until 2004. Gunther was a Central Perk coffee shop employee who had an unrequited passion for Jennifer Aniston’s Rachel Green. This led to a ten-year career on Friends, in which he appeared in 148 of the show’s 236 episodes, making him the show’s most-repeated recurrent character actor.
Tyler formally opened the temporary Central Perk pop up replica in London in 2009 to commemorate Friends’ 15th anniversary. It was available for two weeks in September and October, and fans could apply for tickets in exchange for a free cup of coffee and access to show memorabilia. He played himself on the set of Central Perk in the unaired pilot parody sitcom Nobody’s Watching.
Tyler made appearances at a Central Perk replica in SoHo in 2014 to commemorate Friends’ 20th anniversary.
When Matt LeBlanc tries unsuccessfully to convince the other big stars from Friends to join in the promotional film for the fake television show Pucks, Tyler featured in the BBC/Showtime sitcom Episodes (Series 2, Episode 6) as himself portraying an ice hockey coach.
James Michael Tyler Wife
James Michael Tyler Wife – Tyler married Barbara Chadsey in 1995. He filed for divorce in 2014, citing irreconcilable differences, after the pair split up in 2003. In 2017, he married Jennifer Carno.
Tyler was diagnosed with prostate cancer in 2018, but did not make his diagnosis public until June 2021, shortly after Friends: The Reunion was released.
James Michael Tyler Cause of Death
James Michael Tyler Cause of Death – He died of prostate cancer on October 24, 2021, at the age of 59, at his home in Los Angeles.
