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Who Is Bob Odenkirk: American comedian, writer, actor, director, and producer Robert John “Bob” Odenkirk has won numerous accolades for his work. He is well-known for his roles as the unscrupulous lawyer Saul Goodman in the AMC crime thriller Breaking Bad and its spin-off, Better Call Saul, as well as the popular sketch comedy series Mr. Show with Bob and David,’ which he created and starred in with fellow stand-up comedian David Cross.
Bob, a native of Illinois, got his start in the entertainment industry while he was a student at Southern Illinois University Carbondale, where he hosted a radio comedy show.
He eventually settled in Chicago, where he ran improv clinics. He started working as a writer for “Saturday Night Live” in 1987. His subsequent credits include ‘Late Night with Conan O’Brien,’ ‘The Ben Stiller Show,’ and ‘The Dennis Miller Show.
He directed three feature films, including the critically praised “Melvin Goes to Dinner (2003),” and appeared in a number of important films, in addition to producing the television shows “Tom Goes to the Mayor” and “Tim and Eric Awesome Show, Great Job.”
He received the Critics’ Choice Television Award for Best Actor in 2016, and he’ll be back in the third season of “Better Call Saul” in 2017.
What is Bob Odenkirk’s Net Worth And Salary?
In the United States of America, actor, comedian, writer, director, and producer Bob Odenkirk has a net worth of $16 million. Odenkirk has risen to prominence thanks to his roles as the nefarious lawyer Saul Goodman on “Breaking Bad” and “Better Call Saul.”
Bob had previously been largely working behind the scenes as a comedy writer on multiple shows and making guest appearances in various projects before he achieved this level of mainstream recognition.
Besides being an accomplished actor, he has also found success in the realms of directing and producing. After his breakthrough performance as Saul Goodman, Odenkirk has gone on to play several other prominent characters in TV shows and movies. Odenkirk is also well-known for his work as a voice actor.
Bob Odenkirk Early Life
On October 22, 1962, in Berwyn, Illinois, Robert John Odenkirk entered the world. He and his six siblings were raised Catholic in Naperville before his father’s drinking led to his parent’s divorce. Bob, as he matured, came to the conclusion that Naperville was a boring place to live and looked forward to the day when he could leave for a bigger city.
He accomplished this goal earlier than others because he worked hard in school and had enough credits to graduate from high school when he was only 16 years old.
After that, he went to school at a few different Illinois institutions, where he honed his humorous timing and delivery while working at campus radio. He went on to develop his own sketch comedy show at Southern Illinois University.
One day before his SIU graduation, he packed up and headed for the big city, fulfilling a lifelong desire. Even so, he was able to finish his final three courses in Chicago and earn his bachelor’s degree in 1984.
Odenkirk joined several comedy organizations and began attending seminars while in Chicago. Odenkirk, who was heavily influenced by Monty Python at the time, met Robert Smigel as a result, and the two worked together on numerous subsequent projects, including “Saturday Night Live.”
Bob Odenkirk Career
Bob joined the “Saturday Night Live” writing staff in 1987 and worked on several sketches with fellow writers like Conan O’Brien and Robert Smigel. Odenkirk stayed for another three years, although he never felt comfortable with his writing during that time. Some of the skits on the show used him as a performer.
In time, Bob moved on from SNL to concentrate on acting. Together with Smile and O’Brien, he had a hit with their Chicago-based comedic stage production, “Happy Happy Good Show.” A one-man show and several stand-up performances followed. Once again, Odenkirk picked up a pen in the early ’90s, contributing to shows like “Get a Life” and “The Dennis Miller Show.”
Odenkirk was hired by Ben Stiller to pen episodes of “The Ben Stiller Show” in 1992 after the two had worked together on Saturday Night Live. Even though he and the other writers on the show won an Emmy, the show was canceled after only one season.
Aside from his work on “The Late Show with Conan O’Brien,” which Odenkirk began contributing to during this time, Odenkirk also began working with David Cross and appearing in live sketch shows with Cross. Bob was a regular guest star on a number of popular 90s sitcoms, including Larry Sanders, Roseanne, and Jackie Thomas.
Mr. Show, a 1990s HBO sketch show based on the work of David Cross and Bob Odenkirk, was well-received by reviewers and immediately gained a cult following but failed to cross over into the mainstream.
In the early 2000s, Odenkirk contributed to the creation of several animated comedies, including “Tom Goes to the Mayor” and “Tim and Eric Awesome Show, Great Job,” and he has since worked on a number of other animated comedies. In the years that followed, he guest-starred on a wide variety of television shows, including “Everybody Loves Raymond,” “Seinfeld,” “Curb Your Enthusiasm,” and “Arrested Development.” In addition, he almost was cast as Michael Scott on “The Office.”
Although Bob Odenkirk only appeared as a guest actor in three episodes of the second season of the AMC series “Breaking Bad,” he immediately became a series regular and remained a vital cast member until the series conclusion in 2013. Bob went on to star in other sketch shows and a starring role in the Fargo miniseries after this one ended.
Bob returned to the character of Saul Goodman in the “Breaking Bad” spin-off, “Better Call Saul,” in 2015. The series earned significant critical praise and is considered by some to be even better than the original. A full six seasons of the show have been approved, and Bob is again recognized as a producer.
Odenkirk launched his own film studio, Cal-Gold Pictures, in 2020. Bob acted in, co-wrote, and produced 2017’s “Girlfriend’s Day,” a Netflix original film. After his success in “Breaking Bad,” Bob was cast in a wide variety of films.
Better Call Saul Salary
In the show’s prime, Bob made $100,000 per episode. In the first season of the spinoff he starred in and produced, “Better Call Saul,” he was paid $150,000 per episode. At the time of this writing, he was making approximately $2 million every season (or $200,000 per episode).
Bob Odenkirk Relationships
Producer Naomi Yomtov became Bob Odenkirk’s wife in 1997. They’ve since had two kids and collaborated on other projects.
Bob Odenkirk Real Estate
Odenkirk and his wife spent slightly over $675,000 on a home in Los Angeles’s Hollywood Hills in 1998. The home was constructed in the 1950s and offers roughly 2,900 square feet of living space with soaring ceilings and huge windows that look out over the beautiful valleys and city lights beyond.
Bob and Alice put their house up for sale in 2014 with a price tag of $2.49 million. The final sales price was $2.45 million, a decrease from the original asking price.
Bob and his wife purportedly spent $675,000 on a home in Bronson Canyon in 2010. The couple bought the dilapidated home from the bank after it had gone into foreclosure.
It had been speculated that the couple would undertake the renovations with the intention of either reselling or renting out the property for financial gain (or both). The property’s low-key features made it doubtful that they would make it their permanent residence.
Bob Odenkirk purchased a larger, more luxurious 2,800-square-foot property in the Hollywood Hills in 2015. The couple spent $3.3 million on the home because of its beautiful location and authentic Spanish architecture. In addition to the inside comforts, the outdoor space is well-appointed with a pool, spa, and carefully tended gardens.
