Ben Bailey (full name: Benjamin Ray Bailey) is a comedian, licensed cab driver, and game show host from America. He is also an executive producer on Discovery Channel’s Cash Cab in New York City.
BEN BAILEY AGE
The host of an Emmy Award-winning game show was 48 in 2018. He was born on October 30, 1970 in Bowling Green, Kentucky, United States.
BEN BAILEY FAMILY
Bailey was born into a family of three and grew up with his two brothers in Chatham, New Jersey. He is the youngest of his family. He attended Old Dominion University in Norfolk, Virginia before moving to Los Angeles in 1993.
A 6ft 6in (198cm) tall Bailey was employed as a bouncer for The Comedy Store after burning a man’s cigarette in the parking lot.
BEN BAILEY WIFE
Bailey is married to Laurence Bailey whom he met in the 1990s. They soon began dating after a reunion, and in 1997 they got married at a private wedding ceremony that only had close friends and relatives.
Not much is known about Laurence as she tries her best to stay out of the limelight. The couple has a son, a daughter.
BEN BAILEY CHILDREN
Since his marriage, Bailey is the father of a son, a daughter whose information I am not in
BEN BAILEY’S CAREER
According to him, he was telling stories with some comedians after closing hours at the Comedy Store when Skip E. Lowe, who was the club’s host, found his stories funny and offered him the opportunity to stand up.
Ben became and still is the host of the US version of Cash Cab, a TV game show played in a taxi that Bailey drives around New York City and airs on the Discovery Channel. It also recently appeared on Shovio.com’s new TalkBackTV. He narrated the Discovery Channel’s Smash Lab series. He also makes television commercials for Michigan natural gas / electric company DTE Energy and ALDI.
Bailey was the host of the show Who’s Still Standing? aired on NBC from 2011 to 2012. The show was canceled on May 13, 2012 and would not be renewed for a second season due to high production costs.
COMIC APPEARANCES BY BEN BAILEY
- 30 Rock (2010)
- After the Catch (2009)
- Aspen Comedy Arts Festival in 2002/2004
- Bad Meat as an FBI agent
- Brain Games (National Geographic)
- Caroline and Friends (2018)
- Comedy Central presenta
- Delivery Man (2013)
- Don’t shoot the pharmacist
- The Haney project: Ray Romano
- Friends of the People (2015)
- Hope and faith
- Last call with Carson Daly
- The Late Late Show with Craig Ferguson
- Law & Order: Special Victims Unit
- MADtv
- Premium Blend on Comedy Central
- Road rage and accidental ornithologist
- The Tonight Show con Jay Leno
- They are made of meat
- Fuck hard with Colin Quinn
- The world rises
- The Knights of Prosperity
- The Today Show (2 aprile 2008)
- Unforgettable S04E09 (January 2016)
- Cash Cab – US version host (2005-2012, 2017-present)
- Smash Lab – narrator (2nd season)
- Who is still standing? – guest
PREMIER BEN BAILEY
- Daytime Emmy nominations in 2007, 2008, 2009, 2010, 2011 and 2013 for ‘Outstanding Game Show Host’, winning in 2010, 2011 and 2013.
- The show also took home honors at the Daytime Emmy Awards for Best Game Show in 2008, 2009 and 2010.
BEN BAILEY HEIGHT
Bailey stands 1.98m tall.
BEN BAILEY NET WORTH
The comedian who also works as a producer has been in the entertainment industry for many years, so he has amassed quite a lot. His net worth is estimated at $ 6 million.