William Hung Net Worth

William Hung net worth is
$500 Thousand

William Hung was born on 13 January 1983 in Hong Kong. At the age of 10, Hung moved to live to New Jersey, USA. William is perhaps best known from the TV show “American Idol” in 2004, after his performance of She Bangs, a song by famous singer Ricky Martin, which he sang totally out of tune. Still, somehow Hung became a star on this show.

So just how rich is William Hung? Sources estimate that William’s net worth is $1.5 million, accumulated from his somewhat peripatetic performances in the music industry..

William Hung Net Worth $1.5 Million

William Hung was educated at John H. Francis Polytechnic High School in Los Angeles.William then studied civil engineering at the University of California, Berkeley, but soon after his success on the TV show, William decided to quit studying and focus on the music industry instead. Undoubtedly, this decision led to William Hung’s net worth increasing. William began working with Koch Entertainment soon after his noted performance of Ricky Martin`s song, and the company started promoting William Hung as a singer. The company helped Hung to release three albums, with some success, and undoubtedly all of them increased the overall amount of William Hung’s net worth.

Subsequently regarding his career on TV and on the big screen, William is known from such commercials as The Game Show Network, Ask.com, and Cingular Wireless, which added considerable sums to the total size of William Hung’s net worth. His movie debut was in “Where Is Mama`s Boy”, a movie released in 2005 which, however, did not achieve any great success. Later on, William also showed up in “The Fairly Odd Parents”, “Celebrity Deathmatch”, “Airline”, “Arrested Development”, and “George Lopez”. He is also known to perform for the Toronto Blue Jays baseball team with the song called Take Me Out to the Ballgame.

However, William was always been a controversial person in the music industry, partly due to critics` opinions. One reason for that is considered to be William`s lack of musical talent. There have been many suggestions that Asian people cannot sing in western languages at all, and much fun has been made of people of this race in this context. Seeing that William did not care a lot about such back-biting, he continued on pursuing a career in singing. Of course, this was supposed to be the main source of the overall sum of William Hung’s net worth.

Somewhar surprisingly perhaps, in 2011 William himself decided to quit singing, and instead began increasing his net worth while working in the area of crime, in particular by becoming a technical crime analyst. Regardless, Hung is sure that his experience in the music industry made positive changes in him.

In his personal life, William Hung married Jian Teng in 2014.


Full NameWilliam Hung
Net Worth$500 Thousand
Date Of BirthJanuary 13, 1983
Place Of BirthSha Tin, Hong Kong
Height5 ft 6 in (1.68 m)
ProfessionSinger, Civil engineer, Actor
EducationJohn H. Francis Polytechnic High School, University of California, Berkeley, California State University, Northridge, She Bangs, I Believe I Can Fly, Hotel California
NationalityUnited States of America
SpouseJian Teng (m. 2014)
NicknamesHung, William , William Tanakiri Hung
IMDBhttp://imdb.com/name/nm1592159
#Quote
1You know, I have had no professional training of singing.
2I already gave my best. I have no regrets at all.
#Fact
1Is currently taking a break from his studies of civil engineering and continues touring. [June 2006]
2Performing a series of shows in Macau Casino and Hong-Kong, China in early August 2004. [August 2004]

Actor

TitleYearStatusCharacter
Chinaman's Chance: America's Other Slaves2008Ting
My Crazy Mother2005The Godson
Cuarteto de La Habana1999Constructores

Self

TitleYearStatusCharacter
American Idol2004-2016TV SeriesHimself / Performer / Himself - Contestant
Karaoke Revolution Presents: American Idol2007Video GameHimself (uncredited)
Arrested Development2006TV SeriesHimself
MADtv2005TV SeriesHimself
The Teen Choice Awards 20052005TV SpecialHimself - Attendee
Jimmy Kimmel Live!2004-2005TV SeriesHimself
George Lopez2005TV SeriesHimself
Howard Stern2005TV SeriesHimself
2004 Radio Music Awards2004TV SpecialHimself
William Hung: Hangin' with Hung2004Video documentaryHimself
On-Air with Ryan Seacrest2004TV SeriesHimself
E! True Hollywood Story2004TV Series documentaryHimself
The Tonight Show with Jay Leno2004TV SeriesHimself

Archive Footage

TitleYearStatusCharacter
FOX 25th Anniversary Special2012TV MovieHimself
Aunque usted no lo viera2005TV SeriesHimself

Known for movies

Source
IMDB Wikipedia

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