Michael Anthony Strahan, known simply as Michael Strahan, is a famous American former football player, now a presenter, film producer, as well as an actor. To the public, Michael Strahan is perhaps best known as a defensive end of the New York “Giants” team, which he represented in the National Football League. As an American football player, Strahan earned many accolades and won numerous awards. Strahan took part in Pro Bowl all-star game seven times, became a Super Bowl Champion in 2008, and was named NFL and NFC Defensive Player of the Year in 2001. He also set a record for an NFL season sacks with a 22.5 average and was awarded with a New York “Giants” Ring of Honor. In 2014, Strahan was inducted into the Pro Football Hall of Fame. Strahan ended his 14-year football career with “Giants” in 2007. After that, he took up a job on television, and joined a morning talk show called “Live! with Regis and Kelly” as a temporary co-host. The show was later renamed to “Live! with Kelly and Michael”, where Strahan became a permanent co-host alongside Kelly Ripa.
A famous former football player, as well as a talk show host, how rich is Michael Strahan? According to sources, in 2012 he earned as much as $10 million from various on screen appearances, while in 2013 he added a sum of $11 million after he sold his house in Bel-Air. In regards to his overall wealth, Michael Strahan’s net worth is estimated to be $70 million, most of which he earned as a professional football player, and now as a television show host.
Michael Strahan was born in 1971, in Houston, Texas, where he studied at Westbury High School. Strahan took up football in high school during his senior year, which earned him a football scholarship at Texas Southern University. Strahan excelled as a player in college, and brought his team to important victories. He was named the Defensive Player of the Year, and SWAC’s Player of the Year. Strahan’s achievements in high school and college secured him a place in the NFL. He joined the NFL Draft in 1993, during which he was chosen as a 40th pick in the 2nd round by the New York “Giants” team. It was with the “Giants” that Michael Strahan became a recognized name in sports, and was ranked at #99 on the list of “The Top 100: NFL’s Greatest Players”.
When he ended his successful career, Strahan made many on screen appearances, such as in the “Backyard Stadiums” show and a web series called “VIP Like Me”. He has also starred in various advertisements in commercials, most notable being for such products as “5 Dollar Foot Long” submarine sandwiches, and “Total Defense r12” internet security products. In 2014, Strahan served as a host of Kid’s Choice Sports Awards event. Currently, Strahan works as a football analyst on a pregame television show called “Fox NFL Sunday”.
A well-known retired football player, Michael Strahan has an estimated net worth of $70 million.
| Full Name | Michael Strahan |
| Net Worth | $70 Million |
| Salary | $17 Million |
| Date Of Birth | November 21, 1971 |
| Place Of Birth | Houston, Texas, United States |
| Height | 6′ 5″ (1.96 m) |
| Weight | 256 lbs (116 kg) |
| Profession | American football player, Actor, Presenter, Film Producer |
| Education | Texas Southern University, Westbury High School, Mannheim Christian, Pennsylvania |
| Nationality | American |
| Spouse | Jean Muggli (m. 1999–2006), Wanda Hutchins (m. 1992–1996) |
| Children | Tanita Strahan, Isabella Strahan, Sophia Strahan, Michael Strahan Jr. |
| Parents | Louise Strahan, Gene Strahan |
| Nicknames | Michael Anthony Strahan |
| Facebook | http://www.facebook.com/michaelstrahan92 |
| Twitter | http://www.twitter.com/michaelstrahan |
| Instagram | http://www.instagram.com/michaelstrahan |
| IMDB | http://www.imdb.com/name/nm1476939 |
| Awards | Super Bowl champion (XLII), Pro Bowl (1997–1999, 2001–2003, 2005), First-team All-Pro (1997, 1998, 2001, 2003), Second-team All-Pro (2002, 2005), NFL sacks leader (2001, 2003), NFC Defensive Player of the Year (2001, 2003), NFL Defensive Player of the Year (2001), NFL 2000s All-Decade Team, New ... |
| Nominations | NFL Draft: 1993 / Round: 2 / Pick: 40, Inducted into the Pro Football Hall of Fame (2014) |
| Movies | Magic Mike XXL, Ice Age: Collision Course, NFL Moment of Impact, NFL Team Highlights: The Story of the 2002 New York Giants, The NFL's Funniest Players |
| TV Shows | Live! with Kelly and Michael (2012–2016), Celebrity Family Feud, Match Game: Sunday Fun & Games, The $100,000 Pyramid, Fox NFL Sunday |
| # | Fact |
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| 1 | Inducted into the Pro Football Hall of Fame in 2014. |
| 2 | New York Jets great Wayne Chrebet, New York Giants great Michael Strahan, and NFL great Bruce Smith were on location to film the new National Football League (NFL) policy trailer for the Loews Cineplex NFL Kickoff campaign at the Loews Cherry Hill theater in New Jersey. [July 2002] |
| 3 | Member of the Super Bowl 42 Champion New York Giants. [February 2008] |
| 4 | Guest of honor at New York Jets great Wayne Chrebet's upscale restaurant premiere across from Hofstra University and the New York Jets Headquarters on Long Island, New York. The opening included over 400 guests, current and former NFL players, and members of the media. [March 2007] |
| 5 | New York City, NY, USA: Living and working in New York City and marking his one year anniversary as co-host of Live with Kelly and Michael (1988). [October 2013] |
| 6 | 1993 NFL Draft: 40th pick of the 2nd round. Seven times NFL Pro Bowl: 1997, 1998, 1999, 2001, 2002, 2003, 2005. Four times NFL first-team All-Pro: 1997, 1998, 2001, 2003. Two times NFL second-team All-Pro: 2002, 2005. Super Bowl XLII champion (for 2007 NFL season). Two times NFC Champion: 2000, 2007. NFL Defensive Player of the Year: 2001 Two times NFC Defensive Player of the Year: 2001, 2003. NFL Alumni Pass Rusher of the Year: 2003 Fifth in All-Time Career Sacks (NFL). NFL one season sacks record: 22.5. New York Giants career sacks record: 141.5. NFL 2000s All-Decade Team. New York Giants Ring of Honor. NFL Top 100 Greatest Players: Ranked 99th. |
| 7 | After the high school football season, Michael returned to Germany to finish his classes, where he graduated from Mannheim Christian Academy. |
| 8 | Career NFL statistics (all with New York Giants) Tackles: 854 Quarterback sacks: 141.5 Interceptions: 4 Touchdowns: 3. |
| 9 | Just some of his college football awards included: First-team AP College-division All-American (1992) Edd Hayes' Black College Sports All-American (1992). 1st team All-Southwestern Athletic Conference (1992). SWAC's Player of the Year (1991, 1992). Black College Defensive Player of the Year (1992). |
| 10 | On the October 11, 2013 airing of Late Show with David Letterman (1993), Michael shared that he is 6'5" tall and his post play weight is about 250 lbs. He said when he started as a pro-football player, his playing weight was 280 lbs., gradually reducing to about 252 lbs. by the time he stopped playing in 2007. |
| 11 | Is good friends with Tom Arnold. |
| 12 | Played his entire NFL career with one team, the New York Giants. |
| 13 | He followed in the footsteps of his uncle Art, who also played defensive end at Texas Southern University, before becoming a professional football player. |
| 14 | In order to get US high school football experience, his father sent him to live with his brother Art Strahan (Michael's uncle) in Houston, Texas, USA, the summer before his senior year. Art arranged for Micheal to attend Westbury High School in Houston, where Michael played one season of high school football, enough for him to get a scholarship offer from Texas Southern University. |
| 15 | Was not able to play US high school football until he was a high school senior at Westbury High School in Houston, Texas. However, he was able to play organized football as a linebacker for the Mannheim (Germany) Redskins in 1985, mostly made up of other military brats from the nearby US Army base where his father was posted. |
| 16 | The youngest of 6 children. |
| 17 | Michael's uncle is retired pro football player Arthur Strahan. |
| 18 | His mother, Louise Strahan, was a basketball coach. |
| 19 | His father, Gene Strahan, was a boxer with a 1-1 record against future heavyweight boxing champion Ken Norton. |
| 20 | From age 9 to age 16, he grew up in Mannheim, Germany on a US Army base, where his father, Major Gene Strahan, was posted. |
| 21 | Professional football player. Defensive end with the New York Giants, 1993 - 2008. |
| 22 | Twin daughters, Isabella and Sophia, were born on October 28th, 2004. |
| Title | Year | Status | Character |
|---|
| Good Morning America | 2012-2017 | TV Series | Himself - Co-Anchor / Himself - Contributor / Himself - Substitute Co-Anchor / ... |
| Fox and Friends | 2017 | TV Series | Himself |
| Fox News Sunday | 2014-2017 | TV Series | Himself - Panelist |
| The Rich Eisen Show | 2017 | TV Series | Himself |
| The Tonight Show Starring Jimmy Fallon | 2014-2017 | TV Series | Himself |
| The $100,000 Pyramid | 2016-2017 | TV Series | Himself - Host |
| Entertainment Tonight | 2009-2016 | TV Series | Himself |
| The Late Late Show with James Corden | 2016 | TV Series | Himself |
| The Late Show with Stephen Colbert | 2016 | TV Series | Himself |
| The Chew | 2014-2016 | TV Series | Himself / Himself - Guest |
| Fox NFL Sunday | 2005-2016 | TV Series | Himself - Co-Host / Himself / Himself - Studio Analyst / ... |
| Burgers, Brew and 'Que | 2016 | TV Series | Himself |
| Late Night with Seth Meyers | 2015-2016 | TV Series | Himself |
| The Insider | 2015-2016 | TV Series | Himself |
| Extra | 2014-2016 | TV Series | Himself / Himself - Author, Wake Up Happy |
| Chelsea | 2016 | TV Series | Himself |
| Live with Kelly and Michael | 2008-2016 | TV Series | Himself - Co-Host / Himself - Host / Himself - Guest Co-Host / ... |
| Rachael Ray | 2013-2016 | TV Series | Himself |
| The Dr. Oz Show | 2015-2016 | TV Series | Himself |
| The Daily Show | 2013-2015 | TV Series | Himself |
| Lincoln Center at the Movies: Great American Dance | 2015 | TV Series | Himself - Host |
| The Magnificent Mile Lights Festival | 2015 | TV Special | Himself - Prerecorded Greeting |
| The View | 2014-2015 | TV Series | Himself |
| UFC Embedded on FOX | 2015 | TV Mini-Series | Himself |
| Nashville | 2015 | TV Series | Himself |
| LEGO Good Morning America | 2015 | Video short | Himself - Co-Anchor (voice) |
| Kids' Choice Sports: All-Access Pass | 2015 | TV Movie | Himself |
| Nickelodeon Kids' Choice Sports 2015 | 2015 | TV Movie | Himself |
| Toy Soldier | 2015/I | Short | Himself - Co-Anchor (LEGO Good Morning America segment) (voice) |
| Lip Sync Battle | 2015 | TV Series | Himself - Competitor |
| Steve Harvey | 2015 | TV Series | Himself |
| Good Morning America Weekend Edition | 2015 | TV Series | Himself |
| Oscars Opening Ceremony: Live from the Red Carpet | 2015 | TV Special | Himself - Host |
| 20th Annual Critics' Choice Movie Awards | 2015 | TV Special | Himself - Host |
| WWE Tribute to the Troops | 2014 | TV Special | Himself |
| Who Wants to Be a Millionaire | 2014 | TV Series | Himself |
| The Magnificent Mile Lights Festival | 2014 | TV Special | Himself - Prerecorded Greeting |
| Inside Edition | 2014 | TV Series documentary | Himself |
| Late Show with David Letterman | 2012-2014 | TV Series | Himself - Guest / Himself |
| Jimmy Kimmel Live! | 2009-2014 | TV Series | Himself - Guest / Himself - 3 ridiculous questions / Himself - At the Oscars / ... |
| Conan | 2014 | TV Series | Himself - Guest |
| Sharknado 2: The Second One | 2014 | TV Movie | Himself |
| Nickelodeon Kids Choice Awards 2014 | 2014 | TV Special | Himself |
| The Rebels | 2014 | TV Series | Himself |
| The O'Reilly Factor | 2014 | TV Series | Himself (segment "Watters' World") |
| Media Buzz | 2014 | TV Series | Himself - Fox Sports NFL Analyst |
| Alpha House | 2014 | TV Series | Himself |
| The Tonight Show with Jay Leno | 2013 | TV Series | Himself - Guest |
| The 7th Annual CNN Heroes: An All-Star Tribute | 2013 | TV Movie documentary | Himself - Presenter |
| WWE Raw | 2013 | TV Series | Himself |
| Mike & Mike | 2010-2013 | TV Series | Himself - Host, Live with Kelly and Michael / Himself - Guest / Himself - Telephone Interviewee / ... |
| A Football Life | 2013 | TV Series | Himself |
| LT: The Life & Times | 2013 | Documentary | Himself |
| Late Night with Jimmy Fallon | 2010-2013 | TV Series | Himself |
| Charlie Rose | 2013 | TV Series | Himself - Guest |
| The Real Housewives of Atlanta | 2013 | TV Series | Himself |
| The Apprentice | 2013 | TV Series | Himself - Guest Judge |
| VH1's Best Superbowl Concert Ever | 2013 | TV Movie | Himself - Host |
| Katie | 2012 | TV Series | Himself |
| Real Sports with Bryant Gumbel | 2008-2012 | TV Series | Himself - Former NFL Player (segment "Strahan TV") / Himself - Former Defensive End, New York Giants (segment "Michael Strahan") |
| Training for Tahoe 2 | 2012 | TV Movie | Himself |
| The After Party with Jay Glazer | 2012 | TV Series | Himself |
| In the Flow with Affion Crockett | 2011 | TV Series | Himself |
| Training for Tahoe: Brian and His Famous Fans | 2011 | TV Movie | Himself |
| VH1 Divas Salute the Troops | 2010 | TV Movie | Himself |
| Pros vs. Joes | 2009-2010 | TV Series | Himself - Host / Himself |
| Golf Therapy: Life, Lessons & the Pursuit of Par | 2010 | TV Movie | Himself |
| America: The Story of Us | 2010 | TV Series documentary | Himself |
| The Bonnie Hunt Show | 2010 | TV Series | Himself |
| Cubed | 2010 | TV Series | Himself |
| The Brian McKnight Show | 2010 | TV Series | Himself |
| Joe Buck Live | 2009 | TV Series | Himself |
| Tavis Smiley | 2009 | TV Series | Himself |
| The Tonight Show with Conan O'Brien | 2009 | TV Series | Himself |
| The Wendy Williams Show | 2009 | TV Series | Himself |
| Rome Is Burning | 2006-2009 | TV Series | Himself |
| 2009 NFC Conference Championship | 2009 | TV Movie | Himself - Halftime Show Analyst |
| The Greatest Game Ever Played | 2008 | TV Movie | Himself - Giants Defensive End 2008 |
| 5th Annual VH1 Hip Hop Honors | 2008 | TV Movie | Himself |
| Late Night with Conan O'Brien | 2007-2008 | TV Series | Himself |
| NY Giants Victory Parade | 2008 | TV Movie | Himself |
| Super Bowl XLII | 2008 | TV Special | Himself |
| Pepsi Smash Superbowl Bash | 2008 | TV Movie | Himself |
| NFL Game of the Week | 2008 | TV Series | Himself - New York Giants Defensive End |
| CNN Heroes: An All-Star Tribute | 2007 | TV Movie | Himself - Presenter |
| Sports Unfiltered with Dennis Miller | 2007 | TV Series | Himself |
| NFL Monday Night Football | 1994-2007 | TV Series | Himself - New York Giants Defensive End |
| Pardon the Interruption | 2007 | TV Series | Himself |
| NBC Sunday Night Football | 2007 | TV Series | Himself - New York Giants Defensive End |
| The Best Damn Sports Show Period | 2005-2007 | TV Series | Himself |
| Backyard Stadiums | 2007 | TV Series | Himself |
| Make My Day | 2006 | TV Series | Himself - Host (2006) |
| NFL Films Presents | 2006 | TV Series documentary | Himself |
| I Love the '70s: Volume 2 | 2006 | TV Series | Himself |
| ESPN's Sunday Night Football | 1996-2005 | TV Series | Himself - New York Giants Defensive End |
| The NFL on CBS | 2005 | TV Series | Himself - New York Giants Defensive End |
| I Love the 80's 3-D | 2005 | TV Series documentary | Himself |
| NFL on FOX | 1995-2005 | TV Series | Himself - New York Giants Defensive End / Himself - New York Giants Defensive Tackle |
| ESPN 25: Who's #1? | 2004-2005 | TV Series documentary | Himself |
| ESPN SportsCentury | 2002-2003 | TV Series documentary | Himself |
| CenterStage | 2002 | TV Series documentary | Himself |
| NFL Blitz 2003 | 2002 | Video Game | Himself (voice) |
| Super Bowl XXXV | 2001 | TV Movie | Himself - New York Giants Left Defensive End |
| NFL Xtreme 2 | 1999 | Video Game | Himself (voice) |
| The NFL on NBC | 1996 | TV Series | Himself - New York Giants Defesnive End |
| TNT Sunday Night Football | 1995-1996 | TV Series | Himself - New York Giants Defensive End |