<p><strong>Tommy Wiseau is a European-American actor.</strong> Some say he is from <strong>Poland</strong>, others from <strong>France</strong>. And of course, <strong>the US.</strong> But nobody actually knows. And Tommy uses that mystery to his advantage. Popular for his <strong>producing, directing, and acting</strong>, he gained <strong>international fame with the 2003 movie</strong> <em>The Room</em>. How much is Tommy Wiseau&#8217;s cash flow?</p>
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<p>The fun fact is that<strong> critics describe his</strong> <em>The Room</em> movie as one of the <strong>worst ever made</strong>. But that helped the movie <strong>gain cult status</strong>. In 2004, Tommy<strong> co-directed the documentary</strong><em> Homeless in America.</em> Many details about his personal life, including age, source of income, background, and more remain <strong>unverified</strong>. That makes him a great subject of intense<strong> fan speculation and fan fiction.</strong> As of August 2020, <strong>Tommy Wiseau&#8217;s fortune is more than $500,000.</strong></p>

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	<td class="column-1">Name:</td><td class="column-2">Tyler Steinkamp</td>
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	<td class="column-1">Birthday:</td><td class="column-2">March 7, 1995 </td>
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	<td class="column-1">Net Worth:</td><td class="column-2">$4 million</td>
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	<td class="column-1">Height:</td><td class="column-2">1.68 m</td>
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	<td class="column-1">Occupation:</td><td class="column-2">American Internet Personality, Streamer on Twitch</td>
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<h2>Career Ups and Downs</h2>
<p><strong>Wiseau is secretive about his early life</strong>. In many interviews, he claims he lived in France a long time ago. But he also says he grew up in<strong> New Orleans, Louisiana</strong>. In an interview in 2010, he hinted his birth date is between<strong> 1968 and 1969</strong>. In a 2016 documentary, <strong>Rick Harper</strong> says he researched the background of Tommy and found out he is from <strong>Poland</strong>. In 2017, Wiseau finally <strong>confirmed he is from Europe</strong>, and he grew up there. But he also said he is <strong>a proud American</strong>. And all of that doesn’t matter much in the big picture. Some fans say his background is irrelevant.</p>
<p>What we know is that he grew up in <strong>Louisiana</strong>. And he then <strong>moved to San Francisco</strong>, where he worked as a street vendor.<strong> He sold toys to tourists</strong>. That earned him the nickname <strong>The Birdman</strong> for his bird toys. These were quite popular in Europe at the time. The nickname prompted Tommy to change his name legally to <strong>Thomas Pierre Wiseau</strong>. He took the French word for bird, <strong>oiseau</strong>, and <strong>replaced</strong> <strong>O with W of his birth name.</strong></p>
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<p>He obtained a <strong>degree in psychology</strong> from <em>Laney Community College</em> in <strong>Oakland</strong>. He also worked as a <strong>restaurant busboy, hospital worker</strong>, and even ran a <strong>business in San Francisco</strong>. His business, <em>Street Fashions USA</em> <strong>sold irregular blue jeans at discounted prices</strong>. These regular jobs helped him earn some money so he could<strong> finance his own movie career.</strong></p>
<p>Tommy says that movies like <em>Citizen Kane</em> and <em>The Guns of Navarone</em> influenced his career. He specifically cites actors like <strong>James Dean</strong> and<strong> Marlon Brando</strong> as his inspiration. Some of the lines in his movie <strong>The Room</strong> are a direct influence and reference to <strong>James Dean&#8217;s movies</strong>. For example, the infamous cry <strong>“You are tearing me apart Lisa”</strong> is from <em>Rebel Without a Cause.</em></p>
<p>Wiseau says that he tried making in Hollywood since the <strong>late 1980s.</strong> He even took <strong>Vincent Chase’s acting class in 1994</strong>. Tommy says he attended<strong> film classes</strong> at <em>Los Angeles Community College</em>. During the <strong>1990s, he directed a student movie,</strong> <em>Robbery Doesn’t Pay</em>. He shot it with a <strong>super 8 camera</strong> in the<strong> Westwood section of Los Angeles</strong>. The movie is just a dude walking around looking at cars.</p>
<p>His big break is the infamous<em> The Room</em> movie. <strong>Released in 2003</strong>, many critics describe it as the worst movie ever released. The movie had a<strong> $6 million budget.</strong> But the financing is a mystery and intrigue. <strong>Wiseau claims he paid for the movie himself.</strong></p>
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<p>The movie, based on an <strong>unpublished 540-page novel by Wiseau</strong> is a disaster. But that made it good. <em>The Room</em> is now a cult classic with many late-night showings in theaters around the world. It is so bad, that it is<strong> now good to watch it.</strong></p>
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<p>Many audience members arrive dressed up to look like their favorite characters from the movie. They can <strong>often interact with the dialogue on-screen</strong> and throw plastic cutlery in the theater to reference the events on the screen.</p>
<p>During 2010, the movie went on a <em>Love is Blind</em> <strong>international tour.</strong> Tommy showed the movie in <strong>Germany, Australia, the United Kingdom, Denmark, India</strong>, and many more locations. He posed for photographs with fans and did signings.</p>
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<p>In 2017, <strong>James Franco</strong> portrays <strong>Tommy</strong> in the movie <em>The Disaster Artist</em>. He<strong> won a Golden Globe Award for Best Actor</strong> for the performance. And Tommy approved the casting and movie.</p>
<p>In 2004, Tommy produced his short documentary, <em>Homeless in America.</em> And then in 2010, he appeared in the <strong>15-minute parody horror movie</strong> <em>The House That Drips Blood on Alex</em>. In 2015, he started a <strong>Reddit “ask me anything thread”.</strong></p>
<p>In 2015, Tommy made it to the movie<em> Samurai Cop 2: Deadly Vengeance</em>. He portrayed <strong>the villain in the sequel to the cult classic</strong>,<em> Samurai Cop</em>.</p>
<p><strong>In February 2019,</strong> just before a screen for<em> The Room</em>, Wiseau revealed a teaser trailer for his next project. It is his <strong>second directorial effort,</strong> <em>Big Shark</em>. He wanted to release the movie in<strong> September 2019</strong> but didn’t finish on time.</p>
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<p>A lot of his personality and fame comes from the <em>Internet</em>. And Tommy knows to use it to his advantage. In 2011, he starred in a <strong>YouTube web series</strong>,<em> Tommy Explains it All</em>. In it, he talked about topics from<strong> kissing, favorite movies, and much more</strong>. He also had his<em> Tommy Wi-Show</em> on <em>Machinima.com</em>. In the segments, he <strong>played various video games</strong> from <em>Mortal Kombat</em> to <em>Driver: San Francisco.</em></p>
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<h2>Net Worth</h2>
<p>Where does Tommy Wiseau get his money from? That is a million-dollar question. Nobody knows. Tommy is so <strong>secretive and mysterious</strong> about his life and earnings, fans started speculating about everything. He paid hundreds of thousands of dollars for an <strong>infamous billboard advertising his movie</strong> <em>The Room</em>. The billboard stayed in <strong>LA for many years.</strong></p>
<p>Some critics say he funded the<strong> $6 million movie</strong> through his<strong> leather-jacket and real estate business.</strong> And while the movie got an extremely critical response, it made a lot of money. As of 2020, <em>The Room</em> earned more than <strong>$30 million at the box office.</strong></p>
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<p>So, how come Tommy Wiseau&#8217;s fortune is only $500,000? Well, that is a mystery. But we do know he had to <strong>pay damages to two Canadian documentary makers in 2020.</strong> He paid more than <strong>$700,000 in damages.</strong></p>

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