Who is Montel Williams?
Montel Williams is an American actor, radio talk show host, and TV personality. He was the host for the show The Montel Williams Show.
In Oct 2019, Montel was seen in an episode of The Resident.
Montel Williams- Birth Age, Family, Ethnicity
He was born as Montel Brian Hank Williams on July 3, 1956, in Baltimore, Maryland, US. His mother is Marjorie Williams and his father is Herman Williams Jr. who became the first African American Fire Chief in 1992.
Montel’s ethnicity is All-American. He has a sister named Clolita Williams and other four siblings.
Education
Talking about his education, he attended Andover High School in Linthicum, Maryland. Then he graduated in BS was completed from United States Naval Academy, Maryland, US.
Montel Williams- Professional Career
Montel has served in the Military. From 1974-1976, he was with US Marine corps. Then he joined the US Naval Academy from 1976-1980. He was with the US Navy for nine years from 1980-1989.
As a radio host, Montel hosted Montel Across America from April 2009 till Jan 2010. He also hosted a TV commercial show Informercial in 2009.
The Montel Williams Show
In 1991, Montel started his talk show named The Montel Williams Show. It was originally aired by the Syndication network. The show mainly focused on the controversial and sensationalistic subject matters.
This show has a total of 17 seasons with 4325 episodes. Montel was the host as well as the producer of this show. Its last episode was broadcast on Jan 30, 2008. This show was named as the longest-running daytime tabloid talk show.
Acting
Montel appeared in show Jag (1995-2005) but only for three episodes. He has played the role of Lieutenant Curtis Rivers.
His other appeared TV shows were Matt Waters (1996), All My Children (1970-2011), American Candidate (2004), Showtime (2004), and more.
Williams also appeared in a movie like The Peacemaker in 1997. The film was about action and Montel’s character’s name was Lt Col Northrop.
Controversy
Sylvia Browne who is a self-declared psychic used to regularly appeared in Williams’s show. This association was criticized in Feb 2019 by fellow retired military officer Hal Bidlack.
Awards and Titles
During his military career, Montel received Meritorious Service Medal, Navy Commendation Medal, Navy Achievement Medal, and Navy Superior Public Service Award.
From his show The Montel Williams Show, he was nominated for Outstanding Talk Show in 2001 and 2002. He also got a Daytime Emmy Award for Outstanding Talk Show Host in 1996. Again in 2002, he was nominated for Outstanding Talk Show Host.
Montel Williams’s Net worth, Earnings
The estimated net worth of this actor is $10 million US. His 2002 movie, The Peacemaker has collected around $110.4 million US. This film was made with a budget of $16,000,000.
An actor’s average salary is between $19k to $210k US.
Body Features
Montel has shaved head with black eyes. His height is 6 ft 2 inches and weight is 84 kg. The goatee and earring of Montel made him different from other actors.
Williams has around 187k followers on his Twitter account which was created in April 2009. His Instagram has around 37.6k followers with around 1.1k posts.
His Facebook account was created in Jan 2009 and has around 184k followers.
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