Trevor Noah

Trevor Noah: Biography in Details

Who is Trevor Noah?

Trevor Noah is a South African comedian. He is also known as a writer, producer, political commentator, actor, and television host.

He is known for performing on The Daily Show on Comedy Central the host since September 2015.

Noah is a polyglot, he speaks English, Xhosa, Zulu, Sotho, Tswana, Tsonga, Afrikaans, and some German.

How much does Trevor Noah earn in 2024?

Trevor Noah’s net worth is $100 million. He earns an annual salary of $4 million USD.

Recently bought a brand new luxury Volvo car for $220,000 and various other luxurious cars.

Noah resides in Manhattan, New York City. Trevor Noah bought this luxury home in 2017 and the Estimated Value of this Real Estate Property is around $2 Million.

What are the birth facts of Trevor Noah?

Trevor Noah was born on 20 February 1984 in Johannesburg, South Africa. His birth sign is Pisces. He was raised by his mother and grandmother.

His father is of white Swiss-German ancestry. Trevor’s mother’s name is Patricia Nombuyiselo Noah who is a Judaism.

His mother was jailed and fined by the South African government when she gave birth to Trevor. Interracial sexual relations and marriages were not legalized until the amended Immorality Act of 1985.

Noah’s mother Patricia Nombuyiselo was married to Ngisaveni Abel Shingange in 1992. They had two sons together, Andrew and Isaac. Trevor and his mother were both physically abused by Shingange, and the couple legally divorced in 1996.

In 2009, she married Sfiso Khoza. But Shingange shot her in the leg and through the back of the head.

However, she survived as the bullet went through the base of her head, avoiding the spinal cord. In 2011, Shingange(Noah’s father) was convicted of attempted murder and sentenced the following year to three years of correctional supervision.

Noah said that his mother sought to police many times for justice but it was a norm in South Africa and the case never went to court.

Education

During his childhood, Trevor Noah attended Roman Catholic church every Sunday. He spent his early youth at the private Maryvale College, a Catholic school in Johannesburg.

Trevor Noah: Profession life, Career

In 2002, Trevor Noah at the age of eighteen played a big role in an episode of the South African soap opera Isidingo. He then started to host his own radio show.

After some time of hosting, he dropped his radio show and started acting in comedy, and also performed with some South African comedians.

Noah started his career as an actor, presenter, and comedian in South Africa. Trevor Noah has held several television shows hosting with the South African Broadcasting Corporation and has also been the runner-up in their fourth season of Strictly Come Dancing in 2008.

Noah has performed in various movies and shows all over South Africa.

His movies include the Vodacom Campus Comedy Tour, The Blacks Only Comedy Show, the Heavyweight Comedy Jam, the Cape Town International Comedy Festival, the Jozi Comedy FestivalCrazy Normal (2011), That’s Racist(2012), and It’s My Culture (2013) between 2010 to 2013.

In 2011, he relocated to the United States. On 6 January 2012, Noah became the first South African stand-up comedian. In 2013, he performed in the comedy special Trevor Noah: African American and he was influenced overall.

 On 11 October 2013, he was a guest on BBC Two’s comedy show. On 29 November 2013, he was a panelist on Channel 4 on the game show named 8 Out of 10 Cats.

He then also appeared on Sean Lock’s team in 8 Out of 10 Cats Does Countdown on 12 September 2014.

His film consists of ‘You Laugh But It’s True(2011), Taka Takata (2011) Mad Buddies (2012), and Black Panther (2018).

He has also written an autobiographical comedy book named Born a Crime: Stories from a South African Childhood and also  Spiegel & Grau.

Lifetime Achievements, Awards

Trevor Noah: Rumors, Controversy

It was once rumored that Noah’s cousin Cebisile Happiness Khoza, died over the weekend and her body was found in the field not far from Grey Town.

Trevor says that his family was always victimized. But last, it was found that it was not her cousin but another woman.

Body Measurements

Trevor weighs 75 kg. He is 5 ft 11 inches tall and has black-colored hair and dark brown eyes.

Social Media Profile

Trevor is socially active on social media like Twitter and has more than 11.5 million followers on Twitter.

Likewise, he is also active on Instagram with approximately 7.2 million followers. He also uses Facebook and has more than 8.8 M followers.

Also, he has a YouTube channel with over 2.9 million subscribers.

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