Steve Harry is an American television host, producer, actor, and comedian. He hosts The Steve Harvey Morning Show, Family Feud, Celebrity Family Feud, the Miss Universe competition, Family Feud Africa, and the arbitration-based court comedy Judge Steve Harvey.
Early Life :
Born on 17th, January 1957, in Welch, West Virginia, Broderick Stephen Harvey Sr.was the son of a coal miner, Jesse Harvey, and Eloise Vera. His first name is based on actor Broderick Crawford of the TV series Highway Patrol.
As a child, he would stutter and eventually overcome it.He graduated from Glenville High School in 1974.[8]
Shortly after high school, he attended Kent State University and West Virginia University and is a member of Omega Psi Phi fraternity but never graduated
Steve Harvey | |
Profession | Actor, standup comedian |
Date of Birth | 17 jan 1957 |
Age (as in 2022) | 65 Years |
Birthplace | Welch, West Virginia, |
Father Name | Jesse Harvey |
Mother Name | Eloise Vera |
Wife Name | |
Nationality | Americian |
Career:
Harvey has worked as a mail carrier, a carpet cleaner, an insurance salesman, an autoworker, a boxer, and more. On October 8, 1985, he gave his first stand-up comedy performance at Cleveland, Ohio’s Hilarities Comedy Club. Harvey lived on the streets for three years in the late 1980s. When not traveling for gigs that included hotels, he slept in his 1976 Ford and took baths at gas stations or public pools. Harvey received assistance from Rich and Becky Liss during this period with a carpet cleaning contract and travel agency credit.
Harvey’s 27-year career as a stand-up comedian came to an end on August 2, 2012, at the MGM Grand in Las Vegas. On pay-per-view, the two-hour performance was streamed live.
In the same year, Harvey made his Chicago NBC Tower debut with a self-titled syndicated talk show distributed by NBCUniversal Television Distribution and produced by Endemol.
When Harvey was nominated for Outstanding Talk Show Host and Outstanding Game Show Host at the 2013 Daytime Emmy Awards, he made history as the first double host to be recognized in this category.
He was given a star on the Hollywood Walk of Fame as well [37].
The year after that, Harvey introduced Delightful, a brand-new dating platform. It is a partnership with IAC, and Harvey provides content (articles and videos) for the site .
Personal Life:
Harvey has been married three times and has 7 Children.
Books :
- Act Like a Lady, Think Like a Man,2009
- Straight Talk, No Chaser,2010
- Act Like a Success,2014
- Jump, Take the Leap of Faith to Achieve Your Life of Abundance,2016