Robert N. Fried is a 61-year-old movie producer and screenwriter born on January 16, 1963. He has a successful career that has seen him garner an estimated net worth of $10 million. He is also successful in his personal life, as he has been married to actress Nancy Travis for 30 years and they are blessed with two kids.
Robert has been in the American movie scene since before the mid-1980s and has been involved in many films as a producer, including Godzilla which remains one of his most notable works. He also works as a media entrepreneur. He has managed to maintain both his personal and professional life well.
Summary of Robert N. Fried’s Biography
- Full name: Robert Nathan Fried
- Nickname: Rob
- Gender: Male
- Date of birth: January 16, 1963
- Robert N. Fried’s Age: 61 years old
- Ethnicity: White
- Nationality: American
- Zodiac Sign: Capricorn
- Sexual Orientation: Straight
- Religion: Christianity
- Marital Status: Married
- Robert N. Fried’s Wife: Nancy Travis
- Robert N. Fried’s Children: Benjamin Fried, Jeremy Fried
- Siblings: Daniel Fried
- Robert N. Fried’s Net worth: $10 million
- Famous for: Being an American movie producer
How Old Is Robert N. Fried?
Robert Nathan Fried is 61 years old. He was born on January 16, 1963, to his parents whose identities are not known. However, it is public knowledge that he was brought up alongside a brother whose name is Daniel Fried.
He is of white ethnicity and American nationality, but like many other things about him, his childhood remains under the shadows with very little known.
As regards his education, Robert is a well-read individual who attended Cornwell University where he obtained a master’s. He also went to the Columbia University Graduate School of Business where he got an M.B.A. This paved the way for him to start out his career as a financial analyst before moving to become a producer.
Robert N. Fried’s Net Worth is $10 Million
Robert N Fried’s net worth is currently well over $10 million. The notoriously private producer might as well have much more, looking at his career, but his very quiet lifestyle has shielded him from much media scrutiny.
He made his fortune from his many years in the movie business, having worked with some of the biggest production houses in the United States. His career which kicked off in the 1980s has seen him work with big industry players such as Columbia Pictures with which h began as a financial analyst, 20th Century Fox, and Orion Pictures where he rose to become Vice President of productions.
More so, his fortune received a serious boost when he founded his production company to make some successful productions. The biggest production of his company is Godzilla which made over $375 million in Worldwide Box Office. The next in line is 2005’s The Man which made more than $10 million in World Wide Box Office. While another thing that pushes his net worth even higher is his current position as the CEO of ChromaDex, it still remains unknown what he makes from this position.
In the same manner, as most other things about him, the ways in which he spends his money remain away from the public domain since he doesn’t share anything about himself.
With that said, his wife, Nancy Travis, is also a very wealthy individual with a net worth that is put at over $20 million. She made her fortune from her long and thriving career as an actress.
Robert Has Enjoyed A Successful Career in Hollywood
Robert N. Fred has been in the movie scene for more than three decades, but because he is not an actor, he is not the most known among followers of the industry. His works have mostly been in the executive production stages and he has worked with several production houses.
One of his earliest works in the 1980s was with Colombia Pictures when he served as its executive vice president. He was with the production company from 1983 to 1990 and held various positions before leaving as vice president.
He became the president of his own production company, Fried Films, which he founded in 1990. From 2007 to 2009, he was the president and CEO of Ideation, as well as a member of its board of directors.
Some other positions he held at different points in the past include Director of Film Finance and Special Projects for Columbia Pictures before becoming its vice president of production, President and CEO of Savoy Pictures, and Director of Business Development at Twentieth Century Fox. At the moment, he is the CEO of ChromaDex, a post he has held since 2018.
His career in the film business has been recognized with an Academy Award which he won in 1992 with his film, Session Man as well as the Christoper Award which he won thanks to Rudy in 1993.
From the 1980s when he began to date, Robert N. Fried has been involved in more than two decades of films as an executive producer or screenwriter, including Session Man (1992), So I Married An Axe Murder (1993), Godzilla (1998), Two Can Play That Game (2001), and the Man of the Year (2006).
Who is Robert N. Fried Married to?
Robert has not only been successful in his professional life, but he has also replicated the feat in his personal life. The famous producer is married to actress Nacy Travis. For the better part, the couple prefers keeping their personal dealings away from the public. However, it is known that they first met in 1993 when they were working together. In no time, they fell in love, and by the next year, they were already married.
Nancy was born on September 21, 1961, which means she is two years younger older than her husband. She was born in New York City, It was here that she was brought up by her father, Gordon Travis, and her mother, Theresa, who worked as a social worker and sales executive respectively. She has always had hopes of becoming an actress since she was a little girl, and so she began professionally shortly after she was through high school at the Jewish Theatre in New York.
Her first TV appearance was in Malice in Wonderland in 1985 and then her first movie came two years later when she appeared in Three Men and a Baby. Since then, she has appeared in many productions such as Duckman (1994 to 97), Last Man Standing (2011 to 21), Beyond Suspicion (2000), and Night of the Animated Dead where she had a voice role in 2021.
Robert N. Fried’s Kids
The union between Robert and Nancy is blessed with two amazing kids; Benjamin E. Fried and Jeremy Fried.
The older of the two kids is Benjamin who was born in 1998 and is now 26 years old. Although he doesn’t seem to be so keen on following after his parents, he still has an acting credit that dates back to 2008 in the film, Placebo. Apart from this, his life has been shrouded in mystery.
The second and youngest child of the family, Jeremy, was born in 2001 which makes him 23 years old. He has been more protected than his older brother and so nothing about him seems to be available in the public space.
