Sinbad Net Worth
Sinbad Net Worth is
-$10.77 Million
Sinbad Bio/Wiki, Net Worth, Married 2018
David Adkins, better known by his stage name Sinbad, is an American comic and performer with an estimated net worth of -$10.77 million. Sinbad is 6’5 and weighs 240 pounds. While assigned to the 38th Air Refueling Wing at McConnell Air Force Base in Wichita, Kansas Adkins frequently performed standup in the base’s ability competitions.
After purposely going AWOL repeatedly, Adkins was successfully dispatched in the military for parking his car in the incorrect place. Adkins set his sights on getting into show business as a comic. Adkins respected Sinbad the Sailor and made a decision to make use of the stage name “Sinbad”. Sinbad appeared on Star Search and won his round against comic Dennis Miller. Sinbad was subsequently immediately cast in the short lived sitcom The Redd Foxx Show.
In 1987 Sinbad got his big break when he was cast as Trainer Walter Oakes on The Cosby Show spinoff show A Different World. He’s also starred in movies like Necessary Roughness, Houseguest, First Kid, Jingle All the Way, and Good Burger.
In 2009 the state of California put Sinbad in its top ten list of its own worst tax debtors. Sinbad is now $10.77 million in the hole and according to insolvency records $8 million of it’s due to back taxes. It’s been reported that on February 5, 2010 the comic put up his 2.5 acre hilltop house for sale to help ease his financial problems.
Sinbad Net Worth $-11 Million
| Net Worth | -$10.77 Million |
| Date Of Birth | November 10, 1956 |
| Place Of Birth | Benton Harbor, Michigan, USA |
| Height | 1.95 m |
| Profession | T.V. Writer, Stand-up comedian, Television producer, Film producer, Talk show host, Soldier, Actor, Military aviator |
| Education | University of Denver, Benton Harbor High School |
| Nationality | American |
| Spouse | Meredith Adkins |
| Children | Paige Adkins, Royce Beckly Adkins |
| Parents | Martha Adkins, Donald Adkins |
| Siblings | Dorothea Adkins, Mark Adkins, Donald Adkins, Donna Adkins, Michael Adkins |
| Awards | NAACP Image Award for Outstanding Variety – Series or Special |
| Nominations | Kids' Choice Award for Favorite TV Actor, NAACP Image Award for Outstanding Performance in a Youth/Children's Series or Special, NAACP Image Award for Outstanding Actor in a Comedy Series |
| Movies | Jingle All the Way, First Kid, Houseguest, Good Burger, Necessary Roughness, Coneheads, Planes, The Meteor Man, The Cherokee Kid, Homeward Bound II: Lost in San Francisco, Ready to Run, Crazy as Hell, Hansel and Gretel, Cuttin' da Mustard, Stompin', That's Adequate |
| TV Shows | The Redd Foxx Show, A Different World, The Sinbad Show, Happily Ever After: Fairy Tales for Every Child, Slacker Cats, The Apprentice, Biography, Vibe, Sinbad Live From New York: Afros & Bellbottoms |
| Star Sign | Scorpio |
| # | Trademark |
|---|---|
| 1 | Goatee |
| 2 | Buzz Cut |
| # | Quote |
|---|---|
| 1 | I renamed myself Sinbad because Sinbad is bad. He could hang out with rogues and with kings. He didn't have the strength of Hercules, but he could outwit anyone. |
| 2 | I didn't make the Air Force basketball team and went into denial. So, I kept going AWOL. My mother kept begging me to go back. I told her, 'No, I'm not going back. I'll just grow a beard. They won't recognize me. I'll just be another black man with a beard.' I was going to Georgia Tech to learn about computers. I'd go AWOL all the time. I'd just leave. I'd come back, hoping they'd throw me out. |
| 3 | I had flaming red hair and they called me Red Chamberlain. I had "Baby Wilt" written on the side of my car. I was on my way to becoming All-American. I thought college ball was going to be the ticket. |
| 4 | Here's the thing about Apple, we complain and they give us more battery life. We complain and they'll give us more stuff. Everything's beta right now. Everything's experimental. They really don't know what people want. |
| 5 | I've been on the road since 1983. Nothing ever changed, even when I was doing TV and movies. |
| 6 | If you got a name like Barack Obama, you're supposed to fight. |
| 7 | We all want something else other than what we have and don't realize what you got works. It works. It does work. You gotta work. Marriage is work. Marriage is a career. It's not an adventure. |
| 8 | I was in the Air Force and was a boom operator (in-flight refueling). I got my comedy start in the Air Force. |
| 9 | We ask for way too much stuff - way too much stuff. You got a job making $100 a year and bought a house for $3 million. Talking about, 'I don't know what happened with the payment.' |
| 10 | I would be an activist but never a politician. As an activist, nobody owns you. |
| 11 | I never should have done 'Celebrity Apprentice.' I didn't want to do it because I didn't want Donald Trump to say, 'You're fired.' |
| 12 | Don't let people treat you like you're stupid. If it sounds too good to be true, it is. |
| 13 | Hollywood's not a progressive place. Everyone likes to think that Hollywood is hip, but it's not hip at all. |
| 14 | I didn't buy Bentleys. I didn't live large. I invested in me. I invested in a lot of other people. |
| 15 | I'm under stress. They killed me on Wikipedia. They killed me. And I didn't stay dead long enough to sell no DVDs. I didn't even stay dead long enough - I was too stupid. I should've stayed low. I should've laid low. I could've been gone for a year; I'd have made money. And then I'd have risen from the dead. |
| 16 | I spent money, and I kept thinking, 'I get one more movie and I'll wipe these bills out,' but that movie never came. That black pride, I said, 'Man, I'm going to hang in there, I'm going to pay these bills.' So you owe a million dollars. 'I can pay that.' OK, fines, fees, now you owe two and a half million. 'But I didn't do nothin'!' |
| 17 | Who the heck is Donald Trump to fire me? I regret I didn't tell Donald Trump, 'You need to fire your barber. I'm sorry. I ain't feeling you, man. You're fired! I fire you, Donald Trump.' |
| 18 | There's no one defining moment that kills you or makes you. |
| 19 | People think comedians don't do drama. Comics are drama. And what is drama, as opposed to comedy? It's all the same to me. |
| 20 | But I said wait a minute, I'm going to get a computer, I can do this as well as anybody else. So I did some studying so I knew what kind of boards to get to put a PC together. But there was a guy sitting there with Apple. I said, 'what's that?' and he goes, 'Apple with 128k, it's all built into the box,' and I bought it. That was my first computer. |
| 21 | If you're not happy before you're successful, you're going to be miserable when you do become successful because all your problems just get magnified. |
| # | Fact |
|---|---|
| 1 | Brother of Mark Adkins, Dorothea Adkins, Donna Adkins, Michael Adkins and Donald Adkins. |
| 2 | Son of Donald Beckley Adkins. |
| 3 | Alumnus of the University of Denver, where he lettered twice for basketball. |
| 4 | Played college basketball at the University of Denver, but athletic career was ended by an injury. |
| 5 | Father, with Meredith Adkins, of daughter Paige Adkins and son Royce Adkins (aka Royce Beckly Adkins). |
| 6 | Toured with the Air Force Tops in Blue program, which is a program of active duty Air Force members who perform shows around the world. |
| 7 | Finalist in Ed McMahon's Star Search (1983) talent contest for stand-up comedy. Lost to comedian and Crypt Keeper voice, John Kassir in the final round. |
Actor
| Title | Year | Status | Character |
|---|---|---|---|
| Zero Gravity Live | 2016 | Video | Master of Ceremony |
| Comedy Bang! Bang! | 2015 | TV Series | Noel DeSoil Holyfield |
| Steven Universe | 2013-2014 | TV Series | Mr. Smiley |
| Vitaminamulch: Air Spectacular | 2014 | Short | Roper (voice) |
| The Scout | 2014 | TV Series | |
| Planes | 2013 | Roper (voice) | |
| Are We There Yet? | 2011 | TV Series | Judge Oakes |
| Slacker Cats | 2007-2009 | TV Series | Eddie |
| It's Always Sunny in Philadelphia | 2008 | TV Series | Sinbad |
| Cuttin Da Mustard | 2008 | Bennie | |
| Stompin' | 2007 | Mr. Jackson | |
| Leila | 2006 | Short | Leila's Uncle |
| Treading Water | 2002 | The Security Guard | |
| Hansel & Gretel | 2002 | Raven (voice) | |
| Resurrection Blvd. | 2002 | TV Series | Odell Mason |
| Crazy as Hell | 2002 | Orderly | |
| Blue Shirts | 2000 | ||
| Moesha | 2000 | TV Series | Prof. LeCount |
| Ready to Run | 2000 | TV Movie | Hollywood Shuffle (voice) |
| Happily Ever After: Fairy Tales for Every Child | 1995-1999 | TV Series | Big Bad Wolfgang Simpleton Frog Prince |
| Cosby | 1998-1999 | TV Series | Del |
| Good Burger | 1997 | Mr. Wheat | |
| The Cherokee Kid | 1996 | TV Movie | The Cherokee Kid Isaiah Turner |
| Jingle All the Way | 1996 | Myron Larabee | |
| First Kid | 1996 | Sam Simms | |
| Homeward Bound II: Lost in San Francisco | 1996 | Riley (voice) | |
| All That | 1995 | TV Series | |
| Houseguest | 1995 | Kevin Franklin | |
| Aliens for Breakfast | 1994 | TV Movie | |
| The Sinbad Show | 1993-1994 | TV Series | David Bryan |
| The Meteor Man | 1993 | Malik, Stacy's Boyfriend | |
| Coneheads | 1993 | Otto | |
| Saturday Night Live | 1992 | TV Series | Black Lightning / Host |
| Roc | 1992 | TV Series | Ruben Stiles |
| Time Out: The Truth About HIV, AIDS, and You | 1992 | Video short | Condom |
| Necessary Roughness | 1991 | Andre Krimm | |
| A Different World | 1987-1991 | TV Series | Coach Walter Oakes |
| That's Adequate | 1989 | Stand-up Comic | |
| The Cosby Show | 1987 | TV Series | Davis Sarrette |
| Keep on Cruisin' | 1987 | TV Series | Co-Host |
| The Redd Foxx Show | 1986 | TV Series | Byron Lightfoot |
Writer
| Title | Year | Status | Character |
|---|---|---|---|
| Sinbad: Make Me Wanna Holla! | 2014 | TV Special documentary segment "opening sketch" | |
| Sinbad: Nuthin' But the Funk | 1998 | TV Special documentary | |
| Sinbad: Son of a Preacher Man | 1996 | TV Special documentary | |
| The Sinbad Show | TV Series created by - 24 episodes, 1993 - 1994 story - 1 episode, 1993 | ||
| Soul Train Comedy Awards | 1993 | TV Special | |
| Sinbad: Afros and Bellbottoms | 1993 | TV Special documentary | |
| The Best of Robert Townsend & His Partners in Crime | 1991 | TV Special documentary writer |
Producer
| Title | Year | Status | Character |
|---|---|---|---|
| Soul Music Festival: Part I | 1995 | TV Movie executive producer | |
| The Sinbad Show | 1993-1994 | TV Series executive producer - 6 episodes | |
| Sinbad: Afros and Bellbottoms | 1993 | TV Special documentary executive producer | |
| Sinbad and Friends: All the Way Live... Almost! | 1991 | TV Special documentary producer | |
| Sinbad: Brain Damaged | 1990 | TV Special documentary executive producer | |
| Retrospect | 2015/I | Short executive producer | |
| Sinbad: Make Me Wanna Holla! | 2014 | TV Special documentary executive producer | |
| Sinbad It's Just Family | 2011 | TV Series co-executive producer | |
| Sinbad: Where U Been? | 2010 | TV Special documentary executive producer | |
| Stompin' | 2007 | executive producer | |
| Coda | 2006/I | Short executive producer | |
| Leila | 2006 | Short executive producer | |
| Soul Music Festival: Part 5 | 1999 | TV Movie executive producer | |
| Sinbad: Nuthin' But the Funk | 1998 | TV Special documentary executive producer | |
| Soul Music Festival: Part IV | 1998 | TV Movie executive producer | |
| The Cherokee Kid | 1996 | TV Movie executive producer | |
| First Kid | 1996 | executive producer | |
| 70's Soul Music Festival: Part 2 | 1996 | TV Movie executive producer | |
| Sinbad: Son of a Preacher Man | 1996 | TV Special documentary executive producer |
Miscellaneous
| Title | Year | Status | Character |
|---|---|---|---|
| The Sinbad Show | 1993 | TV Series executive consultant - 2 episodes |
Thanks
| Title | Year | Status | Character |
|---|---|---|---|
| Love | 2015/I | Documentary short grateful thanks | |
| King of the Underground | 2011 | special thanks |
Self
| Title | Year | Status | Character |
|---|---|---|---|
| American Dad! | 2013-2015 | TV Series | Himself |
| Gotham Comedy Live | 2015 | TV Series documentary | Himself - Host |
| Oprah: Where Are They Now? | 2013-2014 | TV Series | Himself |
| Comics Unleashed | 2006-2014 | TV Series | Himself |
| Sinbad: Make Me Wanna Holla! | 2014 | TV Special documentary | Himself |
| Chopped | 2014 | TV Series | Himself - Contestant |
| Unsung Hollywood | 2014 | TV Series documentary | Himself |
| Fashion News Live | 2013 | TV Series | Himself |
| The Playboy Morning Show | 2013 | TV Series | Himself |
| The Talk | 2013 | TV Series | Himself |
| Who Is Clinn Rippy? | 2012 | Documentary | Himself |
| The Eric Andre Show | 2012 | TV Series | Himself |
| The Funk Brothers | 2011 | Documentary | Himself |
| Lopez Tonight | 2011 | TV Series | Himself - Guest |
| Sinbad It's Just Family | 2011 | TV Series | Himself |
| The Mo'Nique Show | 2011 | TV Series | Himself |
| The Wendy Williams Show | 2011 | TV Series | Himself |
| Way Black When: Primetime | 2011 | TV Series | Himself - Host |
| The Apprentice | 2010 | TV Series | Himself - Contestant |
| Dishing Tea with Big Meach | 2010 | TV Mini-Series | Himself |
| The Bonnie Hunt Show | 2010 | TV Series | Himself |
| Entertainment Tonight | 2010 | TV Series | Himself |
| Sinbad: Where U Been? | 2010 | TV Special documentary | Himself |
| The Mark Twain Prize: Bill Cosby | 2009 | TV Movie | Himself |
| 24th Annual Stellar Gospel Music Awards | 2009 | TV Special | Himself - Host |
| 11-04-08: The Day of Change | 2009 | TV Movie | Himself |
| Family Guy | 2008 | TV Series | Himself |
| Thou Shalt Laugh 3 | 2008 | Video | Himself |
| The Movie Preview Awards | 2008 | TV Special | Himself |
| James Brown: The Man, the Music, & the Message | 2008 | Video documentary | Himself |
| In the Company of Friends | 2007 | TV Movie | Himself |
| I Was a Network Star | 2006 | TV Movie documentary | Himself |
| Just for Laughs | 2005-2006 | TV Series | Himself |
| The Tonight Show with Jay Leno | 1993-2005 | TV Series | Himself / Himself - Musical Guest |
| Showtime at the Apollo | 1990-2005 | TV Series | Host / Himself |
| TV Land's Top Ten | 2004-2005 | TV Series documentary | Himself |
| Ripley's Believe It or Not! | 2003 | TV Series | Himself |
| Ask Rita | 2003 | TV Series | Himself |
| Heroes of Black Comedy | 2002 | TV Mini-Series documentary | Himself |
| Inside TV Land: African Americans in Television | 2002 | TV Movie documentary | Himself |
| Girlfriends | 2001 | TV Series | Himself |
| 32nd NAACP Image Awards | 2001 | TV Special | Himself |
| The Remarkable Journey | 2000 | TV Series | Himself |
| Miss Universe Pageant | 2000 | TV Special | Himself (Emcee) |
| Nickelodeon Kids' Choice Awards 2000 | 2000 | TV Special | Himself |
| Hollywood Squares | 2000 | TV Series | Himself |
| Soul Music Festival: Part 5 | 1999 | TV Movie | Himself - Host |
| The 25th Annual American Music Awards | 1998 | TV Special | Himself |
| The American Red Cross Celebrates Real-Life Miracles | 1998 | TV Movie | Himself |
| Masters of the Martial Arts Presented by Wesley Snipes | 1998 | TV Special documentary | Himself |
| Sinbad: Nuthin' But the Funk | 1998 | TV Special documentary | Himself |
| Soul Music Festival: Part IV | 1998 | TV Movie | Himself - Host |
| Vibe | 1997-1998 | TV Series | Himself - Host |
| Jeopardy! | 1998 | TV Series | Himself - Celebrity Contestant |
| 28th NAACP Image Awards | 1997 | TV Special | Himself |
| The 24th Annual American Music Awards | 1997 | TV Special | Himself - Host |
| Howard Stern | 1997 | TV Series | Himself |
| 10th Anniversary Essence Awards | 1997 | TV Special | Himself - Co-Host |
| Late Night with Conan O'Brien | 1995-1997 | TV Series | Himself |
| Late Show with David Letterman | 1993-1997 | TV Series | Himself / Himself - Guest |
| George Carlin: 40 Years of Comedy | 1997 | TV Movie | Himself (uncredited) |
| Celebrate the Dream: 50 Years of Ebony Magazine | 1996 | TV Special | Himself |
| Classic Stand-Up Comedy of Television | 1996 | TV Special documentary | Himself |
| Biography | 1996 | TV Series documentary | Himself |
| 1996 Essence Awards | 1996 | TV Special | Himself - Co-Host |
| Sinbad: Son of a Preacher Man | 1996 | TV Special documentary | Himself |
| 1996 Blockbuster Entertainment Awards | 1996 | TV Movie documentary | Himself - Presenter |
| The 23rd Annual American Music Awards | 1996 | TV Special | Himself - Host |
| E! True Hollywood Story | 1996 | TV Series documentary | Himself |
| Sinbad's Dynamite New Year's Eve | 1996 | TV Movie | Himself - Host |
| Comic Relief VII | 1995 | TV Special documentary | Himself |
| HBO Comedy Showcase | 1995 | TV Series | Himself - Comedian (1995-1996) |
| 25th Anniversary Essence Awards | 1995 | TV Special | Himself - Co-Host |
| Soul Music Festival: Part I | 1995 | TV Movie | Himself - Host |
| Nickelodeon Kids' Choice Awards '95 | 1995 | TV Special | Himself |
| A Comedy Salute to Andy Kaufman | 1995 | TV Movie documentary | Himself |
| The 9th Annual Soul Train Music Awards | 1995 | TV Special | Himself - Presenter |
| 1st Annual Screen Actors Guild Awards | 1995 | TV Special | |
| Soul Train | 1995 | TV Series documentary | Himself - Guest Host |
| The Puzzle Place | 1995 | TV Series | Himself |
| The 8th Annual Soul Train Music Awards | 1994 | TV Special | Himself - Presenter |
| Fantasies of the Stars | 1994 | TV Movie | Himself |
| The Essence Awards | 1994 | TV Special | Himself - Host |
| The Arsenio Hall Show | 1989-1994 | TV Series | Himself |
| Bill Nye, the Science Guy | 1994 | TV Series documentary | |
| The 16th Annual CableACE Awards | 1994 | TV Special | Himself - Audience Member |
| 26th NAACP Image Awards | 1994 | TV Special | Himself |
| Soul Train Comedy Awards | 1993 | TV Special | Himself - Host |
| The 19th Annual People's Choice Awards | 1993 | TV Special | Himself - Presenter: Favourite New Music Video |
| The 1993 Billboard Music Awards | 1993 | TV Special | Himself (uncredited) |
| Countdown to Kid's Day | 1993 | TV Movie documentary | Himself - Host |
| The 45th Annual Primetime Emmy Awards | 1993 | TV Special | Himself - Presenter |
| The Chevy Chase Show | 1993 | TV Series | Himself |
| Sinbad: Afros and Bellbottoms | 1993 | TV Special documentary | Himself |
| Late Night with David Letterman | 1993 | TV Series | Himself |
| Good Day New York | 1993 | TV Series | Himself |
| The 7th Annual American Comedy Awards | 1993 | TV Special | Himself |
| 25th NAACP Image Awards | 1993 | TV Special | Himself - Presenter |
| The 14th Annual CableACE Awards | 1993 | TV Special | |
| Comic Relief V | 1992 | TV Special | Himself |
| Circus of the Stars and Sideshow | 1992 | TV Special documentary | Himself - Performer |
| 10th Annual Montreal Comedy Festival | 1992 | TV Movie | Himself |
| Free to Laugh: A Comedy and Music Special for Amnesty International | 1992 | TV Special | Himself |
| The 6th Annual Soul Train Music Awards | 1992 | TV Special | Himself - Presenter |
| Muhammad Ali's 50th Birthday Celebration | 1992 | TV Special | Himself |
| Sinbad and Friends: All the Way Live... Almost! | 1991 | TV Special documentary | Himself |
| Ebony/Jet Showcase | 1989-1991 | TV Series | Himself |
| The 5th Annual Soul Train Music Awards | 1991 | TV Special | Himself - Presenter |
| The Best of Robert Townsend & His Partners in Crime | 1991 | TV Special documentary | Himself |
| The 12th Annual Black Achievement Awards | 1991 | TV Special | Himself |
| The 17th Annual People's Choice Awards | 1991 | TV Special | Himself - Co- Presenter: Favourite New Song |
| Help Save Planet Earth | 1990 | TV Special | Himself |
| Sinbad: Brain Damaged | 1990 | TV Special documentary | |
| Motown 30: What's Goin' On! | 1990 | TV Special | Himself |
| Preview: The Best of the New | 1990 | TV Series | Himself |
| After Hours | 1990 | TV Series | Himself |
| The 11th Annual Black Achievement Awards | 1990 | TV Special | Himself |
| Lou Rawls Parade of Stars | 1988-1989 | TV Series | Himself |
| The 3rd Annual Soul Train Music Awards | 1989 | TV Special | Himself - Presenter |
| Stand-up Comics Take a Stand | 1988 | TV Special documentary | Himself |
| The 14th Annual People's Choice Awards | 1988 | TV Special documentary | Himself - Accepting Award for Favourite New Television Comedy |
| The New Hollywood Squares | 1987 | TV Series | Himself |
| Keep on Cruisin' | 1987 | TV Series | Himself - Co-Host |
| Club Med | 1986 | TV Movie | Himself |
| Dick Clark's Nitetime | 1985 | TV Series | Himself |
| Star Search | 1984-1985 | TV Series | Himself - Comedian Champion / Himself - Comedy Finalist / Himself - Comedy Semi-Finalist / ... |
| The Big Laff Off | 1978 | TV Series | Himself |
Archive Footage
| Title | Year | Status | Character |
|---|---|---|---|
| The Apprentice | 2015 | TV Series | Himself |
| Visionado obligado | 2011 | TV Series | Myron Larabee |
| 100 Greatest Stand-Ups of All Time | 2004 | TV Mini-Series | Himself #78 |
| When Stand-Up Comics Ruled the World | 2004 | TV Movie documentary | Himself (uncredited) |
| Century of Black Cinema | 2003 | Video documentary | Himself |
| Saturday Night Live: The Best of Chris Rock | 1999 | TV Special documentary | Ossie David Jr. (uncredited) |
| Mo' Funny: Black Comedy in America | 1993 | TV Special documentary | Himself |
Won Awards
| Year | Award | Ceremony | Nomination | Movie |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1997 | Blockbuster Entertainment Award | Blockbuster Entertainment Awards | Favorite Supporting Actor - Family | Jingle All the Way (1996) |
Nominated Awards
| Year | Award | Ceremony | Nomination | Movie |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1998 | Image Award | Image Awards | Outstanding Performance in a Variety Series/Special | |
| 1997 | Image Award | Image Awards | Outstanding Performance in a Variety Series/Special | Sinbad: Son of a Preacher Man (1996) |
| 1996 | Image Award | Image Awards | Outstanding Performance in an Animated/Live-Action/Dramatic Youth or Children's Series/Special | Happily Ever After: Fairy Tales for Every Child (1995) |
| 1995 | Blimp Award | Kids' Choice Awards, USA | Favorite Television Actor | The Sinbad Show (1993) |
Known for movies
Jingle All the Way (1996)
as Myron Larabee
First Kid (1996)
as Sam Simms
Good Burger (1997)
as Mr. Wheat
A Different World (1987-1991)
as Coach Walter Oakes
Typical black dude who doesn’t think he should pay his taxes! This non funny idiot should be thrown in jail! You or I would of been locked up for a hell of a lot less!
What about the Typical (many )white dudes that don’t pay .race has nothing to do with it. But since you went there, it’s people of all races .