JJ Abrams Wife, Daughter, Other Kids, Father, Family, Height, Net Worth 

Quick Facts

It is almost impossible to be a sci-fi lover and not be familiar with the name JJ Abrams. He is an award-winning American film and television producer, director, screenwriter, and actor.

Jeffrey Jacob Abrams was born on June 27, 1966, in New York City. He studied at Palisades High School and Sarah Lawrence College, Bronxville, and spent his free time writing screenplays.

His first movie job was done at the age of 16; writing music for Dohler’s film Nightbeast, a feature film The Treatment he wrote together with Jill Mazursky during his senior year at college was later purchased by Touchstone Production and used as the basis for his first produced film Taking Care of Business. He has written for a couple more movies like Forever Young and Regarding Henry. He also starred in the 1998 hit movie Armageddon alongside and Bruce Willis. Some other renowned stars he has worked with in Hollywood are , Chris Pine, Zachary Quinto, Joe Pesci, and Danny Glover.

JJ Abrams first major shot in the movie industry was as a screenwriter for the comedy film Gone Fishin (1997). He has further written, produced or directed hit TV series and films such as Lost, Alias, Felicity, Fringe, Person of Interest, Armageddon, Cloverfield, Star Trek,  Star Wars: The Force Awakens, Morning Glory, Super 8, Mission Impossible: Ghost Protocol, Westworld, and The Play That Goes Wrong. More recently, he’s been working on an HBO sci-fi fantasy drama called  Demimonde and a TV adaptation of Stephen King’s stories, Castle Rock.

In 2001, Abrams founded his Bad Robot Productions, a company which partners with Paramount Pictures and Warner Bros. Studios to produce movies. While he’s the president of the company, he runs it with his producing partner Bryan Burk.

In 2005, for his television drama series Lost, Abrams was honoured with two Emmy Awards, one for Best Director in a Drama Series and the other for Outstanding Drama Series. Alias and Lost scripts have also fetched him Emmy nominations. For the movie Super 8, he also received The Saturn Award for Best Director. The man is also a recipient of two awards from the Producers Guild of America (PGA) and the Norman Lear Achievement Award in Television.

His Family – Father, Wife, Daughter and Other Kids

JJ Abrams was born to a television producer father, Gerald W. Abrams and an executive producer mother, Carol Ann Abrams (née Kelvin). It is, therefore, no surprise that he was introduced to the movie industry at quite a young age when he developed an interest in magic and a fascination with special effects.

Raised in Los Angeles from age five, Abrams would some days after school, go over to his father’s office at Paramount to watch various television shows in production.

Abrams is married to Katie McGrath, a public relations executive. The couple met at a dinner party in 1994 and tied the knot in 1996. They have three children; a daughter named Gracie and two sons named Henry and August.

Height

Despite his busy schedules in Hollywood, the creative entertainer who is 5ft 7in (170 cm) tall, tries to create a balance between work and home. His typical day routine would be dropping the kids off at school in the morning, coming home at a decent hour to see them and resuming work at home later in the evening.

To enable him to work from home effectively, Abrams has an editing bay and a studio equipped with guitars and synthesizers installed at his house. Interestingly, Abrams eventually co-opted his wife McGrath into early script editing. She helps him polish the relationships between his female characters.

JJ Abrams’ Net Worth 

JJ Abrams directed the movie Star Wars: The Force Awakens which grossed over $2 billion at the box office making it one of the highest grossing movies of all time. The hit movie earned five Academy Award nominations and four British Academy Film Award nominations.

He is also the author of many books which include, S., Schip van Theseus, A Touch of Death, Once Lost, Namesakes, Star Trek: Countdown, Mind Games, among others.

As one of the most celebrated names in the industry, the multi-talented entertainer with one of Hollywood’s most important franchise has made millions of fortune from his creative works. For all his endeavours, Abrams has an estimated net worth of $120 million. He has an active interest in politics and has contributed to the campaigns of Bill Clinton, Hillary Clinton, John Edwards, Harry Reid, etc.

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