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Name: Austin “Chumlee” Russell
Born: 8 September 1982
Occupation: TV reality star, business owner

Chumlee from Pawn Starts. Photo: History (extract, fair use).

Chumlee was raised in Las Vegas, Nevada and went to school with Corey “Big Hoss” Harrison. The two childhood friends remained close and Chumlee began working at World Famous Gold & Silver Pawn Shop, a pawn store Corey’s father Rick Harrison owned. He started when he was 21 and he worked there for about five years before the History Channel began a reality show about the shop called Pawn Stars. The show debuted in 2009 and was instantly popular, ranking only behind the reality show Jersey Shore.

Chumlee got his nickname from the father of one of his friends when he was about 12 years old. The name came from the cartoon show Tennessee Tuxedo which had a walrus named Chumlee as a sidekick. On the show, he is often portrayed as the dim one, who isn’t as competent as the others, but he does have his strengths in the area of pinball machines and anything to do with old video games.

Due to his popularity on the show, Chumlee started his own business designing T-shirts, selling novelty items, and arranging his own personal appearances. Chumlee reportedly makes $25,000 per episode. With that salary, added to the money he makes from his business, we estimate Chumlee to have a net worth of $675,000 (GBP 410,000).

So how much is $675 thousand dollars really?

It’s no secret Chumlee likes video games, especially the old ones. With his money though, we think he should try some new ones and see how far they have actually come in the last 10 years. For $675 thousand dollars, he could buy around 1,775 Nintendo Wii U Deluxe sets. That would be a lot of play time.

But if you think Chumlee has a skate job and you’re a bit jealous of what he’s making, you might need to just put it in perspective. The rare Legend of Zelda cartridge has sold for more money than any other video game at $55,000. Even with Chumlee’s money he could only buy eleven of them. Heck, just about everybody could own 11 video games, just not Legend of Zelda.

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NES FAN

January 14, 2013
9:35 pm

Just to clarify a point here:

The NES Legend of Zelda game that sold for $55,000 was a one of a kind prototype, so there is no way to buy 11 of them. A regular old Zelda Cartridge is worth in the neighborhood of $15.

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PimpleFace

January 14, 2013
11:49 pm

If he’s born in 1984, how come they celebrated his 30th birthday on the show this last season? I can shenanigans.

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- admin
  
  January 15, 2013
  8:11 am
  
  He was born 8 September 1982
  
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Doug

January 21, 2013
6:03 pm

Pawn Stars would be nowhere without Chumlee! He carries the show, love his personality.

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Tammy

January 27, 2013
8:35 pm

I like pawn stars I call Chumlee- Chumers. I like the whole cast. You never know what will came in next.And that’s so true because their place is in Vegas.I can’t get over how many spin off shows came out of this one… I like the fact now a days We all can be Stars …

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Robert

March 14, 2013
5:49 pm

Very cool. I never knew where he got the name “Chumlee”. $25,000 per episode is crazy.

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Krissie

June 10, 2013
5:43 pm

Chumlee is a definate asset to the show. The whole cast makes the show. Without one person it would not be the same. “old Man” is also one of my favorites. Grampa, father, son dynamics are great. We have really enjoyed watching Corey mature and step up to the plate. Wonderful show from many perspectives!
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