Dan Finnerty Net Worth

What is Dan Finnerty's net worth?

Dan Finnerty is an American actor and singer who has a net worth of $8 million. That is a combined net worth with his wife, actress Kathy Najimy. They have been married since 1995.

Dan Finnerty is best known as the creator and frontman of The Dan Band, a comedy music group famous for its aggressively funny, profanity-laced covers of songs originally associated with female pop singers. Finnerty became widely recognizable through scene-stealing appearances in movies such as "Old School," "Starsky & Hutch," and "The Hangover," where The Dan Band turned familiar pop songs into outrageous wedding and party anthems. His signature act blends sincere musical talent with absurd comedy, creating performances that work both as parody and as genuinely entertaining live music. Outside of The Dan Band, Finnerty has worked as an actor on stage, film, and television, and has maintained a long career as a touring performer. He is also known for his marriage to actress, comedian, and activist Kathy Najimy.

Early Life

Dan Finnerty was born on January 22, 1970, in Rochester, New York. He grew up interested in performance and later attended Emerson College in Boston, a school known for producing actors, comedians, writers, and media personalities.

After college, Finnerty moved into acting, comedy, and music. His career eventually took shape around a simple but highly effective comic idea: a male singer passionately performing pop songs associated with women, while treating them as emotionally serious, crowd-pleasing rock anthems.

The Dan Band

Finnerty created The Dan Band as a comedy music act built around unexpected cover songs, theatrical delivery, and sharp comic timing. The group became known for performing songs like "Total Eclipse of the Heart," "I Am Woman," "Genie in a Bottle," "No Scrubs," and other pop hits with a mix of commitment and absurdity.

The act gained a strong live following in Los Angeles and became popular at comedy clubs, private events, and celebrity parties. The joke worked because Finnerty did not perform the songs with distance or embarrassment. He sang them with full confidence, turning the contrast between masculine swagger and female pop lyrics into the center of the comedy.

Film Breakthrough

The Dan Band reached a much wider audience after appearing in the 2003 comedy "Old School." In the film, Finnerty memorably performs a profanity-filled version of Bonnie Tyler's "Total Eclipse of the Heart" during a wedding scene. The moment became one of the movie's most quoted and rewatched scenes and introduced The Dan Band to millions of viewers.

Finnerty later appeared in "Starsky & Hutch," performing at a bat mitzvah, and in "The Hangover," where The Dan Band performed 50 Cent's "Candy Shop" during the wedding scene. These appearances turned the group into a recurring comic fixture in mainstream studio comedies and helped define its public image as the ultimate inappropriate wedding band.

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Albums, Specials, and Touring

The Dan Band released albums including "The Dan Band Live," "Ho: A Dan Band Christmas," and "The Wedding Album." Finnerty also starred in television specials including "The Dan Band: I Am Woman," which was executive produced by Steven Spielberg.

The group became a successful touring act, performing at theaters, casinos, corporate events, and private parties. Finnerty's live shows combine music, audience interaction, scripted comedy, and intentionally over-the-top emotional delivery. While the act began as a parody, it endured because Finnerty and his bandmates are capable musicians who understand how to make the songs work beyond the joke.

Acting and Other Work

Outside of The Dan Band, Finnerty has appeared in film and television projects including "The Terminal," "The Tonight Show," "Jimmy Kimmel Live!," and various comedy and music programs. He has also performed on stage and worked in scripted and unscripted entertainment.

His career has been closely tied to comedy, but not only in the traditional stand-up sense. Finnerty built a niche that combines cabaret, rock concert, sketch comedy, and movie-scene absurdity, giving him a distinctive place in American comedy music.

Personal Life

Dan Finnerty married actress Kathy Najimy in 1995. Najimy is best known for "Sister Act," "Hocus Pocus," and voicing Peggy Hill on "King of the Hill." The couple has a daughter, Samia Finnerty, who became a singer-songwriter.

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