Steve Guttenberg has had a long, varied career but what is the Police Academy star's estimated net worth? Steve Guttenberg started his acting career in the late 1970s, appearing in disaster movie Rollercoaster, TV film Something For Joey and TV series Billy. Guttenberg's first major film was 1980's Can't Stop The Music, a musical starring the Village People. The movie received terrible reviews and bombed, but is considered something of a camp classic now. The actor had more luck with 1982's Diner, an acclaimed drama that featured a cast of up and coming actors like Mickey Rourke, Kevin Bacon, and Daniel Stern.

Following the box-office dud The Man Who Wasn't There - an invisible man comedy shot in 3D - and infamous TV movie The Day After, Steve Guttenberg's big break came with 1984 comedy Police Academy. The film followed Guttenberg's Carey Mahoney as he's forced to become a police recruit, alongside a group of oddball candidates. The original film was a ranchy, R-rated comedy with a memorable assortment of characters like Hightower, gun nut Tackleberry and human beatbox Larvell Jones; it also provided an early role for Sex And The City's Kim Cattrall. The film was an unexpected smash, grossing over $150 million worldwide.

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Those are the kinds of numbers that guarantee a sequel, with Steve Guttenberg and most of the cast returning for 1985's Police Academy 2: Their First Assignment, which was another major hit. The actor appeared in Ron Howard's Cocoon that same year, a heartwarming sci-fi tale about a group of senior citizens who find themselves imbued with a youthful zest for life after a swim in a pool that just happens to contain alien pods. The movie was another success, though comedy Bad Medicine was a dud. Guttenberg returned for Police Academy 3: Back In Training and Police Academy 4: Citizens On Patrol before bowing out of the series. It seems to have done his bank balance good as Celebrity Net Worth estimates him to be worth $15 million.

Steve Guttenberg in Cocoon

Steve Guttenberg continued his run of hits with 1986's Short Circuit, about a military robot named Johnny 5 who becomes sentient. Guttenberg opted out of the sequel and in 1987 appeared in another beloved comedy Three Men And A Baby, along Tom Selleck and Ted Danson. In 1990 he also starred in sequel Three Men And A Little Lady, and a five-year break from films would follow. Guttenberg went on to star in movies like The Big Green and It Takes Two, but his career never quite hit the same peaks. In 1997 he starred in STV prequel Casper: A Spirited Beginning.

Steve Guttenberg now jumps back and forth between movies and television, with notable projects including guest appearances on Veronica Mars and Ballers, and a part in Sharknado 4: The 4th Awakens; he also appeared as himself during season 6 of Dancing With The Stars. Guttenberg has stated many times he'd be up for a Police Academy sequel/reboot, but while news of one crops up occasionally, it hasn't come together yet.

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