Ray was born on 21 December 1957 and he was born in New York in United States of America. The name of his father is Albert Romano and his father worked as a real estate agent and it is also known that his father had a degree in engineering. Albert passed away in March 2010. Name of Ray’s mother is Lucie Romano and she worked as a piano teacher.


It is known that his childhood was spend in New York with his family and he has two siblings. The name of brothers are Richard and Robert and as per the records, Richard works with New York Police department and Robert works as a teacher. Ray completed his schooling from Archbishop Molloy High School and he later completed his graduation from Hillcrest High School. It is also known that Ray went to Queens College but he later dropped out of the college.

As per the records, Ray started his career in 1989 and the first show was during the Johnnie Walker’s comedy hunt. Ray also worked with Comedy Central and in later years, he was chosen as a contestant for Star Search. Ray also worked in Late Show with David Letterman and soon because of his growing popularity, he got a chance to work in Everybody Loves Raymond. The show was special because it was his first show on CBS and the show became really popular among the audience because of the comedy.

In late years, Ray got a chance to work in Grilled and he gained a lot of public support for donating 125 thousand Dollars to New York Police Department. He donated the amount to D.A.R.E. Unit of the police department. The money that he donated was won by him on Who Wants to Be a Millionaire.

It is also known that Ray was nominated for Emmy Award for 6 times and he finally won an award I 2002. As per the records, Ray was also nominated for Screen Actors Guild Award for 5 times and he was also nominated for Golden Globe Award for two times in his career. In 2001, Ray was also feature among top 20 entertainers list. Ray was also featured on a poster made by NYPD. The poster was for the recruitment. It is also known that he was one of the highest paid actors and the success came to him because of the show that he worked in at CBS.

In 1987, Ray got married to Anna Romano and it is known that the couple met in a bank for the first time. Their love story started from a bank. Ray’s wife gave birth to four children after the marriage and out the four children, one of them is a girl ad rest three are boys. As per an estimate, Ray earns almost 1.8 Million US dollars for every episode he works for and this can be used as an estimate for his annual salary. His net worth is estimated to be 120 Million Dollars.

Last Modified: Apr 6, 2020


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