One of the best ways to become popular in a quick way is to marry an extremely famous person. That’s precisely the way how Lyle Trachtenberg became famous overnight. He got married to an American actress Whoopi Goldberg.
Besides, Lyle is also an actor, and he had various roles in movies such as From Dusk Till Dawn. In the film, he played himself. He is also famous from the Beach movie where he had part of a husky boy.
Stay tuned and find out why Lyle divorced Whoopi and many more interesting facts about his life.
Early Life
Lyle was born in Los Angeles, California on January 1, 1956. His birth sign is Capricorn, and he is 63 years old. Lyle’s nationality is American. He grew up in Los Angeles, together with his family. There is no a lot of available information about his early life, parents or siblings. He Trachtenberg never revealed any information about these matters.
As far as his educational background, after the high school, Lyle graduated at the University of California in 1980. After the graduation, he became a member of International Alliance of Theatrical Stage Employees, a labor union that represents crafts persons, technicians, and artisans working the entertainment industry.
Since childhood, he wanted to be an actor, and later on, he pursued that dream.
Career
The acting career of Lyle Trachtenberg began in the mid of the 1990 year. His first appearance was in a movie From Dusk Till Dawn. In the horror movie which was released in 1995, the actor played himself. After this success, Lyon got a role of Husky Boy in Beach Movie, and that happened in 1997. His movie career was short, and the last film that he played in was Full Tilt Boogie in which he again played himself as the Union Organizer of the IATSE.
Besides his acting career, Lyle showed up on The 21st Annual People’s Choice Awards. After the few appearances, Lyle stayed in the show business industry through his work as an IATSE representative. Lyle is known as a hard-working person, and his influence in the IATSE was huge. In 2004, IATSE President Thomas C. Short revealed that they had signed a contract with Silver productions. The production is thriving, and it produced a lot of relevant movies such as Ghost Ship, Matrix, Die Hard. In this success of IATSE, Lyle had his role and made it happen. The contract was signed because of his extraordinary organizational skills. In addition to this, Lyle had done a more fantastic job. Together with Steve Aredas, he brought big shows such as Next Action Star and Performing As. Furthermore, he has also worked with some prominent names like Danny Trejo, Salma Hayek, Tom Savini, D.J. Cotrona, and several more.
Currently, Lyle is still working with IATSE, and yet he is making a lot of successful deals.
Personal Life
Lyle was married to the famous Hollywood actress, Whoopi Goldberg. She had previously been married twice, so marriage with Lyle was the third one. Before the couple got married, they used to date for nine months. Love birds decided to tie a knot on May 11, 1994, and on that day got engaged. The wedding plans were announced on CNN on the Larry King Live show. At that show, the bride showed her diamond ring and told the story of how they met. It happened in 1993 on the Corrina set, when Lyle came to negotiate a contract. The couple got married in the backyard of the Pacific Palisades estate of Whoopi, on October 1, 1994. In the ceremony, they had 350 guests. Unfortunately, the couple got divorced in 1995. The reason was not completely clear, but there were some guessings that Whoopi was not ready for a commitment to the marriage.
Currently, Lyle is a happily married man to an Adrianna Bella. Adrianna is a Canadian Actress and the director of Marketing for Timothy Cline Insurance. The couple has two daughters, Gabriella, and Natasha Trachtenberg. They live a happy family life.
Lyle Trachtenberg Net Worth 2024
As of 2024, Lyle’s net worth is estimated to be around $1 million. He earned this wealth through his career as a business person and an actor. Besides, he also makes some other earnings from the advertisements and promotions.
