Tom Cruise is the highest paid actor in movies making 100 Million thanks to Top Gun: Maverick. Who is the highest paid star on tv?
In the past the cast of Friends and Big Bang Theory cracked the Million Dollar Mark and now a few more are in that prestigious club.
YELLOWSTONE’S KEVIN COSTNER IS THE HIGHEST PAID STAR ON TV
Kevin Costner is the highest paid actor per episode on the small screen and will make $1.3 million per episode for season 5 of “Yellowstone” according to Variety which is scheduled to start streaming on Sunday November 13th on Paramount.
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Costner is the lead character and is an executive producer of the series which premiered in 2018. He earned 500,000 in Season 1 and his salary has increased with the success of the show although has been snubbed by major awards shows.
Kevin won two Academy Awards for 1990’s Dances With Wolves plays the role of patriarch John Dutton on Yellowstone whose family has owned a ranch in Montana for six generations.
Yellowstone spawned two prequels, “1883” starring Faith Hill and Tim McGraw which premiered in December 2021 and the upcoming 1923 where Harrison Ford and Helen Mirren will earn $1 million per episode.
Costner was in Calgary on July 8th as the Parade Marshal of the 2022 Stampede.
Highest Paid TV Stars:
Kevin Costner – $1.3 million (Yellowstone)
Mahershala Ali – $1.3 million (The Plot)
Michael Keaton – $1 million (Dopesick)
Harrison Ford and Helen Mirren – $1 million (1923)
Will Ferrell and Paul Rudd – $1 million (The Shrink Next Door)
Jason Sudeikis – $1 million (Ted Lasso)
Sylvester Stallone – $1 million (Tulsa King)
Elizabeth Olsen – $875k (Love and Death)
Anne Hathaway and Jared Leto – $750k (We Crashed)
Seth Rogen and Rose Byrne – $750k (Platonic)
Brie Larson – $750k (Lessons in Chemistry)
Natasha Lyonne – $500k (Poker Face)
Elizabeth Moss – $500k (Shining Girls)
David Harbour and Winona Ryder – $450k (Stranger Things)
Angela Bassett – $450k (9-1-1)
Peter Krause – $350k (9-1-1)
Matt Bomer – $300k (Fellow Travelers)
Jonathan Bailey – $225k (Fellow Travelers)
Tom Hopper, David Castañeda, Emmy Raver-Lampman, Robert Sheehan, Aidan Gallagher and Justin H. Min – $200k (The Umbrella Academy)
