Forbes release the world's highest paid TV actors
Can you guess who earnt $29 million?
Forbes have released the world's highest paid TV actors 2015.
The majority of the 15 celebrities listed come from sitcoms including four in the top five who star in 'The Big Bang Theory'. The top spot goes to Jim Parsons who plays Sheldon Cooper in the hit TV show and has also recently starred (voice acted) in the feature film 'Home' alongside Rihanna and Jennifer Lopez.
Patrick 'McDreamy' Dempsey who starred in 'Grey's Anatomy' still manages to be ranked at joint 5th despite his character dying in the series earlier this year.
Earlier this year Darryl from our sister station, The Hits caught up with teh highest earner Jim and asked him to read some 'fan fiction' which he did rather well we think!
The list below only included male TV actors, another list for female TV actresses will be released soon.
RANK ACTOR NAME 2015 EARNINGS 1 Jim Parsons $29 million 2 Johnny Galecki $27 million 3 Mark Harmon $20 million 3 Simon Helberg $20 million 3 Kunal Nayyar $20 million 3 Ashton Kutcher $20 million 4 Jon Cryer $15 million 4 Ray Romano $15 million 5 Patrick Dempsey $12 million 5 Simon Baker $12 million 6 Ty Burrell $11.5 million 7 Jesse Tyler Ferguson $11 million 8 Ed O’Neill $10.5 million 8 Eric Stonestree $10.5 million 9 Kevin Spacey $9.5 million
- denotes a joint ranking.
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