the big bang theory was one of the
biggest sitcoms in recent history it
made major stars of its cast from those
who were new to show business to the
seasoned vets the ensemble cast of seven
formed a genuine bond that only made
their on-screen interactions that much
more entertaining it led to some serious
success for jim parsons johnny galecki
kaylee cuoco simon hellberg kunal mayer
melissa roush and mayam bialik the show
won 10 prime time emmys four of which
were awarded to parsons for his
portrayal of sheldon cooper at its
height each of the lead cast members
were making 1 million dollars per
episode though they would each take a
100 000 pay cut to ensure other actors
were better paid here's where they all
stand financially three years after the
show's end roush had quite a bit of
acting experience under her belt when
she signed on to play bernadette
rostinkowski on the big bang theory in
2009 three years into the show's run
bernadette's chemistry with hellberg's
howard wallowitz was undeniable she was
picked up as a regular after one season
bialik joined the cast a year after
roush like galecki bialy got her start
in acting early she'd start as the lead
in blossom from 1990 to 1995 after which
she mainly did voice acting when she
signed on to play amy farah fowler on
the big bang theory she thought it would
be just a one-off thing like roush with
bernadette the five main cast members
all took a pay cut in the final two
seasons so roush and bialik could be
paid better the two made four hundred
fifty thousand dollars per episode
during that time bringing rash's
reported net worth to twenty million
dollars and bialyx to 25 million dollars
hellberg who played howard wallowitz and
nayer who played raj kuthrapali were in
very different positions when they came
into their roles on the big bang theory
hellberg had eight years of acting
experience under his belt in television
and film while mayer had just two acting
credits as the show got bigger and
bigger both actors found themselves in
higher demand working on both film and
television projects outside the series
they're both continuing to enjoy that
same success since the series wrapped
hellberg has a new release and two
movies in the works while mayer has both
film and tv projects on the horizon both
actors signed on to the show at 45
thousand dollars per episode as did
kaylee cuoco by the series end hellberg
and nay were making eight hundred
thousand dollars an episode both of them
are estimated to have net worths of 45
million dollars cuoco grew up
homeschooled in her california home
graduating high school at just 16. by
then she had quite a few acting credits
under her belt cuoco was also ranked
nationally as an amateur tennis player
but decided to go the acting route
instead in 2002 cuoco got her big break
playing bridget hennessey on eight
simple rules her role as penny on the
big bang theory was originally said to
be a minor character but the cast
chemistry changed the game plan as a
result cuoco went from making forty five
thousand dollars an episode in season
one to two hundred thousand dollars an
episode in seasons two through four at
the end of the series she earned over
one million dollars per episode like her
castmates since then cuoco has showed
off a different side of her acting
abilities with her role as cassie and
the flight attendant her successes have
gotten cuoco a 100 million net worth
galecki also got bitten by the acting
bug early on in life he was just four
years old when he first told his mother
he wanted to be an actor his first big
break was in 1989's national lampoon's
christmas vacation later he joined the
cast of roseanne in 1992 as david healey
golecki played leonard hofstadter on the
big bang theory from 2006 to 2019 like
his co-star jim parsons galecki started
out at 60 000 per episode by the end of
the series run he was being paid about 1
million in his career thus far galecki
has earned a net worth of 100 million
dollars that's how we roll in the shire
jim parsons fell in love with acting at
a young age he graduated from the
classical theater masters program at the
university of san diego in 2001 just
five years before he would be cast in
the role of sheldon cooper when parsons
was first cast as sheldon on the big
bang theory he was making just sixty
thousand dollars an episode as the
show's success grew so too did his
salary he was making up to three hundred
thousand dollars an episode in the
middle of the series run by the end
parsons was making over one million
dollars per episode making him the
highest paid actor on tv in 2018. of
course parsons has also worked on other
projects throughout the years most
recently he was in the tv miniseries
hollywood as of 2021 his net worth is
believed to be about 160 million dollars
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