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you don't need to be a rocket scientist
to figure out which member of the big
bang theory cast happens to be the
richest many of these folks were getting
paid one million dollars per episode
that adds up
melissa roush completed the core cast of
the big bang theory and was the last
actor to earn a spot in the show's
opening credits she first appeared in a
season three episode as bernadette
rostinkowski a friend of pennies set up
on a blind date with howard at first it
doesn't go well but bernadette's
character eventually grew from fellow
cheesecake factory waitress to
world-class microbiologist she also
eventually worked things out with howard
and the two got married in one of the
show's most memorable
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because melissa roush joined the show
relatively late she missed out on the
per episode salary royalties and profits
that most of her castmates would enjoy
so she pulled in a starting salary of
about 30 thousand dollars an episode
according to deadline just before the
start of season seven the outlet
reported she got a contract extension
and a raise that doubled her per episode
rate as well as a clause that bumped
that up incrementally to 100 000 over
time in the final two years of big bang
roush brought in the big bucks with a
450 000 per episode paycheck according
to variety along with starring in
outside film projects like the bronze
which she co-wrote melissa and husband
winston roush also started after january
productions according to deadline the
company has a distribution deal with
warner brothers tv and the two firms
will produce her next series together a
reboot of night court according to
celebrity net worth this makes for a net
worth of 20 million dollars for the big
bang alum
while she appeared as the strange and
inscrutable neuroscientist dr amy farah
fowler on more than 200 episodes of the
big bang theory mayam bialik was not an
original cast member she joined the show
in season four after a brief appearance
at the end of the third season
previously best known for portraying the
title role on iconic 90s teen sitcom
blossom bialik's initial salary on big
bang was in the neighborhood of two
hundred thousand dollars per episode
according to variety in 2017 thanks to
longer serving main cast members taking
a pay cut of 100 000 each bialik and
melissa roush saw their quote sort of
450 000 per episode the real money in
entertainment apart from network sitcom
money is in owning the content bialik
took that path with sad clown
productions formed in 2019 according to
deadline she quickly made a deal with
major television distributor warner
brothers tv group that arrangement
ultimately led to the development of the
fox sitcom call me cat the show earned a
second season renewal in may 2021
according to tv line bringing bialik
paychecks as both star and producer like
her big bang character bialik is a
neuroscientist in real life which came
in handy in 2021 when she signed a deal
to be the paid celebrity spokesperson
for nureva a line of brain health
supplements with her acting producing
and commercial endeavors bialik has a
lot of assets and money in the bank
according to celebrity net worth she's
worth about 25 million dollars
when the big bang theory premiered canal
nayer was the least known original cast
member but quickly established himself
as a vital part of the success of the
show portraying shy astrophysicist raj
kuthrapali initially nair earned 25 000
an episode according to deadline in 2010
that per installment salary was
increased substantially to 75 000
beginning with the eighth season of the
big bang theory in 2015 according to
forbes he earned 1 million dollars per
episode that figure fell a bit when
mayor and some of his fellow cast
members parted with part of their own
salaries so co-stars mayam bialik and
melissa roush could enjoy a pay raise in
2019 mayor purchased a 7 100 square foot
tudor mansion in the hancock park area
of la according to the los angeles times
listed at a pricey eight million dollars
he got it for a steal at 7.5 million
dollars the following year the los
angeles times reported he unloaded his
previous home a hollywood hills estate
for just under four million dollars all
that makes for a sizable fortune as do
other lucrative show business
opportunities like nehr's voice acting
role as guy diamond in two trolls films
add it all up and according to celebrity
net worth mayor's net worth sits at 45
million dollars
the closest thing early the big bang
theory had to a villain was howard
wallace an aerospace engineer who thinks
he's the universe's gift to women
despite living with his mother and
crudely hitting on any female human he
encounters a recognizable face from tv
comedies like mad tv and reno911 simon
helberg hit the jackpot when he signed
on to play howard his original big bang
salary was around forty thousand dollars
per episode according to deadline in
2010 he renegotiated his contract and
got a raise to 100 000 per episode by
the final years of big bang hellberg was
earning 1 million dollars per episode
according to forbes but as variety noted
that amount was eventually cut a bit to
help fund a raise for co-stars mayam
bialik and melissa rausch that not so
shabby salary has gone toward a 6.87
million dollar home in los feliz
hellberg has been the most successful
cast member of the big bang theory when
it comes to branching out into movie
roles like rabbi scott and the
oscar-nominated a serious man a golden
globe nominated role in florence foster
jenkins and quinn in the rom-com will
never have paris which he also wrote
co-directed and produced with his wife
jocelyn towne hellberg helps make
content via their production company
wildline entertainment all those
ventures add up and they add up nicely
according to celebrity net worth
hellberg's net worth totals 45 million
dollars
in 2007 johnny galecki a decade removed
from his role as lovable loser david
healey on roseanne returned to tv with
the big bang theory portraying
astrophysicist and sheldon's extremely
patient roommate leonard hofstadter in
2014 golecki negotiated a new contract
with cbs which had just issued a
three-season renewal for the show
according to the hollywood reporter at
the time big bang was the most watched
comedy on the most watched network
meaning galecki could ask for and
receive 1 million dollars per episode
for the eighth ninth and tenth seasons
that was a significant jump from his
already substantial per episode rate of
350 thousand dollars the actors pay
dropped to 900 000 an episode in the
final two years of the big bang theory
because he and his co-stars took a cut
to help give co-stars melissa roush and
mayam bialik a raise between his big
bang earnings reruns of his hit shows
and his real estate holdings it all adds
up according to celebrity net worth
galecki boasts financial assets of
around 100 million dollars
probably the most familiar face on the
big bang theory when the show premiered
in 2007 was kelly cuoco a veteran of
long-running hits eight simple rules and
charmed when the show began she earned
about 60 thousand dollars per episode to
play penny a waitress and aspiring
actress who moves in across the hall
from sheldon and leonard according to
deadline a contract renegotiation in
2010 led to a raise of around two
hundred thousand dollars for each
episode with incremental bumps ending
with cuoco making three hundred and
fifty thousand dollars per episode by
2014 at that point cbs gave cuoco
another raise and according to the
hollywood reporter she earned one
million dollars per episode for seasons
eight nine and ten of the show in the
two seasons after that cuoco took home
nine hundred thousand dollars like her
fellow original cast mates she took a
pay cut to raise the salaries of
co-stars mayam bialik and melissa roush
cuoco rakes in millions from big bang
re-runs and her other tv appearances
have proven lucrative too endorsement
deals with priceline and toyota netted
her 2 million in 2013 alone according to
forbes since big bang ended in 2019
cuoco has made even more money she sold
a home in tarzana california for 3.95
million dollars according to the los
angeles times and as deadline reported
launched a pact between her production
company yes norman and warner brothers
tv group as a producer she bought the
rights to the novel the flight attendant
and then produced and starred in the
adaptation for hbo max all told cuoco's
net worth according to celebrity net
worth is about 100 million dollars
perhaps it's not so surprising that the
richest former cast member of the big
bang theory is the show's central
character breakout star and four-time
emmy award winner jim parsons brought
nuance warmth and humor to the character
of caltech theoretical physicist sheldon
cooper an otherwise rude idiosyncratic
stubborn and generational genius do you
realize what this means
all i need is a healthy ovum and i can
grow my own leonard nimoy
little known before big bang parsons
soon became the face of the show as it
skyrocketed in popularity in 2010 he was
given a bigger piece of the money big
bang generated for cbs and producer
warner brothers negotiating a raise from
sixty thousand dollars per episode in
season three all the way up to three
hundred and fifty thousand dollars per
episode by season seven according to
deadline along with a bigger weekly
paycheck he also secured point two five
percent of the show's back end profits
which amounted to no less than one
million dollars a year in the latter
years of big bang parsons earned 1
million dollars for each and every
episode according to the new york times
but of course parsons fortunes didn't
stop there add in all his other ventures
including work producing and narrating
the big bang spin-off young sheldon and
the actor is still earning big money
both on the hit show and off according
to celebrity net worth parsons is worth
160 million dollars
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