Jim Parsons Net Worth, Biography Age, Family, wiki, And Life Story What does Jim Parsons make and what is his net worth? Jim Parsons is a...
Jim Parsons Net Worth, Biography Age, Family, wiki, And Life Story
What does Jim Parsons make and what is his net worth?
Jim Parsons is an actor and director from the United States. He has a net worth of $160 million. Jim Parsons's net worth comes mostly from his part as Sheldon Cooper on the CBS sitcom "The Big Bang Theory" (2007–2019), which won him many awards, including four Primetime Emmys. Jim was also the highest-paid actor on TV for many years because of the show. Since 2017, he has narrated and created a prequel show about his character called "Young Sheldon."
Category:
Richest Celebrities › Actors
Net Worth:
$160 Million
Salary:
$1 Million Per Episode
Date of Birth:
Mar 24, 1973 (50 years old)
Place of Birth:
Houston
Gender:
Male
Height:
6 ft 1 in (1.86 m)
Profession:
Actor, Voice Actor
Nationality:
United States of America
Jim Parsons has been in more than 40 movies and plays, including "Garden State" (2004), "The Big Year" (2011), "Hidden Figures" (2016), "Extremely Wicked, Shockingly Evil, and Vile" (2019), and "The Boys in the Band" (2020), as well as the TV series "Judging Amy" (2004–2005) and "The Normal Heart" (2011), "Harvey" (2012), "An Act of God" (2015), and "
Jim has lent his voice to the film "Home" (2015), the television series "Family Guy" (2009; 2012), "Glenn Martin, DDS" (2010), "The Super Hero Squad Show" (2011), "Pound Puppies" (2011), "The High Fructose Adventures of Annoying Orange" (2012), "Kick Buttowski: Suburban Daredevil" (2012), "SuperMansion" (2016), and "The Simpsons" (2020), and the TV specials "Elf: Buddy's Musical Christmas" (2014) and "Michael Jackson's Halloween" (2017). In 2014, Parsons was the host of "Saturday Night Live." He has also produced the TV movies "Bless Her Heart" (2016), "The Family Gene" (2017), and "So Much" (2021), the Netflix miniseries "Hollywood" (2020), the movie "A Kid Like Jake" (2018), the HBO Max documentary "Equal" (2020), and the TV shows "Special" (2019–2021) and "Call Me Kat" (2020–present).
Early Years
James Joseph Parsons was born in Houston, Texas, on March 24, 1973. He is the son of Judy Ann and Milton Parsons, Jr., and his sister's name is Julie. In 2001, Parsons's father was killed in a car crash. Jim played the Kola-Kola bird in a school show of "The Elephant Child" when he was only 6 years old. After that, he was determined to become an actor. When Parsons was growing up, sitcoms like "Family Ties" and "Three's Company" inspired him. During his junior year at Klein Oak High School, Jim was in a school production of the Michael Frayn play "Noises Off." He said of the experience, "I fully connected with the role I was playing and started to really understand what it meant to be honest on stage." After finishing secondary school, Parsons went to the University of Houston and got a Bachelor of Arts in Theater. In the three years he was in college, he was in almost 20 shows. Jim helped start a theater group in Houston called Infernal Bridegroom Productions, and he often acted in shows at the Stages Repertory Theater. In 1999, he was one of only seven people who got into a two-year course on traditional theater that the University of San Diego and the Old Globe Theatre put on together. In 2001, Parsons moved to New York after getting a Master of Fine Arts in acting from the Old Globe Theatre/University of San Diego.
Career
In the early 2000s, Jim was in Off-Broadway shows, a 2003 Quiznos ad, and the 2003 movie "Happy End." He was also a guest star on an episode of "Ed" in 2002. He played Rob Holbrook on the CBS show "Judging Amy" from 2004 to 2005. He was also in the movies "Garden State" (2004), "Heights" (2005), "The Great New Wonderful" (2005), "10 Items or Less" (2006), "School for Scoundrels" (2006), "On the Road with Judas" (2007), and "Gardener of Eden" (2007).
Personal Life
In May 2012, a story in the "New York Times" said that Jim was "gay and in a 10-year relationship." On May 13, 2017, Parsons got married to art director Todd Spiewak at the Rainbow Room in New York City. Jim talked about his relationship with Todd when he and Todd received the Inspiration Award from the LGBTQ group GLESN in 2013. He said, "I've never thought of myself as an activist. I've never thought that being with Todd was a form of action. It's a simple act of love, like having coffee in the morning, going to work, doing the laundry, and taking the dogs for a walk. It's a boring, everyday kind of love."
Getting Awards and Nominated
Parsons has been nominated for nine Primetime Emmys. He won Outstanding Lead Actor in a Comedy Series for "The Big Bang Theory" in 2010, 2011, 2013, and 2014. His other bids were for Outstanding Supporting Actor in a Miniseries or Movie for "The Normal Heart" (2014), Outstanding Short Form Comedy or Drama Series for "Special" (2019), and Outstanding Supporting Actor in a Limited Series or Movie for "Hollywood" (2020). "The Big Bang Theory" also won Jim two Critics' Choice Television Awards, three Gold Derby Awards, a Golden Globe, a Kids' Choice Award, four Online Film & Television Association Awards, two People's Choice Awards, a Teen Choice Award, a Television Critics Association Award, and a "TV Guide" Award. The series won a Merit – Honorary Award at the 2020 CinEuphoria Awards, and "The Normal Heart" won the CinEuphoria award for Best Ensemble in 2015. The cast of "Hidden Figures" won Best Ensemble awards from the Las Vegas Film Critics Society Awards, National Board of Review, Palm Springs International Film Festival, and Screen Actors Guild Awards, and in 2020, Parsons won a Gold Derby Award for Movie/Limited Series Supporting Actor and a Pen In 2015, Jim got a star on the Hollywood Walk of Fame. In 2018, he was given the Stephen F. Kolzak Award at the GLAAD Media Awards. In 2011, Parsons' play "The Normal Heart" got a Theatre World Award.
The cast of "Hidden Figures" won Best Ensemble awards from the Las Vegas Film Critics Society Awards, the National Board of Review, the Palm Springs International Film Festival, and the Screen Actors Guild Awards. In 2020, Parsons won a Gold Derby Award for Movie/Limited Series Supporting Actor and a Pena de Prata for Best Supporting Actor in a Limited Series, Anthology Series, or TV Special for "Hollywood." In 2015, Jim got a star on the Hollywood Walk of Fame. In 2018, he was given the Stephen F. Kolzak Award at the GLAAD Media Awards. In 2011, Parsons' play "The Normal Heart" got a Theatre World Award.
Royalties and recurring income
In the later seasons of the show, when Parsons, Kaley Cuoco, and Johnny Galecki were at the top of their game, they made a deal where each of them would own 1% of the show's backend stock. In its first year of being sold to reruns, the show made $1 billion. That means that in the first year, each of the three made an extra $10 million. The number of distribution sales is slowly going down, but they should still make about $10 million a year for the next ten years.
Real Estate
Jim sold his longtime home in Los Angeles's Los Feliz neighborhood for $6.95 million in April 2019. In 2014, he paid $6.325 million to "Twilight" star Robert Pattinson for the house. Kareem Abdul-Jabbar, a Laker, also used to live in the house.
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