Sometimes, when you’re a film actor and you diversify into Television, it pays off. This is Kiefer Sutherland’s success story and he rounds out America’s highest paid drama actors’ list for 2009. Sutherland earns $550,000 an episode for his role in 24. Nice!
Other dramatic TV series actors who top the list of all actors in dramas on the Tube are:
Hugh Laurie (House) – $400,000 an episode
Mark Harmon (NCIS) – $325,000 an episode
Ellen Pompeo (Grey’s Anatomy) – $275,000 an episode
Tim Roth (Lie to Me) – $250,000 an episode
Simon Baker (The Mentalist) – $250,000 an episode
Tom Welling (Smallville) – $175,000 an episode
Jennifer Love Hewitt (Ghost Whisperer) – $150,000 an episode
Blake Lively (Gossip Girl) – $50,000 an episode
I can’t believe that Katherine Heigl isn’t on this list. She’s worth it. It’s a good thing that she can hold her own at the movie box office. She’s smart. Congrats to all these actors. All winners.
