Big Bang Theory stars TOP Forbes’ list of World’s Highest-Paid TV Actors 2015!

Jim, Johnny, Simon and Kunal are rolling in it!


by Ellie Henman |
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Forbes have released the list for the World’s Highest Paid TV Actors for 2015 and the stars of the Big Bang Theory have cleared up.

Jim Parsons, who plays Sheldon in the hit show, came top with earnings of $29 million in 2015.

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    Closely behind him was Johnny Galecki (Leonard) who made $27 million, then Simon Helgerg (Howard) and Kunal Nayyar (Raj) with $20 million each.

    Not bad, eh?

    Ashton Kutcher also made the list with earnings of $20 million while Kevin Spacey earned $9 million.

    The list of the World’s Highest Paid TV Actresses will be released in the coming weeks. We bet Big Bang’s Kayley Cuoco-Sweeting is right up at the top.

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    Rich List

    30. Lily Cole, 26: £6.21m1 of 30

    30. Lily Cole, 26: £6.21m

    New entry! All that modelling made her a few bob, and her acting jobs include Snow White And The Huntsman and Doctor Who.

    29. Duffy, 30: £6.26m2 of 30

    29. Duffy, 30: £6.26m

    Down 3. Rockferry was huge. Endlessly wasn’t. We’re all still waiting for that difficult third album…

    28. Paolo Nutini, 27: £6.28m3 of 30

    28. Paolo Nutini, 27: £6.28m

    Re-entry! We’d almost forgotten about Paolo, but his album Caustic Love was a big hit – and brought him back on to the list.

    27. Jamie Bell, 28: £6.73m4 of 30

    27. Jamie Bell, 28: £6.73m

    Re-entry! He may be best known for Billy Elliot still, but he also made King Kong, Tintin, and just signed up for the Fantastic Four reboot.

    26. Lily Allen, 29: £6.97m5 of 30

    26. Lily Allen, 29: £6.97m

    Down 1. Most of her money comes from her first two albums.

    25. Mumford & Sons, £6.99m6 of 30

    25. Mumford & Sons, £6.99m

    New entry! There’s a lot of money in banjos, beards and fiddly-de-dee. And Marcus Mumford has even married Carey Mulligan. (Spoiler: she’s richer than him – at Number 16)

    24. Jamal Edwards, 24: £7.14m7 of 30

    24. Jamal Edwards, 24: £7.14m

    New entry! The founder (and chief presenter) of urban music channel sb.tv, Jamal’s fortune is predicated on the estimated value of his expanding media empire.

    23. JLS, £7.18m8 of 30

    23. JLS, £7.18m

    Up 7. They split up ages ago, but they didn’t really, did they? They kept touring for ages.

    22. James Morrison, 30: £7.35m9 of 30

    22. James Morrison, 30: £7.35m

    Up 2. He’s had a quiet year, but That Songs For Me… album in 2008 was huge.

    21. Cara Delevingne, 22: £7.49m10 of 30

    21. Cara Delevingne, 22: £7.49m

    New entry! Most of that money comes from modelling and being the face of, for example, Tom Ford’s fragrance, but she also acts. Look out for the forthcoming London Fields and Pan.

    20. Gemma Arterton, 28: £7.98m11 of 30

    20. Gemma Arterton, 28: £7.98m

    Up 3. Her peak earning years may be behind her (Clash Of The Titans and Prince Of Persia were the major pay days) but there’s plenty of new work in the pipeline.

    19. Nicola Roberts, 29: £8.01m12 of 30

    19. Nicola Roberts, 29: £8.01m

    Up 3. Not been too busy lately, but she does write songs for Little Mix.

    18. Nadine Coyle, 29: £8.10m13 of 30

    18. Nadine Coyle, 29: £8.10m

    Up 3. Clack your heels rhythmically, because Nadine has just finished appearing as the goddess Erin in Michael Flatley’s Lord Of The Dance: Dangerous Games in the West End.

    17. Florence Welch, 28: £8.88m14 of 30

    17. Florence Welch, 28: £8.88m

    Up 3. Nice quiet year for Flo, though she’s due to make her movie debut next year in Terrence Malick’s as-yet-untitled new film.

    16. Carey Mulligan, 29: £9.41m15 of 30

    16. Carey Mulligan, 29: £9.41m

    Up 3. The A-list promise of The Great Gatsby has so far only translated into respectable, low-key dramas. Fair enough, it’s not all about money.

    15. Aaron Taylor-Johnson, 24: £9.6m16 of 30

    15. Aaron Taylor-Johnson, 24: £9.6m

    Up 1. Expect his star to rise next year when The Avengers 2 comes out…

    14. Charlotte Church, 28: £9.67m17 of 30

    14. Charlotte Church, 28: £9.67m

    Up 1. To be fair, she made most of this money before she could even vote, but she still put out two EPs this year.

    13. Joss Stone, 27: £10.02m18 of 30

    13. Joss Stone, 27: £10.02m

    Up 1. Joss claims she spent most of her fortune buying out her record contract. Still had a world tour this year, though, to keep body and (blue-eyed) soul together.

    12. Coleen Rooney, 28: £11.74m19 of 30

    12. Coleen Rooney, 28: £11.74m

    Up 5. She’s got five fragrances, don’t you know. Five ways to smell like Coleen!

    11. Katie Melua, 30: £12.63m20 of 30

    11. Katie Melua, 30: £12.63m

    Non-mover. Her sixth studio album, Ketevan (that’s her real name, BTW), was top ten across Europe. And your dad totally fancies her.

    10. Alex Turner, 28: £13.56m21 of 30

    10. Alex Turner, 28: £13.56m

    Up 3. Mr Arctic and his Monkey pals chugged through 78 arena dates around the world this year.

    9. Leona Lewis, 29: £15.51m22 of 30

    9. Leona Lewis, 29: £15.51m

    Up 1. Her Christmas album sold a respectable few hundred thousand copies this year, but she used to sell millions. Then more millions.

    8. Rupert Grint, 26: £27.33m23 of 30

    8. Rupert Grint, 26: £27.33m

    Down 1. Still hasn’t managed to grasp that slippery pole out of the Potter swamp like Emma Watson and Daniel Radcliffe, but he seems happy. Why wouldn’t he be? He owns an ice cream van.

    7.Calvin Harris, 30: £28.99m24 of 30

    7.Calvin Harris, 30: £28.99m

    Up 1. He made a fortune from his residency at Hakkasan in Vegas (plus other lucrative gigs), but he split up with Rita Ora. Swings and roundabouts…

    6. Emma Watson, 24: £31.66m25 of 30

    6. Emma Watson, 24: £31.66m

    Down 1. What with The Bling Ring and Noah, and her burgeoning side-career as a women’s rights campaigner, Emma seems to have done even better than Dan-Rad at shaking off Harry Potter.

    3. Robert Pattinson, 28: £51.4m26 of 30

    3. Robert Pattinson, 28: £51.4m

    Non-mover. Can you see him as anything other than a sexually-repressed vampire, though? He’s trying really, really, hard, but…

    2. Daniel Radcliffe, 25: £63.5m27 of 30

    2. Daniel Radcliffe, 25: £63.5m

    Non-mover. Coming soon: Horns, in which he has a pair of horns, and Frankenstein, in which he plays Igor the hunchback. Not that he’s trying to transform our perception of him or anything.

    1. One Direction, £77.5m28 of 30

    1. One Direction, £77.5m

    Non-mover. Not to be crude, but they’ve been selling truckloads of records and touring enormodromes around the world since their balls dropped. That kind of thing will make you very, very rich.

    5. Adele, 26: £36.2529 of 30

    5. Adele, 26: £36.25

    Up 1. God, she’s good, isn’t she? Isn’t she though? She’s just really GOOD.

    4. Keira Knightley, 29: £39.9530 of 30

    4. Keira Knightley, 29: £39.95

    Non-mover. It’s worth remembering that despite only being 29, Keira has made 28 films, including three extremely lucrative Pirates Of The Caribbean ones.

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