Charlie Sheen Is U.S. Tv's Best Paid Actor.

3 months ago 06th Aug 08:33

Sheen Is U.s. Tv's Best Paid Actor.... Charlie Sheen is the highest paid actor on U.S. TV, pocketing a whopping $825,000 (£412,500) per episode for his hit comedy Two And A Half Men, according to a new poll.

The star's huge earnings includes profits for ownership rights of the programme.

Sheen is way ahead of his nearest contender William Petersen, who takes home $600,000 (£300,000) per show for his role as Gil Grissom on Csi: Crime Scene Investigation.

Actress Mariska Hargitay is the best paid female in a prime-time TV drama - she earns an estimated $400,000 (£200,000) for every Law & Order: Special Victims Unit (Svu) episode she films.

The cast of The Simpsons are also well-paid - each voice actor receives $400,000 per episode.

Others on the Tv Guide magazine list include American Idol judge Simon Cowell, who gets $50 million (£25 million) per season of the talent show, and Family Guy creator Seth MacFarlane, whose five-year deal with TV network Fox is worth $100 million (£50 million).

But the highest paid TV celebrity by far is chat show queen Oprah Winfrey - her annual salary from her talkshow alone is $385 million (£197 million).