Jim Parsons Tops TV's Highest Paid Actors List With $25 Million
The 'Big Bang Theory' star isn't alone at the top with fellow co-stars Johnny Galecki second on the list with $24 million, Simon Helberg in third with $22.5 million and Kunal Nayyar a spot below with $22 million. Mark Harmon, the star of CBS' 'NCIS', rounds out the top five with $20 million. David Duchovny managed to make the list this year thanks to the reprisal of his role as Fox Mulder in 'The X-Files' revival. Forbes estimates he banked $10 million. Other names on the coveted list include 'Castle's Nathan Fillion and 'Modern Family's Ty Burrell, Jesse Tyler Ferguson, Ed O'Neill and Eric Stonestreet. On the female side, Sofia Vergara (photos 'Big Bang Theory's Kaley Cuoco (photos Priyanka Chopra of Quantico, 'Veep's Julia Louis-Dreyfuss join the list that includes The Mindy Project's Mindy Kaling and 'Castle's Stana Katic. Jim Parsons has topped Forbes' annual TV's highest paid actors list with a whopping $25.5 million.
) topped the list for the fifth year in a row taking in $43 million from 'Modern Family' and her many endorsements.
) earned $24.5 million almost exclusively from the CBS comedy.