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American actor, Michael Emerson, has an estimated net worth of $8 million. Best known for his role as Benjamin Linus on ABC's television series, "Lost." Michael Emerson has made a name for himself with roles that capitalize on his unique, expressive face. Graduated in 1976 from Drake University in Des Moines, Iowa. In 1986, he relocated to Florida, where he worked in regional theater and, in 1993, enrolled in the Alabama Shakespeare Festival's University of Alabama-sponsored Master of Fine Arts/Professional Acting Training program. It was there that he met his future wife, Carrie Preston, whom he married in 1998. Shortly after graduating, he began scoring bigger and better roles in productions like 1997's off-Broadway show Gross Indecency: The Trials of Oscar Wilde, in which he played the title role. Other prominent roles followed in plays like The Misanthrope and The Iceman Cometh.
In 2006, Emerson joined the cast of the hit TV series Lost, playing the mysterious and manipulative Ben, whose role in the island's secrets and power over its inhabitants drew in countless viewers who loved how well he played the creepy and nefarious villain. He eventually played the role of Harold Finch in the American science fiction crime drama television series Persons of Interest.
Earnings & Financial Data
Date |
Category |
Description |
Amount |
---|---|---|---|
2018 |
Sale of Asset |
Selling price of Michael Emerson's West Hollywood house |
$1,700,000 |
2016 |
Salary |
Salary for every episode of the television show Person of Interest as Harold Finch |
$100,000 |
2013 |
Others |
Sales of the video Batman: The Dark Knight Returns, Part 2 as the voice of The Joker |
$4,160,000 |
2012 |
Others |
Sales of the video Batman: The Dark Knight Returns, Part 1 as the voice of The Joker |
$5,900,000 |
2011 |
Salary |
Salary for every episode of the television show Person of Interest as Harold Finch |
$100,000 |
2011 |
Others |
Sales of the video Saw 3D as Zep Hindle |
$14,240,000 |
2010 |
Box Office Sales |
Worldwide box office sales of the movie Saw 3D as Zep Hindle |
$136,150,000 |
2008 |
Asset |
Purchase value of Michael Emerson's West Hollywood house |
$999,000 |
2007 |
Others |
Sales of the video Saw III as Zep Hindle |
$50,950,000 |
2006 |
Box Office Sales |
Worldwide box office sales of the movie Saw III as Zep Hindle |
$164,870,000 |
2006 |
Others |
Sales of the video Saw II as Zep Hindle |
$44,790,000 |
2005 |
Box Office Sales |
Worldwide box office sales of the movies Saw II as Zep Hindle and The Legend of Zorro as Harrigan |
$295,330,000 |
2004 |
Box Office Sales |
Worldwide box office sales of the movie Saw as Zep Hindle and box office sales of the movie Straight-Jacket as Victor |
$103,960,000 |
2002 |
Box Office Sales |
Worldwide box office sales of the movie Unfaithful as Josh |
$119,140,000 |
1999 |
Box Office Sales |
Worldwide box office sales of the movie For Love of the Game as Gallery Doorman and box office sales of the movie Playing by Heart as Bosco |
$50,080,000 |
1998 |
Box Office Sales |
Box office sales of the movie The Impostors as Burtom's Assistant |
$2,200,000 |