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Casper Robert Van Dien, Jr. is an American actor. He has a net worth of $7 million. Casper has acquired his fame and wealth from his career in acting, especially because of his performance in Starship Troopers.
Van Dien was born on 18th December 1968 in Milton, Florida. His mother Diane was a nursery school teacher, and his father Casper Robert Van Dien, Sr. was in the U.S. Navy. Not only his father but his grandfather too was a marine during World War II. The street in New Jersey where Van Dien grew up was called Van Dien Avenue – it was named after his great-grandfather. Because of his good looks, he used to be referred to as Ken as in doll.
Casper later moved to Los Angeles to try his luck in movies. He first appeared in a daytime soap opera called “One Life to Live”. This was followed by “Beverley Hills, 90210”. In 1997, he was cast in the James Dean biopic film and got his breakthrough role in a science fiction film Starship Troopers in the same year. In 1998 he was seen as Tarzan in the film “Tarzan and the Lost City”. The following year, he was in Tim Burton’s Sleepy Hollow. Casper also acted in Cutaway and in a short-lived series called Titans. Van Dien returned to Starship Troopers 3: Marauder, the sequel to Starship Troopers in 2008.
He married Carrie Mitchum in 1993. Carrie is the granddaughter of Robert Mitchum. However, the two separated in 1997. The couple had two children – Cappy and Gracie. Van Dien again married Catherine Oxenberg in 1999. He filed for a divorce last September 2015, citing irreconcilable differences.
Earnings & Financial Data
Date |
Category |
Description |
Amount |
---|---|---|---|
2018 |
Others |
Sales of the video Last Seen in Idaho as Brock |
$11,310 |
2017 |
Others |
Sales of the video Starship Troopers: Traitor of Mars as the voice of Colonel Johnny Rico and the film's executive producer |
$765,840 |
2017 |
Box Office Sales |
Worldwide box office sales of the movie Starship Troopers: Traitor of Mars as the voice of Colonel Johnny Rico and the film's executive producer |
$1,570 |
2016 |
Sale of Asset |
Sale of Casper Van Dien and Catherine Oxenberg's marital home in Malibu |
$2,770,000 |
2016 |
Box Office Sales |
Worldwide box office sales of the movie Showdown in Manila as Charlie Benz |
$606,240 |
2016 |
Others |
Sales of the videos Army Dog as Tom Holloway and Showdown in Manila as Charlie Benz |
$33,340 |
2015 |
Others |
Sales of the video June as Dave Anderson |
$63,420 |
2014 |
Box Office Sales |
Worldwide box office sales of the movie June as Dave Anderson |
$52,550 |
2012 |
Box Office Sales |
Worldwide box office sales of the movie The Pact as Bill Creek |
$5,800,000 |
2008 |
Others |
Sales of the video Starship Troopers 3: Marauder as Colonel Johnny Rico |
$4,850,000 |
2005 |
Asset |
Purchase value of Casper Van Dien and Catherine Oxenberg's marital home in Malibu |
$1,600,000 |
2001 |
Salary |
Salary from the television show Going Back (Under Heavy Fire) as Capt. Ramsey |
$800,000 |
2000 |
Salary |
Salary for every episode of the television show Titans as Chandler Williams |
$80,000 |
1999 |
Box Office Sales |
Worldwide box office sales of the movies The Omega Code as Gillen Lane and Sleepy Hollow as Brom Van Brunt |
$219,750,000 |
1999 |
Others |
Sales of the video game Wing Commander IV: The Price of Freedom as the voice of Confed Redshirt #3 (approximately 170 thousand copies sold) |
$7,900,000 |
1999 |
Salary |
Salary from the TV movie Shark Attack as Steven McKray and the movie The Omega Code as Gillen Lane |
$1,250,000 |
1998 |
Box Office Sales |
Box office sales of the movie Tarzan and the Lost City as Tarzan |
$2,170,000 |
1998 |
Salary |
Salary from the movie Tarzan and the Lost City as Tarzan |
$500,000 |
1997 |
Box Office Sales |
Worldwide box office sales of the movie Starship Troopers as Johnny Rico |
$121,100,000 |