Glee star and Golden Globe winner Chris Colfer has an estimated net worth of $8 million. Born on May 27, 1990, Christopher Paul Colfer grew up performing in community theater in Clovis, CA, appearing in such classics as The Sound of Music and Oliver! A three-time speech and debate champion in high school, Colfer was president of the writer’s club and combined his love for writing and musical theater together to pen and direct a musical spoof of Sweeny Todd called “Shirley Todd.”
Colfer embarked on a professional acting career after high school and auditioned for his idol, Nip/Tuck creator Ryan Murphy, for the role of the guitar-playing, wheelchair-bound Artie on Glee. Murphy was so impressed he didn’t give Colfer the part. Instead, Murphy created a role just for Colfer that Murphy based on his own early life, that of the fashion-conscious, gay Kurt Hummel.
It was Colfer’s first professional job, for which he won a 2011 Golden Globe for Best Supporting Actor.
Earnings & Financial Data
|
Date |
Category |
Description |
Amount |
|---|---|---|---|
|
2014 |
Earning Turned Donation |
Amount donated for Hillary Clinton’s campaign |
$4,500 |
|
2012 |
Sale of Asset |
Market value of his 3-bedroom house in Los Angeles, California |
$1,100,000 |
|
2011 |
Record Sales |
Estimated earnings from the album Glee: The Music, The Christmas Album Volume 3 |
$25,000 |
|
2011 |
Salary |
Per episode salary from Glee |
$45,000 |
|
2010 |
Record Sales |
Estimated earnings from the album Glee: The Music, Volume 5 (certified gold by ARIA, BPI and RMNZ) |
$142,500 |
|
2010 |
Record Sales |
Estimated earnings from the album Glee: The Music Presents the Warblers |
$1,300,000 |
|
2010 |
Record Sales |
Estimated earnings from the album Glee: The Music, Volume 6 (certified gold by ARIA and silver by BPI) |
$95,000 |
|
2010 |
Record Sales |
Estimated earnings from the album Glee: The Music, Volume 7 (certified gold by ARIA) |
$35,000 |
|
2009 |
Record Sales |
Estimated earnings from the album Glee: The Music, Volume 3 Showstoppers (certified platinum by ARIA and IRMA, and gold by RIAA, BPI and RMNZ) |
$692,500 |
|
2009 |
Record Sales |
Estimated earnings from the album Glee: The Music, The Christmas Album (certified platinum by RIAA, gold by ARIA and IRMA, and siver by BPI) |
$1,103,000 |
|
2009 |
Record Sales |
Estimated earnings from the album Glee: The Music, Volume 4 (certified platinum by ARIA, and gold by RIAA, BPI, IRMA and RMNZ) |
$685,000 |
|
2009 |
Record Sales |
Estimated earnings from the compilation album Glee: The Music, Best of Season One (certified silver by BPI) |
$60,000 |
|
2008 |
Record Sales |
Estimated earnings from the album Glee: The Music, Volume 1 (certified 3x platinum by IRMA, 2x platinum by ARIA, and platinum by RIAA, Music Canada, BPI and RMNZ) |
$1,600,000 |
|
2008 |
Record Sales |
Estimated earnings from the album Glee: The Music, Volume 2 (certified 2x platinum by IRMA, platinum by ARIA and Music Canada, and gold by RIAA, BPI and RMNZ) |
$807,500 |