Leonard Nimoy has an estimated net worth of $45 million. Veteran actor, film director, poet, musician and photographer, Leonard Nimoy became famous for his role as Spock in the original Star Trek series 1966–1969, multiple films, television and video game sequels.
Raised in a Boston tenement, acting in community theaters since age eight, Leonard Nimoy made his Hollywood debut when he was 20, a bit part in Queen for a Day (1951) and another as a ballplayer in the perennial Rhubarb (1951). After two years in army, he was still getting small, often uncredited parts – an army telex operator in Them! (1954), for example – but his part as Narab, a Martian finally friendly to Earth, in the closing scene in the corny Republic serial Zombies of the Stratosphere (1952), somewhat foreshadowed the role which would make him a household name–Mr. Spock, the half-human/half-Vulcan science officer of “Star Trek” (1966) one of TV’s all-time most successful series.’
His performance won him three Emmy nominations and launched his career as a writer and director, notably of Star Trek IV: The Voyage Home (1986), the story of a humpback whale rescue that proved the most successful of the Star Trek movies. Stage credits have included “Fiddler on the Roof,” “Oliver,” “Camelot,” and “Equus.” He has hosted the well-known TV series “In Search of…” (1976) and “Ancient Mysteries” (1994), authored several volumes of poetry and guest-starred on two episodes of “The Simpsons” (1989). He played Mustafa Mond in NBC’s telling of Brave New World (1998) (TV).
On February 27, 2015, at age of 83, Nimoy passed away in his Bel Air home due to complication from COPD or Chronic Obstructive Pulmonary Disease.
Earnings & Financial Data
|
Date |
Category |
Description |
Amount |
|---|---|---|---|
|
2000 |
Earning Turned Donation |
Amount donated for the renovation of Griffith Observatory |
$1,000,000 |
|
1965 |
Salary |
Per episode salary from Star Trek |
$1,250 |
|
1951 |
Salary |
Salary from Zombies of the Stratosphere |
$500,000 |