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Jonathan Peter Goldsmith was born on 26 September 1938, in The Bronx, New York City USA, to Jewish parents of Russian descent. He is a retired actor perhaps best known for his various roles in the 1970s Westerns, but most famous for his role of The Most Interesting Man In The World in the hit Dos Equis beer ad campaign.

So how rich is Jonathan Goldsmith at present? Sources state that Goldsmith has acquired a net worth of over $8 million, as of early 2016. His wealth started to rise during his acting career which included a number of western movies and also many television series, however the main source of his net worth has come from his appearance in the Dos Equis commercials.

Jonathan Goldsmith Net Worth $8 Million

Goldsmith’s parents divorced when he was six years old. He attended 22 different schools, but at the age of 17, he left home to enroll in Boston University, and also started his acting career under the stage name of Jonathan Lippe, which was his stepfather’s last name. When he was 28 he moved to California. As he wasn’t earning much in the early stages of his career, he took a job driving a garbage truck and worked in construction.

Goldsmith started his career with New York stage productions, and soon entered the television and movie industry. In 1968 he appeared in the Clint Eastwood western “Hang ‘Em High”, and the same year in the movie “Ice Station Zebra”, based on the same-titled book written by Alistair MacLean, portraying Cold War events. In 1974 Goldsmith took the role of a villainous cowboy killed by the character of John Wayne in Wayne’s final western “The Shootist”. Goldsmith’s net worth was at its start.

He continued his career with similar roles, largely playing the bad guy who gets killed; he has appeared in 25 westerns. After performing a number of roles as Jonathan Lippe, Goldsmith took back his birth name after becoming an established actor in the western genre. However, he appeared in many television series of the time, such as “Adam-12”, “ChiPs”, “Eight Is Enough”, “The Rockford Files” and “Charlie’s Angels” to name a few, making his longest run in the 1978 series “Dallas”. The same year he was cast in the major role of a soldier in the movie “Go Tell the Spartans”, the movie based on Daniel Ford’s book “Incident at Muc Wa” and portraying the lives of US soldiers during the Vietnam War. Goldsmith’s other movies of the time include “One is the Lonely Number”, “Blood Voyage”, “Shadow of the Land”, “The New Healers”, “A Case of Rape” and “Helter Skelter” among other.

During the 1980s, Goldsmith retired from his acting career, and later started to teach theater at New York’s Adelphi University. In 2006, his then agent and fiance Barbara arranged audition for the Dos Equis ad – upon arriving at the location, Goldsmith was sure that he would not get the role, as the producers were searching for a Latino actor, but while improvising at the audition, Goldsmith was inspired by his late friend, actor Fernando Lamas. Seven months later, much to his surprise, he was informed that he had the role. With the campaign he became “the most interesting man in the world”, his popularity came to its highest level and his net worth was boosted. The commercial increased the brand’s sales by 15.4 %. Goldsmith has now been Dos Equis’s spokesman for six years.

When talking about the private life of Goldsmith, he has been married to Barbara since 2006. The couple lives on a sail boat near downtown Los Angeles. Goldsmith is involved in many charities, such as Free Arts for Abused Children that involves helping abused or homeless children, S.A.B.R.E. which provides the protection of Siberian Tigers, Morris Animal Foundation which provides the treatment for cancer in dogs, and the Stella Link Foundation which fights against the exploitation of Cambodian children for illicit sex.



Full Name Jonathan Goldsmith
Net Worth $8 Million
Salary $2 Million
Date Of Birth September 26, 1938
Place Of Birth New York City, New York, U.S.
Height 1.71 m
Profession Actor, Theater teacher (New York’s Adelphi University)
Education Boston University
Nationality American
Spouse Barbara Goldsmith (m. 2006-)
Children David Goldsmith
Facebook https://www.facebook.com/actorjonathangoldsmith
IMDB www.imdb.com/name/nm0326091
Awards British Academy Television Craft Award for Best Original Television Music, Gemini Award for Best Original Music Score for a Program or Mini-Series, Canadian Screen Award for Best Original Music Score for a Program, Gemini Award for Best Original Music for a Dramatic Program, Mini-Series or TV Movie,…
Nominations Jack Richardson Producer of the Year Award, Genie Award for Best Achievement in Music – Original Score, Gemini Award for Best Music Composition for a Series (Dramatic Underscore), River, Grave, Field and Town, The Red Ribbon
Movies “The Shootist” (1976), “Dallas” , “Hang ‘Em High” (1968), “Go Tell the Spartans” (1978), “Phantom of the Mail: Eric’s Revenge” (1989)
TV Shows “Gunsmoke”, “Knight Rider”, “Eight Is Enough”, “The Rockford Files”, “Hawaii Five-O”, “Dynasty”, “Dallas”, “The A-Team”
Fact
1 Plays “The Most Interesting Man In The World” in Dos Equis beer commercials.
2 Attended Boston University.
3 Was a neighbor to Shane Stanley in the ’70s.

Actor

Title Year Status Character
Funniest Commercials of the Year: 2010 2010 TV Movie Most Interesting Man in the World
Dragnet 2003 TV Series Neil
Another Pretty Face 2002 TV Movie Marshall Killen
Murder, She Wrote 1989-1993 TV Series Mitch Randall / Bud Fricksey
Reasonable Doubts 1991-1992 TV Series Ed Staley
Dangerous Women 1991 TV Series Ray Jones
Dragnet 1989-1990 TV Series Sam Lewis / Kent Sherwood
Man Against the Mob: The Chinatown Murders 1989 TV Movie Harbor Master
Phantom of the Mall: Eric’s Revenge 1989 Harv Posner
Dallas 1982-1989 TV Series Bruce Harvey Joe Smith
Highway to Heaven 1987 TV Series Fitzroy
MacGyver 1987 TV Series Jack
Magnum, P.I. 1986 TV Series Flynn
Triplecross 1986 TV Movie Martin Baker
Knight Rider 1986 TV Series Ronald Becker
Hardcastle and McCormick 1984-1986 TV Series Wendell Price / Arnie Hoffs
Trapper John, M.D. 1984-1986 TV Series Dr. Willis Nathan / Dr. Nesbitt / Tonic Salesman
The A-Team 1985 TV Series Preston
Final Jeopardy 1985 TV Movie Bartender
Knots Landing 1985 TV Series Frank Elliot
T.J. Hooker 1982-1985 TV Series Arnold Parton / Frankie Gable / Cody Mayfield
Alfred Hitchcock Presents 1985 TV Series Manager (segment “Bang! You’re Dead!”)
Space 1985 TV Mini-Series Raf Perry
General Hospital 1985 TV Series Dr. Palmer
St. Elsewhere 1983-1985 TV Series Dr. Julius Markes
Partners in Crime 1984 TV Series Barney McKay
Obsessive Love 1984 TV Movie Alex
Dynasty 1984 TV Series Sergeant Cooper
The Littles 1983 TV Series
Memorial Day 1983 TV Movie Banks
The Fall Guy 1983 TV Series Grant
Manimal 1983 TV Series Felix Manning
At Ease 1983 TV Series Gambler One
McClain’s Law 1982 TV Series Dave Janoski
CHiPs 1978-1981 TV Series Danton / Stan Mallory
Concrete Cowboys 1981 TV Series Danny Moss
Stone 1980 TV Series Bobo
Once Upon a Family 1980 TV Movie George Conway
Charlie’s Angels 1980 TV Series Devlin
Eischied 1979 TV Series
Barnaby Jones 1973-1979 TV Series Rick Garrett / Mr. T / Charly / …
The Girls in the Office 1979 TV Movie Bill Pearson
The Rockford Files 1975-1978 TV Series Yossi Hendel / Nino
Go Tell the Spartans 1978 Sgt. Oleonowski
Switch 1977-1978 TV Series Mark / Jeff Slattery
Bunco 1977 TV Movie as Jonathan Lippe
Eight Is Enough 1977 TV Series
Murder in Peyton Place 1977 TV Movie Stan Haley
The Fantastic Journey 1977 TV Series Zaros
Hawaii Five-O 1968-1977 TV Series Malcolm Vaughn / George Barker
Green Eyes 1977 TV Movie Noel Cousins (as Jonathan Lippe)
Blood Voyage 1976 Mason (as Jonathan Lippe)
The Streets of San Francisco 1973-1976 TV Series Nick Tannenger / Jack Graham / Las Vegas Hitman
The Shootist 1976 Book’s Victim (uncredited)
Bert D’Angelo/Superstar 1976 TV Series
Helter Skelter 1976 TV Movie Hank Charter (as Jonathan Lippe)
The Blue Knight 1975-1976 TV Series Lansky / Tessler
Petrocelli 1975-1976 TV Series Paul Morgan / Harry Silver / Dr. Gil Clayton
Cannon 1975 TV Series Gleason
Matt Helm 1975 TV Series Reardon
The Rookies 1973-1975 TV Series Como / Walter / J.J.
Movin’ On 1974 TV Series Officer Terry
The Disappearance of Flight 412 1974 TV Movie Smith (as Jonathan Lippe)
Gunsmoke 1966-1974 TV Series Roper / Dave Rope / Monte Rupert / …
A Case of Rape 1974 TV Movie Det. Parker (as Jonathan Lippe)
Love, American Style 1972-1973 TV Series Jim (segment “Love and the Awkward Age”) / Lionel (segment “Love and the Swinging Philosophy”)
The New Perry Mason 1973 TV Series Beau Findley
Insight 1969-1973 TV Series Miller / Williams
Mannix 1969-1973 TV Series Barcus / Lee Thomas / Thomas Clayton Hewitt
Ironside 1969-1972 TV Series Tony Watts / Marty Rogers
The F.B.I. 1965-1972 TV Series Victor Banniger / Matty Buckner / Dave Flagg / …
Two Is a Happy Number 1972 Sherman Cooke (as Jonathan Lippe)
The Smith Family 1972 TV Series John
The New Healers 1972 TV Movie Dr. Jimmy Martin (as Jonathan Lippe)
Nichols 1972 TV Series Ralph
Longstreet 1972 TV Series Dunstan
Medical Center 1971 TV Series Sergeant Boyce
Sarge 1971 TV Series Henry
The Bold Ones: The Lawyers 1971 TV Series Merrell Hyland
The High Chaparral 1970 TV Series Mobley / Harry Lark
Mission: Impossible 1970 TV Series Father Sebastian
The Name of the Game 1970 TV Series Frank Monroe
Men at Law 1970 TV Series Luke Porter
The Young Lawyers 1970 TV Series Charlie Brazo
To Rome with Love 1970 TV Series Professor Watkins
Bonanza 1970 TV Series Kyte
Cutter’s Trail 1970 TV Movie Jesse Bowen
The Virginian 1969 TV Series Lou White
Adam-12 1969 TV Series Nick Gentry
Judd for the Defense 1968 TV Series Jimmy Kelp
Shadow on the Land 1968 TV Movie Lt. Allen (as Johnathan Lippe)
Ice Station Zebra 1968 Russian Aide (as Jonathan Lippe)
Hang ‘Em High 1968 Tommy (as Jonathan Lippe)
Cimarron Strip 1967 TV Series Kerwin Vardeman
The Wild Wild West 1967 TV Series Capt. Adam Dushan
The Fugitive 1967 TV Series Phil
The Invaders 1967 TV Series Kevin Ryan
12 O’Clock High 1964-1966 TV Series Capt. Franz Rausch / Sergeant Bonneyman / Radioman
The Road West 1966 TV Series Billy Joe
The Wackiest Ship in the Army 1966 TV Series Smitty
My Three Sons 1966 TV Series Photographer
Dr. Kildare 1965 TV Series Charlie
Perry Mason 1964 TV Series Marvin Palmer
East Side/West Side 1964 TV Series Phil Edmonson
Act One 1963 Teddy Manson (as Jonathan Lippe)
Naked City 1963 TV Series Brain Trust Attorney

Self

Title Year Status Character
78th Annual Hollywood Christmas Parade 2009 TV Movie Himself
Rumours of Glory 1983 TV Movie documentary

Archive Footage

Title Year Status Character
Dallas Reunion: Return to Southfork 2004 TV Movie documentary Bruce Harvey (uncredited)

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