Karen Gillan

[Sci]

A 2013 article from Blastr reports that Smith started out at £200,000/year in 2009, and that he was making £1,000,000/year by 2013, which it says was David Tennant's salary when he left. A 2009 article from the Telegraph corroborates the initial £200,000/year deal for Smith, and the £1 million/year deal for Tennant at the time of his departure.

I couldn't find any results from Googling "Karen Gillan's salary on Doctor Who" or "Karen Gillan's salary for Selfie." But her entry on Celebrity Net Worth has her at $2 million -- take that as you will. To get a sense of what her salary might have been like for Selfie, I looked up typical sitcom star salaries and found this article from Deadline indicating that, before they negotiated salary increases in 2013, Big Bang Theory supporting stars Mayim Bialik and Melissa Rauch were making between $20,000-$30,000/episode, which is roughly $480,000-$720,000/year. Things are a little complicated, because Bialik and Rauch were supporting players rather than above-the-title stars of the show, while Gillan was not as well known to the American audience at large. However, Assuming she was making approximately $20,000/episode, Selfie's 13 episodes would have gotten Gillan around $260,000. Remember, also, that she was an above-the-line star (meaning, her name appeared before the title of the show) on Doctor Who for three seasons -- even if she was making half of Smith's salary, that would mean she made £100,000/year. Add to this her work on NTSF:SD:SUV::, Oculus, and Guardians of the Galaxy, and I promise you that she's rich, too.

Now, I'm not saying these guys are the richest of the rich. But the median income in the U.K. is $21,470 USD, and the median income in the United States is $50,756 USD. These guys -- Tennant, Smith, and Gillan -- all make way, way more than that. Their income may go up or down from year to year, but they are, by any reasonable definition, rich.

 

[DWF]

Yes, Smith was supposed to get a million Pounds for five years but then he go for five years. And if you read the Telegraph artile you can see he's nowhere the highest paid actor on television.

The 26-year-old actor has signed a £200,000-a-year deal with the corporation to appear in the science-fiction series from next year.

His salary is understood to be a fraction of the sum paid to the existing Timelord, David Tennant, who is leaving the programme.

The pay deal comes as the BBC begins to trim the huge pay deals it uses to attract to stars amid the economic climate and the controversy over Jonathan Ross. The BBC's top-paid star on a three-year contract of £18m, Ross was suspended without pay for 12 weeks in November –losing £1.4m – for his part in leaving a series of crude messages on the answering machine of the actor Andrew Sachs.

Graham Norton earns £2.5m a year, Gary Lineker £1.5m and Jeremy Paxman just over £1m.

Yes that makes him rich by our standards but it's all relative.

 

[Sci]

Yes, Smith was supposed to get a million Pounds for five years but then he go for five years. And if you read the Telegraph artile you can see he's nowhere the highest paid actor on television.

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Yes that makes him rich by our standards but it's all relative.

I never claimed he was the highest-paid actor around. But the fact that he's not as rich as some other people does not mean he is not rich.

"It's all relative." And relative to the median income in the U.S. and U.K., Tennant, Smith, and Gillan are rich.

Again, my point was that these guys have successful careers and are not struggling in any meaningful sense of the term. They're only "struggling" insofar as they're not the absolute super-duper top of the "A List." In the sense of having careers in the acting field that have allowed them to support themselves and their families and to achieve great wealth besides that, their careers are quite successful. And they're certainly in a better financial situation than the vast majority of Americans and Britons.

 

[DWF]

Yes, Smith was supposed to get a million Pounds for five years but then he go for five years. And if you read the Telegraph artile you can see he's nowhere the highest paid actor on television.

<SNIP>

Yes that makes him rich by our standards but it's all relative.

I never claimed he was the highest-paid actor around. But the fact that he's not as rich as some other people does not mean he is not rich.

"It's all relative." And relative to the median income in the U.S. and U.K., Tennant, Smith, and Gillan are rich.

Again, my point was that these guys have successful careers and are not struggling in any meaningful sense of the term. They're only "struggling" insofar as they're not the absolute super-duper top of the "A List." In the sense of having careers in the acting field that have allowed them to support themselves and their families and to achieve great wealth besides that, their careers are quite successful. And they're certainly in a better financial situation than the vast majority of Americans and Britons.

Middle class at best and really Tennant has struggled a bit to get parts, whether he nends the money or not.

 

[Sci]

Yes, Smith was supposed to get a million Pounds for five years but then he go for five years. And if you read the Telegraph artile you can see he's nowhere the highest paid actor on television.

<SNIP>

Yes that makes him rich by our standards but it's all relative.

I never claimed he was the highest-paid actor around. But the fact that he's not as rich as some other people does not mean he is not rich.

"It's all relative." And relative to the median income in the U.S. and U.K., Tennant, Smith, and Gillan are rich.

Again, my point was that these guys have successful careers and are not struggling in any meaningful sense of the term. They're only "struggling" insofar as they're not the absolute super-duper top of the "A List." In the sense of having careers in the acting field that have allowed them to support themselves and their families and to achieve great wealth besides that, their careers are quite successful. And they're certainly in a better financial situation than the vast majority of Americans and Britons.

Middle class at best and really Tennant has struggled a bit to get parts, whether he nends the money or not.

According to this 2009 article from the BBC, an annual salary of £58,917 puts you into the top 5% of all income-earners in Britain; a salary of £118,027 puts you into the top 1%; and a salary of £150,000 puts you into the top 0.6% of all income-earners.

You have an absolutely absurd definition of "middle class" if it involves making more than 99% of everyone who lives in your country.

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And, again, it is an unrealistic definition of "struggling" to say that Tennant "struggles" to get work. The man has worked regularly in film, television, and theatre since he left Doctor Who. Realistically, any actor who works as much as he does is successful. The overwhelming majority of actors are not able to support themselves off of their acting income; Tennant, on the other hand, doesn't lack for work, even if he isn't getting A-list roles. Saying that Tennant has "struggled" is like saying that a governor isn't that powerful just because he's not President of the U.S., or that Donald Trump isn't rich just because he's not Bill Gates or Warren Buffet.

 

[Captaindemotion]

It's utter nonsense to say that Tennant struggles to get work. At best, I can only assume that anyone making that claim coming at it from an American-centric perspective and not appreciating the way that the UK TV, film and stage industry works. In the last few years, he's had 2 seasons of Broadchurch, he did a miniseries called The Politician's Husband and another called The Escape Artist, an acclaimed spy drama called Spies of Warsaw voiceover work for Postman Pat the Movie and a UK comedy WIA, he appeared in a movie called What We Did on Our Holiday, alongside Billy Connolly and Rosamund Pike.

Then there's the US remake of Broadchurch, his recent casting in AKA Jessica Jones, there are various projects in production and post-production. He does adverts for one of the big cable tv and phone providers in the UK and various other voiceover work.

All of this makes him one of the busiest British actors around. Does he top the wishlist for Hollywood executives casting their latest blockbusters? No, but if that's 'struggling to get work', I don't know where an in-demand actor would get time to fit it all in.

 

[Starkers]

Yeah it's bizarre, if he isn't George Clooney he's a nobody? Just because he hasn't 'cracked Hollywood' he's perceived as struggling to get work?

He must be a millionaire several times over from all the acting/voice over work he's done since Who (not to mention what he was paid to do Who) not to mention all the residuals. I suspect that, assuming he didn't do something daft with his money like invest it all in a Ponzi scam, he could probably retire from the business completely and still live the rest of his life more comfortably than most of us (and good luck to him, he always comes across like a really nice bloke)

 

[DWF]

It's utter nonsense to say that Tennant struggles to get work. At best, I can only assume that anyone making that claim coming at it from an American-centric perspective and not appreciating the way that the UK TV, film and stage industry works. In the last few years, he's had 2 seasons of Broadchurch, he did a miniseries called The Politician's Husband and another called The Escape Artist, an acclaimed spy drama called Spies of Warsaw voiceover work for Postman Pat the Movie and a UK comedy WIA, he appeared in a movie called What We Did on Our Holiday, alongside Billy Connolly and Rosamund Pike.

Then there's the US remake of Broadchurch, his recent casting in AKA Jessica Jones, there are various projects in production and post-production. He does adverts for one of the big cable tv and phone providers in the UK and various other voiceover work.

All of this makes him one of the busiest British actors around. Does he top the wishlist for Hollywood executives casting their latest blockbusters? No, but if that's 'struggling to get work', I don't know where an in-demand actor would get time to fit it all in.

He left Doctor Who in 2009, how many years pased before Broadchurch came along? About four years but he did ry for other work including the pilot of Bill Is not Your Lawyer, what you don't seem to understand is how of a process it takes from making a pilot to getting it sold and putting the actors to work on a new series, sadly the process could take months here in the States. You're talking about a massive amount of work that only came recently.

 

[Captaindemotion]

^Not true. Have a look at his IMDB page. Yes, I'm sure he was disappointed that Rex didn't get picked up as a series but it's quite clear that he's worked consistently since leaving DW. That doesn't include his adverts or stage work, incidentally.

http://www.imdb.com/name/nm0855039/?mode=desktop

 

[Turtletrekker]

Actors that struggle to get work don't receive special recognition awards...

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His IMDB page proves that he has very busy.

 

[JoeZhang]

It's utter nonsense to say that Tennant struggles to get work. At best, I can only assume that anyone making that claim coming at it from an American-centric perspective and not appreciating the way that the UK TV, film and stage industry works. In the last few years, he's had 2 seasons of Broadchurch, he did a miniseries called The Politician's Husband and another called The Escape Artist, an acclaimed spy drama called Spies of Warsaw voiceover work for Postman Pat the Movie and a UK comedy WIA, he appeared in a movie called What We Did on Our Holiday, alongside Billy Connolly and Rosamund Pike.

Then there's the US remake of Broadchurch, his recent casting in AKA Jessica Jones, there are various projects in production and post-production. He does adverts for one of the big cable tv and phone providers in the UK and various other voiceover work.

All of this makes him one of the busiest British actors around. Does he top the wishlist for Hollywood executives casting their latest blockbusters? No, but if that's 'struggling to get work', I don't know where an in-demand actor would get time to fit it all in.

He left Doctor Who in 2009, how many years pased before Broadchurch came along?

By my rough calculation - between 2009 and Broadchurch he made 8 films and was in 9 shows plus narrated about another six and that is without count various one-off appearances on TV comedy shows - what on earth are you talking about?

 

[Captaindemotion]

Much busier and he'd have needed a real TARDIS to find time for it all.

 

[JoeZhang]

Much busier and he'd have needed a real TARDIS to find time for it all.

Frankly bizarre - you'd think he'd been reduced to making appearances at a local leisure centre or something.

 

[Trekker4747]

I'd say anyone who can say "fuck it!" and not work anymore and just live a middle-class, reasonable, life style for the rest of their lives (maybe along with some smart investing) is "rich." I'd say Karen Gillan is rich as she likely never has to work another day of her life if she doesn't want to.

 

[DWF]

It's utter nonsense to say that Tennant struggles to get work. At best, I can only assume that anyone making that claim coming at it from an American-centric perspective and not appreciating the way that the UK TV, film and stage industry works. In the last few years, he's had 2 seasons of Broadchurch, he did a miniseries called The Politician's Husband and another called The Escape Artist, an acclaimed spy drama called Spies of Warsaw voiceover work for Postman Pat the Movie and a UK comedy WIA, he appeared in a movie called What We Did on Our Holiday, alongside Billy Connolly and Rosamund Pike.

Then there's the US remake of Broadchurch, his recent casting in AKA Jessica Jones, there are various projects in production and post-production. He does adverts for one of the big cable tv and phone providers in the UK and various other voiceover work.

All of this makes him one of the busiest British actors around. Does he top the wishlist for Hollywood executives casting their latest blockbusters? No, but if that's 'struggling to get work', I don't know where an in-demand actor would get time to fit it all in.

He left Doctor Who in 2009, how many years pased before Broadchurch came along?

By my rough calculation - between 2009 and Broadchurch he made 8 films and was in 9 shows plus narrated about another six and that is without count various one-off appearances on TV comedy shows - what on earth are you talking about?

Four of those movies were animated voice work only, the vast bulk of his television is narration or playing himself. The Decoy Bride cost a shade over 2 million Pounds and was filmed in under a month.

 

[Sindatur]

He left Doctor Who in 2009, how many years pased before Broadchurch came along?

By my rough calculation - between 2009 and Broadchurch he made 8 films and was in 9 shows plus narrated about another six and that is without count various one-off appearances on TV comedy shows - what on earth are you talking about?

Four of those movies were animated voice work only, the vast bulk of his television is narration or playing himself. The Decoy Bride cost a shade over 2 million Pounds and was filmed in under a month.

Still, a struggling Actor is one who has to work in the Food or Retail Business (or somesuch similar salary) as a Part-time Job and gets excited when they get a single commercial or a Guest Appearancee booked

Regardless how you look at it, earning double or more in a year of the average Office worker level Salary each year, is far from struggling. Yes, there are certainly levels of "A-Listership", Hollywood Royalty, whatever that he hasn't broken through yet (And 95% of Actors, I imagine, never do), but, I don't believe one can really honestly claim that as struggling to get work.

 

[DWF]

By my rough calculation - between 2009 and Broadchurch he made 8 films and was in 9 shows plus narrated about another six and that is without count various one-off appearances on TV comedy shows - what on earth are you talking about?

Four of those movies were animated voice work only, the vast bulk of his television is narration or playing himself. The Decoy Bride cost a shade over 2 million Pounds and was filmed in under a month.

Still, a struggling Actor is one who has to work in the Food or Retail Business (or somesuch similar salary) as a Part-time Job and gets excited when they get a single commercial or a Guest Appearancee booked

Regardless how you look at it, earning double or more in a year of the average Office worker level Salary each year, is far from struggling. Yes, there are certainly levels of "A-Listership", Hollywood Royalty, whatever that he hasn't broken through yet (And 95% of Actors, I imagine, never do), but, I don't believe one can really honestly claim that as struggling to get work.

Not once have I said he's struggling for money, but for steady work. With the exception of Jon Pertwee, Dcotor Who's leads have hada hard time finding long term work. Tennant is now a married father of three and it's understandable for him to stay closer to home now. But series work means steady work and now with Broadchurch/Gracepoint he does.

 

[Turtletrekker]

David Tennant is worth $7 million.

 

[Sindatur]

By my rough calculation - between 2009 and Broadchurch he made 8 films and was in 9 shows plus narrated about another six and that is without count various one-off appearances on TV comedy shows - what on earth are you talking about?

Four of those movies were animated voice work only, the vast bulk of his television is narration or playing himself. The Decoy Bride cost a shade over 2 million Pounds and was filmed in under a month.

Still, a struggling Actor is one who has to work in the Food or Retail Business (or somesuch similar salary) as a Part-time Job and gets excited when they get a single commercial or a Guest Appearancee booked

Regardless how you look at it, earning double or more in a year of the average Office worker level Salary each year, is far from struggling. Yes, there are certainly levels of "A-Listership", Hollywood Royalty, whatever that he hasn't broken through yet (And 95% of Actors, I imagine, never do), but, I don't believe one can really honestly claim that as struggling to get work.

Four of those movies were animated voice work only, the vast bulk of his television is narration or playing himself. The Decoy Bride cost a shade over 2 million Pounds and was filmed in under a month.

Still, a struggling Actor is one who has to work in the Food or Retail Business (or somesuch similar salary) as a Part-time Job and gets excited when they get a single commercial or a Guest Appearancee booked

Regardless how you look at it, earning double or more in a year of the average Office worker level Salary each year, is far from struggling. Yes, there are certainly levels of "A-Listership", Hollywood Royalty, whatever that he hasn't broken through yet (And 95% of Actors, I imagine, never do), but, I don't believe one can really honestly claim that as struggling to get work.

Not once have I said he's struggling for money, but for steady work. With the exception of Jon Pertwee, Dcotor Who's leads have hada hard time finding long term work. Tennant is now a married father of three and it's understandable for him to stay closer to home now. But series work means steady work and now with Broadchurch/Gracepoint he does.

Again, if you're making twice or more the average decent Salary each year, you've got to be getting plenty of work, so, you're not struggling to get work. Yes, he's only gotten the steady "guaranteed" Series thing in the last couple of years, so, there were more, shorter term projects early on, but, if he got them, he wasn't struggling to get work. He was busy enough, that he wasn't waiting and looking at the phone, praying for it to ring with a job.

 

[DWF]

As I tried to explain earlier, he had to wait for news of whether or not Rex Is Not Your Lawyer sold, the pilot was filmed in Dec. of '09 and TheDecoy Bride wasn't filmed til June of '10. So yes he had to wait for the email or phone call to tell him the pilot had failed.

I really wanted to see The Decoy Bride too, but then I've liked Alice Eve ever since I saw She's Out Of Your League. But the movie didn't make it over here. Adn I really wasn't interested in seeing Fright Night.