How Much Did These Popular Commercial Stars Make?

The tabloids always manage to show you the extravagant lives your favorite celebrities. As you see these celebrities living extravagantly, you probably wonder how much money they actually make? TV commercials not only sell us our favorite products but often create our favorite commercial stars. Flo from Progressive must have crossed your mind a few times.

Colin Furhason started by playing a Cop on Eureka. His character’s personality soon switched up when he acted in Vampire Diaries and Christmas Paradise. In 2014, he became the Maytag man, where he signed a $1 million contract to be their mascot.

Stu Williams appeared in the most famous Superbowl Commercial in 1990 as Mr. Dumass, not pronounced as Doo-mas. A&W financed the project to come up with this ad, and the number of resources they poured into the project was quite substantial.

Before she started getting noticed for her powerful vocals, Donna Loren was a model. She got to combine her magical voice with acting in a commercial for Pepsi, earning $500. That amount was a little, but Donna took it as a lesson to look out for corporations who might take advantage of her.

After answering an advertisement in 2009, Carly Foulkes got called for a gig. That commercial opened doors for her as she took part in more commercials between 2010 and 2013. Her Role in T -Mobile allows her significant occasional payment from T-Mobile and still makes more commercials.

The voice behind your favorite adorable lump of dough character was Paul Frees. He did the Pillsbury Doughboy Commercial in the 1960s. His part in this commercial was proceeded by other voice acting gigs.

Nick Offerman was in the Sling Tv Ads with his wife, Megan Mulley. They played the role of an easy-going family whose goal was to orient fellow slingers into their way of life. They only got $50,000 from the gig.

Wendy Kaufman played the role of the Snapple Lady. Not only was she on their commercials, but she also answered their fan mail meant for her. Stakeholders felt that the $100,000 she made from Snapple’s Commercials was not enough and that they could have paid her more.

Melanie Paxson has been in dozens of commercials before landing a role with Red Robin. Some of her works were for Gladware, and took up minor roles on The Drew Carey Show Joey, Kitchen Confidential, CSI, Rules of Engagement, The Exes, and Medium. Currently, she plays as Sara Brennan on Happy Family.

Diane Amos will always remain recognized for the permanent face of Pine-Sol as much as other actors have tried to take up the role but can’t gain popularity. She is loved for her sassy and lovable personality by most of her fans. Before her commercial role, she took up other gigs but then chose to be a TV actress in the long run.

This guy stole the show during the 2013 Superbowl when he stole a kiss for Bar Rafaeli on live TV. He is an actor, and getting kisses from models is what he does best. The kiss became a sensation during the Superbowl, and it was for a good reason.

J.K. Simmons is who you might have referred to as “the Farmers Insurance guy” but his acting resume stretches much further than commercial work. He has had major roles in movies such as Juno, Spider-Man, Whiplash, and more.

Some might say that Morgan Smith -Goodwin got hired for her red hair. She took Wendy’s Commercial by storm from 2012 to 2016. After graduating from college, the Alabama native moved to the Big Apple to pursue her passion as an actress.

For the Longest time, Isaiah Mustafa was the face of Old Spice. He ditched his football career for acting, starting with Soap Operas and followed by TV spots and commercials.

T.J. Jagodowski is a graduate of Syracuse University, an actor from Chicago, and an improv comedian. Sonic picked him after seeing his application tape. When he received news that he got the gig, he got his improv friend Pete Grosz to do it with him, and that is how the legendary Sonic Commercial came to be.

Maria Bamford is three things. An exceptional comedian, an actress, and a revolutionist when it came to the way commercials appear. Initially, she aspired to be a voice actor but started as a comedian.

Jonathan Goldsmith has been on your screen since 1963, where he mostly appeared in Western Moves. His success pushed forward from his roles in those movies. His popularity came from the fact that their profits increased by 15.4% in a year after making commercials with Dos Equis.

Apart from her Toyota Commercials, which earned her the Toyota Girl Title, Laurel Coppock has appeared in other projects such as Hot Cleveland, Arrested Development, The Office, and Modern Family. Toyota paid $1 million for her commercial with them.

He is one of those actors who had a passion for acting since childhood. He started small and then worked his way up until he got to star in a commercial. Beck Bennet began his journey after a gig from AT&T.

All Farris Patton had to do was wear attractive outfits and smile as tell the camera to chew Orbit Gum to earn $500,000. Currently, she is a skit actor on Jimmy Kimmel.

Milana Vayntrubm was a model cum actor since she was five years old. Her AT&T role happened during her Hollywood journey, where she picked up gigs as a source of income. It was only after her family fully settled in Hollywood that she took up acting permanently.

For over ten years, Paul Marcarelli was the face of Verizon. He Currently works for Sprint, which for him, was a more lucrative deal. Merely saying the words “Can you hear me now” netted him $9 million.

Mr. Mayhem became a sensation after Dean Winters got hired by Allstate to be their mascot. The campaign doors for Dean Winters as he got roles on Law & Order SVU, 30 Rock, Rescue Me, Brooklyn Nine-Nine, and Battle Creek.

Vince became a celebrity by accident. He started acting to put food on the table. At around the time that Vince started working, commercial gigs started to come his way. He recognized the opportunities that came with commercial gigs, and soon he began doing infomercials.

Stephanie Cortney earned $8 million from her Progressive days. Initially, she was part of an underground theater club where she discovered and became a famous salesperson on TV.

Millennials may not recognize him, but Little Mickey was an advertiser for Life Cereal. In the ad, Little Mickey’s brother tries to convince him to try the cereal.

Anyone fond of watching tv in early 2000 can remember Benjamin Curtis as the Dell Dude. He is from Tennessee and was only a commercial actor before taking part in the Dell Gig.

Orlando James is a writer who tuned out to do better acting on MADtv. He also has for over ten years taken part in sketch comedy shows. 7 Up awarded his time with them a $500,000 check.

Trivago has come to be known as one of the most efficient websites that you can use to search for hotels. Trivago became well known through the intervention of Timothy Williams, who did an advert for them.

Jay Bush apart owner of the Bush’s Baked Beans Franchise, who does his commercials with his dog, Duke Jay, a golden retriever that many have spotted in his commercials.

Jack Somack participated in shooting the Alka-Seltzer commercial. The commercial has a unique set of jokes performed by the commercials’ actors, generation after generation.

Dennis Haysbert’s voice goes hand in hand with the phrase we’re all familiar with: “Allstate: Are you in good hands?” And he gets paid a pretty penny to partake in these commercials. According to Celebrity Net Worth, Dennis gets paid between $3-$4 million dollars per year for his work with Allstate.

In this commercial, Dick Wilson played the role of a clerk who wanted to know everything that didn’t concern him. His character was a grumpy guy who hated it when his Charmain toilet paper got squeezed in the commercial.

His role in Workaholics got him identified as a potential Chief Party Officer of the Captain Morgan Company. The company must have reasoned that having a celebrity endorse their product could hike their sales. Captain Morgan offered him $3 million.

Cindy Crawford is no stranger when it comes to shooting exciting content. She is one of the most recognized supermodels remembered for her Pepsi advert.

His name has come you in the popular adult animated series Family Guy. You may fail to realize that Charles C. Welch was a pitchman for Pepperidge Farm’s bakery for at least 16 years. He worked with renowned theatre actors such as Sammy Davis, Mary Tyler Moore, and Angela Lansbury in his lifetime.

Charles Stone is an American film director best known for creating the “Whassup?” Budweiser campaign back in 1999. He directed Drumline, a movie that features Nick Cannon, Mr. 3000 that features Bernie Mac and Paid in Full that features Wood Harris. He’s also produced numerous tv shows, including Black-ish, Greenleaf, and Bigger.

Terry Crews is an American actor, artist, tv host, comedian, and bodybuilder. He played pro football for a while before venturing into acting. Terry is best known for his role as Julius Rock on the sitcom; Everybody Hates Chris. He’s acted in numerous tv shows and movies, including White Chicks, The Expendables Series, Idiocracy, and Brooklyn Nine-Nine.

Reid Maclean played the bad dad in one of the anti-drug commercials in the nineties. His other notable accolades include playing Private Jim Merrill in Gettysburg and The Winter of The Beard. He is also an accomplished singer, having released an album titled Bright Fading Star.

When arguably the best basketball player in the world, Michael Jordan, released his Nike Air Jordan 7s sneakers back in 1992, he needed a little help from bugs bunny. This collaboration happened way before Space Jam became a cult classic.

John Vanous became famous after appearing shirtless in a diet coke commercial. He is an actor and model with roles in tv series including Pacific Palisades and 18 Wheels of Justice.

Farrah Fawcett was an award-winning American artist, actress, and fashion model. She worked on numerous award-winning shows in her lifetime including, Charlies Angels, Harry O, and the Six Million Dollar Man. She also did multiple films, including Cannonball Run, Burning Bed, and Small Sacrifices.

John Moschitta is a fast talker, literally. John was the Guinness world record  holder for the world’s fastest talker in the 1980s, but that record has been broken twice. John is an actor, director, singer, and spokesperson and is sometimes referred to as Motormouth because of his fast-talking.

Pete Gardner is an American actor famous for playing Whitefeather in the comedy series Crazy Ex-Girlfriend. He also has a few film credits including, Good Advice, Son of Zorn, and Labor Pains.

Before becoming the Friendly Neighborhood masked superhero, we call Spiderman, Tobey Maguire was famous for asking people, “Who’s Bob?” Tobey has numerous films to his credit, including the Spiderman-Trilogy, The Great Gatsby, and Brothers.

Alyssa Milano is an American actress famous for playing Phoebe Halliwell in Charmed. She aside from acting, Alyssa also dabbles in production, singing, writing, and activism. She is known for her Charmed, Melrose Place, My Name is Earl, Mistresses, among others.

Colonel Sanders was an American businessman credited with inventing the beloved Kentucky Fried Chicken. While he began serving chicken during the depression on a small stand, the business had grown to be worth two million dollars (sixteen million dollars in today’s money) when he sold it in 1974. For his iconic look, he wore a white suit and a black bowtie.

Before swapping faces with Nicolas Cage on Face/Off, John Travolta was a shower singing basketball player for Safeguard Bath Soap. John Travolta has been in numerous films, including Grease, Pulp Fiction, The Punisher, and Swordfish. He also owns four airplanes and loves flying.

Michael Vale made the phrase “time to make the donuts” popular as Fred the baker, a role he was featured in for fifteen years. Michael also did commercials for Dunkin Donuts’ cereal. He is credited with a couple of films, including Guerilla Girl,  A Hatful of Rain, and Marathon Man. Michael also acted in a George Bernard Shaw production of Androcles and the Lion, and this was one of the first times he performed.