How much is Jack Gleeson worth?
| Net Worth: | $2.5 Million |
|---|---|
| Profession: | Professional Actor |
| Date of Birth: | May 20, 1992 (age 30) |
| Country: | Ireland |
| Height: | 5 ft 6 in (1.7 m) |
“I’m happy to sacrifice a big pay cheque for my happiness, if that’s not too corny a thing to say. It’s probably more naive than mature to say that, maybe, but that’s how I feel.” Jack Gleeson
About Jack Gleeson
Jack Gleeson is an Irish actor and producer. His career started off in the early 2000s when he was still a child. In 2011, he became a series regular in the HBO epic drama Game of Thrones. Reprising the role of Joffrey Baratheon, one of the most calculating villains of the show, helped him gain international acclaim and earn nominations for a number of prestigious awards.
Since his exit from the show, the actor has been working in the theatre and even founded his own company named Collapsing Horse.
Jack Gleeson is famous because of his role in the HBO series Game of Thrones. He was born on 20 May 1992 in Cork, Ireland. His family moved to Ranelagh, Dublin when he was three years old and he was raised there. He has two older sisters, Emma and Rachel, both of whom are also involved in the Irish theatre. In the late 2000s, he graduated from the Gonzaga College and then enrolled at the Trinity College Dublin.
While attending college, Jack developed an interest in acting and began taking drama classes when he was young. He spent a significant amount of time in the youth theatre as well, which is where he was able to improve his acting skills at a very young age. Jack began acting professionally at the age of eight as part of the Independent Theatre Workshop. Among some of his earliest roles are in the films Reigns of Fire and Batman Begins, released in 2002 and 2005, respectively.
The actor’s work in both the cinema and theatre helped him gain a significant amount of money. In 2011, after defeating thousands of actors from around the globe in the audition process, he won the role of Joffrey Baratheon in the original HBO series Game of Thrones, which is the role that changed his acting career. Towards the end of season 1, his character became the lead villain on the show. From the first two seasons alone, the actor earned an estimated $500,000.
Gleeson’s acting career truly hit its peak in 2013. He reprised the role of King Joffrey Baratheon in seasons 3 and 4 as well, thanks to which he earned an additional estimated $2.5 million. In addition to money and international popularity, the role also earned him numerous awards and nominations. Besides winning an IGN People’s Choice Award, he also received nominations for awards such as Saturn, Scream, Screen Actors Guild, and Young Hollywood Awards.
“Both villains and heroes need to have a steadfast belief in themselves.” Jack Gleeson
By the time of his exit from Game of Thrones, Jack Gleeson’s net worth already around $2.5 million.
In 2012, he became a founder and producer of the company Collapsing Horse Theatre. Ever since then, he has participated in many of the theatre productions such as Monster / Clock, Human Child, Bears in Space, The Water Orchard, and Science Fiction Radio.
During his short but very successful acting career, Jack Gleeson has taken part in a number of box-office hits. Despite having small roles in the likes of Batman Begins, Shrooms, and A Shine Of Rainbows, he was still able to earn both fame and wealth from these productions. Just after he left the popular HBO show, from which he gained international acclaim, in 2014, the actor announced his retirement from acting. Most recently, after a six-year hiatus, he made his return to acting and took part in the BBC television series Out of Her Mind.
Concurrently with starring in the HBO show, Gleeson continued to take part in theatre productions. The first theatre production he starred in was The Giant Blue Hand from 2009.
Gleeson’s Total Net Worth
Jack Gleeson earned the majority of his net worth from his appearances in Game of Thrones between 2011-2014. He had made some career earnings previous to his role as Joffrey Baratheon, like appearances in Batman Begins, Killinaskully, All Good Children, among others. However his earnings from those appearances are estimated as being less than $300,000.
Once he was cast in Game of Thrones his professional life, and his earnings, took off. He earned an estimated $500,000 for the first two seasons. For seasons three and four, he earned an estimated $3.5 million. In total, Jack Gleeson’s earnings from Game of Thrones were $4 million. After that however, he did not appear in any credited films or in TV series until 2020, when he appeared in 2 episodes of Out of Her Mind. Then in 2021 he appeared in Rebecca’s Boyfriend and he has been cast in In the Land of Saints and Sinners which is in post-production.
In total, Jack Gleeson career earnings are estimated to be $4.6 million. It is estimated that on average he may have paid about 37% tax on his earnings, making his post-tax earnings $2.9 million having paid $1.7 million in taxes.
Jack Gleeson is a together chap. He has shown some interest in politics and may have also invested some of his earnings profitably, as well. In May 2018, Gleeson publicly supported the campaign to repeal Ireland’s Eighth Amendment. He has been involved in other causes of his interest and has likely kept good accounts on his money. He has never been married or divorced, being so young he likely also received support from his parents during those early years.
Overall, it seems that Jack Gleeson has a net worth of about $2.5 million.
Summing-Up
Jack Gleeson is one of the most popular villains on television. He began his career as a child actor in the early 2000s and just one decade later, he joined the cast of the super-popular HBO series Game of Thrones, where he reprised the role of Joffrey Baratheon for the first four seasons. In addition to the success that he found in the cinema world with his fantastic acting skills, he has been proactively appearing on theatre productions and even became a co-producer and founder of the company Collapsing House.
