How much is Jeremy Renner worth?
| Net Worth: | $80 Million |
|---|---|
| Profession: | Professional Actor |
| Date of Birth: | January 7, 1971 (age 52) |
| Country: | United States of America |
| Height: | 5 ft 8 in (1.75 m) |
About Jeremy Renner
Jeremy Renner is best known for his role as Hawkeye in the Marvel comic movies, Thor, The Avengers, Avengers: Age of Ultron, Captain America: Civil war and Avengers: End Game. Twice nominated for an academy award, firstly for his part in the 2008 film Hurt Locker, where he got nominated for best actor and best supporting actor for his performance in The Town, the 2010 American crime thriller.
He is one of the biggest box office movie stars of all time, with his films grossing over $9.8 billion worldwide, A figure helped by the actors’ roles in other blockbuster movies such as Mission Impossible Rogue Nation, American Hustle and The Bourne Legacy.
The actor has several T.V. credits to his name, including the American crime series C.S.I. and The Unusuals, where he played Detective Jack Walsh.
His movie debut came in 1995 in the American comedy, National Lampoons Senior Trip, and was duly slaughtered by critics, although it didn’t seem to affect the actor when he went on to guest star in two T.V. shows, Deadly Games and Strange Luck. More minor roles followed, including a small part in a T.V. movie titled A Friends Betrayal as well as guest roles on The Net, Jack and Jane, and The Time of Your Life, among others.
His break came when he played the part of American serial killer, Jeffrey Dahmer, in the 2002 biographical film Dahmer. It was a role Renner found a challenge to cope with, knowing the serial killer had murdered seventeen people. Challenge or not, the actor played the role well and was nominated for Independent Spirit Award For “Best Lead Male”.
Renner appeared alongside Colin Farrell in the 2003 action crime thriller, S.W.A.T..
He then went on to star in The Heart is Deceitful Above All Things, a year later. Followed by, alongside Forest Whitaker, A Little Trip to Heaven, which led to another five film appearances between 2005 and 2006, including Neo Ned and Lords of Dogtown. Playing the role of Wood Hite in the 2007 American western, The Assassination of Jesse James by the Coward Robert Ford, where Brad Pitt played Jesse, came next and was followed by his portrayal of Sergeant Doyle in the 2007 apocalyptic thriller, 28 Days Later.
Star recognition was on the horizon, and it came while playing Sergeant William James in the critically acclaimed movie, The Hurt Locker, in 2008. Renner, who played a bomb disposal expert in the film, went on to win several awards in the best actor category and achieved his first Academy Award nomination for best actor.
He didn’t have to wait long for another Academy Award nomination, a year in fact, after getting rave reviews for his role in The Town, playing alongside Jon Hamm and Blake Lively, Renner was nominated for best supporting actor.
He took over from Matt Damon playing the leading role in the Bourne franchise movies in the fourth of the films, The Bourne Legacy, playing a new lead character, Aaron Cross, in 2012.
Renner returned as Brandt in the 2015 Mission Impossible movie, Rogue Nation, after first appearing in the movie franchise in 2011, in Ghost Protocol. It was action all the way in 2015 when the Californian born actor played Hawkeye in the American superhero movie, The Avengers: Age of Ultron. A year later, he was once again playing alongside the likes of Robert Downey Jr., Chris Hemsworth, and Scarlett Johansson when returning as Hawkeye in Captain America Civil war.
American science fiction movie, Arrival arrived in 2016. Renner plays the character of Ian Donnely alongside the star of the film, Amy Adams, who played Louse Banks, a linguistics professor who leads a team of investigators after gigantic spaceships touchdown in locations around the world. Wind River and The House in 2017 and Tag in 2018, was followed by the return of the character Hawkeye in The Avengers: Endgame in 2019.
Early in his career saw films grossing what seems like peanuts when compared to the megabucks his movies attracted later on. Even the $154 million generated in the 2010 movie The Town, seems just a drop in the ocean in comparison to the superhero movie roles he’s starred in.
The mind-boggling figures include $2.978 billion for Avengers: Endgame, $ 1.153 billion for Captain America Civil War, and just over $1.403billion for Ages of Ultron. Although considerably surpassed by some of his co-stars’ earnings for their roles in the Avenger movies, with Downey Jr earning an estimated $20 million per movie, it’s the deals the stars have struck with the studios that earn them megabucks. Renner has earned over $50 million dollars, all told, so far, himself.
They sometimes say it’s best to start from the bottom as you can learn a lot from down there. Although Renner didn’t exactly start from the bottom, he did learn his trade from appearing in independent films early on before the meteoric rise to superhero movie stardom in his role as Hawkeye.
Renner’s Total Net Worth
Jeremy Renner was already earning high movie paychecks when he was paid a reported $5 million dollars for his role as Aaron Cross in The Bourne Legacy (2012). Since, he has earned far more as his role Hawkeye in the Marvel Cinematic Universe; around $50 million dollars and counting. He has earned around another $65 million from his other acting work in total, that is, when combined with his behind the scenes work and all of the appearances that he has made as himself, including in advertising.
Therefore, it is estimated that Renner’s total career earnings are about $115 million dollars. After tax, it is estimated that his career earnings are at around $64.4 million, having paid $50.6 million dollars (44%) in taxes. That is, because Renner’s residence for some of his career has been on the Nevada side of Lake Tahoe which optimizes his finally effective tax rate.
Jeremy Renner married Sonni Pacheco in 2014 but they divorced a year later. They have one child together, Ava Berlin Renner, and Renner was ordered to pay $13,000 in monthly child support. Considering the short duration of the marriage, there was no settlement for Pacheco.
Renner’s personal life has been free and clear of troubles and in his spare time he has been diligently investing his career earnings into real estate. Instead of buying properties to lease out like actors such as Leonardo DiCaprio. Jeremy has been rolling up his selves and renovating properties to resell at a markup.
This activity known as “flipping” can be very financially lucrative, and while it can also entail making losses, after having bought and sold around 30 properties. It is estimated that Renner has earned some $12-18 million dollars in after tax earnings. That is, considering one such property that he flipped earned him a pre-tax profit of around $7 million dollars. Renner sold a property for a reported $24 million dollars, after he had bought it for $7 million and spent $10 million dollars on renovations, earning a neat $7 million dollar sum for his work and investment.
Considering Renner is a tight budgeter, it would be unlike him to lose track of his spending. Likely he has only spent around $2.5 million dollars on himself and his family, including personal losses, and miscellaneous payments. He has also likely earned some $6 million from his other investments outside of real estate, for example in stocks and bonds. Overall, that makes Renner’s net worth over $80 million dollars.
Summing-Up
Jeremy Renner’s first movie National Lampoons Senior Trip, is quite apt considering the trip he has been on since. Let’s not forget it was a movie that got slated by critics. But not to be put off by such damming negativity, Renner rose through the ranks, gaining critical acclaim along the way with his roles in some truly epic action movies, of which, I’m sure there’s more to come.
