Jeremy Allen White's Net Worth In 2024 Is More Bull Than Bear
Jeremy Allen White's net worth in 2024 is higher than ever and continues to rise thanks to his star turn in the critically acclaimed dramedy The Bear—and it's largely because he's not afraid to say no to things he doesn't want to do as an artist.
"I had a meeting for a kind of Marvel-y movie, and I had an attitude," he admitted to British GQ in 2023. "I think I played it all wrong."
He recalled telling the executives, " ‘Tell me about why should I do your movie.’ They were like, ‘F—k you,’, and I was like, ‘Right on.’" He admitted that while "really good filmmakers" and "really good actors" star in superhero movies, "I am confused at how the pinnacle of an actor’s career has ended up in that place ... I played it the way I wanted to play it."
That said, while he's free to reject projects now, he didn't always have that privilege, which he says helps him relate to Chef Carmy.
"When I was a younger actor, my identity was really, really wrapped up in my profession," he told GQ. "If that wasn't going well, nothing was going well. If that was going well, everything felt really fantastic."
While he's out of that mindset for the most part now, you have to admit that things probably feel pretty fantastic for him today. Find out how Jeremy Allen White became famous and how much he's earned so far.
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How did Jeremy Allen White become famous?
Born and raised in Brooklyn's Carroll Gardens neighborhood, White's parents are former theater actors. He told Fault in 2012 that growing up, he participated in sports, but that his first love was dance.
"I liked the performance of it. I found that I was able to focus while performing, which is something that I found difficult to do especially as a child, even still to this day," he said.
He started acting in theater when he was 13, and while the repetitiveness of stage performances can bore some actors, it's actually his favorite part.
"The repetition of theater and doing the same thing over and over in front of people—you build confidence that way," he said. "I think for television and film, the bummer about it is you sit around and then you have five minutes to make something happen. I leave set every day just uncertain if we did what we were supposed to do."
White attended the Professional Performing Arts School in New York City, nabbing some of his first screen roles during his term: In 2006, when White was 15, he appeared in the film Beautiful Ohio and in an episode of Conviction, and appeared in two episodes of Law & Order, an episode of Law & Order: SVU and several small films within the next three years.
When he was 18, he moved to Los Angeles alone and got to work relatively quickly. White's first recurring mainstream role came in 2011 with Shameless, in which he starred as Phillip "Lip" Gallagher for nearly a decade—though it wasn't the role he wanted initially.
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"When I was auditioning for Shameless, I was auditioning for both Lip and Ian throughout the auditioning process. I really wanted to play Ian. And then I was told, 'No, you’re going to play Lip,'" he told Variety. "So, I guess that’s the best way to get bad news is like, 'No, you’re not going to do this one, but you can do this one.' And then, obviously I came to really love playing Lip and getting to do it for so long."
He appeared in several more small movies during his tenure on the Showtime series.
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White's biggest breakout came in 2022 with Hulu and FX's The Bear, in which he stars as tormented chef Carmen "Carmy" Berzatto. The show is a critical darling, and to date, he's won one Emmy, two Golden Globes, two Screen Actors Guild Awards and two Critics' Choice Awards for the role—not including the trophies the rest of the cast has taken home for their ensemble performances. That said, he almost turned the part down, because he went from playing a member of a dysfunctional Chicago family in Shameless to, in part, doing the same in The Bear.
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"I think I was too concerned with what other people might think," he told GQ. "I also knew that if I said no to this, that whoever ended up doing it, I would hate them forever, so there was some spiteful stuff going on, too."
There truly is no greater motivator.
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What is Jeremy Allen White's net worth in 2024?
Jeremy Allen White's net worth in 2024 is estimated at a cool $8 million, according to Celebrity Net Worth.
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How much does Jeremy Allen White make per episode?
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According to The Daily Mail, White's per-episode salary for The Bear has jumped dramatically: He was making $350,000 per episode and now commands a sweet $750,000 per episode.
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Did Jeremy Allen White go to Frank Sinatra?
White attended the Frank Sinatra School of the Arts for six months. He told Flaunt that he "hated it, probably because it's in Queens." (You can take the boy out of Brooklyn...)
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How did Jeremy Allen White get into acting?
White told GQ that when he wasn't impressed with his middle school's dance program, he transitioned to drama. "I didn't think it was serious enough for me," he said with a laugh. "So obnoxious."
He also interned at a casting agency in high school, which further honed his savviness for the business side of acting.
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How much did Jeremy Allen White make on The Bear?
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White's pay for The Bear Season 1 isn't publicly known, but The Daily Mail reported that he made $350,000 per episode for The Bear Season 2 and $750,000 per episode for Season 3. Seasons 2 and 3 each have 10 episodes, so even if he worked for free for Season 1, he's made at least $11 million for the series.
Where did Jeremy Allen White go to middle school?
White attended William Alexander Middle School in Brooklyn's Park Slope neighborhood.
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Is Jeremy Allen White a trained chef?
While he isn't a trained chef, White and co-star Ayo Edebiri took crash courses at the Institute of Culinary Education in New York City to prepare for The Bear. White then worked in the kitchen with chef Dave Beran at Pasjoli in Santa Monica. White told GQ, "I called him 'chef' all the time and he would say, 'You can just call me Dave.' And I'd say, 'No, it's better.'”
He discussed working at Pasjoli further in an interview on The Tonight Show:
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How much did Jeremy Allen White make from Iron Claw?
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Some reports place White's salary for playing Kerry Von Erich in The Iron Claw at $500,000, though none of those figures have actually been substantiated. (That said, if you haven't seen it, bring tissues and watch it ASAP.)
White said that starring in the tragic wrestling drama alongside Zac Efron, Harris Dickinson and Stanley Simons was "some sort of trauma bonding," explaining to PEOPLE, "We were all insecure and nervous about learning this new thing. And we were comfortable letting each other know how overwhelmed we were at the beginning."
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How much did Jeremy Allen White make from Calvin Klein?
White made the whole world scream "YES CHEF!" when he starred in a shirtless Calvin Klein underwear campaign, which dropped in January 2024. It's not known how much he earned for it, but Women's Wear Daily reported that the campaign generated at least $12.7 million in media impact value within just the first 48 hours of its release—so it's safe to say the design house had a great return on that investment.
