As one of the most talked-about figures, Jonathan Banks has built a significant fortune. In this article, we dive deep into the assets and career highlights.

What is Jonathan Banks' Net Worth and Salary?

Jonathan Banks is an American actor who has a net worth of $8 million. Jonathan Banks is best known for his roles on the television crime drama series "Wiseguy" and "Breaking Bad," as well as the latter's spinoff "Better Call Saul." He also had a recurring role in the final NBC season of "Community," and has lent his voice to such animated series as "Skylanders Academy" and "A Tale Dark & Grimm." On the big screen, Banks has appeared in "Stir Crazy," "Beverly Hills Cop," "Mudbound," and "The Commuter," among many other films.

Banks began his screen-acting career in 1976 in the television film "The Macahans" and the television series "Barnaby Jones." He had many more credits the following year, including guest appearances on the shows "Family" and "Carter Country" and roles in the television films "Alexander: The Other Side of Dawn" and "The Night They Took Miss Beautiful." Banks closed out the decade with guest roles on "Lou Grant" and "The Waltons." In the early 1980s, he appeared in episodes of such shows as "Little House on the Prairie," "Best of the West," and "Hill Street Blues," and was in the television films "The Invisible Woman" and "Murder Me, Murder You." Banks also portrayed mobster Dutch Schultz in the miniseries "The Gangster Chronicles." In 1985, he starred as Commander Nuveen Kroll on the short-lived science-fiction series "Otherworld," and in 1987 had a recurring role on the primetime soap opera "Falcon Crest." It was in the latter year that Banks had his breakthrough, starring as FBI Special Agent Frank McPike on the CBS crime drama "Wiseguy." The series ran for four seasons through 1990, and earned Banks an Emmy Award nomination. After that show, he appeared in episodes of such series as "Star Trek: Deep Space Nine," "Matlock," "Walker, Texas Ranger," and "Due South." Later in the decade, Banks had a main role on the NBC sitcom "Fired Up" and a supporting role in the TNT television film "Dollar for the Dead."

Jonathan Banks was born on January 31, 1947 in Washington, DC to a civil servant father and a mother who taught at Indiana State University and served as a secretary in various federal government offices. He was raised in nearby Chillum Heights, Maryland. Banks attended Northwood High School in Silver Spring, and then went to Indiana University Bloomington.

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In the last two seasons of "Better Call Saul", Jonathan Banks' salary was $100,000 per episode. That worked out to around $1 million per season.

Following his graduation from Indiana, Banks became a stage manager for a touring company of the musical "Hair," traveling to Australia and New Zealand. He subsequently moved to Los Angeles, California in 1974, where he continued working in theater.

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Disclaimer: All net worth figures are estimates based on public data.