Matt LeBlanc Net Worth

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Matt LeBlanc Net Worth, How did the American actor and producer earn his Net Worth? Check this article to find out more about Matt LeBlanc Net Worth and his career.

Matt LeBlanc Early Life

He is an American actor and producer. Matt LeBlanc attended Newton North High School. After graduating in 1985, Matt went on to attend the Wentworth Institute of Technology in Boston, but he left shortly after starting his second semester to pursue an acting career.

LeBlanc married his longtime girlfriend, Melissa McKnight In May of 2003 and together the couple have a daughter Marina, who was born in 2004. The couple divorced in 2006. After becoming divorced he dated actress Andrea Anders from 2006 to 2015. They met on the set of ‘Joey’.

Matt LeBlanc Career

Matthew Steven LeBlanc was born on the 25th of July, 1967 in Newton, Massachusetts. He is easily the best known for portraying the character Joey Tribbiani on the hit TV sitcom ‘Friends’ which ran from 1994 to 2004.

In the 1980s LeBlanc appeared in a series of television commercials for such nationally-known products as Heinz and Coca-Cola. In 1988 he landed his first TV role for the show ‘TV 101’ which only lasted one season. He also appeared in various music videos for artists such as Bon Jovi, and Bob Seger. 

His biggest break didn’t come until he auditioned for the role of Joey on ‘Friends’, a role he went on to play for ten seasons. He also starred in the spin-off TV series Joey from 2004 to 2006. His most notable movie roles have been in ‘Ed’, ‘All The Queen’s Men’, ‘Lost In Space’, and ‘Charlie’s Angels’. 

LeBlanc starred in the television series ‘Episodes’ from 2011 to 2017. He began hosting the series ‘Top Gear’ in 2016 and the same year he began starring as Adam Burns on the television series Man With a Plan. LeBlanc has won many awards including a Golden Globe Award for Episodes, a Screen Actors Guild Award for Friends, and People’s Choice Awards for Joey and Man With a Plan.

As part of their 2000 contract negotiations, the cast was able to demand backend points on the show which would allow them to earn royalties off the show’s sale into syndication. The other TV stars who had ownership stakes in shows were Jerry Seinfeld and Bill Cosby. 

Matt LeBlanc Net Worth

As of today, Matt LeBlanc Net Worth is $80 Million. Matt LeBlanc Net Worth is acquired from his career as an actor and comedian.

In 2007, soon after divorcing Melissa McKnight, Matt spent $7.4 million on a house in the Pacific Palisades neighborhood of Los Angeles. He moved out of the home in 2012 and rented it for $13,000 per month according to real estate listings. 

He tried to sell the house in 2016 for $10 million. He ultimately found a buyer in 2017 who paid a little less than the $7.4 million Matt spent on the house 10 years earlier. He owns two side-by-side homes in Encino, California and a 1,000-acre ranch in Santa Ynez, California that he bought in 2002.

Matt LeBlanc ‘Friends’ Salaries and Royalties: For the first season of Friends, each cast member earned $22,500 per episode. That works out to $540,000 for the first season. Their salaries were boosted to $40,000 per episode in the second season. 

That works out to $960,000 for the second season. Ahead of the third season when their contracts were up, the cast banded together to negotiate as a group. They ended up with a deal that paid $75,000 per episode of season three ‘$1.875 million for the season’, $85,000 for season 4 ‘$2.04 million’, $100,000 for season 5 ‘$2.5 million’ and $125,000 in season 6 ‘$3.125 million’. 

Ahead of season 7 the cast negotiated for a massive raise. They each ended up earning $750,000 per episode in seasons 7 and 8 ‘$18 million per season’. 

For seasons 9 and 10, each cast member earned $1 million per episode which made it $24 million for season 9 and $18 million for season 10. Hence, each cast member of Friends earned around $90 million in base salary alone from the show before backend bonuses and on-going royalties.

Friends continues to generate north of $1 billion per year in syndication royalties and streaming deals. It has been reported that each cast member in some years can earn $10-20 million in royalties alone.

Summary: 

Matthew Steven LeBlanc is an American actor and producer. He is easily the best known for portraying the character Joey Tribbiani on the hit TV sitcom ‘Friends’ which ran from 1994 to 2004.

He has won many awards including a Golden Globe Award for Episodes, a Screen Actors Guild Award for Friends, and People’s Choice Awards for Joey and Man With a Plan.

As of 2020, Matt LeBlanc’s net worth is $80 Million.