William Shatner Net Worth

William Shatner

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Birth Name William Alan Shatner Date of Birth March 22, 1931 Place of Birth Montreal, Quebec, Canada Height 5′ 9½” (1.77 m) Education McGill University Profession Actor Net Worth $100,000,000 Source of Wealth Film, Television Nationality Canada Country Canada Marital Status Married (Elizabeth Martin) Children 3 (with Rand)

Actor William Shatner has a net worth of $100 million. Like Jack Nicholson, Star Trek icon William Shatner also made it onto the list of wisely spending celebrities thanks to a particularly clever conversation.

In 1997, the actor – previously best known for playing Captain Kirk in the cult series – was hired to front a TV campaign for US travel website Priceline.com. With the dotcom bubble taking hold, Shatner agreed to take shares in the firm as part of his payment.

That bubble burst in 2000, sending the firm’s shares tumbling to just $1.80 (£1.10). But shareholders who rode out the storm had the last laugh, and those same shares now trade at more than $400 (£252).

In May last year, the Telegraph reported that Shatner had already made $600 million from the firm’s success.

From 2004 to 2008, he played lawyer Denny Crane in the television drama The Practice and its spin-off Boston Legal, for which he received two Emmy Awards and a Golden Globe Award. Shatner currently stars in the CBS sitcom $#*! My Dad Says.

Earnings and Financial Data

date	Social class	Description	amount
2009	Salary	$#*! My Dad Says Season 1 total earnings, $150 per episode	$2,700,000
2009	Sponsorship	Money earned by appearing in ads for the online travel company Priceline.com	$600,000,000
2005	estate sale	The amount earned by selling my kidney to Golden Palace.com	$25,000
nineteen ninety eight	ticket sales	Free Enterprise film gross income	$30,000
1976	Salary	Salary from the film Kingdom of the Spiders = $20,000 plus 7 1/2 percent of the gross ($17 million)	$1,295,000