Chad Michael Murray is better known as a teen heartthrob, even if those days are in the past. The actor, who rose to fame due to his role as Lucas Scott on the television series One Tree Hill, also appeared in some of the most popular teen shows of the early 2000s, including Gilmore Girls and Dawson’s Creek, and in the popular movies Freaky Friday, alongside Lindsay Lohan and A Cinderella Story alongside Hillary Duff.
Murray, who now stars in the Netflix Christmas movie The Merry Gentlemen alongside Britt Robertson, has certainly done a lot of TV work. He’s also modeled for big names, like Gucci, Skechers, and Tommy Hilfiger. So, his career has been very diverse, and that means he’s been able to accumulate wealth from many different sources. If we add to that his new movie, then Murray has nothing to worry about, even if he is reportedly not involved in the revival of the show that made him famous, One Tree Hill.
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He is, however, set to reprise his role in Freaky Friday 2, the sequel to the Lindsay Lohan and Jamie Lee Curtis body switch comedy. Whether Murray ends up going back to his One Tree Hill roots or not, it’s clear he’s doing well for himself and at a point in his career where he can choose his roles.
But what is Chad Michael Murray’s net worth? How much did he make for The Merry Gentlemen? Here’s everything we know.
Chad Michael Murray’s net worth and how much he makes
According to Celebrity Net Worth, Chad Michael Murray is worth around $4 million dollars. This is pretty much in line with the net worth of some other stars from recent Netflix Christmas movies, like Lacey Chabert and Dustin Milligan. It is even a little higher than Lindsay Lohan‘s reported net worth of $2 million, though Lohan is married to someone whose net worth is somewhere around $100 million, so there’s no competition there.
A good chunk of this is from his acting roles, which include the movies and shows mentioned above, but also roles in movies like House of Wax, Home of the Brave, American Boogeyman, and Fruitvale Station. Murray also appeared on Marvel’s Agent Carter and CW drama Riverdale.
The actor has done his share of holiday movies, as well, starring in the ABC Family Original movie Christmas Cupid and the Hallmark Christmas movies Five Cards for Christmas, Write Before Christmas, Too Close for Christmas, and Love in Winterland. It is unknown how much he was paid for these, but top-line Hallmark talents can earn up to 65,000.00 per movie.
Netflix also doesn’t disclose exactly how much actors earn for their movies, but it’s reported to be at least 80,000.00. So, if we put that together with his earnings as a model, that all contributes to Murray’s net worth and explains the number.
He has also been a spokesperson for different brands, including MasterCard, K-Mart, Cingular Wireless, and Chevy Cobalt. These kinds of brand deals are often very lucrative for actors, particularly if done after a big project. There are no specific reports on how much Murray made for each of them, but they go a long way toward explaining his net worth nonetheless.
The last piece of the puzzle for Murray is his two books: Everlast, which he released in 2011, and American Drifter: An Exhilarating Tale of Love and Murder, which he co-wrote with novelist Heather Graham.
