11. Joe Mantegna – $125,000 per episode of Criminal Minds
Here is another one from Criminal Minds. Joe Mantegna plays FBI Supervisory Special Agent (SSA) David Rossi. He is basically the co-leader of the BAU. Some say, Rossi is too old to work on the field. Well, the actor himself is almost 70 years old.
Joe is paid $125,000 per episode. He joined the cast in 2007 to replace another lead cast, Mandy Patinkin, who decided not to return for the third season. Mandy later admitted that the show traumatized him. Um, has he gotten in too deep to his fictional character in the made-up world?
In terms of career, Joe has been in both big and small screen for a long time. In fact, he was in The Godfather Part III. This supports the earlier statement about big screen actors turning into TV.
Up until today, Joe has been in 205 episodes of Criminal Minds. And he has $18 million net worth.
