It’s ironic that an actor who played Steve Jobs in a movie and replaced the former highest-paid TV actor tops the Forbes list this year. Yes, according to Forbes, Ashton Kutcher of Two and a Half Men, is the highest-paid TV actor for 2013 with compensation of $24 million. Series co-star Jon Cryer was a close second at $21 million.
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How I Met Your Mother
and hosting several awards shows earned Neil Patrick Harris $14 million. Continued popularity of NCIS also earns star Mark Harmon $15 million.
For a tenth season on Grey’s Anatomy, Patrick Dempsey earned $13 million. Tim Allen’s new sitcom, Last Man Standing, earned him $11 million. Angus T. Jones, better known as Jake on Two and a Half Men, joins costars on the list at $11 million.
Dexter’s Michael C. Hall makes the list at $10 million. And Charlie Sheen, formerly topping the list for a few years at up to $40 million, still hung on at $10 million for his show, Anger Management.