Jared Leto’s net worth
Jared Leto is an American actor and musician. He is one of the richest celebrities in America. He has a net worth of $90 million. Jared Leto first rose to fame for his portrayal of Jordan Catalano in the teenage drama My So-Called Life (1994–1995). He has starred in several notable films, including Prefontaine (1997), Fight Club (1999), Girl, Interrupted (1999), Dallas Buyers Club (2013), and Suicide Squad (2016). In 2022 Jared portrayed Adam Neumann in the Apple TV+ series We Crashed. Jared Leto has won dozens of awards for his work, including an Academy Award and Golden Globe for Dallas Buyers Club. Jared has performed lead vocals, guitar, bass, and keyboard in the band Thirty Seconds to Mars since 1998. He has a successful career in the entertainment industry.
Jared Leto’s early life and successful career
Jared Leto was born Jared Joseph Bryant on December 26, 1971, in Bossier City, Louisiana. Leto has an older brother, Shannon, a half-sister, Jamie, and 2 half-brothers, Mateo and Matthias. Leto lived in several places during his youth, including Colorado, Wyoming, and Virginia.
His mother was involved in the hippie movement and encouraged creativity in Jared and Shannon. After graduation, he originally enrolled at Philadelphia’s University of the Arts but later decided to study filmmaking at NYC’s School of Visual Arts. Jared Leto moved to Los Angeles in 1992 and got his big break 2 years later when he was cast as Jordan Catalano on ABC’s My So-Called Life. Despite critical acclaim, the network canceled the series after its first season. Jared made his big screen debut in 1995’s How to Make an American Quilt. He won praise from critics for his portrayal of runner Steve Prefontaine in 1997’s Prefontaine.
In 1998, he appeared in the horror movie Urban Legend, which grossed an impressive $72.5 million at the box office, and The Thin Red Line, which earned Jared and his casemates a Satellite Award. Leto finished out the 1990s with Fight Club and Girl Interrupted. He played a substance misuse in Requiem for a Dream and met a grisly end in American Psycho.
In 2002, Jared played a villain in “Panic Room,” which grossed $196.4 million worldwide. He earned positive reviews for his portrayal of Mark David Chapman in 2007’s Chapter 27, a role in which he gained nearly 70 pounds (resulting in gout). After 2009’s Mr. Nobody. Leto took a break from acting to focus on his band, and his first film in 5 years, Dallas Buyers Club, earned him the best reviews of his career, as well as several awards and nominations.
In 2016, he played the Joker in Suicide Squad, and the following year, he appeared as villain Niander Wallace in Blade Runner 2049 and the short film 2036: Nexus Dawn. Outside of his impressive acting career, Leto is also the frontman and primary songwriter for the rock band Thirty Seconds to Mars, which he started with his brother Shannon in 1998.
