What Famous TV Commercial Actors Get Paid

Starting in Soaps

Mustafa started appearing in soap operas first, then he moved onto TV spots and commercials. Because of his involvement with Old Spice, Mustafa got some more acting gigs afterward. If you look close enough, you'll be able to catch him in Horrible Bosses, It Chapter Two, and the trailer of Luke Cage. By the way, this gig netted him $5 million.

The More You Know

Phil Harris of Deadliest Catch was the first person to die on a reality TV show; he suffered a stroke on his crab-fishing boat while filming.
Fred and Wilma Flinstone, of the cartoon The Flinstones, were the first married couple portrayed on television sharing a bed, in the early 1960s.
Ellen DeGeneres's sitcom Ellen was one of the first television series to feature a lesbian protagonist.
Voice actor Mel Blanc did virtually all of the voices in the animated series Looney Tunes.

Post originally appeared on Upbeat News.