‘Two and a Half Men’ Star Ashton Kutcher Remains Television’s Highest Paid Actor

Two and a Half Men star Ashton Kutcher has been named U.S. TV’s highest-paid actor for the third year in a row.

The actor earned an estimated $26 million for his work on the hit sitcom over the past 12 months, according to editors at Forbes magazine.

Kutcher’s Two and a Half Men co-star Jon Cryer follows behind in second place earning $19 million. The pair is heading into the long-running program’s 12th and final season next month.

Cryer is tied in second place with NCIS veteran Mark Harmon, while Neil Patrick Harris comes in at fourth, raking in $18 million to end his eight season run on How I Met Your Mother, which finished earlier this year.

Grey’s Anatomy hunk Patrick Dempsey and House of Cards star Kevin Spacey tie in the fifth position with $16 million.

Other actors featured on the countdown include The Big Bang Theory‘s Jim Parsons and Johnny Galecki, Harris’ co-stars Jason Segel and Josh Radnor, Tim Allen, Charlie Sheen, and newcomer on the list, Mad Men‘s Jon Hamm.

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