Which gay, lesbian, or bisexual actors and singers are A-listers according to their net worth?

Ian McKellen is worth $ 55 million dollars, not 50 million, sorry.

Neil Patrick Harris?

Ricky Martin was a singer, not an actor. There are other very wealthy gay singers.

- Richard Madden: $ 6 million + Froy's burrito

Elton John, George Michael, Prince etc

r2 Oh, I'd forgotten about him. He's worth $ 40 million dollars, so a B+ lister according to my criterion - which now seems to be a bit stringent to me.

r3 As said in the title, the list is for actors AND singers.

So R6, what about Elton John? You’re just making shit up.

r3 Ricky was and is an actor too

Lady Gaga, Boy George, David Bowie, Miley Cyrus...there are tons of LGBTQ+ singers.

r7 I forgot about him. 🤷‍♂️ My list isn't supposed to be exhaustive, which is why the title - "which gay actors and singers are A-listers?" - is framed as a question. Because I knew there would be more.

Lady Gaga: $275 million. Although I don't buy that she's actually bisexual.

RuPaul

Rosie O’Donnell’s net worth $120M

Updated list:

- Lady Gaga: $ 275 million

- Miley Cyrus: $ 160 million

- Ricky Martin: $ 120 million

- Rosie O’Donnell: $120M

- Kristen Stewart: $ 70 million

- RuPaul: $ 60 million

- Ian McKellen: $ 55 million

I'm not including dead people.

Also, Kevin Spacey is worth $100 million...

Elton is the wealthiest so far: $ 500 million.

Jane Lynch, Jodie Foster, Zachary Quinto, Robin Roberts, Jim Parsons, Raven Symone, Maria Bello, Sarah Paulson, Cynthia Nixon, Adam Lambert, Holland Taylor, Sara Gilbert, Portia de Rossi, Lily Tomlin, Jesse Tyler Ferguson, Barry Manilow, George Takei, Sean Hayes...

Ellen has done more acting than Ricky Martin

Kevin McHale can't be worth 16 million. Just from Glee? Nah.

Clooney is worth 500M

What site are you using for net worth? There are a lot of them and they all estimate different amounts

r19 I just google, "Actor Name Net Worth", and adopt the first result that comes up. 🤷‍♂️

R20 / OP you’re not into solid methodologies for your analysis are you?

Fergie, Frank Ocean, Melissa Ethridge

r16 Only a few of those qualify as A-lister according to our criterion. They're in bold below:

Jane Lynch - 16M

[bold]Jodie Foster - 100M[/bold]

Zachary Quinto - 14M

Robin Roberts - Not an actor or a singer

[bold]Jim Parsons - 100M (!)[/bold]

Maria Bello - 12M

[bold]Raven Symone - $ 55M

Cynthia Nixon - 60M[/bold]

Adam Lambert - 20M

Holland Taylor - 18M

Sara Gilbert - 35M

[bold]Portia de Rossi - 50M [/bold]

Lily Tomlin - 15M

Jesse Tyler Ferguson - 20M

[bold]Barry Manilow - 100M[/bold]

George Takei - 12M (that all?)

Sean Hayes - 18M

Updated list:

- Elton John: $ 500 million

- Lady Gaga: $ 275 million

- Miley Cyrus: $ 160 million

- Ricky Martin: $ 120 million

- Rosie O’Donnell: $120 million

- Barry Manilow: $ 100 million

- Kevin Spacey: $100 million

- Jim Parsons: $100 million

- Jodie Foster: $100 million

- Kristen Stewart: $ 70 million

- Cynthia Nixon: $ 60 million

- RuPaul: $ 60 million

- Ian McKellen: $ 55 million

- Raven Symone - $ 55 million

- Portia de Rossi - $ 50 million

[quote]Fergie, Frank Ocean, Melissa Ethridge

They're all B-listers.

A-List celebrity isn’t exactly synonymous with wealthiest celebrity. I think it has more to do with influence and presence rather than solely having vast sums of money.

I’m with R17 - how can Kevin McGale be worth $16 million?1

See - he’s so inconsequential I can’t even spell his name right.

Now, ALAN HALE (both senior and junior) - them I can spell.

john travolta 180 miillion

Dolly would be up there if she were out.

r29 Closeted people don't count, as they add nothing to LGB visibility.

The site I looked on had both Neil Patrick Harris and Melissa Ethridge at $50 million

Pete Townsend: $ 150 million

Lesbians or I guess women who sleep with women are always in the best comedies.

Portia De Rossi

Jane Lynch

Lily Tomlin

r32 Yes, I googled it now, and it does show up as $ 50 million for NPH. Maybe I misperceived it before. But Melissa is still at $ 25 million.

Updated list:

- Elton John: $ 500 million

- Lady Gaga: $ 275 million

- Miley Cyrus: $ 160 million

- Pete Townsend: $ 150 million

- Ricky Martin: $ 120 million

- Rosie O’Donnell: $120 million

- Barry Manilow: $ 100 million

- Kevin Spacey: $100 million

- Jim Parsons: $100 million

- Jodie Foster: $100 million

- Kristen Stewart: $ 70 million

- Cynthia Nixon: $ 60 million

- RuPaul: $ 60 million

- Ian McKellen: $ 55 million

- Raven Symone - $ 55 million

- Neil Patrick Harris: $ 50 million

- Portia de Rossi - $ 50 million

Billie Joe Armstrong: $ 55 million

Mick Jagger is worth $ 360 million, but practically nobody talks about his affairs with men, so I won't include him here.

I think Jim Parsons has to be worth a lot more than $100M.

He was making over $1M per episode of TBBT for years, and that doesn’t include syndication, his work on Young Sheldon, a bunch of movies, etc.

Out of curiosity, I googled what T. Chalamet is worth: to my surprise, only $ 6 million; he is in solid B-lister territory, despite his ubiquity in the media.

But it makes sense: he only came to be really known after CMBYN, which was successful as far as expectations go for an independent film, but nothing more. Even today, Chalamet has never been in a very popular production; the closest he got with his movies was "Little Women".

Do people really think the figures from celebrity networth and shit are real? They are not. Forbes tries to be better at it, but most sites its just some guesstimate that is often very off.

R9, now everyone is LGBT+, it renders it all meaningless

R38 he only became known in 2017. Give him time, you are trying to compare him to people like Elton or Ricky who have been around for several years or even several decades.

R38 besides, Tim is not gay

r42 Which is why I said I only googled him, "Out of curiosity".

Gosh, why am I scrambling for voice over work and trying to crib together enough cash for my share of rent when I have so much money?

Since when is Richard Madden out? And as what?

R30 Dolly isn't gay.

Ricky Martin isn't worth anywhere near $120 million. A more reliable site has him at $60 million. His music hasn't been big since the 1990s, and even then he only had one big hit in the US. His music career was over when he came out as gay.

Jim Parsons is worth $160 million.

What about Matt Bomer?

Marc Jacobs?

David Geffen

Oh yes, David, He's a trillionaire by now, no?

Ryan Murphy?

Greg Berlanti?

R48, forget at about Matt. I doubt he earns more then his partner Simon Halls

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Updated list:

- Elton John: $ 500 million

- Ellen DeGeneres: $ 330 million

- Lady Gaga: $ 275 million

- Miley Cyrus: $ 160 million

- Pete Townsend: $ 150 million

- Ricky Martin: $ 120 million

- Rosie O’Donnell: $120 million

- Barry Manilow: $ 100 million

- Kevin Spacey: $100 million

- Jim Parsons: $100 million

- Jodie Foster: $100 million

- Kristen Stewart: $ 70 million

- Cynthia Nixon: $ 60 million

- RuPaul: $ 60 million

- Billie Joe Armstrong: $ 55 million

- Ian McKellen: $ 55 million

- Raven Symone: $ 55 million

- Neil Patrick Harris: $ 50 million

- Portia de Rossi: $ 50 million

R38 He never was in a real hit film. He and Lucas Hedges had a lot of recognition becasue they were nominated to awards being very young and are praised for their acting but they didn't have any big commercial success.

Other young actors (Tom Holland is a perfect example) probably have way bigger net worth, but in the long run name recognition can keep you working for years and sometimes blockbusters (specially if they are of the superhero kind) don't translate in the actor being popular when he is not playing that character.

Anway, noone of them is gay so it doesn't matter for this type of list

I don't think having roommates puts Richard Madden on the list, OP.

Raven, Cynthia and Portia are not A-List. A-List means you get projects greenlit, and retreads of "That's So Raven" don't count...

R58 But he loves his roommates (for a short period of time)

[Quote] But he loves his roommates (for a short period of time)

That's because he stick it to them in a thorough interview process.

What about Sandra?

R62 Sandra who?

Fredrik Eklund - $30 million

If you count gay porn as "acting", and FE certainly is an "A-list" gay.

Those sites estimating a famous persons wealth are full of shit. When Gloria Vanderbilt died everyone had her as being worth $200, 000, 000 upwards, when they released her will, her entire estate including her apartment was worth $800,000!

Steve Grand was recently making fun of these sites r65.

Their numbers are bullshit.

Forgot link

[quote]Ricky Martin isn't worth anywhere near $120 million. A more reliable site has him at $60 million. His music hasn't been big since the 1990s, and even then he only had one big hit in the US. His music career was over when he came out as gay.

$60M or $120M, I wouldn't know, but to imply that he's a washed up has-been seems a little off the mark.

Not sure that Ricky Martin needs a hit song in the U.S., like a lot of music acts he has made his money in concerts and established an audience, who, if other acts are any judge, will push out with their walkers and oxygen tanks for as long as he performs. The Rolling Stones had not had a hit in 8 years until they had one this year; Elton John hasn't had a hit since 2003. Yet both mint money with the whisper of a possible tour. Silly as it is he can probably ride "She Bangs" and "Shake Your Bon-Bon" and the catalogue of equally silly songs for a very long time. Taste doesn't grow up with the man as anyone who has ever seen photos from a Grateful Dead concert can attest. Even if his audiences are much smaller than those for the Rolling Stones or Elton John, even if —as you suggest—he has lost audience numbers since coming out a decade ago, he continues to do tours and sell seats (including 100,000 at one concert in Mexico City.) The world doesn't necessarily stop when someone stops having U.S. hits—or confirms that he's gay.

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R3, Read thread title.

There's like a handful of A- celebrities in the world. And how many of them are LGBT? Why limit the list to just A- celebs? It's bound to be a very short list

Miss David Geffen could buy and sell them all - he's worth 7.7 Billion.

I'm surprised Lilly is so poor! David should give her a few million.

Caitlyn Jenner. 100M.

Caitlyn is a straight man, though.

R3, Ricky Martin has acted in commercials, Mexican telenovelas, the TV soap opera "General Hospital," on Broadway in "Les Miserables" and "Evita," in music videos, and in the recent miniseries "The Assassination of Gianni Versace."

And he certainly acted for years with Rebecca D'Alba!

Pia Zadora

Charlize Theron admitted to being with women. So she's out as bi. As is Gillian Anderson

Raven seems like a stretch at 50M. I would bet Ryan Murphy would be at the top of the list.

R65, you're very naive if you think wills and declared estate worths tell the story of wealth. I'm surprised her house as an asset would have been listed separately, but everything else, even among middle-class people with any sense, is nested within trusts where taxes can't get at it in the same way.

Duh.

I'm the OP, but I'd forgotten about this thread! It would be interesting to see if people have interesting suggestions to add to the list, since many have come out since one year ago.

Ryan is not an actor or a singer, r78, but he's a good addition - directors inhabit the same eco-system as actors after all, so I think it's fair to include them and perhaps some types of producer in the list.

Here's where Ryan would be in the list -- he's in it, but not on top!

- Elton John: $ 500 million

- Ellen DeGeneres: $ 370 million

- Lady Gaga: $ 320 million

- Jim Parsons: $160 million

- Miley Cyrus: $ 160 million

- Pete Townsend: $ 150 million

[bold]- Ryan Murphy: $ 150 million[/bold]

- Ricky Martin: $ 120 million

- Rosie O’Donnell: $120 million

- Barry Manilow: $ 100 million

- Kevin Spacey: $100 million

- Jodie Foster: $100 million

- Billie Joe Armstrong: $ 75 million

- Kristen Stewart: $ 70 million

- Ian McKellen: $ 60 million

- RuPaul: $ 60 million

- Raven Symone: $ 55 million

- Neil Patrick Harris: $ 50 million

- Portia de Rossi: $ 50 million

Some of the values have been updated. So, accordingly, I took Cynthia Nixon off the list, since Google now says she's worth $ 25 million rather than $ 60 million.

R11

I don't really buy that she's an actress, either.

Queen Latifah?

r82 Good call, she's worth $ 70 million!

Lana and Lilly Wachowski have a combined net worth of $250 million.