Ian Joseph Somerhalder is an American actor. He is also a former model and director. Ian is prominent for appearing in various roles in numerous television series. Mostly, he is known for playing the role of Damon Salvatore in American supernatural series The Vampire Diaries, alongside Nina Dobrev, Paul Wesley, and Joseph Morgan.
Ian has appeared in TV dramas like Lost, Young Americans and The Rules of Attraction. With all of this, Ian has managed to make up a huge net worth. Find out his earnings from different television series and also his net worth.
On-screen vampire Damon Salvatore has an estimated net worth of $8 million as of the year 2018. His wife Nikki Reed is worth $12 million. She was worth $16 million a few years back. Together the couple has a net worth of $20 million.
According to the sources, most of Ian's earnings come up from his character of Damon in The Vampire Diaries. He was paid a whopping amount of $40,000 per episode of The Vampire Diaries. He spent eight years in the series and appeared in 171 episodes of the series.
Thus, Ian has made about $6 million alone from the series. Ian also earned considerable amount for his role in the series Lost. He also pocketed $725,000 to $1 million from his appearance in the films like The Tournament and Time Framed.
Ian is also a former teen model. With his modeling career, he was engaged in campaigns with Gucci, Nautica, Versace, and Guess. From his association with Calvin Klein and various other magazines, he has earned a huge amount.
Along with this, his endorsement deals with Audi, Chevrolet, Azzaro fragrance, Airstream, and Build of Barnwood has also made him accumulate around $360,000.
After getting married to Nikki Reed, Ian purchased Red Hot Chili Peppers drummer Chad Smith's home for $2.76 million. The house is located in Venice, California. To describe more about the house, it spreads around 2,800 sq.ft. and consists of 3 bedrooms and 3.5 bathrooms.
Before marriage, Reed lived at Hollywood Hills which she sold for $1.31 million after moving with Ian. Talking about Ian, he lived in a beach cottage in Santa Monica which he had bought in the year 2006 for $897,000. At present, he has rented his old home for $4200 on monthly basis.
Talking about Ian's cars collection, he is often seen in his Audi which is worth $65,000. His wife Reed has got three cars, two Toyotas, and a Range Rover.