The Numbers : Highest Paid Actors

In the first ever The Numbers segment of Last Resort Television, we are going to look at the highest paid actors of our first season.

10. Ezra Miller - $150,000 / episode 

• The rising star bags $150,000 per episode for his role as factory worker Otto Struber in François Ozon and Chad Taylor's Lady of the House. He stars alongside Linda Cardellini and Alfred Molina in the Monday late night show.

9.  Andy Garcia - $150,000 / episode

• The veteran actor first appeared in Miami Vice last week, but it came with a nice paycheck. He portrays the new lieutenant, Martin Castillo in the reboot of the classic television series of the same name

8. Malin Akerman : $150,000 / episode

• Akerman is slowly building a career at LRF (most people forget that she has a pair of Golden Reel nominations under her belt) and her salary for one of the lead roles on Search Here reflects it.

7. Matthew Rhys - $150,000 / episode

• The veteran television actor reportedly took a discount to star in Nez Perce in efforts to keep the show budget-friendly and to lower the gap between his salary and his Native American co-stars. 
   

6. Linda Cardellini : $165,000 / episode

• It has been reported that network executives fought hard to have Linda Cardellini be the highest-paid actor on Lady of the House, even if she's not the biggest star on the cast. Her work as femme fatale Polly Reisinger nets her $165,000, just a little bit higher than her co-stars Ezra Miller and Alfred Molina

5. Zooey Deschanel : $175,000 / episode

• It was reportedly very hard for the network to convince Zooey Deschanel to return to the world of television comedy following her lenghty stint on New Girl, but a $175,000 per episode contract was enough to cast her as Melissa Day Sharpe on Search Here.

4. Tobey Maguire - $200,000 / episode

• A fat paycheck was enough to secure the former star to take his talent to the television world after he was reportedly not sold on the idea. You can catch him Tuesday nights playing painter Marcel Barbeau alongside Rebecca Hall in Leaving Everything

3. Dan Stevens - $200,000 / episode

• The Drive star is on-demand right now and following his stint on Legion and his starring role as Victor Frankenstein in the Monster Universe, he didn't come cheap. You can catch him on Tuesday in Drive as the Driver, in an adaptation of Nicolas Winding Refn's 2011 film.

2. John Goodman - $225,000 / episode

• The veteran actor commands a large salary to have a supporting role in Search Here. His previous television weighted in the balance and so does his LRF career. With two Golden Reel nominations under his belt and starring roles in three Best Picture nominee, it comes as no surprise to see his high salary.

1. Josh Hartnett - $225,000 /episode

• The network poured a lot of money on the Oliver Stone-produced drama so it makes senses that its lead character and biggest star makes the highest salary this season.