JUSSIE SMOLLETT: ~ $1.5 MILLION

Jussie Smollett was born in California in 1982. In 2015, he was well-known and recognized by the audience for his role as the second son of Empire. In addition to acting, he is also a singer. He is openly gay. Jussie Smollett began his acting career as a child actor in a few films, but he is remarkable for his recent performance in the drama series Empire as the black gay man, Jamal Lyon.

However, while his career in Empire was ongoing, he was involved in disorderly conduct by staging a fake hate crime in 2019. The assault charges were dropped the next month, thanks to his lawyers. But a year after, his case was further investigated and was indicted again for making false police reports. That led him to lose his job in Empire, leaving him a current net worth of $1.5 million.