Jason Bradford Priestley was born on 28 August 1969, in Vancouver, Canada. For those who love TV series’, Jason is probably best known as Brandon Walsh, the character he played in the 1990s series “Beverly Hills 90210”. More recently, since 2010 Jason has starred in another TV series entitled “Call Me Fitz”, portraying Richard Fitzpatrick. These TV shows were two of the most watchable at their respective times, definitely adding solid sums to Jason Priestley’s net worth, as well as maintaining his popularity with audiences.
So just how rich is Jason Priestley? Recently sources have estimated that Jason’s net worth is as high as $22 million, which he has managed to accumulate during his acting career beginning in the late 1980s, and in directing films too, which also started with “Beverly Hills 90210”.
Jason Priestley Net Worth $22 Million
Probably the main reason why Jason decided to pursue a career in acting was his mom, Sharon Kirk, who was also an actress. Jason`s early performances included TV commercials. Jason first appeared in the TV series “Airwolf”, in 1987. Following that, he starred in “21 Jump Street”, and although only appearing in two episodes of the latter, the show was very popular, and definitely increased Jason Priestley’s net worth as well as his popularity. Jason then portrayed an orphan in “Sister Kate”, but only for a short time as this show had only a short run. The young American–Canadian actor has also starred in “Quantum Leap” and “MacGyver”, other popular TV shows.
As mentioned, Jason Priestley is best known for starring in “Beverly Hills 90210”, especially noticed by young girls, which really started to boost Jason ’s net worth. Priestley was even nominated twice for a Golden Globe award. Actually, “Beverly Hills 90210” involved all the activities that Jason pursues in his life, as he was not only an actor in this show, but also directed 19 episodes of it. After eight years of starring in this show, Jason had to leave the cast because he decided to move to Washington DC. Although he could not appear in the show as an actor, he still contributed to the production of “Beverly Hills 90210” as an executive producer, until the show ended in 2000. Unquestionably, the show helped Jason to gross a lot of money.
Jason then had a short break from acting, returning to the screen in 2004, when he took roles in TV shows “Tru Calling”, “Without a Trace”, and “What I Like About You”.
As for acting in movies, Jason Priestley has appeared in “Love and Death on Long Island”, “Calendar Girl”, and “Tombstone”. As a director, Jason produced a couple of music videos, including the song by Bakenaked Ladies called The Old Apartment.
Speaking of Jason Priestley’s personal life, on May 14 2005, Jason married make-up artist Naomi Lowde. In 2007 the couple had a daughter, Ava Veronica, and in 2009 a son they named Dashiell Orson.
