Mark Hamill's Shocking Net Worth and How Much He Really Made From Star Wars

It's far, far away from what Harrison Ford is working with.

Mark Hamill’s net worth has not always been worthy of a Jedi knight. The actor struggled for much of his career to shake the typecasting that came with playing the iconic role of Luke Skywalker. As a result, he was one of the only Star Wars actors who didn’t go on to have a huge post-franchise career.

However, Hamill has managed to become quite a prolific voice actor. And with his role in the expanded Star Wars universe and the sequels over the past decade, he’s managed to bring himself back into the spotlight. We need to know — how much does Luke Skywalker make?

Here is everything you need to know about Mark Hamill’s net worth in 2023.

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How did Mark Hamill become famous?

Mark Hamill started out his career with roles on television, including a recurring role on General Hospital and a short-lived leading role on the quickly canceled sitcom The Texas Wheelers. He had guest stints on many TV series like The Partridge Family and One Day at a Time in addition to leading roles in several TV movies.

However, many of us know of Hamill from his most famous role, that of Luke Skywalker in the Star Wars franchise. Hamill’s lead role in 1977’s Star Wars: A New Hope made him a household name pretty much overnight when the film turned out to be a surprise hit. He has continued to reprise the role in several sequels and even in several Star Wars universe streaming series.

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What is Mark Hamill's net worth in 2023?

As of 2023, according to Celebrity Net Worth, Mark Hamill has a net worth of $18 million. Hamill has earned this net worth mainly due to his iconic role as Luke Skywalker in the Star Wars franchise. However, people may be unaware that Hamill has been able to create a very successful career as a voice actor, with his portrayal of the Joker in Batman: The Animated Series being particularly beloved. He has also found success in theater, with roles in plays like The Elephant Man, Harrigan 'N Art, Room Service, The Nerd and Amadeus. He has also made his money as a film producer and director, writer and television producer.

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How much did Mark Hamill make for A New Hope?

For his role in the first Star Wars movie, 1977’s Star Wars: A New Hope, Mark Hamill was paid $650,000 plus a ¼ percent cut of the backend profits of the film. Because the movie is one of the most well-known of all time, that backend deal ended up being pretty lucrative. The movie had an $11 million budget. If you triple that to cover promotional costs as well and subtract it from the movie's $775.3 million global gross, the movie made $742.3 million. Hamill's portion of that would be about $1.86 million. Add that to his salary and he made about $2.5 million overall.

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How much did Mark Hamill make from The Force Awakens?

For his incredibly short cameo at the end of 2015’s Star Wars: The Force Awakens, Mark Hamill was able to earn $3 million for under five minutes of screen time. This is actually one of the biggest paydays for such a small amount of camera time ever paid to an actor.

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How much did Mark Hamill make for The Last Jedi?

It is not known how much Mark Hamill was paid for his role in 2017’s Star Wars: The Last Jedi. However, considering he was paid $3 million for an incredibly small cameo role in 2015’s The Force Awakens, it is likely he made more for his significantly larger role in this film. We can imagine he was paid in the range of $5 million to $10 million.

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How much did Mark Hamill get paid for Rise of Skywalker?

It is not public knowledge how much Mark Hamill was paid for his role in 2019’s Star Wars: The Rise of Skywalker. However, because we do know he was paid $3 million for his very short screen time in The Force Awakens, we can imagine he most likely was paid more. He may have made somewhere between $5 million and $10 million.

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How much did Mark Hamill make for The Mandalorian?

Mark Hamill has not revealed how much he was paid for his exciting and surprising re-appearance as Luke Skywalker on The Mandalorian. Considering he was paid $3 million to appear briefly in The Force Awakens, we can imagine he was paid in the high hundreds of thousands to low millions for the cameo role.

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How much did Mark Hamill get paid for Boba Fett?

Mark Hamill has remained tight-lipped about the amount of money he was paid to reprise his role of Luke Skywalker on The Book of Boba Fett. Considering he was paid $3 million for his cameo appearance in Force Awakens, it is likely he made a good amount for jumping back into the role. He was likely paid in the high hundreds of thousands to low millions for his appearance.

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Did Mark Hamill get royalties?

Mark Hamill did have a backend deal where he earned a ¼ percent cut of the backend profits of Star Wars: A New Hope in addition to his $650,000 salary. However, he did not earn royalties from the original Star Wars trilogy’s video or television releases. However, for the re-release of the original trilogy in theaters in the late ‘90s, he did earn royalties.

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Does Mark Hamill still get royalties from Star Wars?

It is not known whether Mark Hamill still gets royalties from Star Wars. For the original film, he had a deal that earned him a ¼ percent cut of the backend profits in addition to his $650,000 salary.

However, for the original trilogy, he did not receive royalties from the video or television releases. When the original trilogy was re-released into theaters in the late ‘90s, Hamill did earn royalties. Nothing more is known about the status of Hamill’s ability to receive royalties from the franchise, past or present.

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How much did Mark Hamill get paid for Star Wars?

If you want to know how much Mark Hamill was paid to star in the first Star Wars movie, A New Hope, he received $650,000 plus a ¼ percent cut of the backend profits. However, if you are wondering how much Hamill has made altogether for his involvement in the Star Wars universe, that information is not public knowledge.

Little information is available regarding Hamill’s royalty payments for playing Luke Skywalker. He did not receive any royalties from the video or television releases of the original trilogy but he did receive royalties from the theatrical re-release of the original trilogy in the late ‘90s.

We do also know he was paid $3 million to appear briefly at the end of 2015’s Star Wars: The Force Awakens. It is likely he earned millions for his role in both The Last Jedi and The Rise of Skywalker, in addition to other payments for appearances in The Mandalorian and The Book of Boba Fett. As a result, we can imagine he earned at least over $10 million for his time appearing in the Star Wars universe, likely more.

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How much did Mark Hamill get paid for The Big Bang Theory?

It has not been revealed how much Mark Hamill was paid to appear in the series finale of The Big Bang Theory.

The show’s showrunner Steve Holland had this to say about landing the cameo, “When we started talking about the wedding episode, Mark was the first name on the list. I'm a huge lifelong Star Wars fan and we started talking about fun guest stars and were making our dream list—and Mark was at the top of it. We had a rough shape of what the episode was going to be but we didn't have all the specifics."

Holland continued, "We got him on the phone and told him what our thoughts were ... He was understandably nervous about not having to commit to something, especially committing to the role he's playing without seeing a script. But he came in and talked to us for a few hours and hung out with the writers. We had a good time together and he luckily decided to trust us and take a leap of faith. He signed on without seeing word one.”

Considering Hamill was such a dream guest star for the series, we can imagine he probably was paid a good amount for his appearance. This could likely amount to a few hundred thousand dollars.

Next, find out Star Wars icon Harrison Ford's astronomical net worth.