Dax Shepard Net Worth: Parenthood star’s fortune explored as he claims to be among lowest paid actor’s on show

Recently, Dax Shepard, American actor, comedian, and podcast host talked about his experience at the set of their series, Parenthood. In an episode of his podcast, Armchair Expert, Shepard shared that he was one of the lowest-paid actors on the show, People Magazine reported. The podcast featured his former co-star, Lauren Graham, as the guest.

Dax Shepard is an American actor comedian, and podcast host familiar to many through the 2003 hidden camera prank show, Punk'd, and Zathura: A Space Adventure. Celebrity Net Worth reports the actor's net worth at $60 Million, which they state is a combined net worth with his wife, actress Kristen Bell.

As reported by People Magazine, on March 10, 2025, in an episode of Shepard's Armchair Expert podcast, he spoke about how the cast's discussion process for getting the series crew a gift:

"“You know, we would cumulatively chip in on whatever we were getting the crew and the amount of emails that would go back and forth to decide whether we're getting this mug or this f---ing [gift] ...it was impossible...I know I was making among the lowest of all the actors...I was kinda like get them a mug, man."

He further shared that in almost every job he worked on before Parenthood, he 'made it a point' to find out what everyone was earning, but he decided to not do the same for Parenthood and was very happy on the set because of this decision:

"I went into Parenthood going, ‘I’m purposely gonna not find out,’ and I was so happy on the show...“I was like, ‘If I find out Jabbar’s making twice as much as me, how can I enjoy going to work?’"

The actor concluded by saying:

“That was the first time I ever broke that habit. Boy, was it a blessing.”

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More about Dax Shepard and his fortune

Dax Shepard was born on January 2, 1975, in Michigan. He graduated from UCLA with a degree in Anthropology. Dax Shepard rose to fame via his role in the 2003 practical-joke reality show Punk'd and later he appeared in many roles and even shared the screen with his now-wife Kristen Bell in When in Rome (2010). He married Kristen Bell in 2013 and the couple have two kids.

Coming to his other business ventures, he has a podcast called, Armchair Expert, which premiered in 2018 and is co-hosted by Monica Padman. According to reports, he signed a $80 million deal with Amazon in 2024 to bring the podcast to Amazon's Wondery Platform.

In 2019, Dax Shepard also started a baby product brand, Hello Bello, with his wife, Kristen Bell, but unfortunately, in 2023, they had to file for bankruptcy with $100 million in liabilities. In 2023, amidst the Hollywood writer's and actor's strike, he reportedly shared in his podcast that he had a new fear of going broke, but admitted that his fears were "so foundationless it’s preposterous".