Laurence Tureaud was born on 21 May 1952, in Chicago, Illinois USA, one of 12 children to a church minister. As Mr. T he is one of the most famous actors in the film industry. I doubt that there is a person that has not seen a movie with Mr. T in it, with some of the most famous including “Rocky III”, “The A-Team”, “Freaked”, and “Spy Hard”.
So how rich is Mr. T? It is estimated that Mr. T’s net worth is $1.5 million. The main source of this sum of money, is, of course, his acting career. In addition to this, Mr. T has also worked as a bouncer and bodyguard. What is more, he has released several albums. All additional activities also made Mr. T’s net worth higher. We can see that Mr. T is a very active and talented personality, who is still continuing his career and remains very famous among his fans.
Mr. T Net Worth $1.5 Million
Mr. T studied at the Dunbar Vocational High School, where he showed interest in different sports. He then registered at Prairie View A&M University, but didn’t graduate, instead enlisting in the United States Army, after which he began working as a bouncer, which was the start of Mr. T’s net worth growth especially as he then became a bodyguard, including to famous people such as Diana Ross, Michael Jackson, Leon Spinks, Muhammad Ali and others. This change in his career had a huge influence on the growth of Mr. T’s net worth, but it also required a lot of patience and determination.
In 1982 Mr. T began his acting career. One of his first roles was in the movie called “Rocky III”, where he had an opportunity to work with Sylvester Stallone, Burt Young, Talia Shire and others. One year later Mr. T began acting in one of his most famous shows on TV, called “The A –Team”. This show gained a lot of success and acclaim in the industry and it was one of the main sources of Mr. T’s net worth.
During his career, Mr. T has appeared in over 40 films and TV shows. He has been nominated for Razzie Award and TV Land Award and has won the People’s Choice Award. Although there are not so many prestigious awards in this list, we can still admit that Mr. T is a really well known actor, whose talent and quite unusual looks HAS gained him the attention of many fans all over the world.
In addition to all the activities discussed above, Mr. T was also involved in professional wrestling. The proof that he has achieved a lot in this sphere as well is that in 2014 he was included in the WWE Hall of Fame.
In his personal life, Mr. T married Phyllis Clark in 1971, but they divorced after having two children. Undoubtedly, Mr. T is a person of many talents and he would probably be able to tell many interesting stories and secrets that he became aware of during his career of having different jobs and meeting various people. Let’s hope that we will continue hearing more about Mr. T in the future and that he will soon appear in other projects.
