How rich is Terry Crews? America’s Got Talent host’s net worth explored

Terry Crews is popularly known for playing Terry Jeffords in Brooklyn Nine-Nine. He has also worked on famous projects, with memorable roles like Julius Rock from Everybody Hates Chris and Latrell Spencer in White Chicks.

According to Celebrity Net Worth, Terry Crews's net worth is estimated at $25 million. Crews once played NFL football, but he admitted that he made very little money during his NFL career.

Crews reportedly makes $60,000 per episode as host for America’s Got Talent, and depending on the number of episodes, the salary can be around $1.5 million per season.

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Terry Crews' Career

Terrance Alan Crews grew up in Flint, Michigan. He played flute for eight years before he started his football career as a linebacker. He went to Western Michigan University on an art scholarship, where he tried for his football team. In 1991, Crews was drafted to the Los Angeles Rams. He played for six different teams over five years.

During his stint with the Green Bay Packers, he reportedly earned only $150 per week. On the July 24, 2023 episode of Dax Shepard's Armchair Expert podcast, Crews revealed that he would have made more money at McDonald's. Crews reportedly used to make portraits of his NFL team members and sell them for $5,000 apiece.

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Acting and Reality TV Career

After ending his NFL career, Terry Crews hoped to be an actor and moved to Los Angeles. He mostly appeared in music videos and commercials before he got his big break, Friday After Next, alongside Ice Cube.

Later, in 2004, Terry Crews starred in the comedy White Chicks and grabbed a role in The Longest Yard with Adam Sandler. He was establishing himself and growing in the business, working on different projects.

This led him to a long-time role in the sitcom Everybody Hates Chris, where he played Julius Rock. From 2010 to 2013, he played the lead character in the sitcom Are We There Yet? He also got his reality show, The Family Crews, which explored the daily lives of him and his family.

Crews then took on his well-recognized role of Terry Jeffords in Brooklyn Nine-Nine and played the character for eight seasons. In an interview with Paste Magazine in 2015, he talked about the show and how his character was basically him in real life.

"It’s me. They [the Brooklyn Nine-Nine writers] named the character Terry because it is me. They take things from my real life, and they put it right into the episodes. I’ll tell them stories and three episodes later, it’s in the episode. It’s really cool."

Crews' resume also includes work in films. He has worked in movies like The Expendables and Deadpool 2. He is also a voice actor and gave his voice to multiple characters in The Boondocks. He voiced Earl Devereaux in Cloudy with a Chance of Meatballs 2 and Captain Melanoff in The Willoughbys.

Terry Crews has hosted several shows besides America's Got Talent. He hosted Who Wants to Be a Millionaire and the Netflix series Ultimate Beastmaster. He joined America's Got Talent as a host in 2019 and is still a part of the show.

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Terry Crews has been married to Rebecca King Crews since 1989. The pair live with their five children, Naomi, Azriel, Isaiah, Wynfrey, and Tera.