Jon Cryer is actually the only actor on the show to have appeared in every single episode. Jon Cryer certainly earned his fame and fortune from playing , and there's no doubt why his salary increased substantially over the years. It's unclear exactly how much Jon Cryer was making in the first seasons of the show, but during the middle seasons as part of the cast, the actor was raking in about $550,000 per episode. In the final few seasons with Ashton Kutcher, Cryer's pay was bumped up to $620,000 per episode (via
Ashton Kutcher replaced Charlie Sheen on the show when Sheen and , and it turned out to be extremely lucrative for Kutcher. Kutcher ended up being one of the highest-paid actors on television when he joined the set of this hit sitcom as Walden Schmidt, as he was making $700,000 per episode (via ). However, unlike the rest of the cast, Kutcher never actually got a raise, though he joined the series on an already huge salary, and he only starred in four seasons of the show compared to Cryer's 12 seasons.
Charlie Sheen had been making hundreds of thousands of episodes since the very first episode of . Compared to other salaries, Sheen made $800,000 per episode in season one, which is more than Ashton Kutcher and Jon Cryer were making in season 12. However, nothing compares to Sheen's final season, when he was making almost 2 million dollars per episode (via ). Sheen was, not shockingly, the highest-paid television actor at the peak of his salary and time on this series.
Several supporting actors in haven't done much since. Angus T. Jones' last performance was an episode of Horace and Pete in 2016, and he's seemingly retired from acting, and Conchata Ferrell passed away in 2020. Holland Taylor has continued her successful TV run, featuring in the crime drama and the AppleTV+ series . Melanie Lynskey has had huge success starring in two seasons of the popular with a third season greenlit, and she makes $125,000 per episode (via ). Marin Hinkle has also been successful following , starring in the popular series .
