Antony Starr Net Worth (Updated 2023)

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What is Antony Starr Net Worth?

Antony Starr is a well-known actor from New Zealand who has a net worth of $2 million as of 2023. He rose to fame after playing the role of Homelander in Amazon Prime Video’s original popular series titled The Boys.

He may be a bleach blonde, an all-American superhero in the hit Amazon series The Boys, but it may amaze fans to know that actor Antony is truly a natural brunette from New Zealand. Dying his hair is just one of the multiple ways that Antony goes all-in to portray his role as Homelander on the series, a corrupt and strong crusader whose ego is only compared by his rash violence.

Despite this character doing his breakout role in the United States but Antony has been acting consistently for more than 20 years in the film and TV industry, starting off his professional career with a renowned show in his homeland, anchored by a Cinemax cult-action drama, and much more.

Along with this, Starr is also popular in the country for his dual role as twins Jethro and Van West in the super hit comedy series “Outrageous Fortune” and “Billy New wood in Without a Paddle”, for which he garnered a lot of fame. The actor gained further recognition for his appearance on Banshee season four where he portrayed a series lead, Lucas Hood.

Net Worth 2023:

Name	Anotny Starr
Net Worth	$2 Million
Age	46 years old
Date of Birth	October 25, 1975
Annual Salary	$400,000
Profession	Actor
Gender	Male
Zodiac Sign	Scorpio

Early Life:

Antony Starr was born on the 25th of October 1975, in Wellington, New Zealand. He had a normal upbringing in his home country and according to Starr, he was always active. He enjoyed spending his days surfing and practicing martial arts. Antony also stated that he did martial arts and karate for about eight years while growing up.

At the age of 15, he also had a job at a supermarket, but he left that shortly after he began his acting career. His first acting gig was in the popular series Xena: Warrior Princess which aired from 1995 to 2001. In this show, he played a minor role and the production of the series largely took place in his native New Zealand which helped him land some work.

Later on, when Antony was 21 years old he guest-starred again on Xena as the biblical character David for an episode titled The Giant Killer. Around this time his co-star Lucy Lawless tried to be encouraging about his skills. Unfortunately after his roles in Xena: Warrior Princess in 1995 and 1996 Antony didn’t have another acting credit until 2000 with the series called Street Legal.

Career:

In 2001 Antony was cast in the television series Mercy Peak for the recurring role of Todd Van der Velter, a guest role he maintained throughout the series’s three seasons. He also snagged the character in the soap opera Shortland Street in which he appeared as Stratford Wilson for several weeks. However, Antony declared that he didn’t like the quick pace of the series and throughout the performance suffered due to it.

In 2004 Antony made his film debut with the role of Gareth in the New Zealand film In My Father’s Den. But he didn’t have small but notable roles in widely released movies including 2004s Without a Paddle, and 2005s The World’s Fastest Indian.

Starr played Billy Newwood the Fairless friend of Jerry, Seth Green, and Tom Dax, among others in the film Without a Padel.

The 2005s film The World’s Fastest Indian is a bio movie about the New Zealand speed bike racer Burt Munro, who’s played by A-lister Anthony Hopkins. Despite Starr not having a major role, he enjoyed working around Hopkins.

While Antony was appearing in several New Zealand TV series around this time it was in 2005 however with the crime drama titled Outrageous Fortune in which Starr earned overnight success in his native country.

This series was about a crime family trying to go straight and Antony portrayed a dual character of twin brothers Jethro West and Van West, the first one is an educated businessman and the second is a scattered criminal.

The popular show ran for 6 seasons and was such a massive hit. On top of that, the show won more than 50 Awards throughout its run including Antony won some of his own for Best Actor. During the production of the show Outrageous Fortune, Starr juggled filming in a 2006 film called No. 2 and also acted on a collaborative short movie with some friends.

Starr also appeared in two theater productions including Closer at Auckland’s Silo Theatre and Se# with Strangers. While he was experiencing a lot of fame and success in Australia and New Zealand but he slowly began auditioning for roles in the American film industry.

Antony immediately fell in love with the action-drama series climax entitled Banshee and he got an opportunity to play the lead role in the hit series.

In this popular series Banshee, Antony played an unnamed criminal who after serving 15 years in jail for stealing diamond lover Anna, settles in the town of Banshee, Pennsylvania.

In this, Starr played the role of Lucas Hood and it premiered in 2013 and ran for four-season being critically acclaimed. Banshee’s fourth and final season started in 2016 and that same year Antony portrayed the main character Garrett Hawthorne in the mystery drama series American Gothic.

In 2018 it was announced that Starr will be cast for the main role of John / Homelander in the Amazon Studio’s adaptation series of The Boys comic book series.

In 2019 season one of the series came out and season two followed in 2020 with the latest season three being released in June of 2023. His role as John / Homelander became the biggest breakthrough role of his career.

Aside from the latest season of The Boys he also starred in some other TV shows including Aunty Donna’s Big Ol’ House of Fun, The Boys Presents: Diabolical, and many others.

Awards and Achievements:

Antony Starr began working in the New Zealand entertainment industry in the early 90s and the actor won several awards such as Air New Zealand Screen Awards, and Qantas Film and Television Awards, for his performance in Outrageous Fortune.

He also won the 2012s Film Critics Circle of Australia Awards and Australian Academy of Cinema and Television Arts Awards, for Wish You Were Here.

His outstanding performance in the hit series The Boys earned him Critics’ Choice Super Awards for Best Actor in a Superhero Series and Critics’ Choice Super Awards in the category of Best Villain in a Series in 2021.