Highest paid TV drama actor per episode

Who: Kiefer Sutherland
What: 555555 US dollar(s)
Where: United States
When: April 2006

The highest paid actor in a TV drama series is Kiefer Sutherland (Canada), whose contract with FOX (USA), signed in April 2006, will earn him $40 million (then £22.4 million) for playing the lead character of Jack Bauer through series 7,8,9 of 24 until May 2009 - that is approximately $555,555 (then £311,110) per episode. Shot in real time, each episode of the crime thriller covers one hour in the day of Federal Agent Jack Bauer's life. http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Kiefer_Sutherland
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