Hugh Laurie – Actor – £34,040 per day
Stephen Fry’s comedy partner seemed to be heading down the route of playing slightly aloof ‘Oxbridge’ type characters in popular funny television shows in the UK.
Then he landed the role of a grumpy doctor in the title role of House on the Fox network. During 2011, he set a Guinness World Record as the most watched man on television and by the 8th series of the drama, he was commanding £549,000 per episode! Nice work if you can get it.