Cheyenne Jackson Net Worth

What Is Cheyenne Jackson's Net Worth?

Cheyenne Jackson is an American actor and singer-songwriter who has a net worth of $7 million. Cheyenne Jackson has starred in Broadway productions of "Thoroughly Modern Millie" (2002–2003), "Aida" (2003), "All Shook Up" (2005), "Xanadu" (2007–2008), "Finian's Rainbow" (2009–2010), "The Performers" (2012), and "Into the Woods" (2022–2023), and he has released the albums "The Power of Two" (with Michael Feinstein, 2009), "I'm Blue, Skies" (2013), and "Renaissance" (2016). "The Power of Two" reached #15 on the Billboard Jazz Albums chart and #17 on the Billboard Heatseekers Albums chart, and "Renaissance" peaked at #9 on the Jazz Albums chart. Jackson is known for playing Danny Baker on "30 Rock" (2009–2012), Will Drake on "American Horror Story: Hotel" (2015–2016), Sidney Aaron James on "American Horror Story: Roanoke" (2016), Dr. Rudy Vincent on "American Horror Story: Cult" (2017), Caleb Covington on "Julie and the Phantoms" (2020), and Max on "Call Me Kat" (2021–2023). Cheyenne has also appeared in several films, including "United 93" (2006), "The Green" (2012), "Mutual Friends" (2013), "A Beautiful Now" (2015), "Hello Again" (2017), and "Werewolves Within" (2021). He has sold out Carnegie Hall twice: in 2010 with his "The Power of Two" concert and again the following year for "Music of the Mad Men Era."

Early Life

Cheyenne Jackson was born Cheyenne David Jackson on July 12, 1975, in Spokane, Washington. He is the son of Sherri Jackson and Vietnam veteran David Jackson, and he was named after the 1955 ABC Western series "Cheyenne." Jackson grew up with three siblings in the "teeny mill town" of Oldtown, Idaho. Sherri taught her children to sing, and she regularly played music by artists such as Joni Mitchell, Elvis Presley, Joan Baez, and Bob Dylan. During Cheyenne's childhood, his family lived in a home that had an outhouse and didn't have running water. When he was a teenager, Jackson moved to Spokane, Washington. He later worked at a magazine in Seattle as an ad executive, and he earned his Equity card doing theatre on the side. In the early 2000s, Cheyenne moved to New York City to pursue a career as an actor.

Career

Jackson made his Broadway debut in "Thoroughly Modern Millie" as the understudy for the characters Jimmy Smith and Trevor Graydon III in 2002. In 2005, he originated the leading role of Chad in "All Shook Up" on Broadway, and the following year,  he appeared in his first feature film, "United 93." Cheyenne guest-starred on "All My Children" (2005), "Lipstick Jungle" (2008), "Life on Mars" (2009), and "Ugly Betty" (2009), and from 2009 to 2012, he had a recurring role as Danny Baker on the Emmy-winning NBC sitcom "30 Rock." Around this time, he appeared in the films "Hysteria" (2010), "The Green" (2011), "Price Check" (2012), "Lola Versus" (2012), and "Mutual Friends" (2013), followed by "The One I Wrote for You" (2014), "Six Dance Lessons in Six Weeks" (2014), "Dragula" (2014), "Love Is Strange" (2014), "Lucky Stiff" (2014), "A Beautiful Now" (2015), "Day Out of Days" (2015), "Bear with Us" (2016), "Opening Night" (2016), and "Hello Again" (2017). Jackson guest-starred on "Law & Order" (2010), "Curb Your Enthusiasm" (2011), "Royal Pains" (2014), "CSI: Crime Scene Investigation" (2014), "American Housewife" (2016), "The Real O'Neals" (2017), "Sense8" (2017), "Modern Family" (2017), "Will & Grace" (2018), and "The Morning Show" (2019), and he had recurring roles on "Glee" (2010–2011), "Full Circle" (2013), and "Watchmen" (2019).

In 2013, Jackson co-starred with Michael Douglas and Matt Damon in the HBO movie "Behind the Candelabra," which won a Primetime Emmy for Outstanding Television Movie. Next, he made his first foray into the world of the FX anthology series "American Horror Story," playing Will Drake on "American Horror Story: Hotel" from 2015 to 2016. He went on to play Sidney Aaron James on "American Horror Story: Roanoke" (2016), Dr. Rudy Vincent on "American Horror Story: Cult" (2017), and John Henry Moore on "American Horror Story: Apocalypse" (2018). In 2018, Cheyenne had a recurring role as Greg Parker on the Paramount Network sitcom "American Woman," and in 2019, he played Hades in the Disney Channel movie "Descendants 3." In 2020, he had recurring roles as Caleb Covington on Netflix's "Julie and the Phantoms" and René on the Peacock revival of "Saved by the Bell," and he portrayed LGBT rights activist Dale Jennings in the HBO Max docuseries "Equal." The following year, Jackson appeared in the film "Werewolves Within" and the TV movie "A Clüsterfünke Christmas," and he began starring as Max on the Fox sitcom "Call Me Kat," which aired until 2023. He guest-starred on "Doctor Odyssey" in 2024, and in 2025, he appeared in the film "All There Is," which was named Best Feature Film at the Beverly Hills Film Festival and WorldFest-Houston International Film Fest.

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Personal Life

Cheyenne is gay, and he has served as the spokesperson and national ambassador for the nonprofit organization the Hetrick-Martin Institute for LGBTQIA+ Youth. He is also an international ambassador for The Foundation for AIDS Research (amfAR). In 2000, Jackson began a relationship with physicist Monte Lapka, and they married in New York City on September 3, 2011. Cheyenne and Monte divorced in 2013. In October of that year, Jackson announced on Instagram that he was in a relationship with actor Jason Landau. The couple became engaged in February 2014 and married on September 13, 2014, in Encino, California. On October 7, 2016, the couple welcomed fraternal twins Willow and Ethan into their family. In a 2023 interview with The Advocate, Jackson stated, "I always knew I wanted to be a dad, even at seven or eight years old. There really are no words to describe the love I have for my family. I miss them when I'm with them. They go to bed every night and I look at pictures of them from the day even though I just spent all day with them." Cheyenne has struggled with alcoholism throughout his life, and in 2023, he revealed that he had relapsed after a decade of sobriety.

Awards and Nominations

In 2005, "All Shook Up" earned Jackson a Drama League Award nomination for the Distinguished Performance Award, an Outer Critics Circle Award nomination for Outstanding Performance by a Lead Actor, and a Theatre World Award nomination for Outstanding Broadway Debut. In 2006, "United 93" won a Boston Society of Film Critics award for Best Ensemble Cast. In 2008, Cheyenne received a Drama League Award nomination for the Distinguished Performance Award and a Drama Desk Award nomination for Outstanding Actor in a Musical for "Xanadu," and in 2010, he was nominated in the same category at the Drama Desk Awards for "Finian's Rainbow." In 2011, he was named Best Supporting Actor for "The Green" at FilmOut San Diego. In 2015, a "West Side Story" performance with the San Francisco Symphony (in which Jackson played Tony) earned a Grammy nomination for Best Musical Theater Album. In 2016, "Bear with Us" earned Cheyenne a Best Supporting Actor award at FilmQuest and a Best Actor nomination at the Hill Country Film Festival, and Jackson and his co-stars won an Orlando Film Festival award for Best Ensemble Cast in a Feature Film. In 2021, Cheyenne earned a Daytime Emmy nomination for Outstanding Performance by a Supporting Actor in a Daytime Fiction Program for "Julie and the Phantoms," and in 2023, he was nominated for a Broadway.com Audience Choice Award for Favorite Replacement (Male) for "Into the Woods."

Real Estate

In 2017, Cheyenne paid $3.35 million for a home in the Hollywood Hills area of Los Angeles. He listed this home for sale in April 2022 for $4.45 million.

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