Ed Speleers Net Worth

What Is Ed Speleers' Net Worth?

Ed Speleers is an English actor and producer who has a net worth of $4 million. Ed Speleers' acting career began in 2006 when he played the title character in the movie "Eragon." He is also known for roles such as James "Jimmy" Kent on the ITV historical drama "Downton Abbey" (2012–2014), Stephen Bonnet on the Starz historical fantasy series "Outlander" (2018–2020), Rhys Montrose on the Netflix psychological thriller "You" (2023), and Jack Crusher on the Paramount+ science-fiction series "Star Trek: Picard" (2023). Speleers has more than 30 acting credits to his name, including the films "A Lonely Place to Die" (2011), "Howl" (2015), "Alice Through the Looking Glass" (2016), "Breathe" (2017), and "The House That Jack Built" (2018) and the television series "Echo Beach" (2008), "Wolf Hall" (2015), and "Beowulf: Return to the Shieldlands" (2016). Ed has also produced the short films "Wale" (2018), "Dad Was" (2020), and "Pylon" (2023).

Early Life

Ed Speleers was born Edward John Speleers on April 7, 1988, in Chichester, West Sussex, England. When Ed was three years old, his parents divorced. His mother subsequently lived in Spain, and his father lived in London. Speleers has two older half-brothers, and he has Belgian heritage. During his youth, he appeared in school productions of the Shakespeare plays "Richard III" and "A Midsummer Night's Dream." Ed attended Sussex's Eastbourne College, and a play he wrote, "Retribution," was performed there. He graduated in 2006. Speleers didn't attend drama school, and in 2016, he told Interview magazine, "I've got a massive chip on my shoulder about that… Coming from England, it's a tradition. It's less and less so now; there are a lot of great young actors coming out of England who have maybe not gone to drama school, but I wish I had. What I like doing these days is spending more time with coaches because I think it's important to work on yourself. If you aren't going to work for a bit, if you're going to choose not to take a job for a few months, you need to work on your own—and I don't want to use this term—craft."

Career

Speleers made his film debut in 2006's "Eragon," which was loosely based on the 2002 Christopher Paolini novel of the same name. The film's cast included Jeremy Irons, Djimon Hounsou, Rachel Weisz, and John Malkovich, and it grossed $250.4 million at the box office and earned Ed a Saturn Award nomination. In 2008, he appeared as himself in four episodes of the ITV series "Moving Wallpaper" and starred as Jimmy Penwarden on the ITV soap opera "Echo Beach." Speleers guest-starred on "Jirō Shirasu: Man of Honour" in 2009 and appeared in the TV movie "Witchville" in 2010. Next, he starred in the 2011 action-thriller "A Lonely Place to Die" and the 2012 comedy-horror film "Love Bite." From 2012 to 2014, Ed played James "Jimmy" Kent on the ITV soap opera "Downton Abbey." He co-starred with Alfie Allen and Will Poulter in the 2014 film "Plastic," and in 2015, he appeared in the films "Howl" and "Remainder" and played Edward Seymour, 1st Duke of Somerset, on the BBC Two series "Wolf Hall" and Carl Denim on the BBC One series "Agatha Christie's Partners in Crime."

In 2016, Speleers co-starred with Johnny Depp, Anne Hathaway, Mia Wasikowska, Rhys Ifans, Helena Bonham Carter, Sacha Baron Cohen, and Alan Rickman in Disney's "Alice Through the Looking Glass." The film brought in $299.5 million at the box office and received a People's Choice Award nomination for Favorite Family Movie. That year Ed also starred as Slean on the ITV epic fantasy series "Beowulf: Return to the Shieldlands." He then appeared in the films "Breathe" (2017), "The House That Jack Built" (2018), "Zoo" (2018), and "For Love or Money" (2019). From 2018 to 2020, Speleers played Stephen Bonnet on the Starz historical fantasy "Outlander," which is based on a book series by Diana Gabaldon. In 2022, he co-starred with Nikolaj Coster-Waldau in the survival film "Against the Ice," and in 2023, he played Rhys Montrose in the fourth season of the Netflix series "You" and Jack Crusher in the third season of the Paramount+ science-fiction series "Star Trek: Picard." In 2024, Ed appeared in the films "Irish Wish" and "Midas Man," and he guest-starred on "The Famous Five." He has also starred in several short films, such as "Deathless" (2010), "The Ride" (2011), "Turncoat" (2013), "Deadline" (2024), and "Fudge Sundae" (2025), and in 2020, he narrated the Charles Dickens audiobook "David Copperfield." In March 2025, it was announced that Speleers had been cast in the four-part ITVX drama "The Lady."

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Personal Life

Ed and his wife, Asia Macey, have two children. Speleers is a fan of the Tottenham Hotspur Football Club. In 2010, he was named the first ambassador for the charity YouthNet, and he said of the honor, "I'm really enthusiastic about supporting YouthNet, because like the majority of young people, I couldn't imagine life without the internet. Online is a great place to find guidance when you need it, but it's really important for young people to find the right advice, which is why TheSite.org is invaluable, and why I want to help make sure it's there for years to come."

Awards and Nominations

In 2015, Speleers and his "Downton Abbey" co-stars won a Screen Actors Guild Award for Outstanding Performance by an Ensemble in a Drama Series. In 2019, "Wale" earned a BAFTA Award nomination for Best Short Film. Ed has received three Saturn Award nominations from the Academy of Science Fiction, Fantasy & Horror Films: Best Performance by a Younger Actor for "Eragon" (2007), Best Guest Performance in a Television Series for "Outlander" (2019), and Best Supporting Actor in a Television Series for "Star Trek: Picard" (2024). In 2023, Speleers earned a National Film Award UK nomination for Best Supporting Actor in a TV Series for "You."

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