Net worth & personal profile
Lee MajorsNet Worth
The $15M estimate tested against Majors’s own residuals account, a 1976 pay report, four marriages, four children, one Golden Globe nomination and his 2024 Fall Guy cameo.
Lee Majors’s current net worth is not independently established. Celebrity Net Worth publishes $15 million, but its page does not show the assets, property equity, investments, taxes or liabilities needed to reproduce that figure. Majors said in a recent interview that his early television deals were not large and that he receives no rerun residuals from The Big Valley. A contemporary 1976 report described a much better Six Million Dollar Man package, including a £250,000 annual guarantee and merchandising participation, but that historical report is not a current balance sheet.
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The essentials
Celebrity Net Worth publishes $15 million but does not provide a dated schedule of cash, investments, property equity, taxes, debts or rights ownership. [1]
Majors said in a recent first-person interview that his 1960s deals were not large and that he receives no rerun residuals from The Big Valley, despite its continued circulation. [5]
A contemporary 1976 TV Times report described a £250,000 annual guarantee and 12.5% participation in bionic merchandise; the underlying contract is not public and the terms should not be projected across his career. [10]
The estimate · Pay & merchandising · Residuals · Career · Family & current status · Evidence
Lee Majors played men who looked invincible. The financial record behind those roles is much less tidy: one outside estimate, a sensational per-episode claim without a named contract, a valuable merchandising-era report and Majors’s own warning that the early deals and rerun payments were smaller than viewers assume.
This review follows the Net Worth VIP methodology. It separates a present-day wealth estimate from historic salary reports, residuals, licensing participation and gross franchise success.
01 / The estimate
$15M is an outside estimate, not a disclosed balance sheet
Celebrity Net Worth publishes $15 million. Its page provides no current inventory of cash, investments, property equity, royalties, taxes or liabilities, so the number cannot be independently reproduced.
The same page lists $50,000 per episode for The Six Million Dollar Man, then labels total earnings as $50,000. That internal mismatch is a reason to treat the salary line as unsupported until a contract, payroll record or contemporary trade report is identified.
A career spanning The Big Valley, The Six Million Dollar Man, The Fall Guy and later guest roles makes substantial lifetime earnings plausible. It does not show what Majors retained after representation, tax, spending, divorce settlements and investment results. The structured net-worth value is therefore left blank.
02 / Pay and merchandising
The strongest historical number is a 1976 report, with limits
A 1976 issue of TV Times reported that Majors secured a guaranteed £250,000 a year for five years and a 12.5% take from sales of bionic dolls, shirts and other spin-offs. It is useful contemporary evidence, but the reviewed document is a magazine report rather than the underlying agreement.
Those terms also describe one period around The Six Million Dollar Man. They do not establish how much merchandise sold, what costs or definitions applied, whether every year was completed, or how much Majors ultimately kept.
The old profile converted unsourced annual salary claims into fabricated career totals and then allocated the supposed fortune among television, film, property and investments. Those rows have been removed because none of the reviewed sources supports them.
03 / Residual reality
Famous reruns did not guarantee a continuing check
In a recent Michael Berry interview, Majors said people assume he made a fortune because of the Six Million Dollar Man title. He said the old studio deals were not very big and that he receives nothing from continuing reruns of The Big Valley.
That statement matters because residual rules, contract terms and reuse payments changed across eras and productions. A show remaining on television does not prove that a performer still receives income from it.
Majors also said convention appearances help pay the bills. Appearance income is therefore a documented modern stream, while rates, annual frequency, expenses and net proceeds remain private. This profile does not manufacture a convention-income estimate.
04 / Career record
Three defining series, one Golden Globe nomination
The Big Valley was the breakthrough: Biography reports that Majors won the role of Heath Barkley and learned on set from Barbara Stanwyck. The Six Million Dollar Man then turned the 1973 television movie into a weekly series and made Steve Austin his defining character.
The Fall Guy created another five-season lead role from 1981 to 1986. Majors played Colt Seavers, a stunt performer who supplemented his work by pursuing fugitives, and sang the series theme.
The official Golden Globes database lists one nomination, for The Six Million Dollar Man in 1977, and no win. The Hollywood Walk of Fame records his television star from 1984. The old article’s two Golden Globe wins and four Emmy nominations were unsupported and have been deleted.
05 / Family and current status
Faith Majors, four children and a 2024 return to The Fall Guy
Majors has been married four times. Biography records son Lee II from his first marriage to Kathy Robinson, a marriage to Farrah Fawcett from 1973 to 1982, and three children — Nikki and twins Dane and Trey — with Karen Velez. Farrah Fawcett and Majors had no children together.
He met Faith Cross at a dinner party in 1995, according to their Houston Chronicle interview, and they married in 2002. Current family coverage identifies Faith as his wife and Lee II, Nikki, Dane and Trey as his four children.
His most recent widely documented screen appearance is the 2024 Fall Guy film. NBC Insider reports that director David Leitch invited Majors and Heather Thomas back for a mid-credits cameo, reconnecting the remake directly to the original series. No reviewed source disclosed his cameo fee.
The evidence, with its limits
| Figure | What the evidence supports | What it does not prove |
|---|---|---|
| $15M | Celebrity Net Worth’s current outside estimate | Audited current net worth |
| $50,000 / episode | Unsourced line published by Celebrity Net Worth | Verified contract rate or career total |
| £250,000 / year | Contemporary 1976 TV Times report | Payment across every later year |
| 12.5% | Reported participation in specified bionic merchandise | Gross sales, net receipts or retained wealth |
| No Big Valley residuals | Majors’s recent first-person account | No residuals from every later production |
| 3 defining series | The Big Valley, Six Million Dollar Man and The Fall Guy | Three equal pay packages |
| 1 nomination | Official Golden Globe record | Two wins or four Emmy nominations |
| 4 children | Lee II, Nikki, Dane and Trey | A child with Farrah Fawcett |
Financial record
The money timeline
Returns in The Fall Guy filmCareerNot disclosedDetails & source
Amount and context
Not disclosed · USD
Majors and Heather Thomas appear in the mid-credits sequence.
Open source for Returns in The Fall Guy film ↗Receives a Hollywood Walk of Fame starCareerNot disclosedDetails & source
Amount and context
Not disclosed · USD
The official record places his star in the television category.
Open source for Receives a Hollywood Walk of Fame star ↗TV Times reports improved bionic-era termsClassification pending£250,000Details & source
Amount and context
£250,000 · GBP
The report also described a 12.5% take from specified merchandise sales.
Open source for TV Times reports improved bionic-era terms ↗The Six Million Dollar Man television movie airsCareerNot disclosedDetails & source
Amount and context
Not disclosed · USD
The successful television movie led to the weekly series and his defining role.
Open source for The Six Million Dollar Man television movie airs ↗The Big Valley beginsCareerNot disclosedDetails & source
Amount and context
Not disclosed · USD
Heath Barkley became Majors’s breakthrough role.
Open source for The Big Valley begins ↗Amounts describe different financial measures and retain their original currencies. They must not be added together as personal wealth. Our methodology.
Common questions
Questions, answered
What is Lee Majors’s net worth in 2026?
It is not independently established. Celebrity Net Worth publishes $15 million, but no reviewed source provides a current personal balance sheet or enough asset, tax and liability data to reproduce that figure.
How much did Lee Majors make per episode of The Six Million Dollar Man?
Celebrity Net Worth lists $50,000 per episode without naming a contract or contemporary source, and its own earnings table is internally inconsistent. A 1976 TV Times report instead described a £250,000 annual guarantee plus merchandising participation. Neither source establishes a complete career total.
Does Lee Majors receive residuals from reruns?
Majors said in a recent interview that he receives no money from continuing reruns of The Big Valley. That first-person account should not be generalized to every later production, because each contract and residual regime can differ.
Who is Lee Majors married to, and how many children does he have?
He has been married to Faith Majors since 2002; they met in 1995. He has four children: Lee II from his first marriage and Nikki, Dane and Trey from his marriage to Karen Velez. He and Farrah Fawcett had no children together.
Is Lee Majors still acting?
His latest widely documented screen role is a cameo with Heather Thomas in the 2024 film The Fall Guy. The appearance connected the Ryan Gosling film to the original five-season television series.
Follow the evidenceSources & reading15 links
- Celebrity Net Worth — Lee Majors ↗
Publishes a $15 million estimate and an isolated $50,000-per-episode career-earnings line without a reproducible balance sheet or contract source.
- Lee Majors — Golden Globes ↗
Official record: one nomination, for The Six Million Dollar Man in 1977; career chronology for his principal series.
- Hollywood Walk of Fame — Lee Majors ↗
Official star record plus birth, education, early-life and breakthrough biography.
- Biography — Lee Majors ↗
Biographical account of his upbringing, education, four marriages, four children and major television roles.
- iHeart — Talking with Lee Majors ↗
Recent first-person interview: Majors says old deals were not large, he receives no rerun residuals from The Big Valley, and convention appearances help pay bills.
- NBC Insider — The Fall Guy cameo ↗
Director David Leitch explains Majors and Heather Thomas appearing in the 2024 film; confirms the original series ran five seasons.
- Associated Press — The Fall Guy and stunt work ↗
Describes the 2024 film as based on the 1980s Lee Majors series about a stunt performer and bounty hunter.
- People via Yahoo — Lee Majors’s four children ↗
Current family overview: Lee II, Nikki, Dane and Trey; marriage to Faith Majors since 2002.
- Houston Chronicle — Lee and Faith Majors ↗
Direct interview about meeting in 1995, moving from Beverly Hills to Houston and their home life.
- TV Times archive — The bionic stars ↗
A contemporary 1976 magazine report of a £250,000 annual guarantee and 12.5% merchandising participation; not a contract or present-day earnings record.
- Wikimedia Commons — Lee Majors at Raleigh Supercon ↗
2017 portrait by Super Festivals; Flickr license reviewed as CC BY 2.0.
- Net Worth VIP — William Shatner ↗
A long-running television-star comparison with similarly private contract, residual and asset data.
- Net Worth VIP — Tom Selleck ↗
A television-leading-man comparison separating reported pay from present wealth.
- Net Worth VIP — Mark Wahlberg ↗
Actor and producer comparison; also relevant to the long-discussed Six Billion Dollar Man remake.
- Net Worth VIP — methodology ↗
Explains why reported salary, gross revenue, residuals, property and present net worth are kept separate.
