Mark Consuelos Net Worth (Money & Salary)

What is Mark Consuelos’ Net Worth and Salary?

With a net worth of $40 million, Mark Consuelos is an American actor. It’s essential to highlight that a considerable portion of his wealth ties back to his wife, TV star Kelly Ripa. Mark is widely recognized for his role as Mateo Santos on the ABC soap opera “All My Children” (1995–2001), as well as for portraying the character Hiram Lodge, a villain, on The CW’s “Riverdale” (2017–present).

Consuelos boasts more than 40 acting credits throughout his career. His film appearances include titles like “My Super Ex-Girlfriend” (2006), “Wedding Daze” (2006), and “Cop Out” (2010). He has also made guest appearances on numerous TV programs such as “Friends” (2001), “Hope & Faith” (2005–2006), and “American Horror Story: Asylum” (2012–2013), while his regular roles include “Missing” (2004–2006), “Alpha House” (2013–2014), and “Pitch” (2016).

Early Life

On March 30, 1971, Mark Andrew Consuelos was born in Zaragoza, Spain. His mother, Camilla, has Italian roots, while his father, Saul, is of Mexican descent. Growing up alongside two older siblings, Mark spent his childhood in Italy, Illinois, and Florida. During their time in Lebanon, Illinois, he participated in a production of the musical “Hello, Dolly” at the Looking Glass Playhouse. After completing high school at Bloomingdale High School in Valrico, Florida, he enrolled at the University of Notre Dame but eventually transferred to the University of South Florida, where he earned a marketing degree in 1994.

Career

Beginning his career as a dancer with the Suncoast Calendar Men in the early 1990s, Consuelos landed a role in “All My Children” in 1995. Portraying Mateo Santos in 104 episodes, he shared the screen with future wife Kelly Ripa, who played Hayley Vaughan. His performance garnered several awards, and he returned briefly in 2010 for the show’s 40th-anniversary celebration. Mark and Kelly departed from “All My Children” in the early 2000s when Ripa decided to focus on her role in “Live! with Regis and Kelly,” where Consuelos has guest co-hosted over 90 times. Besides his soap opera work, he also made guest appearances on NBC’s “Friends” and “Third Watch” in 2001 and featured in the educational series “Connect With English” in 1997.

Mark made his feature film debut with 2002’s “The Last Place on Earth,” followed by his appearance in “Pride & Loyalty” that same year and two episodes of the PBS series “American Family.” In the subsequent year, he guest-starred once more on “Third Watch” (in a different character) and acted alongside Marissa Jaret Winokur and Fran Drescher in the ABC Family movie “Beautiful Girl.” 2004 saw him join the cast of “Missing,” where he portrayed FBI Agent Antonio Cortez throughout 37 episodes. In 2005, he featured in the war film “The Great Raid” and first appeared on Ripa’s ABC sitcom “Hope & Faith,” where he played Gary “The Gooch” Gucharez, a character who was a love interest for Kelly’s character across ten episodes. Later that year, he appeared in “My Super Ex-Girlfriend” and “Wedding Daze,” and he hosted the 2007 reality dating series “Age of Love.” Over the following years, he acted in two films, “Husband for Hire” (2008) and “For the Love of Grace” (2008), and guest-starred on “Law & Order: Criminal Intent” (2007) and “Ugly Betty” (2008). His filmography continued in 2010 with a co-starring role alongside Tracy Morgan and Bruce Willis in “Cop Out,” directed by Kevin Smith.

Mark collaborated with Ryan Murphy in 2012, appearing in five episodes of “American Horror Story: Asylum” and guest-starring in a 2013 episode of NBC’s “The New Normal.” Between 2013 and 2014, he portrayed Republican senator/presidential candidate Andy Guzman across all 21 episodes of Amazon Studios’ “Alpha House.” He subsequently appeared in movies such as “A Walk Among the Tombstones” (2014), “All We Had” (2016), and “Nine Lives” (2016), in addition to several episodes of “Kingdom” (2015) and “Queen of the South” (2016). In 2016, Mark landed a leading role on “Pitch,” portraying the general manager of the San Diego Padres. He appeared in eight episodes of NBC’s “The Night Shift” in 2017 and began his role as mob boss Hiram Lodge on the popular teen drama “Riverdale.” Distinct from the portrayal in Archie Comics, Hiram in Riverdale is infamous for his criminal activities, including fraud and embezzlement, as well as framing his daughter’s boyfriend, Archie Andrews, for murder. Interestingly, Mark’s son, Michael, portrayed a younger version of Hiram in the season 3 episode titled “The Midnight Club.”

Personal Life

On May 1, 1996, Mark married his “All My Children” co-star Kelly Ripa in a Las Vegas elopement. The couple has three children: son Michael, born on June 2, 1997; daughter Lola, born on June 16, 2001; and son Joaquin, born on February 24, 2003. Consuelos was ordained as a minister after Howard Stern requested him to officiate his wedding to Beth Ostrosky in 2008. He is fluent in Italian and makes annual trips to Italy. Additionally, Mark enjoys playing soccer and softball, alongside rooting for the New York Jets.

Awards and Nominations

For his contributions to “All My Children,” Consuelos received five nominations at the ALMA Awards, winning Outstanding Actor in a Daytime Soap Opera in both 1998 and 1999. He also received Soap Opera Digest Awards for Outstanding Male Newcomer in 1996 and Outstanding Younger Lead Actor in 2000, sharing the award for Hottest Romance with his wife in 1998. In 2018, he garnered a Teen Choice Award for Choice TV: Villain for his role in “Riverdale,” and he was nominated for a Daytime Emmy Award in 2002, as well asImagen Foundation Award nominations in 2005 (for “Missing”) and 2015 (for “Alpha House”).

Real Estate

The couple’s real estate portfolio consists of several properties nationwide. In 2005, they purchased a 6,700 square foot home in New York City for $9 million, later selling it for a $3 million profit. In May 2014, they sold another NYC residence for $24.5 million. Their primary residence today is a five-bedroom townhouse in NYC, valued at a minimum of $30 million. This five-story home features an elevator that accesses a private rooftop patio and garden. For holidays, they own a ski home in Telluride, Colorado, and a beach house in the Hamptons, which they bought in 2004 for $2.35 million. It is likely that this Hamptons home is valued at approximately $10-15 million today. Their total combined real estate assets are estimated to be worth at least $45 million.