Celebrity Net Worth revealed that Lin-Manuel Miranda is worth around $80 million. That is a big chunk of money for a Broadway star. Yet, we must remember that Miranda is first a composer, a lyricist, and a rapper.
The actor had humble beginnings, which started in New York City. He worked as an English teacher at his old high school Hunter College (the same alma mater as his wife Vanessa Nadal) after graduating from Wesleyan University in 2002, and he helped pay the bills by composing music and jingles for commercials — kind of like Mad Men (via the American Federation of Teachers).
Miranda was waiting for his shot, which he got with In the Heights in 2008. Per IMDb, Miranda wrote In the Heights during his sophomore year at Wesleyan. That musical would be his first true success, receiving 13 Tony Award nominations and winning four, including Miranda's first Tony for Best Original Score (via Broadway World).
From there, he would focus on more theater work, but earning the big bucks wasn't yet on the horizon. This said, by 2012, the actor started to make more money by appearing on TV shows such as The Sopranos, Modern Family, and How I Met Your Mother. He even helped get Brooklyn Nine-Nine picked up after Fox canceled it, earning him a small paycheck and a cameo (per Showbiz Cheat Sheet).
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