Leonard Joseph Cariou, born September 30, 1939, is a Canadian actor and stage director best known for his performances as Sweeney Todd in the original cast of Sweeney Todd: The Demon Barber of Fleet Street, for which he won the Tony Award for Best Actor in a Musical, and as patriarch Henry Reagan, NYPD Police Commissioner (retired), in the CBS multi-generational series Blue Bloods.
Cariou was born to a Breton father and an Irish mother. Cariou went to St Paul’s College after attending Miles Macdonell Collegiate in years 10 and 11, where he directed and featured in school productions.
What is Len Cariou net worth?
He is valued at $82 million. He is regarded as one of the world’s highest-paid actors.
How much does Len Cariou make a year?
He earns $19,807.69 each week, $85,833.33 per year, and $19,807.69 per year.
Cariou made his Rainbow Stage debut in Damn Yankees in 1959, and he helped build the Manitoba Theatre Centre.
He was offered a scholarship to the National Theatre School of Canada in Montreal, but he had to decline since he was married with a small child and financial commitments.
Instead, he spent two years polishing his craft at the Stratford Shakespeare Festival in Stratford, Ontario, before returning in 1981 to lead the company as Prospero, Coriolanus, Brutus, and Petruchio.
