Thaddeus Rowe Luckinbill was born on the 24th April 1975, in Enid, Oklahoma USA, and is a film and television actor, and producer, probably best known for his role as J.T. Hellstrom on the long-running soap opera “The Young and the Restless” (1999-2010). His career began in 1999.
Have you ever wondered how rich Thad Luckinbill is as of early 2017? According to authoritative sources, it has been estimated that Luckinbill’s net worth is as high as $3 million, an amount earned through his successful career in acting and producing.
Thad Luckinbill Net Worth $3 Million
Thad Luckinbill was the elder twin brother to Trent Luckinbill, who is a lawyer and his partner in the production company Black Label Media. Thad showed his various talents from an early age, singing in the youth choir at Emmanuel Baptist church. Later, he graduated from the University of Oklahoma, majoring in business finance. Only after finishing his higher education did he start pursuing an acting career.
Thad broke into show business as a cast member of the MTV anthology series “Undressed” in 1999. Immediately after came his perhaps best known role, that of J. T. Hellstrom in the television soap opera “The Young and the Restless”, who he portrayed for almost ten years (1999-2010). Despite his long tenure on the show, Thad found the time to guest-star in several popular television series during the 2000s, including the legal drama “JAG” (2002), supernatural drama series “Buffy the Vampire Slayer” (2002), medical drama “Nip/Tuck” (2006), and all the installments in the CSI franchise – “CSI: Crime Scene Investigation” (2006), “CSI: NY” (2009), and “CSI: Miami” (2010). He also had recurring roles in the sitcom “8 Simple Rules for Dating My Teenage Daughter” (2003), and the spy thriller show “Nikita” (2011). All contributed steadily to is net worth.
Though predominantly a television actor, Thad appeared in several big screen features in the early 2000s. In 2003, he joined the cast of the romantic comedy “Just Married”, starring Ashton Kutcher, Brittany Murphy, and David Moscow, and in 2004 he portrayed Todd in the teen ensemble comedy “Sleepover”, alongside Alexa Vega, Sara Paxton, and Brie Larson.
After his time on the “The Young and the Restless” ended, Thad continued to appear episodically on television in shows such as “Law & Order: Criminal Intent” (2011), in which he played a dual role, “Grey’s Anatomy” (2012) and “Criminal Minds” (2015). However, he had bigger success behind the screen, starting a production company with his twin brother, and the famous producer Molly Smith. The Black Label Media company has reaped success in the second half of the 2010s, cooperating with many Hollywood stars, such as Emily Blunt, Reese Witherspoon and Jake Gyllenhaal. Since 2014, Thad has produced several major Hollywood films, such as the drama film “The Good Lie”, starring Reese Witherspoon, crime drama “Sicario” (2016) with Emily Blunt, Benicio del Toro, and Josh Brolin, and “Demolition” with Naomi Watts, Jake Gyllenhaal and Chris Cooper. His biggest entry to date, “Sicario”, was nominated for three Academy Awards, in the categories of Best Cinematography, Best Original Score, and Best Sound Editing. The production company continues strongly, with releases scheduled up to 2018, including the biography of J. D. Salinger “Rebel in the Rye” (2017), and war drama “Horse Soldiers” (2018), featuring Chris Hemsworth.
Regarding his personal life, from 2007 to 2017 he was married to Amelia Heinle, with whom he has two children. Thad is dedicated to sports, including volleyball, surfing, boxing and going to the gym. He is also a member of the celebrity basketball team Hollywood Knights.
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