How Much Machine Gun Kelly Actually Made From His Movies And TV Shows
Machine Gun Kelly (MGK) is more than an American rapper from Cleveland. He is a rock and alternative music artist. MGK, whose real name is Colson Baker, is also an actor and a part-time director. The diversified rapper, singer, and actor is one of the rising stars of this time. MGK has a total net worth of $25 million, which he enjoys spending. His net worth is even more than his fiancée’s net worth of $8 million. However, the fans wonder how much he has made from acting...
7 The Truth About Machine Gun Kelly's Acting Career
Matter of fact, $12 million of his total net worth is in investments and assets. His annual income is around $7 million through his musical career, with a Spotify and Apple Music income of $6 million. Fans are not wrong to think that his net worth has definitely been affected by his acting career. It was actually reported that MGK has made about $4 million from his movies and TV shows.
His acting career is considered successful and thriving, and MGK knew it from the start. In an interview with Collider, MGK admitted, “I’ve felt like I have charisma on camera since the Jacka** days, when we were in 6th grade, picking up a camera and filming ourselves doing stupid stunts.”
He is not wrong. MGK, or Baker, has been acting since 2014. His first role was in the movie, “Beyond the lights.” Since then, he has been in many other projects and movies such as, “Captive State”, “Viral”, “The Land,” and “The King of Staten Island” alongside his best friend, whom MGK shares a tight relationship with, Pete Davidson. MGK has also been on a TV show called, “The Roadies.”
While almost everybody knows that he’s been in a movie called, “Midnight in the Switchgrass,” because that’s how he met his ‘twin flame’, Megan Fox, he’s also been in some amazing movies where he was the leading star.
6 "The Last Son" Is Machine Gun Kelly's First Solo Lead
This movie is MGK’s first solo leading role. He took the lead alongside Sam Worthington. In the movie, a gunslinger starts hunting down his children because according to a prophecy, one of his children is going to end his life. MGK’s character, Cal, is one of his sons, and he is tormented by his past, so he goes on his mission to take revenge.
MGK stated that, "If the movie’s called ‘The Last Son’ and the last son isn’t interesting and compelling … there is no movie. So I appreciated the task of living up to the title because that was something I’d never had in my acting career before.”
5 Machine Gun Kelly Played Tommy Lee in “The Dirt”
This is another movie where MGK was one of the main leads. In this Netflix movie, he played the famous band, Mötley Crüe’s drummer, Tommy Lee. His portrayal of Lee was praised by the drummer himself.
MGK himself is proud to be in that movie, and especially to be a part of the Netflix family. In an interview with Entertainment, the rapper and actor said, "To actually find a family over at Netflix that really embraces me and to give me my first lead like this, they've got a huge place in my heart."
4 Acting in "Midnight in the Switchgrass" Machine Gun Kelly Met Megan Fox
While this movie wasn’t one of MGK’s favorites, it was how he met the love of his life, Fox. The main leads of the movie are Bruce Willis, Megan Fox, Emile Hirsch, and Colson Baker, of course. The movie is about an FBI agent and an officer who work together to investigate unsolved cases. Matter of fact, MGK said in an interview with Cosmopolitan that the only reason he took the movie was that his scenes were with Fox.
3 Machine Gun Kelly Being In "BirdBox" Surprised The Fans
Starring Sandra Bullock, John Malkovich, and Sarah Paulson, MGK had a minor role in this movie, but it is yet another Netflix movie that he got to be a part of. In the post-apocalyptic horror thriller film, MGK plays Felix, who is a guy who escapes, increasing his chance of survival by going his own way. This movie got MGK a lot of attention and fans went crazy over his appearance.
2 Machine Gun Kelly Was In "Big Time Adolescence" Alongside His Best Friend
That is another film that MGK acted in with Davidson. The coming-of-age film is about a teenage boy who struggles in school and befriends college dropouts, starring Griffin Gluck.
As usual, MGK and Davidson have fun together. When filming a tattoo scene, they decided to do it for real and bought a tattoo gun and gave each other tattoos for the film.
1 Machine Gun Kelly Works With Netflix Again In "Project Power"
Starring Jamie Fox and Joseph Gordon-Levitt, the film is about taking down a group of people who created pills that give their users superpowers. MGK plays the role of a dealer who is set on fire for the film. Fun fact: he had to sit in a make-up chair for five hours for this film, and when he went out with the make-up, a woman asked him if he needed her to call the ambulance for him.
No one knows what the future holds for MGK/Colson Baker's acting career, but fans are sure excited to see it.
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