Now Ashton Kutcher is the living embodiment of success, he is young, rich, handsome and famous.
He has a wonderful family, a beloved wife and two charming children.
But his life was not always so wonderful and cloudless; there were dark and even tragic moments in it.
Christopher Ashton Kutcher was born in the American city of Cedar Rapids on February 7, 1978, to Catholics Larry and Diane Kutcher.
It is interesting that, according to a certain journalistic investigation, the actor was born not in 1978, but in 1974, however, the actor’s relatives deny this.
The boy was born not alone, but five minutes earlier than his twin brother, who was named Michael, and their older sister Tasha was already growing up in the family.
The family idyll was shattered when, at the age of three, doctors diagnosed Ashton’s twin brother, Michael, with cerebral palsy and serious heart problems.
After that day, the family’s life turned into hell. Our hero literally went crazy with worry for Michael, who could die at any moment.
In interviews, Ashton recalled that he often did not want to come home because he was afraid of hearing bad news.
He went so far as to want to become a donor for his brother, jumping from the roof of the hospital where he was being treated.
Doctors gave Michael two weeks to live at most, but his father did the almost impossible and found a donor within two days. Michael had a heart transplant and now his life is out of danger, he is successful and happy.
All three children are very close and love spending time together. But the traumatic events of that time left their mark on Ashton’s life.
To top it all off, the parents divorced when the boys were 16, which also came as a blow and triggered destructive behavior in our hero.
While in his senior year, he attempted to commit a theft in his own school, but was apprehended by the police on the spot.
The court’s sentence was extremely strict: three years probation and 180 hours of correctional labor.
In 1996, Ashton entered the University of Iowa to become a biochemist, but he was not destined to become a great scientist.
The family didn’t have enough money, so he began working part-time at the factory where his father worked and sometimes donated blood for money.
One day, in one of the bars, he was offered to participate in the modeling competition “Fresh Faces of Iowa”, which he easily won.
Having tasted victory, Kutcher dropped out of school and went to New York to try his hand at modeling and even achieved some success.
He appeared on the covers of fashion magazines and collaborated with leading brands such as Calvin Klein and Versace, but all this was not it, because in Ashton’s head the dream of becoming an actor had already matured.
His path then led him to Los Angeles, where his acting career began in 1998 with a role in the TV series That 70’s Show.
e set, he demonstrated an excellent sense of humor and comedic talent, which allowed him to achieve the opening of his own TV show, “Set Up,” in which he cruelly played pranks on his colleagues and friends.
In 2000, three films with his participation were released, including “Just You and Me,” “Gambling,” and the wild youth comedy “Dude, Where’s My Car?”
The actor’s popularity grew by leaps and bounds, and with it the interest of the fairer sex. His first high-profile romance was with actress Brittany Murphy.
Before her, Ashton, of course, had girlfriends, but little is known about them; actress January Jones and model Ashley Ellerin are also named among the actor’s girlfriends in those years.
Unfortunately, the relationship with Brittany did not last long, and already in 2003, Ashton began dating Demi Moore, who had just recovered from her divorce from Bruce Willis.
The fateful meeting took place at one of the parties, and Ashton, who had been a little in love with the fatal beauty since childhood, gave in without a fight when she invited him to ride on her yacht.
No one really believed in their future together, given the age difference, but their infatuation grew into a long-term romance.
During this time, Ashton took part in work on such films as Texas Rangers, Ground for Life, The Honeymooners, Cheaper by the Dozen and My Boss’s Daughter.
In all these films, Ashton exploited his comedic talent to the fullest, but deep down he dreamed of dramatic roles. Such an opportunity presented itself to him already in 2004, when he presented the film “The Butterfly Effect”.
In preparation for filming, Kutcher spent a lot of time studying psychology, mental and emotional trauma, and chaos theory.
It is noteworthy that in addition to playing the main role, Ashton acted as a producer and even decided to invest his own finances in the filming, and he was not mistaken: with a budget of 17 million, the film collected almost 100 million at the box office and was praised by critics.
The following year, he was expected to work on the film More Than Love, where his partner was the beautiful Amanda Peet.
The piquancy of the filming was that Kucher had to play some scenes completely naked, and it cannot be said that Ashton liked this experience, although at home he happily walks around naked.
And on the set of the next film, Guess Who?, he flatly refused to take off his Kabbalah bracelet.
The filmmakers had to spend an additional $100,000 to cut the questionable decoration from the film, but it can still be seen in some shots.
Ashton’s fascination with Kabbalah did not appear in his life by chance; the mystical teaching was trendy among Hollywood stars of the 2000s.
Kutcher and his lover Demi, who had great influence on her much younger partner, introduced him to visits to the Kabbalah center of Philip Berg.
A former insurance agent adapted ancient Jewish teachings, added his own ideas, and presented Kabbalah as an understandable and convenient course in self-help.
Considering the problems that surrounded the life of the star couple, the visits to such a guru are understandable.
In her 2019 memoir, Demi Moore admitted that she became pregnant shortly after she and Ashton started dating.
Everything was going great, the couple even chose the name Chaplin Ray for their future daughter, but at a fairly late stage Moore lost the child.
For her, this was a real tragedy, and Kutcher rushed to propose to her in order to somehow brighten her grief, and in 2005 the couple got married.
The ceremony at the newlyweds’ mansion in Los Angeles was held in full accordance with the teachings of Kabbalah, and immediately after the celebration, the couple concentrated on restoring Demi’s body, who was being treated for infertility.
But the attempts were unsuccessful, and she gradually fell into depression, began to abuse alcohol and drugs, stopped sleeping and eating normally, which made life together very difficult.
In 2006, Ashton was first invited to a cartoon voice-over project; his debut was the animated film “Open Season”, in which he gave his voice to a deer named Eliot.
At the same time, he plunged headlong into filming the drama “Bobby and the Lifeguard”, in which Kevin Costner also participated; the film was shot with difficulty, since terrible hurricanes were raging in the southern United States at that time.
Two years later, the film “What Happens in Vegas” was released, which brought Kutcher wild popularity. The hilarious story of how, after a wild drinking session, young people share a big win in a casino turned out to be very popular with the public.
The spirited mood reigned on the set as well, with the lead actors, Ashton Kutcher and Cameron Diaz, deciding to make their acting even more realistic and trying to work while drunk.
Unfortunately, apart from the fun for the whole group, they did not achieve any effect, and the scenes had to be re-shot.
The film “Personal” was released next, the highlight of which was the scenes in which Ashton appears in clothes with the symbols of the University of Iowa, which he once dropped out of.
The next landmark film in Ashton’s filmography was the comedy “Womanizer”, the opinions of experts were diametrically opposed to each other, he was either highly praised or torn to pieces.
There were, however, more negative reviews. There were complaints about both the acting and the plot, which many considered contradictory and even called “melancholically meaningless.”
In 2010, the melodrama “Valentine’s Day” was released, which had a very unusual structure for that time. The audience was presented with a number of short stories that were not connected to each other.
The main feature was that the main characters of each of them became secondary characters in the remaining episodes.
The experiment was a complete success, the film was loved by the audience, and the box office receipts exceeded 200 million.
That same year, Kutcher starred in the comedy Killers, the highlight of which was an incident on the set. The thing is, Ashton accidentally knocked down a stuntman with one punch.
For this film he received his first Golden Raspberry.
In 2011, Kucher starred in the film “No More Than Sex” with Natalie Portman, as for the film itself, it was generally successful, grossing 150 million worldwide.
And it was given additional resonance by a scandalous interview with Portman, who stated that she received three times less for her role than Ktucher.
Ashton was not offended by this at all, stating that he supports the fight of actresses for equal fees. Incidentally, this film is practically a carbon copy of the film “Friends with Benefits”, in which Ashton’s future wife, Mila Kunis, starred.
Meanwhile, serious passions were already raging in the Kucher family, Demi’s condition was not improving, and rumors about her star husband’s infidelities were literally driving her crazy.
The final straw was the revelation of a certain girl from San Diego named Sarah Leal, who savored the details of a wild night with Ashton on the pages of a newspaper and on a TV show.
In desperation, Demi filed for divorce, asking her unfaithful husband for 290 million in compensation.
Kutcher did not agree with this ultimatum, which is why the legal battles continued for quite a long time; how much Demi eventually managed to get is unknown, but due to the monstrous stress, she ended up in a psychiatric clinic.
Fortunately, she managed to pull herself together and continue living a normal life.
Interestingly, Ashton himself did not waste time and very soon found comfort in the arms of Mila Kunis, whom he had known since the TV series “That 70s Show”.
By the way, their first kiss took place on that set, which was the first in the young girl’s life. Our hero admitted that he didn’t know this, otherwise he would have been even more nervous.
Rumor has it that the actor began his relationship with her while still married to Demi Moore.
The couple didn’t make any special plans, Ashton was unhappy with his wife, and Mila was recovering from her recently ended romance with Macaulay Culkin.
In 2011, after Charlie Sheen’s huge scandal with the CBS studio that produced the sitcom Two and a Half Men, Ashton Kutcher took his place.
The replacement was well received by viewers, and the series continued to air successfully for another four years.
Ashton himself did not lose out either, since the place “warmed up” by Sheen brought him a fabulous income of 750 thousand dollars per episode, and in the last season the actor earned 20 million.
In 2012, the melodrama “Old New Year” was released, and in 2013, the biographical film “Jobs. Empire of Seduction” premiered, which became an important milestone in the actor’s filmography.
In preparation for the role, Ashton not only watched many interviews with Jobs and copied his gait and manner of dress, but also switched to a special diet that his character followed.
However, the strict diet ended badly, the actor was hospitalized with a pancreatic disease.
The film won the hearts of millions of viewers, but it also received a fair share of criticism. It was accused of being superficial and not highlighting the character of the digital-era icon enough.
At the box office, however, good results were achieved. With a budget of 12 million, it was possible to earn 42.
That same year, the press noticed Kutcher in the company of Mila Kunis and her parents, and soon it became known that the girl was pregnant, and the couple was going to legalize their relationship.
In October 2014, their daughter Wyatt Isabelle was born, and a year later they got married. The celebration was modest, and the couple went on their honeymoon in a camper van, taking their relatives with them.
In the same fourteenth year, Ashton starred in the musical film “Annie”, where he again met Cameron Diaz on the set, and starting from the sixteenth year, the actor appeared on screens in the Netflix series “The Ranch”.
This year has been a happy one for the Kutchers. In November, they had a son with Mila, who they named Dmitry.
Kutcher is one of the few celebrities who can also be considered successful businessmen. His main focus is high-tech startups.
Ashton’s foray into the investment business began after a casual conversation with rapper 50 Cent, who managed to earn $100 million from the deal to sell Glaso to food giant Coca-Cola.
This happened because after signing an advertising contract with Glaso, the artist received not only a fee, but also a share in the company.
Ashton thought about it, since he himself had advertising contracts, but no bonuses in the form of company shares were received.
From then on, he began to look closely at deals, studied the market, and became friends with one of the richest investors, Marc Andreessen, who made $4 billion on the stock market.
In 2009, Andreessen offered Kucher to invest $1 million in Skype, and Kucher trusted his friend.
After some time, the company was bought by Microsoft, which brought Ashton 4 million in profit.
The Hollywood crowd was shocked, and from then on everyone looked at the actor with great respect.
He, in turn, became interested in such deals and a few years later met Guy Speer, with whom he found himself very spiritually close.
The risk-takers immediately set up an investment fund and soon their portfolio included companies such as Airbnb, Shazam, SoundCloud, Spotify and Uber.
The profit came not only from stock price fluctuations and playing with their own capital, but also from the percentage they took from their clients for managing their money.
It is known that the commission is 2% of the invested money and 20% of the profit plus a bonus for the result.
Ashton Kutcher also does not forget about acting. In 2019, he starred in the superhero web series The Boys based on the famous comic book, and in July 22, the horror film Revenge was released, which also brought the actor a good income.
In addition, Ashton happily signs advertising contracts, some of which become real masterpieces.
Thus, in 2015, he starred in the video “Lenovo in Australia”, in which he played the role of a sales consultant.
The highlight of the video is that the actor was made up beyond recognition, and he himself speaks with such a natural Australian accent that not a single participant in the hidden filming guessed who was selling the laptops.
Ashton also starred in an advertising campaign for Nikon cameras, which was distinguished by its taste and subtle humor.
Ashton Kutcher can confidently be included in the list of the richest people in Hollywood, his fortune is currently estimated at 400 million.
With such an income, he can afford, if not everything, then a lot.
By the way, you can often see articles in the press that hint that Ashton travels exclusively by Uber taxi, but this can easily be attributed to hidden advertising of his investment portfolio.
In fact, Mr. Kutcher has a whole fleet of luxurious and expensive cars.
Among them are the Chevrolet Volt for 34 thousand, the flagship Lexus LS sedan worth almost 100 thousand, the eco-friendly Toyota Prius, Fisker Karma and Tesla Model S worth almost 200 thousand dollars. A must have for any self-respecting star is the Mercedes SLK, as well as the vintage Chevrolet Impala SS.
The actor’s real estate portfolio includes the family’s main villa in Beverly Hills with adjacent 2.5 hectares of land, which Mila jokingly called “Koo-Koo Farm” after the first letters of their last names.
The stunningly beautiful villa, which they designed together with the best designers, amazes with its scale and comfort.
There are high ceilings, dark wood walls and beams, and huge panoramic windows.
In June ’17, the family expanded their holdings to a home in Santa Barbara, paying $10 million for the ability to visit their own tropical paradise at any time.
Six bedrooms and six bathrooms are always waiting for their owners.
Although this home cannot be compared to their Hollywood mansions, it is very nice.
Ashton previously owned two other homes in the Hollywood Hills.
He purchased one of them in 2012 for 8.5 million after living in it for a month as a tenant.
A spacious modern villa full of light and interesting interior solutions found a new owner two years later for almost 10 million.
Almost immediately, Mila and Ashton bought their first home together, located in the respectable area of Cold Water Canyon.
Cute, cozy, ideal for a young family, this house has an area of almost 700 square meters, 5 bedrooms and 5 bathrooms.
The home’s highlights include a living room with a fireplace, hand-made moldings, and a spacious kitchen.
The couple tried to sell the property for 14 million, but in the end the deal was completed for 10 million, that is, for the same amount that the star couple initially paid.
Kucher is not without altruism, and in 2018 he made a very unexpected gift to the Wildlife Fund, headed by Ellen DeGeneres, transferring 4 million to her account, and also surprised his mother by completely remodeling her house.
The touching moment was shown on TV and touched fans with the sincerity and warmth that reign in the actor’s family. Ashton’s twin brother and sister Tasha were also on the set.
Later, Mila joined Kucher’s good deeds.
In 2020, they partnered with Battle Creek Winery to launch the Quarantine Wine project, which allowed anyone to buy two bottles of Pinot Noir for $50 and enjoy it with their loved ones, even if they were socially distanced.
The trick was also that the bottle had a completely blank label on which you could write a wish or a name.
Ashton and Mila accompanied the launch of the project with a video in which they promised to donate 100% of the profits from sales to charity. By the way, the star couple did not remain indifferent to the current difficult situation in the world.
Ashton Kutcher may seem like a frivolous, one-hit wonder, but that’s deceptive.
He has an excellent sense of humor, excellent intuition, a big kind heart and many plans for life. He is rich, famous and very happily married, and in 2022 he and Mila can be seen together in the sitcom “That 90s Show”.
