JamesG
07-01-2026, 06:24 PM
Why Taylor Sheridan Left "Sons of Anarchy" after 2 Seasons
by Tony Maglio
July 1, 2026
Fifteen years ago, before he created every television show your dad watches, Taylor Sheridan was an actor on Kurt Sutter's "Sons of Anarchy".
“I wasn't making an exorbitant amount of money,” Sheridan said, adding, “especially not in L.A.”
“I literally would leave the set of that show and go to my other job ‘cause I didn’t make enough on that show to pay my rent and live,” Sheridan told Howard Stern on SiriusXM. “So after season two, I told Kurt [Sutter]— I said, “Guys, I’m not coming back and doing this again for this price. I’m just not doing it. I want what the other 14 people [make].”
Sheridan clarified that he was not asking for the same money the show's established stars like lead actor Charlie Hunnam, Katey Sagal and Ron Pearlman made. Producers offered Sheridan $15,000 per episode, but at a guarantee of 10 episodes.
“I do the math on it, and I said, ‘That’s not a raise. What is that?'” he recalled. “And I said, ‘No.'”
A “business affairs guy,” presumably at FX, told Sheridan’s attorney that the actor could be recast “tomorrow,” per the writer/ex-actor.
“There’s 50 of that dude,” Sheridan said the man told his lawyer.
“I realized my value is I’m imminently replaceable and that my business did not respect me,” Sheridan said. “So, I quit the show… that’s when I decided that I was going to write. I quit.”
https://www.hollywoodreporter.com/tv/tv-news/why-taylor-sheridan-left-sons-of-anarchy-1236634636/
by Tony Maglio
July 1, 2026
Fifteen years ago, before he created every television show your dad watches, Taylor Sheridan was an actor on Kurt Sutter's "Sons of Anarchy".
“I wasn't making an exorbitant amount of money,” Sheridan said, adding, “especially not in L.A.”
“I literally would leave the set of that show and go to my other job ‘cause I didn’t make enough on that show to pay my rent and live,” Sheridan told Howard Stern on SiriusXM. “So after season two, I told Kurt [Sutter]— I said, “Guys, I’m not coming back and doing this again for this price. I’m just not doing it. I want what the other 14 people [make].”
Sheridan clarified that he was not asking for the same money the show's established stars like lead actor Charlie Hunnam, Katey Sagal and Ron Pearlman made. Producers offered Sheridan $15,000 per episode, but at a guarantee of 10 episodes.
“I do the math on it, and I said, ‘That’s not a raise. What is that?'” he recalled. “And I said, ‘No.'”
A “business affairs guy,” presumably at FX, told Sheridan’s attorney that the actor could be recast “tomorrow,” per the writer/ex-actor.
“There’s 50 of that dude,” Sheridan said the man told his lawyer.
“I realized my value is I’m imminently replaceable and that my business did not respect me,” Sheridan said. “So, I quit the show… that’s when I decided that I was going to write. I quit.”
https://www.hollywoodreporter.com/tv/tv-news/why-taylor-sheridan-left-sons-of-anarchy-1236634636/