Real Name: John Moschitta
Salary Deal: $3 million
Famous motormouth John Moschitta has a famous, unique talent: he can speak at a rate of 586 words per minute. While he held the world record for World’s Fastest Talker in the eighties, the record has been broken a few times – though Moschitta debates the legitimacy of the new records.
Moshcitta was not only the lightning-fast pitchman for FedEx’s rapid delivery service, he is also the famous speedy talker for Micro Machines in more than a hundred commercials. He has also voiced Blurr in the Transformers movies and has directed two straight-to-video movies. FedEx had him on salary for three million dollars. A high price – but fast talkers aren’t a dime a dozen.
The Target Lady
Real Name: Maria Bamford
Salary Deal : $300,000
Maria Bamford wears plenty of hats in the entertainment industry, including as a stand-up artist, a voice actress, and a film actor. Her first comedy album was 'The Burning Bridges Tour', and four years later 'How to WIN!' followed. Her first movie role was Lucky Numbers, in 2000, before she switched to voice-acting.
Her Target deal brought in $300,000, but you might be more familiar with the variety of animated voices she has provided, including American Dad!, Bojack Horseman, CatDog, and Adventure Time. In 2015 she was in the movie Hell & Back.
The Noxema Girl with Joe Namath
Real Name: Farrah Fawcett
Salary Deal : $10,000
With world-famous feathered hair and piercing blue eyes, Farrah Fawcett has been drawing love-struck looks since the seventies. She famously appeared in a commercial for Noxzema, a shaving cream, alongside famous NFL quarterback Joe Namath (who bore the nickname “Broadway Joe”). The tagline was “Let Noxzema cream your face” and yes, they did know.
Fawcett was in the famous Charlie's Angels television show, as well as movies such as Cannonball Run, Extremities, Burning Bed, and Small Sacrifices. But this campaign may have been her most lucrative deal, earning her $10,000 per commercial. She stuck to feature films and TV after the commercials, though, perhaps embarrassed.
The “It's Not That Complicated” Guy
Real Name: Beck Bennett
Salary Deal : $250,000
Beck Bennett knew acting was for him when he performed in a children's theater in his hometown. He's known for his roles on Saturday Night Live as a regular cast member, but before that he appeared in the “It's Not That Complicated” AT&T commercials, for a total salary deal of $250,000.
During that same time, he created sketch videos with “Good Neighbor”, a comedy group, and had roles in Theatre of Life, which are available on Youtube. He began acting on Saturday Night Live in 2013, thanks to his skill at humorous impressions.
The Wendy's Girl
Real Name: Morgan Smith-Goodwin
Salary Deal: $3 million
Morgan Smith-Goodwin is the “Wendy's Girl” (known as “Red”), but she's actually a born blonde. She dyes her hair for the ads, and for good reason: Morgan brought in $3 million for appearing as the face of the international fast-food chain.
Born in Alabama, Smith-Goodwin moved to New York City to pursue a career in acting, appearing in benefits, concerts, and free readings before an Off-Broadway role in Freckleface Strawberry as an original cast member. She was also the lead in Sweet Charity and Circumstance.