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“Some of these images still make me cringe. Maybe one day I’ll make a friend at Google and they can all be taken off the internet.” Actor Andrew Keegan may not love the old Bop and Teen Beat magazine covers from his days as one of the hottest young television and film stars of the 1990s, but he owes his fortune to those youthful days. The former child model now boasts a reported net worth of $1.5 million.  

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Andrew Keegan made a name for himself on television shows like Full House, Party of Five and Seventh Heaven. He was also successful on the big screen, including in two movie adaptations of Shakespeare plays: O and 10 Things I Hate About You. After taking a hiatus from acting to start his own spiritual community in Venice, California, Keegan is now hoping for a career comeback with the development of his own television show. Here’s a closer look at the life, career, and finances of this Hollywood heartthrob.

From Child Model to Teen Star

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Andrew Keegan was born on January 29, 1979 in Shadow Hills, California. You could say acting was in his blood: His father was a voiceover actor, while his younger brother also went on to pursue a career in acting.

Success came easy and early for Keegan, who got his start as a child model in Gerber baby food ads. After landing a guest starring role on Baywatch as well as a high-profile part in the film Camp Nowhere, Keegan’s career took off quickly. One highlight? The role of Mary Camden’s teen dad boyfriend, Wilson, on the television series, Seventh Heaven. “I used to get, like, 2,000 letters a week at one point,” he once said of his popularity at its highpoint. 

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Movie executives quickly came calling, and Keegan smoothly transitioned to the big screen appearing in teen cult favorites including 10 Things I Hate About You. Keegan also garnered critical acclaim for his work in Greg Berlanti’s The Broken Hearts Club: A Romantic Comedy, which won Best Picture at the 2000 GLAAD Awards. Keegan is also a stage actor, having appeared in the play, He Asked for It.

A Spiritual Calling

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While Keegan continued to land film roles into the early 2000s, he was called in a different direction in 2014. That year, he co-founded Full Circle, which he describes as a “non-denominational spiritual community center where people of all beliefs and backgrounds come together to meditate, practice yoga, and engage artistically.”

Keegan said of his motivation for starting Full Circle, “As far as the catalyst, it was really about my stepping into what I know my purpose is and having trust in the path that was unfolding before me. I’ve lived in Venice for 15 years, and have known so many creative people…There’s an authentic desire in the community for a way that we can all achieve a higher vision; I saw my role as facilitating a physical space where this can happen -- a place where people can co-create.”

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It’s also been reported that Keegan was inspired to start Full Circle after he and a group of friends were attacked by a gang of armed men. While recovering in the hospital afterward, Keegan began to view the event as a sign that he had a higher purpose within his community.

Not a driving factor for Keegan, apparently? Money. In fact, he reported put everything had -- $150,000 -- into launching Full Circle, which folded in 2017.  Had he continued with acting, meanwhile, he would have likely amassed a much larger fortune. 

Aside from what Keegan sank into Full Circle to get the group off the ground and estimates about his net worth, little is known about Keegan’s finances, such as where he lives or what kind of vehicle he drives. We do know that he is philanthropically inclined, which came to light when Keegan was busted by undercover agents in 2015 for selling Kombucha at a Full Circle fundraising event. He later said of the unfortunate situation, “Kombucha is something we’d never imagine to be an illegal substance, and it’s frustrating the system has that perspective. We’re certainly taking full responsibility for co-creating the event. We try to put our best foot forward. We wanted to raise money for Sea Shepherd as a community; that’s how Full Circle operates.”

Since the shuttering of Full Circle's doors, Keegan has contemplated a return to acting. He’s also experimented with being on the other side of the camera as a producer. Fans of 10 Things I Hate About You will also be delighted to know that the cast, including Keegan, Joseph Gordon-Levitt, Laris Oleynik and Kyle Cease, came together in the spring of 2019 for a reunion, during which they remembered their departed costar, Heath Ledger. 

And while Keegan may not be particularly wealthy by Hollywood standards, he’d be the first to say he’s rich in other ways, including in life experiences. “I think what was special about this experience was that we all really got along and it’s not that often there’s a casting with like-minded individuals who wanted to share time with each other off set...We were all just kids making a film, not even really having any idea how significant this film would be,” he says.