13 Richest Actors In The World 13.
Dwayne Johnson- Known as The Rock, is an actor and professional wrestler with a net worth
of $220 million.
Dwayne is from Hayward California.
He first debuted in the wrestling ring for the first time in 1996, in his seventeenth
year wrestling professionally, he became the WWE Champion after the most awaited and action-packed
event in WrestleMania.
Apart from wrestling Dwayne has been in multiple films as an actor.
He broke into an acting career in 2001; he appeared in “The Mummy Returns” playing
the Scorpion King.
For a while, he divided his time up between acting and wrestling but retired from wrestling
at the beginning of 2016.
His popularity has grown tremendously in the last few years due to films such as “Fast
Five,” and G.I.
Joe: Retaliation.”
He has been in recent movies such as the new “Baywatch” movie and “Rampage.”
As well as the voice of Maui in the animated Disney movie, “Moana.”
Dwayne also works for multiple charities, one of them is the Make A Wish Foundation,
and the Kids Wish Network, and he also has his own Dwayne Johnson Rock Foundation.
12.
Tom Hanks- Tom Hanks is a very successful actor, writer, producer, and director.
He is one of the most famous and best-paid actors in Hollywood.
He has a net worth of $350 million.
He is the number one most consistent box office money-making star in the world.
His world total box office gross is about $8.3 billion.
Tom has proven that he can do almost every genre of a movie out there, some of his most
famous are, Sleepless in Seattle, Apollo 13, You’ve got mail, Cast Away, Toy Story, The
Da Vinci Code, Forrest Gump, and many others!
In 1993 and 1994, Hanks became the second actor in history to win back to back awards
for Best Actor.
He won in 1992 for the movie Philadelphia, and in 1994 for Forrest Gump.
He has produced and directed several films, including The Polar Express and Cast Away.
11.
Jack Nicholson- Jack has starred in many movies and also played a wide range of supporting
roles in Hollywood movies, and he has three Oscars to his name.
He was born on April 22, 1937, in New Jersey.
Before moving to Hollywood, he was working for MGM cartoon studios as a gofer for several
animated projects.
One of Nicholson’s most famous films is the 1980 thriller, “The Shining,” based
on the novel written by Stephen King.
So far he has won three Golden Globe awards for Best Actor.
He earned a Best Supporting Actor Academy Award for his performance in the movie “Terms
of Endearment.” in 1983.
His current net worth is about $390 million.
10.
Bill Cosby- Bill is an actor, author, stand up comedian, and singer.
He’s best known for his TV shows, and movies, his most famous was The Cosby Show.
Bill is from Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, and was born on July 12th, 1937.
Bill first had his big break in 1965 when he starred in “Alexander Scott” in I Spy.
He won a lot of Emmys for his performance.
He then started the Cosby Show in 1969.
Before he even created The Cosby Show, he was one of the highest earning celebrities
on the planet at the time.
Bill not only made his money from acting, but he also owns part of the Jell-O brand.
Forbes estimated that Bill made $4 million a month from reruns of the Cosby Show.
Reruns of the show continued to air until November 2014, on TV Land, and BET’s network.
He continued to make millions from the show's reruns until it was officially taken off television
channels in July 2015.
His net worth is $400 million.
And that makes him one of the wealthiest actors in the world.
9.
Sylvester Stallone- He is most known for his tough guy roles in Rocky and Rambo.
He’s one of the wealthiest actors in Hollywood.
Sylvester is one of the highest paid actors in Hollywood.
His success comes from action films.
He has tried to branch out and try other genres of movies, but his action roles are his money
maker.
He has created two of the most significant movie franchises of all time, wrote eight
scripts, and made nearly $4 billion for the studios.
He has even been compared similarly to Charlie Chaplin.
Most people know him from his alter ego, Rocky Balboa.
He has been one of Hollywood’s biggest stars for over 30 years and has a net worth of $400
million.
8.
Johnny Depp- Johnny is without a doubt one of the most popular actors out there.
He’s been countless movies.
One of his most famous being Pirates of the Caribbean, known for his role of Captain Jack
Sparrow.
His current net worth is $400 million and was also listed in the 2012 Guinness World
Records as the highest paid actor with his earnings for movie roles being around $75
million.
Johnny pretty much does it all; he's a director, actor, screenwriter and producer.
He is from a small town in Kentucky and was born on June 9th, 1963.
He first rose to fame and gained popularity after appearing in the TV series 21 Jump Street.
Some recent films he has done are Charlie and the chocolate factory, Sleepy Hollow,
Alice In Wonderland, Pirates of the Caribbean series, and the Tourist.
He won the Best Actor award from Screen Actors Guild for his role in the Curse of the black
pearl.
And to top it all off, People Magazine named him Sexiest Man Alive in 2003 and 2009.
7.
Mel Gibson- Mel grew up in New York but moved to Australia with his family when he was twelve.
In his college years he attended the National Institute of Dramatic Art in Sydney, he worked
on stage before getting into the Australian film scene.
His first significant movie roles were the Mad Max series.
Which earned him his first $1 million paychecks from Mad Max Beyond Thunderdome.
He won two Academy Awards, including Best Picture, The Patriot, Ransom, Conspiracy Theory,
Signs and What Women Want.
He also directed the movie Hacksaw Ridge in 2016, and the film received fourteen award
nominations, including an impressive Academy Award for Best Achievement in directing and
a Golden Globe for Best Director- motion picture.
His total net worth is $425 million.
6.
Tyler Perry- Tyler Perry just about does it all, from acting, playwriting, author, screenwriter,
producer, and even a songwriter, Perry has a net worth of $450 million.
Tyler was born in New Orleans and began his career as a dramatist in 1992.
Oprah Winfrey was a big inspiration for Tyler and helped him channel his creativity through
writing.
His first production was called I Know I’ve Been Changed, and that hit the stage in 1977.
His Television shows, Meet the Browns and House of Payne have earned him big bucks.
He has received big in the box office too, his movies have made $260 million.
His movies are mostly about African American families, using religion and humor.
A few of his top films are, Why Did I Get Married?
Diary of a Mad Black Woman and Madea Goes to Jail.
5.
George Clooney- George has been in a ton of movies and television shows, but he made his
big debut playing Dr. Doug Ross in the TV drama “ER” from 1994 until 1999.
Shortly after that ended, he left television to pursue a career on the big screen.
Clooney has done a mix of big-budget blockbusters and smaller indie movies as well.
One of his most famous roles have been in “Ocean's Eleven in 2001, and it’s sequel,
“Ocean’s Thirteen,” in 2007.
He has been successful behind and in front of the camera.
He acted and directed in “Confessions of a Dangerous Mind,” he also directed “Good
Night and Good Luck.”
But he didn’t only make his $500 million net worth just from the movie industry.
In 2013 George and two of his friends created a tequila company.
The brand is called Casamigos and has become so popular that the liquor giant paid up to
$1 billion to acquire it.
With that sale, his net worth went to $500 million as of June 2017.
Without a doubt George Clooney has everything going for him, he is married and has two children,
twins.
And to add to all his successes, he has been named Sexiest Man Alive by People Magazine
for the second time.
4.
Tom Cruise- As most of you probably know, he is most famous in Hollywood for his action
movies.
He had his first box-office smash as the fighter jock Maverick in Top Gun, in 1986.
He has become so well known; he was named the highest paid actor in Hollywood in 2012.
As of today, he has received three Golden Globe Awards and three Academy Awards nominations.
He is best recognized for his roles in The Color of Money, Cocktail, Rain Man, Interview
with a Vampire, Top Gun, which has a gross earning of $356 million worldwide, and much
more!
He has been named as the highest paid actor in Hollywood.
His net worth is $550 million and has a yearly salary of $50 million per year.
Tom produced and starred in the blockbuster Mission Impossible, which made $457 million
and made two more successful sequels after that.
Tom has earned huge amounts because of him signing “profit participation” deals for
movies which means he gets a percentage of a movie’s gross profits.
Tom actually insists on doing that before agreeing to act in a film.
3.
Shah Rukh Khan- He’s known as “The King of Bollywood,” he is an award-winning Indian
film actor and currently has a net worth of $600 million.
He has been in over eighty Hindi films; Khan is considered India’s wealthiest actor.
He started his career in the late 80s; he appeared in several TV series and theater
shows.
He is also a social activist, television presenter, and stage performer.
He has been extraordinarily successful and owned production companies, an example of
one is Red Chillies Entertainment, and Dreamz Unlimited, as well as owns Indian Premiere
League.
He is definitely living the luxury lifestyle, owning several cars, and homes in London,
Mumbai, and Dubai.
2.
Jerry Seinfeld- He’s a famous actor and American comedian, he is also well known for
making erratic appearances on late night TV shows.
Jerry came from Brooklyn New York.
He attended college in upstate New York but transferred to Queens College in New York
City.
Jerry had a massive interest in stand-up comedy and had a great sense of humor.
Right after college, he went directly to amateur night to try out for stand up in New York.
He performed at local clubs until his appearance on The Tonight Show.
After that, he started making more appearances on various shows.
His big opportunity came when he was offered to create a sitcom for NBC in 1989.
He teamed up with Larry David, a stand-up colleague.
His net worth is a whopping $820 million.
1.
Merv Griffin- Merv was born in 1925 and possibly the richest actor of all time.
He was an actor, TV host, musician, and media mogul.
He first started his career on the radio, and then went on to become a band member,
then after that, he started acting in films.
He shot to fame and earned a lot of his wealth by hosting the popular show “The Merv Griffin
Show.”
He also appeared in film and on broadway in the 1940s.
He started his own record label, called Panda Records.
His album was the first U.S. album to be mastered on magnetic tape.
During one of his nightclub performances, he was discovered by a women named Doris Day.
She was so impressed she arranged for a screen test at Warner Bros. Studios.
He did plenty of hit movies but turned most of his focus to television.
He created the game shows, Click, wheel of fortune, and Jeopardy, within his own television
production companies.
Unfortunately, Merv died in 2007 at 82 years old, due to prostate cancer.
He had a net worth of more than $1 Billion, and no other actors have yet been able to
reach this landmark.