Wondering which actor has the most wealth and influence? This article will answer your queries and provide you a list of Top 10 richest actors in the world.
Celebrities/ Actors/ Actresses are the people who influence general population most beside their Father/mother/guardian. Due to this much control on population Actors tend to earn quite a hefty amount of money through Sponsorship/Advertisement.
Now you might be questioning who is the richest actor in the world? The following list shows the Top Ten richest actors in the world according to their net worth.
Top 10 Richest Actors/Celebrities in the World
Here are the list of Top Ten Richest Celebrities in the world. Enjoy the list :
10. Adam Sandler, Age 47, $340 million
He is best known for his funny character in Hollywood industry. He received 3 MTV awards, 2 Teen Choice Award , 11 Kid’s Choice Award, with many more nominations and other awards. He started his acting career with comedy show The Cosby Show (1984) and Saturday Night Live (1990). His top filmography includes Grown Ups (2010), Just Go with It (2011), Mr. Deeds (2002), Happy Gilmore (1996), Reign Over Me (2007), Billy Madison (1995), etc.
9. Clint Eastwood, Age 83, $370 million
Clint Eastwood is an American actor, director and producer. He is best known for his academy award-gaining movie Unforgiven, as well as he got nominations for best actor. He is well-known for his characters as man with no name in Spaghetti Western and Harry Callahan in Dirty Harry (film series).
8. Bill Cosby, 76, $380 million
Bill Cosby is an american stand-up comedian. He is also an actor, producer,musician, educator. He started his film career with I Spy tv series(1965) for which he won three Emmy Awards. In 1996 he acted in The Bill Cosby show, a situation comedy, and then PBS series The Electric Company. His greatest success was the weekly aired program The Cosby Show(1984-1992). He received Grammy Award for Best Comedy Performance.
7. Tom Hanks, 57, $390 million
This American actor and filmmaker actually wanted to be an astronaut. He started his career with slasher film He Knows You’re Alone (1980). His best works are Forrest Gump (1994) Saving Private Ryan (1998), Catch Me If You Can (2002), The Da Vinci Code (2006), etc. He received a Golden Globe Award and an Academy Award for Best Actor for his role in Philadelphia and many others including lots of nominations.
6. Jack Nicholson, 77, $400 million
Do you remember this face? This American actor holds highest number of nominations in Academy Award (for best actor and supporting actor). He won three Oscars, six Golden Globe Awards and three and many more. His best works are One Flew over One Flew Over the Cuckoo’s Nest, Batman, Terms of Endearment and many others. He is also known for being a film director, producer, and writer. In his recent films he played a psychopathic/neurotic role.
5. Tyler Perry, 44, $450 million
Tyler Perry was born on September 13, 1969. He is an American actor, director, screenwriter, playwright, producer. He changed his name from Emmitt Perry Jr. to Tyler Perry for keeping distance from his father who used to beat him. He started his film career with Diary of a Mad Black Woman followed by Madea’s Family Reunion Meet the Browns A Madea Christmas and so on. He is also famous for his television show Tyler Perry’s House of Payne. He received BET Comedy awards, Golden Raspberry Awards and many more nominations.
4. Johnny Depp, 50, $450 million
Think you can remember this person as Jack Sparrow in Pirates of the Caribbean. He is an American actor as well as a musician. He started his career with the job of a salesman MTV Movie Awards, People’s Choice Awards, Teen Choice Awards. He was also nominated for various awards. During 2012 he was the highest paid actor ($75 million).
3. Tom Cruise, 51, $480 million
This handsome guy is an american film actor and film producer. He was from a near rich family. He started his career with the film Endless Love which was followed by Risky Business Top Gun, Mission: Impossible film series between 1996 and 2011, The Color of Money, Oblivion. He was awarded with three Golden Globe awards, two People’s Choice Awards. It takes a lot of space to describe all of his awards. The strangest line about him is that October 10, 2006 was declared Tom Cruise Day in Japan. His great works include Sleepy Hollow Pirates of the Caribbean series, Charlie and the Chocolate Factory (2005), Alice in Wonderland (2010) and Rango (2011).
2. Shah Rukh Khan, 48, $600 million
Who does not know the name of this Bollywood actor! He is Shah Rukh Khan, the King of Bollywood. He ranks first in Bollywood and second in the whole world world’s top ten lists of rich celebrities. He has appeared in over 50 Hollywood movies. He started his career with the film “Deewana” (1992) and he is now working for his upcoming movies “Happy New Year” (2014), “Raees” (2015) and “Fan” (2015). Till now he is one of the highest paid Bollywood actors. He is also connected with Human Welfare programs like UNESCO.
1.Jerry Seinfeld, 60, $820 million
You may not be familiar with this face, but don’t worry I will guide you. He is a famous American stand-up Comedian, as well as a good writer, actor and a successful film producer. He is famous for his The Seinfeld Chronicles (later Seinfeld) an American television sitcom. Seinfeld received Emmy Award for Outstanding Comedy Series, Golden Globe Award for Best TV-Series (Comedy) and many more with lots of praises and nominations.
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