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World’s Highest Paid Hollywood Actors 2015 by Forbes
Best of all, Hollywood actors aren’t the only ones to make the top 10, but Bollywood actors Amitabh Bachchan, Salman Khan, and Akshay Kumar are also among the highest-paid superstars. As Hollywood movies continue to earn billions around the world, some of the names that made it to the top of the list are pretty obvious.
Forbes tops list of top Hollywood stars who are overpaid. Read on and discover some of your favorite actors on the 10 Highest Paid Hollywood Actors list.
10. Leonardo DiCaprio – $29 million
After bagging his first Golden Globe for the 1997 film Titanic , which was also his road to stardom, actor LeonardoDiCaprio has come a long way. He ranks tenth on the list and receives a $29 million paycheck. 2015 will see the 40-year-old heartthrob, who’s made huge strides recently in The Wolf of Wall Street (2013), take center stage again with December ‘s Revenant . Directed by Alejandro González Iñárritu, the film will also star Tom Hardy, Will Poulter and Domhnall Gleeson. In addition to being a movie star, DiCaprio is also an active environmentalist and is working on a series of documentaries in partnership with Netflix.
9. Johnny Depp – $31 million
Pirates of the Caribbean franchise has been quite a successful journey for actor Johnny Depp, making it the top ten highest paid Hollywood actors of 2015. In 2012, he was listed in the Guinness World Records as the highest-paid actor earning over $75 million. He’s currently receiving a $31 million paycheck. He is currently busy with a violent crime film entitled Black Mass which is scheduled for release in September 2015. Captain Jack Sparrow will appear in the fifth Pirates of the Caribbean series called Pirates of the Caribbean: Dead Men Tell No Tales in 2017.
8. Dwayne Johnson – $31.5 million
He is one of the few wrestlers who have proven their acting finesse and it shows the fact that he is in the top 10 highest paid actors list. With a salary of $31.5 million, Dwayne received critical acclaim as an action hero. His most famous roles to date are as Luke Hobbs in The Fast and the Furious franchise. In 2015 , San Andreas made a whopping $385 million at the box office worldwide. He’s also making it big in the television industry, being the executive producer for the HBO comedy series Baller , in which he also stars.
7. Mark Wahlberg – $32 million
Ted 2 (2015) was a huge hit, grossing $168 million and Mark Wahlberg could not have asked for more. A bankable star who is currently taking home $32 million is a well known television and film personality. Ted (2012) had earned a whopping $549 million and the sequel has also garnered him wide recognition. His success story is based on a series of films such as Sole Survivor (2013) and Transformers: Age of Extinction (2014). He co-owns the Wahlburgers chain and his company produced the film Entourage (2015) and even Dwayne Johnson’s football comedy series on HBO called Baller (2015-present).
6. Tom Cruise – $40 million
This comes as no surprise. He takes home $40 million. Tom Cruise is one of Hollywood’s most successful actors, but the star wasn’t an instant hit. In fact, he got his acting break at the age of 19 in Endless Love (1981) . He then had small roles in a number of films such as Taps (1981) and The Outsiders (1983) before landing a starring role in the 1983 film A Risky Business . He became a superstar in 1986 playing the character of Pete Maverick Mitchell’s Top Gun . The Golden Globe winner character of Ethan Hunt in Mission ImpossibleSerie has also given him critical praise. Mission: Impossible Rogue Nation (2015) and Tomorrow’s Edge (2014) led him to that list.
5. Adam Sandler – $41 million
Sandler is a hard working guy who deserves to be on this list with his $41 million salary. He started his television career with The Cosby Show (1984-1992) and later Remote Control (1987-1990). He made his film debut in Overboard (1989). He was first discovered by comedian Dennis Miller playing a stage act in Los Angeles, and that’s how he became Saturday Night Live (1975-present). He returned with Pixels in 2015 and got the cash registers ringing. He has also teamed up with Netflix to direct a series of comedy films for his fans.
4. Bradley Cooper – $41.5 million
Cooper, who is fourth on the list, wins $41.5 million. Rated as The Sexiest Man Alive by People’s Magazine in 2011, he started Sex and the City in 1999. He also hosted Globe Trekker (1994). Alias (2001-2006) and Jack & Bobby (2004-2005) were his best television series. He ranks among the highest paid actors due to the success of the 2014 film American Sniper and 2015 film Aloha.
3. Vin Diesel – $47 million
The $47 million annual paycheck is fine earned by Vin Diesel. In his youth he was in the theater and began to earn his living by writing screenplays. He is most famous for portraying the character of Dominic Toretto in The Fast and the Furious series and also as Riddick in The Chronicles of Riddick trilogy. The Furious 7 album, released in 2015, grossed over $1.5 billion and is one of the main reasons Diesel is in the top 10 highest paid actors.
2. Jackie Chan – $50 million
Number two on the list is an unexpected entry and comes from an international artist. It’s none other than Hong Kong superstar Jackie Chan. After he began acting in his regional cinema, Snake in the Eagle’s Shadow (1978) was his first well-received film. Drunken Master (1978) was also very successful. The superstar is one of the most successful Hollywood stars and is set to lend his voice to Kung Fu Panda 3 in 2015. Skip is another upcoming movie that is sure to entertain audiences.
1. Robert Downey, Jr. – $80 million
And number one is reached again by Hollywood’s two-time highest-paid actor, Robert Downey Jr. Earning $80 million annually, he’s the king of the good times. He started his acting career at five pounds with many of his films making more than $500 million and The Avengers series and Iron Man have made him $1 billion each. The actor has pledged $40 million for his next film, Captain America: Civil War . The Iron Man franchise changed his life and he became the richest actor alive in 2015.