These actors, known for their work on movies and smart investments, have built their massive fortunes.
It isn’t always onscreen where actors have been able to gain such wealth since so many off-screen have still managed to hit the status of the world’s richest actors thanks to blessed deals cut by the producers. On the flip side, some actors make considerable amounts outside the acting world, such as through endorsements, real estate, brand creation, and, sometimes, personal connections. Some even went as far as to create their own production companies. So, without wasting time, let’s check out who the 15 richest actors around the world turned out to be.
Please note that this list is based on their current estimated worth. And to qualify them, a good fraction of their fame should have come from acting (sorry, Oprah). Due to several ties, these fitting 15 stars shape the top 10 richest actors around the globe. Well, let’s find out who they are on big and small screens.
15. Jackie Chan
He is estimated to have a net worth of 400 million dollars, ranking up with other celebrities such as Brad Pitt, Jack Nicholson, Bill Cosby, Jennifer Lopez, Mark Wahlberg, Sylvester Stallone, and Tom Hanks. But seven years ago, at the age of 69, he was the second highest-paid actor in the world.
The U.S. Chan is a household name with action-comedy movies part of his oeuvre, including the Rush Hour trilogy and Shanghai Noon. He also owns a string of cinemas in his native China and has launched his own fashion and food line.
14. Mel Gibson
At 67, he is worth an estimated $425 million. He once commanded $25 million per movie and collected that fee for his work in Lethal Weapon 4 (1998), The Patriot (2000), Signs (2002), and We Were Soldiers (2002). His greatest payday, however, came from the 2004 biblical blockbuster The Passion of Christ, which he produced and directed.
Half of that film’s profits went to Gibson, resulting in approximately $300 million from ticket sales alone. Another $100 million-plus came from DVD sales and other merchandise. It wasn’t for a $425 million divorce settlement with his ex Robyn Moore in 2011, he would be far higher on this list.
13. Adam Sandler
Who am I talking about and how much is his estimated net worth? He is considered one of the most successful comedians in history, having started on Saturday Night Live and then went on to an ultra-profitable film career. According to Celebrity Net Worth, Sandler has made at least $20 million from each of the 20 major studio films he’s been a part of. Not only that, but Sandler’s production company, Happy Madison, has put out major hits of its own.
Throughout his career, Sandler has made two separate deals with Netflix—in 2014 and 2020—each for four films. The second deal is reported to be worth around $275 million.
12. Kevin Hart
He is worth an estimated $450 million. Besides his acting career in super hits such as Ride Along (2014), The Secret Life of Pets (2016), and Jumanji: Welcome to the Jungle (2017), he is a razor-sharp stand-up comedian and entrepreneur.
He also collaborates with big sponsors like Samsung, Wrangler, AT&T, and Mountain Dew. In April 2022, a private equity firm invested $100 million in his media company, HartBeat, raising his stake in the company to over $550 million.
11. Arnold Schwarzenegger
He has an estimated net worth of $450 million. The 75-year-old actor was one of the most-sought-after action stars in the Hollywood film industry, acting in a string of successful movies, including the Terminator series, Predator (1987), and Total Recall (1990). He used to charge between $20 million to $30 million for a movie during that peak period.
Apart from his acting career, Schwarzenegger has a few investments in commercial and personal real estate which go beyond $100 million.
10. George Clooney
He has an estimated net worth of $500 million. He garnered a significant portion of his wealth from the sale of alcohol. In 2017, Clooney and his partners Rande Gerber and Michael Meldman sold their tequila brand Casamigos to Diageo for $700 million upfront and potentially $300 million more in the future.
According to Celebrity Net Worth, the 62-year-old became a $40 million stakeholder in a partnership with Nespresso. He made more money with heavyweight salaries from movies, such as the $20 million he made from his performance in the 2001 film Ocean’s Eleven.
9. Robert De Niro
He has an estimated net worth of $500 million. He is best known for his performances in such iconic movies as Taxi Driver (1976), Raging Bull (1980), and Goodfellas (1990). As of the present, at the age of 79, he continues to act in films, such as About My Father and Killers of the Flower Moon, which are both due to be released in 2023.
Apart from his acting career, De Niro is also a successful restaurateur. In 1994, he co-founded the first Nobu restaurant with celebrity chef Nobuyuki Matsuhisa. Presently he has over 50 restaurants around the globe, with their businesses raking in hundreds of millions of dollars a year.
8. Ashley and Mary-Kate Olsen
She’s estimated to be worth $500 million. Though the pair haven’t acted together since 2004’s New York Minute and have retired from acting, the 37-year-old Olsen twins were everywhere once.
While the pair were still starring together in the TV sitcom Full House, their production company, Dualstar Entertainment Group, was founded in 1993. They began appearing in a string of almost 20 straight-to-video and TV movies, and occasionally in features. When they turned 18, they became presidents of Dualstar.
They are also fashion entrepreneurs, designing the brand The Row, sold by luxury department stores such as Nordstrom, Saks Fifth Avenue, Neiman Marcus, and Bergdorf Goodman.
7. Ellen DeGeneres
It is said she has a net worth of approximately $500 million. Most of her income came from the highly successful The Ellen DeGeneres Show, a daily talk show running from 2003 to 2022. At the time before closing her show, In Touch reported she was making an impressive $60 million from the show per year.
In addition to her television work, the 65-year-old comedian has also made millions flipping houses with her wife, Portia de Rossi. On the comedy side, Ellen DeGeneres: Relatable, a Netflix special that aired in 2018, earned her $20 million. Now add all of that to the money she’s made from previous television projects and acting gigs in such iconic movies as Finding Nemo and Finding Dory, and you have yourself a highly lucrative career.
6. Tom Cruise
Aged 61, he is said to have an estimated net worth of $600 million. Starting from humble beginnings with early film roles such as 1983’s Risky Business, for which he earned a paltry $75,000, by now, Cruise is known to be one of the most well-paid actors in Hollywood.
According to Celebrity Net Worth, Cruise took home a respectable $100 million for starring in each of his castings in Mission: Impossible 2 (2000) and the sci-fi thriller War of the Worlds (2005). While he took a smaller salary for his most recent film, Mission: Impossible—Dead Reckoning Part One, reports filed by Variety claim that Cruise will, as always, be entitled to rake in a significant percentage of its first-dollar gross, which is sure to boost his already-considered-as-very-large net worth.
5. Shah Rukh Khan
At 57 years old, he was one of India’s wealthiest actors. Shahrukh Khan has acted in more than 80 Bollywood movies. His new movie looks to be the 2023 thriller, Pathaan.
With close to 39 million followers on Instagram, Khan earns between $50 million and $80 million a year. Notably, he might collect $35 million or more for each film, as per the reports by Celebrity Net Worth.
4. Dwayne Johnson
He is also known as The Rock and has an estimated net worth of $800 million. Either way, with roles that pay him $22.5 million for this year’s Black Adam, and in the future $50 million for the Amazon Studios movie Red One, he makes money.
The 51-year-old has owned 30–40% of the Teremana Tequila company since he founded it in 2020 with then-wife Dany Garcia and a few other partners. He stands to make as much as $1 billion pre-tax from the product.
In addition, these products are endorsed by Johnson with Under Armour, Ford, and Apple.
3. Jerry Seinfeld
His estimated net worth is $950 million, and he still earns at least a few million more from the legendary sitcom “Seinfeld,” which has been said to be, after all, a show about nothing.
Years after ending in 1998, “Seinfeld” has been speculated to generate, at its peak, up to $400 million a year in syndication fees for Seinfeld, who executive produced and wrote the series.
He also continues to profit from his stand-up comedy. Today, at 69, Seinfeld remains a road warrior, and Netflix paid him $20 million for his 2020 special, 23 Hours to Kill.
2. Tyler Perry
At 53, he is also estimated to be worth $1 billion. Some outlets claim it is $800 million. Forbes recently has not listed him as a global billionaire in its last three reports.
Perry is perhaps best known for the Madea franchise, which Forbes said had grossed $660 million overall. He has been actively producing content for BET since 2019 in a reported deal with owner ViacomCBS. He’s rumored to be earning $150 million annually and is holding a 25% stake in the BET+ streaming service.
1. Jami Gertz
At 57, she’s worth around $8 billion. So why didn’t her wealth primarily come from her own ’80s movies, like Crossroads, The Lost Boys, Less Than Zero, and Quicksilver, or even her 1996 disaster rom-com Twister and CBS’s TV sitcom Still Standing?
In 1989, Gertz tied the knot with business magnate Antony Ressler, who co-founded investment funds Apollo Global Management and Ares Management in 1990 and 1997. Together, those two companies command a market cap of $73 billion, an insurmountable asset in favor of Ressler and his wife.
Not only that, but the said couple owns sports franchises as well. The couple bought out a majority share of the Atlanta Hawks, an NBA team, as recently as 2015 and also owns part of the Milwaukee Brewers, an MLB franchise.
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