Having a break-through as an actor in Hollywood usually comes with a nice pay-check. But it turns out the earnings of famous actors vary a lot. Even though actors like Tara Reid and Lindsay Lohan had a heyday in the past, right now their net worth isn’t all that.
Lindsay’s career took of after 2004’s teen comedy “Mean Girls” which grossed $129 million worldwide and garnered Lohan four Teen Choice awards, it seemed like the star was going big. While acting Lindsay also worked on a modeling and music career. December 2004 Lohan released her debut album, “Speak”, which reached the number four spot in the Billboard 200. Lohan has modeled for Miu Miu, Fornarina, Jill Stuart among others and released her own brand of leggings and a self-tanning spray. In spite of her success, she is known for her expensive lifestyle and has faced many legal and personal problems which have eaten up a huge percentage of her net worth, which makes it only $500,000 by today.
Even though Tara Reids net worth is still around $2 million, it’s safe to say that her good days are over. Reid went on to play small roles in television programs such as Saved by the Bell: The New Class, Days of Our Lives, California Dreams and Scrubs. She is also known for her memorable roles in such films as The Big Lebowski (1998) and American Pie (1999), as well as its sequels. While Reid is still trying to make it as an actor by returning to the small screen on the UK reality television program Celebrity Big Brother, it isn’t really happening anymore. Most of this has to do with her becoming more associated with the reputation of party girl than her acting accomplishments..
While these celebrities went from rising to falling, the actors in this top 10 are still going strong. Meet the richest actors in Hollywood.
10 | Angelina Jolie
She is the only woman who can compete with men when it comes to earnings. Her annual salary is $33 million. She has often been declared one of the most beautiful women in the world by the international media. She achieved the greatest success in the movie “Mr. and Mrs. Smith“, after which her life changed, privately too. Her marriage with Brad Pitt attracted great attention.
9 | Denzel Washington
An American actor, director and producer who won two Academy Awards for Best Supporting Actor for the historical drama-war film Glory and Best Actor for his role in the movie “Training Day”. His annual revenue is $33.5 million. Interesting is the fact that he didn’t want to become an actor but a journalist; we don’t know why he changed his mind but he certainly didn’t repent.
8 | Tom Cruise
The actor who was nominated for an Oscar three times, earns $35 million per year. He started his career when he was only 19. Even today, the first thing that comes to our mind when we mention him is his role of Maverick in the movie “Top Gun“. He says for himself that in life he knew how to live with a lot of money but also without it; world box offices earned up to $7.3 billion on his films. Other men may envie him because he was in a relationship with perhaps most beautiful women of the world, and besides, he married three times but remained consistent in one thing and that is the commitment to the Church of Scientology.
7 | Adam Sandler
He is an American actor, comedian and screenwriter. He started his fruitful career in a TV show “Saturday Night Live”. In a year, he earned $37 million and this is what places him on the Forbes list of highest-paid actors. It is true that his new movie earned 260 million at the worldwide box office, but even that is not enough to make up for losses related to the movies “Jack and Jill” and “That’s my boy”. People tend to joke about this and say that “with him the loss is guaranteed“.
6 | Leonardo Dicaprio
He gained worldwide fame with his role of Jack Dawson in the movie “Titanic“. Within a year, he managed to earn $39 million. His role in the movie “The Wolf of Wall Street” is also important. The interesting fact about DiCaprio is that he was nominated five times for an Oscar and ten times for a Golden Globe Award. He hasn’t managed to win an Oscar yet, and from the bottom of our hearts we wish him to win it since he deserved it with his hard and excellent work.
5 | Dwayne Johnson
The fifth on the list is the actor known as the Rock. He is not only the actor, but also a professional wrestler. For his leading role in the movie ”The Scorpion King“, Johnson was paid more than $5.5 million. And his overall income amounted to $46 million.
4 | Mark Wahlberg
An American actor who was nominated for an Oscar is the fourth highest-paid actor. His earnings amounted to $52 million. At an early age he became addicted to cocaine. The statements he made about the drugs are famous and the way he stopped using them – that is the period when his daughter started noticing that he consumed drugs. He is famous for the movie “Ted”, after which he said that he hadn’t missed marijuana until the moment of the film shooting where he starred with the animated bear who smoked marijuana and slept with prostitutes.
3 | Hugh Jackman
The actor who became famous for his roles in the movies “The Prestige,” and of course the legendary “X-Men” is the third on the list. His wealth is estimated at $55 million. Unfortunately, the star of the the X-Men film series suffers from basal-cell carcinoma, a type of skin cancer. This type of cancer can be cured, but if it is not discovered early, it can have serious consequences. We’re happy to say that his disease was discovered early and is under control now.
2 | Channing Tatum
The second on the list is Tatum who is a newcomer among Hollywood actors. Thus, it is unbelievable but true that in only one year he earned $60 million. He became famous for his roles in the movies “Magic Mike” and “Side Effects”. However, this is not the most interesting fact about the actor. Believe it or not, he began his career as a stripper in Tampa, and made a film about this period of his life of which he is not ashamed at all. But this is not all – the ’People’magazine named him the sexiest man on the planet last year!
1 | Robert Downey Junior
Thanks to his role of superhero Iron Man in the movies “The Avengers“ and “Iron Man 3“, Robert Downey Jr. is the first on the list of 15 richest actors in Hollywood. He inherited the talent for acting from his father Robert Downey. He is known for his film and TV roles as well as for drug abuse and legal troubles. Robert Downey Junior earned amazing $75 million in only 12 months and therefore he deserved to be on the top of the list.