Top 10 Highest Paid Actors

Nov 12th, 2009 by Samuel Augustin

Here is the list of the highest paid actors in Hollywood

Here are all the known famous actors which earn the highest sum of money for their acting in Hollywood films.

Adam Sandler – $30 million

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Name : Adam Sandler

Birth date: September 9, 1966

Birthplace: New york, USA

Famous movie(s): You Don’t Mess with the Zohan, Click and I Now Pronounce You Chuck and Larry


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Adam Sandler is basically know for his very famous comedy and has got the into limelight on the basis of his amazing comedian skills.

Will Ferrell – $31 million

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Name :  John William Ferrell

Birth date: July 16, 1967

Birthplace: California, USA

Famous movie(s): Land of the Lost, Step brothers, The other Guys and The Goods: Live Hard, Sell Hard

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Will Ferrell is now a very famous actor and he is very famous for the amazing comedy movies which he has done till now. His acting has been improving in the last few years and in these recent years he has acted in some very great movies.

Nicolas Cage – $38 million

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Name : Nicolas Kim Coppola

Birth date: January 7, 1964

Birthplace: California, USA

Famous movie(s): National Treasure : Book of Secrets and Knowing

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Nicolas Cage is very famous for a few of his “bad boy” roles and he has got many wards for his work in some great films. he started his career from a television series show in 1981.

Ben Stiller – $40 million

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Name : Benjamin Edward Stiller

Birth date: November 30, 1965

Birthplace: New York, USA

Famous movie(s): Night at the Museum, The Heartbreak Kid and Starsky & Hutch

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Ben Stiller has gained a lot of popularity over the years becuase of his comedy roles in some of the best movies like Night at the Musuem and his acting has always been very versitile as he can act in comedy roles as well as action roles also.

Bruce Willis – $41 million

Name : Walter Bruce Willis

Birth date: March 19, 1955

Birthplace: West Germany

Famous movies: Live Free or Die Hard and Surrogates

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A few new movies like die hard has given Bruce Willis a lot fame and his fan following has increased after the release of that movie because of the specific action which is present in that movie.

Leonardo DiCaprio – $45 million

Name : Leonardo Wilhelm DiCaprio

Birth date: November 11, 1974

Birthplace: California, USA

Famous movie(s): Titanic

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Leonardo was the starer in the great sensational love story movie of Titanic which went a hit movie all around the world and his performance was praised by many people. His career has come to a standstill after Titanic.

Mike Myers – $55 million

Name : Michael John Myers

Birth date: May 25, 1963

Birthplace: Ontario, Canada

Famous movie(s): Shrek and The Love Guru

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Mike is a Canadian- Scottish screenwriter and actor. His work has been appreciated in a few movies like “The Love Guru” and “Shrek”. He gave his voice for the “Shrek” movie series and it has been a hit series till now.

Eddie Murphy – $55 million

Name : Edward Regan Murphy

Birth date:  April 3, 1961

Birthplace: New York, USA

Famous movie(s): Imagine That and Meet Dave

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Eddie Murphy has been the favourite of every child who loves to watch Hollywood movies as most of the movies which are released by him are for children and he does some of the best roles.

Johnny Depp – $72 million

Name : John Christopher Depp II

Birth date:  June 9, 1963

Birthplace: Kentucky, USA

Famous movie(s): Public Enemies and Pirates of the Caribbean

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Jhonny Depp has been starring in all the movies which are under the “Pirates of the Caribbean” series and it has been a great success for the movie series.

Will Smith – $80 million

Name :  Willard Christopher Smith, Jr.

Birth date:  September 25, 1968

Birthplace: Pennsylvania, USA

Famous movie(s): The Pursuit of Happyness, I am Legend, Hancock and Seven Pounds

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Will Smith has been recognized as the actor who takes the most amount of money for acting in a single film. Some of his great movies like “pursuit of happyness” lead him to a great fame as many of movies became some of the top rated amongst the other movies.

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Nicholas Cage isn’t having financial problems. His financial manager hasn’t been managing his finances properly. He has many assets. His manager just overlooked paying his taxes, that’s all.

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