Top 10 highest Paid Actor in the World for a single Movie Till now.2020
It's uncommon for on-screen characters to huge fees today, in any event contrasted with the days when crowds were attracted to a motion picture principally dependent on its lead star.
A long time back, if a specific on-screen character's name were joined to a motion picture, it was just about an ensured achievement. Stars like Will Smith, Tom Cruise, and Jim Carrey were paid gobs of cash during the 1990s since they pulled in a group.
10. Robert Downey Jr. as Tony Stark/Iron Man in "The Avengers"
$50 million
Robert John Downey Jr. (born April 4, 1965) is an American actor, producer, and singer. ... At the age of five, he made his acting debut in Robert Downey Sr.'s film Pound in 1970. His subsequently worked with the Brat Pack in the teen films Weird Science (1985) and Less Than Zero (1987).
It should not shock anyone that Downey gets paid a great deal for his job in the Marvel Cinematic Universe, and he's affirmed that he got paid $50 million only for the first avenger movies according to GQ.
10. Leonardo DiCaprio as Dom Cobb in "Inception"
$50 million
Leonardo Wilhelm DiCaprio was born November 11, 1974 in Los Angeles, California, the only child of Irmelin DiCaprio (née Indenbirken) and former comic book artist George DiCaprio. His father is of Italian and German descent, and his mother, who is German-born, is of German and Russian ancestry.DiCaprio earned at least $50 million for Christopher Nolan's 2010 film "Inception" just from box-office earnings, but his deal also included home video and television sales. According to Forbes.
9. Jack Nicholson as The Joker in "Batman"
$50 million
Jack Nicholson was born in Neptune, New Jersey, on April 22, 1937, and grew up in Manasquan, New Jersey, about 50 miles south of the city on the Jersey Shore. The people he believed to be his parents were named John and Ethel May Nicholson. June died of cancer in 1963, when Jack Nicholson was 26 years old.Though Nicholson was paid $6 million up front for his role as the villainous Joker in the 1989 "Batman" film, he reportedly secured a lucrative deal that included box-office earnings.Source: entertaiment weekly
8. Johnny Depp as Jack Sparrow in "Pirates of the Caribbean: On Stranger Tides"
$55 million
He was born John Christopher Depp II in Owensboro, Kentucky, on June 9, 1963, to Betty Sue (Wells), who worked as a waitress, and John Christopher Depp, a civil engineer. Depp was raised in Florida. He dropped out of school when he was 15, and fronted a series of music-garage bands, including one named 'The Kids'Forbes reported in 2010 that "On Stranger Tides" — the fourth "Pirates" movie released in 2011 — was the most expensive movies ever made, with production costs of over $410 million. A large portion of those costs were due to paying staff and actors. Depp alone made $55 million for the movie.
Source: Forbes
7. Tom Hanks as Forrest Gump in "Forrest Gump"
$60 million
Hanks was born on July 9, 1956, in Concord, California. Hanks' parents divorced when he was 5 years old, and he was raised, along with his older brother and sister, by his father, a chef named Amos. ... In 1977, Hanks was recruited to take part in the summer session of the Great Lakes Shakespeare Festival in Lakewood Ohio.
$60 million
Source: Entertainment Weekly
The box-office hit "Forrest Gump" is another case in which Hanks opted for performance-based pay, in which he received an estimated $60 million.
6. Harrison Ford as Indiana Jones in "Indiana Jones and the Kingdom of the Crystal Skull"
$65 million
Harrison Ford (born July 13, 1942) is an American actor, aviator and environmental activist. He initially gained worldwide fame for his starring role as Han Solo in the original trilogy (1977–1983) of the Star Wars film franchise and would eventually reprise the role in the sequel trilogy.
$65 million
Source: Forbes
To get Ford back for a fourth "Indiana Jones" movie, Paramount agreed to a deal that split a large portion of the film's earnings.
5. Johnny Depp as The Mad Hatter in "Alice in Wonderland"
$68 million
He was born John Christopher Depp II in Owensboro, Kentucky, on June 9, 1963, to Betty Sue (Wells), who worked as a waitress, and John Christopher Depp, a civil engineer. Depp was raised in Florida. He dropped out of school when he was 15, and fronted a series of music-garage bands, including one named 'The Kids'.
$68 million
Source: The Telegraph
According to the Telegraph, Depp earned 50 million pounds for "Alice in Wonderland," which was about $68 million in the US
4. Sandra Bullock as Dr. Ryan Stone in "Gravity"
$70 million
Actress Sandra Annette Bullock was born on July 26, 1964, in Arlington, Virginia, to a German opera singer and a voice teacher. Bullock grew up largely on the road. ... She joined the Neighborhood Playhouse Theatre, where she took acting classes, and supported herself with waitressing and bartending work.
$70 million
Source: The Hollywood Reporter
Bullock was paid $20 million up front for "Gravity," which is an impressive number on its own. But her deal also included 15% of box office revenue, which got her at least $70 million.
3. Tom Cruise as Ethan Hunt in "Mission: Impossible — Ghost Protocol
$75 million
Thomas Cruise Mapother IV, better known as Tom Cruise, was born on July 3, 1962, in Syracuse, New York, to Mary and Thomas Mapother. Cruise's mother was an amateur actress and schoolteacher, and his father was an electrical engineer.
$75 million
Source: Forbes
Cruise earned $75 million from the fourth "Mission: Impossible" movie, "Ghost Protocol," which allowed him to top Forbes' most powerful actors list in 2012.
2. Will Smith as Agent J in "Men in Black 3"
$100 million
Will Smith was born Willard Carroll Smith Jr. on September 25, 1968, in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, to mother Caroline, a school board employee, and father Willard C. ... At 16 Smith met future collaborator Jeff Townes at a party. The pair became friends, and the duo DJ Jazzy Jeff & The Fresh Prince was born
$100 million
Source: The Hollywood Reporter
Will Smith's performance-based pay for the third "Men in Black"
1. Keanu Reeves as Neo in "The Matrix" trilogy
$250 million
Keanu Charles Reeves, whose first name means "cool breeze over the mountains" in Hawaiian, was born September 2, 1964 in Beirut, Lebanon. He is the son of Patricia Taylor, a showgirl and costume designer, and Samuel Nowlin Reeves, a geologist. ... Reeves never reconnected with his biological father.
$250 million
Between all three "Matrix" films, Keanu Reeves' combined pay was $250 million.
