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Tuesday 13 December 2011

Top 10 Highest Earning Hollywood Actors of 2011


No. 1 Leonardo DiCaprio - Total Earning: $77 million

Leonardo Wilhelm DiCaprio (born November 11, 1974) is an American actor and film producer. He has received many awards, including a Golden Globe Award for Best Actor for his performance in The Aviator (2004), and has been nominated by the Academy AwardsScreen Actors Guild and the British Academy of Film and Television Arts.





No. 2 Johnny Depp - Total Earning: $50 million

John Christopher "JohnnyDepp II (born June 9, 1963) is an American actor, producer and musician. He has won the Golden Globe Award and Screen Actors Guild award for Best Actor. Depp rose to prominence on the 1980s television series 21 Jump Street, becoming a teen idol. Turning to film, he played the title character of Edward Scissorhands (1990) and later found box office success in films such as Sleepy Hollow (1999), Charlie and the Chocolate Factory (2005), Rango (2011) and the Pirates of the Caribbean film series (2003–present). He has collaborated with director and friend Tim Burton in seven films, most recently with Alice in Wonderland (2010).



No. 3 Adam Sandler - Total Earning: $40 million

Adam Richard Sandler (born September 9, 1966) is an American actor, comedian, screenwriter, musician, and film producer.






No. 4 Will Smith - Total Earning: $36 million

Willard Christopher "WillSmith, Jr. (born September 25, 1968), also known by his stage name. The Fresh Prince, is an American actor, producer, and rapper. He has enjoyed success in television, film and music. In April 2007, Newsweek called him the most powerful actor in Hollywood, Smith has been nominated for four Golden Globe Awards, two Academy Awards, and has won multiple Grammy Awards.



No. 5 Tom Hanks - Total Earning: $35 million

Thomas Jeffrey "TomHanks (born July 9, 1956) is an American actor, producer, writer, and director. Hanks worked in television and family-friendly comedies, gaining wide notice in 1988's Big, before achieving success as a dramatic actor in several notable roles, including Andrew Beckett in Philadelphia, the title role in Forrest Gump, Commander Jim Lovell in Apollo 13, Captain John H. Miller in Saving Private Ryan, Joe Fox in You've Got Mail, Chuck Noland in Cast Away, and voicing the character Woody in the Toy Story series


No. 6 Ben Stiller - Total Earning: $34 million

Benjamin Edward "Ben" Stiller (born November 30, 1965) is an American comedian, actor, writer, film director, and producer. He is the son of veteran comedians and actors Jerry Stiller and Anne Meara.






No. 7 Robert Downey Jr. - Total Earning: $31 million

Robert John Downey, Jr. (born April 4, 1965) is an American actor. Downey made his screen debut in 1970 at the age of five when he appeared in his father's film Pound, and has worked consistently in film and television ever since.





No.8  Mark Wahlberg

Mark Robert Michael Wahlberg (born June 5, 1971) is an American actor, film and television producer, and former rapper. He was known as Marky Mark in his earlier years, and became famous for his 1991 debut as a musician with the band Marky Mark and the Funky Bunch. He was named No. 1 on VH1's 40 Hottest Hotties of the 90's.




No. 9 Tim Allen - Total Earning: $22 million

Tim Allen (born Timothy Alan Dick;June 13, 1953) is an American comedian, actor, voice-over artist, and entertainer, known for his role in the sitcom Home Improvement. He is also known for his starring roles in several popular films, including the Toy Story film seriesThe Santa Clause film series, and Galaxy Quest.





No. 10 Tom Cruise 

Thomas Cruise Mapother IV (born July 3, 1962), better known as Tom Cruise, is an American film actor and producer. He has been nominated for three Academy Awards and he has won three Golden Globe Awards.






Source: ibtimes, wikipedia

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