Top 10 highest-paid actors of 2020

We all know that having a well known cast in a movie is one of the best way to attract audience to your movie and talk more of having multiple star cast, it's going to be a like a blow. It has proved to be a very good way of attracting and will always be a good way of attracting fans. When trying to select a movie to watch, I'd consider the movie with an actor whose movie I've watched and enjoyed before or whom I'm familiar with than other ones with no star actor/actress even though this might not completely mean that the one I'm choosing is more interesting than the one with no star act.

The situation tends to be like that because we believe in them (known actors/actress) giving us professional acting we've known them to give. And this explains why I would immediately try to hold a movie Dwayne Johnson or Tom Cruise appears in or Angelina Jolie or Jackie Chan smiles in whether it's possibly interesting or not. For example, after enjoying Iron Man and The Avengers as a whole, I was going through the list of some movies to watch and I came across a movie titled "Doctor Do Little". Upon setting my eyes on Robert Downey Junior, I'm convinced to watch the movie. Do not get me wrong, I'm not saying the only interesting movies out there are those that only star actors/actresses are present in, but knowing one of our favorites are present in a movie can go a long way in convincing us to go for it.

However, considering the high amount of money it takes to get these actors/actress working with you on your project is one of the reasons you can't always see most of them in a movie. Though there are some other reasons too that might serve as a barrier to landing an actor of your choice, like an actor you wish to have to play a role in your movie is busy with another project and etc. But in most cases if not some production company like Disney, Marvel etc that have the strength to, amount charged for their service can actually have you looking for an alternative. That's why it's not always common that you see all these star actors/actresses in a single movie. But are the people always willing to work with these actors stupid for going for people that'll cost them more money? No!!, why?, because the star faces make them more money too and of course, there's a good reason why they're are rated.

So here we're going to be talking about the Top 10 highest paid actors (actresses excluded) in the year 2020. Let's begin the countdown

10) JACKIE CHAN - $40 million

Chan Kong-sang (Chinese: born 7 April 1954), known professionally as Jackie Chan, is a Hong Kong martial artist, actor, stuntman, filmmaker, action choreographer, and singer. He is known in the cinematic world for his slapstick acrobatic fighting style, comic timing, use of improvised weapons, and innovative stunts, which he typically performs himself. He has trained in Wushu or Kung Fu and Hapkido, and has been acting since the 1960s, appearing in over 150 films.

Six decades into his career, the martial arts star is as active as ever, making five movies in the past year. He pads his film income with millions from endorsement and licensing deals.

9) ADAM SANDLER - $41 million

Adam Richard Sandler (born September 9, 1966) is an American actor, comedian, and filmmaker. He was a cast member on Saturday Night Live from 1990 to 1995, before going on to star in many Hollywood films, which have combined to earn more than $2 billion at the box office.

The comedian has found his home at Netflix. In January, he signed another deal to create four more movies for the platform after his film Murder Mystery became one of the streamer’s most-popular films of all time.

8) WILL SMITH - $44.5 million

Willard Carroll Smith Jr. (born September 25, 1968) is an American actor, producer and rapper. In April 2007, Newsweek called him "the most powerful actor in Hollywood". Smith has been nominated for five Golden Globe Awards and two Academy Awards, and has won four Grammy Awards.

The Fresh Prince can still earn big checks for lead parts, such as his upcoming role in King Richard, in which he portrays Richard Williams, father of tennis greats Serena and Venus. He fills the earnings gaps with mobile phone hits, including a Snapchat series and his popular Instagram account.

7) LIN-MANUEL MIRANDA - $45.5 million

Lin-Manuel Miranda (born January 16, 1980)[1] is an American actor, singer, rapper, composer, producer, and playwright. He created and starred in the Broadway musicals In the Heights and Hamilton. His awards include a Pulitzer Prize, three Tony Awards, three Grammy Awards, an Emmy Award, a MacArthur Fellowship, and a Kennedy Center Honor in 2018.

Disney acquired worldwide movie rights to the original Broadway production of Hamilton for $75 million this year, putting Miranda on the list for the first time. Even with Broadway closed for the remainder of 2020, he can expect another big payday next year when the film version of In the Heights comes out.

6) AKSHAY KUMAR - $48.5 million

Rajiv Hari Om Bhatia (born 9 September 1967), known professionally as Akshay Kumar, is an India-born naturalised Canadian actor, producer, martial artist and television personality who works in Bollywood, the commercial Hindi language film industry based chiefly in Mumbai, India. Over 29 years, Kumar has appeared in over 100 films and has won several awards, including a National Film Award and two Filmfare Awards. Kumar is one of the most successful actors of Hindi cinema. Having starred in 113 films, 52 of which were commercially successful, he was the first Bollywood actor whose films' domestic net lifetime collections crossed ₹20 billion (US$280 million) by 2013, and ₹30 billion (US$420 million) by 2016.

The only Bollywood star on the list, Kumar is working on his first television series The End for Amazon Prime. Most of his money, though, comes from endorsement deals; he shills for everything from multivitamins to toilet cleaners.

5) VIN DIESEL (Mark Sinclair) - $54 million

Mark Sinclair (born July 18, 1967), known professionally as Vin Diesel, is an American actor and filmmaker. He is best known for playing Dominic Toretto in the Fast & Furious franchise, and is one of the highest-grossing actors of all time.

The F9 star missed out on the chance to collect a massive back-end payday this year after the film’s release was pushed to April 2021. He kept the franchise embers burning by acting as producer on the animated Netflix series Fast & Furious Spy Racers.

4) BEN AFFLECK - $55 million

Benjamin Géza Affleck-Boldt (born August 15, 1972) is an American actor, film director, producer, screenwriter and philanthropist. His accolades include two Academy Awards and three Golden Globe Awards. He began his career as a child when he starred in the PBS educational series The Voyage of the Mimi (1984, 1988). Affleck gained wider recognition when he and childhood friend Matt Damon won the Golden Globe and Academy Award for Best Original Screenplay for writing Good Will Hunting (1997), which they also starred in. He's also known for his role as Batman in Justice League and Batman vs Superman

After a brief hiatus, Affleck returned to the big screen this year, starring in The Way Back and Netflix’s The Last Thing He Wanted.

3) MARK WAHLBERG - $58 million

Mark Robert Michael Wahlberg (born June 5, 1971)[1] is an American actor, producer, restaurateur and former rapper. He is also known by his former stage name Marky Mark from his career with the group Marky Mark and the Funky Bunch, with whom he released the albums Music for the People (1991) and You Gotta Believe (1992).

Wahlberg’s action comedy Spenser Confidential became Netflix’s third-most-watched original film after it debuted in March. He’s also made millions producing docuseries McMillions and Wahl Street.

2) RYAN REYNOLDS - $71.5 million

Ryan Rodney Reynolds (born October 23, 1976) is a Canadian-American actor, comedian, film producer, and entrepreneur. He began his career starring in the Canadian teen soap opera Hillside (1991–1993), and had minor roles before landing the lead role on the sitcom Two Guys and a Girl between 1998 and 2001. Reynolds then starred in a range of films, including comedies such as National Lampoon's Van Wilder (2002), Waiting... (2005), and The Proposal (2009). He also performed in dramatic roles in Buried (2010), Woman in Gold (2015), and Life (2017), starred in action films such as Blade: Trinity (2004), Deadpool (2016), and 6 Underground (2019) and provided voice acting in the animated features The Croods (2013), Turbo (2013) and Pokémon: Detective Pikachu (2019).

Netflix’s current golden boy, Reynolds made more than $20 million a piece on Six Underground and Red Notice. In July, the streamer announced it was shelling out for a third Reynolds film, which will undoubtedly mean another eight-figure payday

1) DWAYNE JOHNSON - $87.5 million

Dwayne Douglas Johnson (born May 2, 1972), also known by his ring name the Rock, is an American-Canadian actor, producer, businessman, retired professional wrestler, and former American football and Canadian football player. He wrestled for the World Wrestling Federation (WWF, later WWE) for eight years prior to pursuing an acting career. His films have grossed over $3.5 billion in North America and over $10.5 billion worldwide, making him one of the world's highest-grossing actors.

The Rock tops the list for the second year in a row, thanks to a $23.5 million check from Netflix for upcoming film Red Notice and his successful Under Armour line, Project Rock.

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