IRON MAN Star Robert Downey Jr. Is The World's Highest Paid Actor For The Third Year Running

IRON MAN Star Robert Downey Jr. Is The World's Highest Paid Actor For The Third Year Running

Robert Downey Jr. has topped the annual Forbes list of the world's highest paid actors for the third consecutive year, mainly thanks to his ever expanding role in Marvel's Cinematic Universe. Read on to find out which other stars RDJ has triumphed over...

By ScottishSummers - Aug 04, 2015 10:08 AM EST
Filed Under: Iron Man
Source: Forbes


With a reported $80 million dollar deal to reprise his role of Tony Stark/ Iron Man in this year's Avengers: Age of Ultron and 2016's Captain America: Civil War, it should come as no surprise that Robert Downey Jr. is the world's highest paid actor...again. Downey Jr.'s closest competition was Rush Hour star Jackie Chan, who earned $50 million dollars thanks to his extensive work in Chinese cinema. It was actually China's $240 million dollar appetite for Age of Ultron that helped Downey Jr. clench the victory. The power of Marvel Studios didn't end with Downey, as Fast and Furious star Vin Diesel (Groot in Guardians of the Galaxy) placed third due to F&F7s gross of $1.5 billion. His Guardians co-star and the voice of Rocket Racoon, Bradley Cooper, rounded out the top five, alongside Adam Sandler, largely due to James Gunn's movie and American Sniper. Check out the full top ten list of male actors, and keep an eye out for a female list later in the year.

1. Robert Downey Jr. ($80 million).
2. Jackie Chan ($50 million).
3. Vin Diesel ($47 million).
4. Bradley Cooper (41.5 million).
5. Adam Sandler ($41 million).

6. Tom Cruise ($40 million).
7 (Joint). Amitabh Bachchan ($33.5 million)/Salman Khan ($33.5 million).
9. Akshay Kumar ($32.5 million).
10. Mark Whalberg ($32 million).

For the full list of 34 actors, click on the link.
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batz11
batz11 - 8/4/2015, 10:44 AM
You've come a long way Mr. RDJ!

NightBoyWonder
NightBoyWonder - 8/4/2015, 10:50 AM
Wait, the one behind him is Jackie Chan?!
GinjaNinja
GinjaNinja - 8/4/2015, 10:53 AM
no rock huh?
hufflepuff69
hufflepuff69 - 8/4/2015, 10:57 AM
What a dick
AbhiShake
AbhiShake - 8/4/2015, 10:58 AM
hufflepuff69
hufflepuff69 - 8/4/2015, 10:59 AM
Adam Sandler is top 5 😊💥🔫
blackandyellow
blackandyellow - 8/4/2015, 11:00 AM
Now compare this to the highest paid athletes.
Greengo
Greengo - 8/4/2015, 11:03 AM
Don't be jelly.
TheMaster2011
TheMaster2011 - 8/4/2015, 11:04 AM
Disgraceful Top 10. (Besides Cruise and Walhberg, who actually deserve to be on there)
AbhiShake
AbhiShake - 8/4/2015, 11:06 AM
No female actors in top 10?

Desr0w
Desr0w - 8/4/2015, 11:17 AM
Sandler in top 5

AbhiShake
AbhiShake - 8/4/2015, 11:22 AM
Highest paid directors in 2014

1. James Francis Cameron
2. Sir Peter Robert Jackson
3. Christopher Jonathan James Nolan
4. Steven Allan Spielberg
5. Gregor Verbinski
6. Michael Benjamin Bay
7. Robert L. Zemeckis
8. Chris Joseph Columbus
9. Timothy Walter
10. Ronald William Howard
Shazam
Shazam - 8/4/2015, 11:24 AM
slickrickdesigns
slickrickdesigns - 8/4/2015, 11:34 AM
This guys awesome! Keep up the good work mr JR.

Darktower
Darktower - 8/4/2015, 11:37 AM
waste of money!
tonytony
tonytony - 8/4/2015, 11:40 AM
how did adam sandler earn 40 mil?
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