World Top Ten Richest Actors

New York, 21 May, 2014 – With an estimated net worth of US$820 million, comedian Jerry Seinfeld is laughing all the way to the bank.
The 60-year-old entertainment icon emerged as the wealthiest actor on a Wealth-X Hollywood and Bollywood Rich List released today.

To compile the list, Wealth-X identified the wealthiest TV and movie actors from the US and India. The combined personal fortunes of the stars on the list total US$4.68 billion.

The co-founder of the eponymous TV comedy “about nothing” significantly increased his fortune through off-network syndication deals for “Seinfeld”, giving him at least US$400 million in the fifth syndication agreement last year. He has also acted in numerous films, including the animated feature “Bee Movie”.

Taking the second spot – and the only Bollywood actor on Wealth-X’s top 10 list – is movie star Shah Rukh Khan, who is estimated to be worth US$600 million. Immensely popular around the globe as well as in his home country, India, where he is referred to in the media as “Badshah of Bollywood” or “King of Bollywood”, Khan is also a producer, TV host, co-owner of an Indian cricket club and a philanthropist. He has appeared in more than 50 Bollywood films and is a regular at the annual Cannes Film Festival.

Several Academy Award winners are featured on the list, including three-time Oscar winner Jack Nicholson, who has a net worth of US$400 million, which puts the 77-year-old actor in 7^th spot. Tom Hanks, who won best actor Oscars for “Philadelphia” and “Forrest Gump”, is in 8^th place with a personal fortune of US$390 million.

Clint Eastwood, who at 84 is the oldest actor in the Rich List, has an estimated personal fortune of US$370 million, making him the 9^th wealthiest actor in the list.

The top 10, with each man’s age and loot:
1. Jerry Seinfeld, 60, $820 million
2. Shah Rukh Khan, 48, $600 million
3. Tom Cruise, 51, $480 million
4. Johnny Depp, 50, $450 million
4. Tyler Perry, 44, $450 million
6. Jack Nicholson, 77, $400 million
7. Tom Hanks, 57, $390 million
8. Bill Cosby, 76, $380 million
9. Clint Eastwood, 83, $370 million
10. Adam Sandler, 47, $340 million

You see no Julia Roberts, no Meryl Streep. Though they have appeared in many popular films over the past decades, they don’t command the salaries and royalties of a Cruise or a Depp, in part because they are not worldwide marquee magnets in zillion-dollar action franchises. The lot of actress has diminished since Mary Pickford was the richest star in silent pictures, a century ago, and Barbara Stanwyck the highest-paid performer in ’40s movies. For a redress of the imbalance, we may have to hope that Jennifer Lawrence can parlay her Hunger Games appeal into a career that allows a woman to make the really big dough. At just 23, Lawrence has the best shot at money equality.


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