15 Actors Who Made Their Fortunes Just Playing One Role

Throughout an actors career, some roles stand out more than others. Here we separate a list of which are the 15 Actors Who Made Their Fortunes Just Playing One Role, find out who they are and what their roles were:

15 – Robert Pattinson, $30 million: he was the protagonist in the Twilight saga, this contributed to him getting a great amount of money;

14 – Harrison Ford, $35 million: there were many characters played by this actor, but episodes IV and VII of Star Wars were responsible for raising millions for him;

13 – Jack Nicholson, 50 million dollars: the role of the Joker in the film that took place in 1989 and which was directed by Tim Burton was responsible for a very large sum of money for this actor;

12 – Rupert Grint, $50 million: he is well known, particularly by younger audiences. One of his most successful roles was in the Harry Potter saga and was responsible for securing a great deal of money as well;

11 – Daniel Craig, $59 million: among the various performances that this actor participated in, the one that was responsible for a greater number of revenues was that of James Bond;

10 – Tom Hanks, $ 60 million dollars: this actor also had very special participations in several types of films, but the one that was responsible for bringing great prominence both professionally and also in money was in the film Forrest Gump;

9 – Emma Watson, 60 million dollars: another actress who achieved great growth in her professional and financial life with the Harry Potter saga. This actress's career grew a lot after that performance and other opportunities arose, but so far no other has surpassed the financial part that Harry Potter brought;

8 – Hugh Jackman, $65 million: he played one of the most popular heroes that is Wolverine and this opportunity allowed him to transform his professional life and of course his financial life too;

7 – Ashton Kutcher, $96 million: the opportunity came when he took turns with Charlie Sheen on the series Two and a Half Men, which was a great success and pleased the public a lot. This made his role net nearly 100 million;

6 – The cast of The Big Bang Theory, 98 million: here is a special attention, the whole cast received this amount, that is, it was almost 100 million for each of the participants;

5 – Daniel Radcliffe, $110 million: his role in the Harry Potter saga was also excellent for his professional and financial life. This was one of the most important sagas of recent years and also served to discover many talents;

4 – Tom Cruise, 150 million dollars: another that had many performances and the one that stood out the most was with the role of Ethan Hunt in the Mission saga. His performance justified all the success of the saga and also the financial return provided;

3 – Charlie Sheen, 288 million dollars: the second actor who also gained prominence in the Two and a Half Men saga was Charlie. He made nearly $300,000;

2 – Johnny Depp, 350 million dollars: this is also a very famous actor for participating in major premieres, but it was his performance as captain Jack Sparrow in the movie Pirates of the Caribbean that brought him the most revenue;

1 – Robert Downey Jr, $430 million: in first place and with the highest number of financial return we have the role of Iron Man played by Robert. It was one of the biggest classics in terms of acting and money.