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Because of the effects of inflation on cinema ticket prices, a list unadjusted for inflation gives much more weight to later actors. [1] Therefore, gross revenue lists are largely meaningless for comparing acting careers widely separated in time, as many actors from earlier eras will not appear on a modern, unadjusted list, despite their films achieving higher commercial success when adjusted ...
Celebrity 100 was an annual list compiled and published by Forbes magazine from 1999 to 2020, preceded by the Forbes Top 40 entertainers list. Until 2014, the rankings were made based on a complex combination of factors, including earnings, social media following, magazine covers and a range of qualitative metrics, with the aim of "measuring power".
Dwayne Johnson was the highest-paid actor in 2016, 2019, 2020, and 2021. Julia Roberts was the highest-paid actress in 1998, 1999, and 2000. Forbes publishes yearly lists of the highest-paid actors and actresses based on total earnings from 1 June the previous year to 1 June the current year.
Take, for example, Hilary Swank, one of Hollywood's most acclaimed actors at the turn of the 21st century, earning Oscars for "Boys Don't Cry" and "Million Dollar Baby" in 2000 and 2005, respectively.
AFI defines an "American screen legend" as "an actor or a team of actors with a significant screen presence in American feature-length films (films of 40 minutes or more) whose screen debut occurred in or before 1950, or whose screen debut occurred after 1950 but whose death has marked a completed body of work."
His films have grossed over $12 billion worldwide, [4] placing him among the highest-grossing actors of all time. [5] One of Hollywood's most bankable stars, he is consistently one of the world's highest-paid actors. [6] Cruise began acting in the early 1980s and made his breakthrough with leading roles in Risky Business (1983) and Top Gun (1986).
Actor(s) Film Year Notes 1 Atticus Finch: Male Gregory Peck: To Kill a Mockingbird: 1962: Received Academy Award 2 Indiana Jones: Male Harrison Ford (1) Raiders of the Lost Ark: 1981: 3 James Bond: Male Sean Connery: Dr. No: 1962: 4 Rick Blaine Male Humphrey Bogart (1) Casablanca: 1942: Nominated for Academy Award 5 Marshal Will Kane: Male Gary ...
Actor Javier Bardem talks about playing iconic Hispanic actor Desi Arnaz in the movie "Being the Ricardos," about Arnaz and his wife Lucille Ball. The ‘layers’ behind Hollywood’s powerful ...