No.55: Daniel Radcliffe Net Worth:
$110 Million
English film and stage actor, Daniel Jacob Radcliffe has a net worth of $110 million. He is best known for playing the title character in the Harry Potter film series. Radcliffe made his acting debut at age ten in BBC One’s 1999 television movie David Copperfield, followed by his film debut in 2001’s The Tailor of Panama.
At age eleven he was cast as the title character in the first Harry Potter film, and he starred in the series for ten years until the release of the eighth and final film in July 2011. Thanks to Harry Potter, by age 12 Daniel Radcliffe was already conjuring up more money than his parents. Financial records published in 2010 by Gilmore Jacobs – the firm set up in 2000 by his parents to manage his assets – revealed that the actor had fixed investments worth over £18million. He owns three properties in New York worth a total of £10 million and a flat in London.
No.54: Sacha Baron Cohen Net Worth:
$110 Million
Sacha Baron Cohen is an actor, writer and a stand-up comedian with an estimated net worth of $110 million. Born in Hammersmith, London and a graduate of Cambridge University, Sacha Baron Cohen started off by hosting a weekly program in the early 1900’s. He followed this up with hosting Pump TV from 1995-96 and presenting a youth chat program called F2F.
His first feature film appearance was in a British comedy called The Jolly Boy’s Last Stand. His most famous roles were the characters of Ali G, Borat, Bruno and General Aladeen, all of which that he wrote himself. These routines were usually filmed on the streets with unsuspecting audience being a part of the performance. He also voiced a character in the hit movie series, Madagascar.
No.53: Steve Martin Net Worth:
$110 Million
Steve Martin has an estimated net worth of $110 million. Working as a Disneyland concessionaire in his teens, comedian Steve Martin’s first experiences in entertainment were of the party performer variety - he picked up skills in juggling, tap-dancing, sleight of hand, and balloon sculpting, among other things. He later attended U.C.L.A., where he majored in philosophy and theatre before moving on to staff-writer stints for such TV performers as Glen Campbell, the Smothers Brothers, di*k Van Dyke, John Denver, and Sonny & Cher.
Occasionally allowed to perform as well as write, Martin didn’t go into standup comedy full-time until the late ’60s, when he moved to Canada and appeared as a semi-regular on the syndicated TV variety series Half the George Kirby Comedy Hour.
No.52: Ben Stiller Net Worth:
$120 Million
American actor, director, and producer Ben Stiller has an estimated net worth of $120 million. Stiller’s films have earned a total $2 billion in the U.S. alone, helping make him one of Hollywood’s highest-paid stars. He saw a nice upfront paycheck for the third instalment of the Meet the Parents series. Stiller is also a prolific producer, helping create films like Megamind from DreamWorks Animation.
With a 9 out of 100 rating on the Rotten Tomatoes movie review site, Little Fockers was among the worst reviewed movies of the year. No matter. It earned $310 million at the global box office. Much of that is due to Stiller’s everyman appeal. In 2010 he balanced out his big budget comedies with the low-key Greenberg which earned only $6 million, but rave reviews from the critics.
No.51: Sean Connery Net Worth:
$120 Million
Actor Sean Connery has an estimated net worth of $120 million. Connery, 80, will not return to films as he finds retirement “just too much damned fun”. The former Edinburgh milkman who made his name and fortune as the first James Bond appeared in his last movie, The League of Extraordinary Gentlemen, in 2003.
He would have been the richest actor in the world if he had taken up an offer to play Gandalf in the Lord of the Rings series for 15% of the box office takings, which would have earned him about $400m. Last year, he did the voiceover for the title character in the animated film Sir Billi, serving also as executive producer. His Bond films grossed a staggering £1.7 billion. Although 2003-08 were not great years for his earnings, Connery should have averaged about £5m annually and racked up £35m between 1989 and 1992, according to Forbes. He has properties around the world.