These are the 20 highest paid actors of 2017
The top actor earns a casual £53 million a year
If you needed any more evidence that the gender pay gap is alive and well in Hollywood, take a look at the differing wages of Hollywood's top paid actors and actresses. According to Forbes, the highest-earning actor (Mark Whalberg) earned a whopping £42 million more than the top-paid actress, Emma Stone. In fact, everyone in the top 10 list of actors out-earned her. Click through gallery to see the top 20 highest paid actors here - then click here to see the female equivalent list.
20. Mark Ruffalo
$13 million (approx £10.1 million)
19. Chris Pratt
$17 million (approx £13.2 million)
18. Chris Evans
$18 million (approx £14 million)
17. Jeremy Renner
$19 million (approx £14.8 million)
16. Matt Damon
$21 million (approx £16.3 million)
15. Ryan Reynolds
$21.5 million (approx £16.7 million)
14. Ryan Gosling
$29 million (approx £22.6 million)
13. Samuel L Jackson
$30.5 million (approx £23.7 million)
12. Tom Hanks
$31 million (approx £24.1 million)
11. Chris Hemsworth
$31.5 million (approx £24.5 million)
10. Ahskay Kumar
$35.5 million (approx £27.7 million)
9. Salman Khan
$37 million (approx £28.8 million)
8. Shah Rukh Khan
$38 million (approx £29.6 million)
7. Tom Cruise
$43 million (approx £33.5 million)
6. Robert Downey Jr
$48 million (approx £37.4 million)
5. Jackie Chan
$49 million (approx £38.2 million)
4. Adam Sandler
$50.5 million (approx £39.3 million)
3. Vin Diesel
$54.5 million (approx £42.5 million)
2. Dwayne Johnson
$65 million (approx £50.6 million)
1. Mark Wahlberg
$68 million (approx £53 million)
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