Who Are the 10 Highest Grossing Movie Actors of All Time?
8. Tom Cruise
No 8 slot in our 10 highest-grossing actors of all time goes to Tom Cruise Like Robert Downey Jr, Tom Cruise’s career hit a sticky patch after early success with films like Risky Business (1983) Top Gun (1986) and Rain Man (1988). Clunkers such as Days of Thunder (1990) and Far and Away (1992) followed, but Tom Cruise’s career got back on track with the Mission Impossible franchise starting in 1996. Perhaps surprisingly, his highest grossing movie is War of the Worlds (2005). He is now regarded as one of the highest paid actors in the world, and one of the 10 highest grossing actors of all time as his films have grossed over $4 billion in North America and over $10.1 billion worldwide.
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7. Morgan Freeman
Morgan Freeman’s career success seems to be as much about longevity as it is appearing in the highest grossing movies. Born in 1937, he won an Academy Award in 2005 for Best Supporting Actor with Million Dollar Baby (2004) and has received Oscar nominations for his performances in Street Smart (1987), Driving Miss Daisy (1989), The Shawshank Redemption (1994) and Invictus (2009). He has also appeared in many box office hits, including Glory (1989), Robin Hood: Prince of Thieves (1991), Seven (1995), Deep Impact (1998), The Sum of All Fears (2002), Bruce Almighty (2003), and Wanted (2008).
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But his place as one of the highest grossing actors of all time was settled when he landed the part of Lucius Fox, Batman’s technical assistant, in Christopher Nolan’s Dark Knight trilogy. Morgan Freeman’s movies are estimated to have grossed $4.522 billion in the US alone and he reaches number 7 in the 10 highest-grossing actors of all time.
