Ranking of British, Irish, Australian & NZ actors by net worth (from $5m to $250m)
In 2018, I posted a ranking of the richest celebrities in the world. Here is a ranking of of British and Irish actors and actresses by net worth. When their wealth is tied they are listed alphabetically. Deceased actors were omitted (e.g. Sean Connery, Christopher Lee, Ray Stevenson). I only listed those with a net worth of at least $5 million. I hope that I didn't forget too many.
Net worth is the total of all one's assets, including checking and savings accounts, real estate, cars, and other valuables, and deducting liabilities. As there is no way of doing this for actors, it is a ballpark estimate based on the total of official salaries for all films, series, TV shows, commercials or other known professional activities. Many actors' main earnings are from just a few well-known films or series. For example Daniel Radcliffe, Emma Watson and Rupert Grint made most of their fortune (so far, they are still young) from the Harry Potter movies, while Lena Headey, Emilia Clarke, Kit Harington, Sophie Turner, Maisie Williams, John Bradley and Alfie Allen are chiefly known for their roles in Game of Thrones. Of course some actors have played in dozens of well known films or series, like Anthony Hopkins, Michael Caine, Hugh Grant, Liam Neeson, Gerard Butler, Jeremy Irons, Maggie Smith, Judy Dench, or Kristin Scott Thomas.
However net worth estimates cannot take into account capital gains or losses from real estate or investments, or how much actors have already spent of the money they earned. Depending on their lifestyle and how many years they have been active, they could already have spent a sizeable percentage of their wealth (or on the contrary have invested it wisely and increased it over time). So keep in mind that these are just rough estimates.
In 2018, I posted a ranking of the richest celebrities in the world. Here is a ranking of of British and Irish actors and actresses by net worth. When their wealth is tied they are listed alphabetically. Deceased actors were omitted (e.g. Sean Connery, Christopher Lee, Ray Stevenson). I only listed those with a net worth of at least $5 million. I hope that I didn't forget too many.
Net worth is the total of all one's assets, including checking and savings accounts, real estate, cars, and other valuables, and deducting liabilities. As there is no way of doing this for actors, it is a ballpark estimate based on the total of official salaries for all films, series, TV shows, commercials or other known professional activities. Many actors' main earnings are from just a few well-known films or series. For example Daniel Radcliffe, Emma Watson and Rupert Grint made most of their fortune (so far, they are still young) from the Harry Potter movies, while Lena Headey, Emilia Clarke, Kit Harington, Sophie Turner, Maisie Williams, John Bradley and Alfie Allen are chiefly known for their roles in Game of Thrones. Of course some actors have played in dozens of well known films or series, like Anthony Hopkins, Michael Caine, Hugh Grant, Liam Neeson, Gerard Butler, Jeremy Irons, Maggie Smith, Judy Dench, or Kristin Scott Thomas.
However net worth estimates cannot take into account capital gains or losses from real estate or investments, or how much actors have already spent of the money they earned. Depending on their lifestyle and how many years they have been active, they could already have spent a sizeable percentage of their wealth (or on the contrary have invested it wisely and increased it over time). So keep in mind that these are just rough estimates.
- Pierce Brosnan (Irish) : $200 million
- Sacha Baron Cohen : $160 million
- Daniel Craig : $160 million
- Ricky Gervais : $160 million
- Anthony Hopkins : $160 million
- Rowan Atkinson : $150 million
- Hugh Grant : $150 million
- Catherine Zeta-Jones : $150 million
- Liam Neeson : $145 million
- Christian Bale : $120 million
- Daniel Radcliffe : $110 million
- Emma Watson : $85 million
- Gerard Butler : $80 million
- Colin Farrell (Irish) : $80 million
- Keira Knightley : $80 million
- Jude Law : $75 million
- Patrick Stewart : $75 million
- Eric Idle : $70 million
- Kate Winslet : $65 million
- Helena Bonham Carter : $60 million
- Kenneth Branagh : $60 million
- Michael Caine : $60 million
- Daniel Day-Lewis : $60 million
- Ben Kingsley : $60 million
- Tom Hardy : $55 million
- Ian McKellen : $55 million
- Henry Cavill : $50 million
- Ralph Fiennes : $50 million
- Rupert Grint : $50 million
- Judi Dench : $45 million
- Hugh Laurie : $45 million
- Kunal Nayyar : $45 million
- Orlando Bloom : $40 million
- Benedict Cumberbatch : $40 million
- Idris Elba : $40 million
- Stephen Fry : $40 million
- Tom Hiddleston : $40 million
- Gary Oldman : $40 million
- Emma Thompson : $40 million
- John Hurt : $30 million
- Andrew Lincoln : $30 million
- Colin Firth : $25 million
- Jeremy Irons : $25 million
- Ewan McGregor : $25 million
- Simon Pegg : $25 million
- Hugo Weaving : $25 million
- Sean Bean : $20 million
- Emilia Clarke : $20 million
- John Cleese : $20 million
- Timothy Dalton : $20 million
- Martin Freeman : $20 million
- Michael Gambon (Irish-English) : $20 million
- James McAvoy : $20 million
- Cillian Murphy (Irish) : $20 million
- Vanessa Redgrave : $20 million
- Maggie Smith : $20 million
- Andy Serkis : $18 million
- Chiwetel Ejiofor : $16 million
- Gabriel Byrne : $16 million
- Alan Rickman : $16 million
- Charlotte Rampling : $15 million
- Kit Harington : $14 million
- Kevin McKidd : $14 million
- Tilda Swinton : $14 million
- Lena Headey : $12 million
- Kristin Scott Thomas : $12 million
- Tom Wilkinson : $12 million
- Charles Dance : $10 million
- Warwick Davis : $10 million
- Andrew Scott (Irish) : $10 million
- Imelda Staunton : $10 million
- Sophie Turner : $10 million
- Matt Smith : $9 million
- David Tennant : $9 million
- Hugh Bonneville : $8 million
- Aidan Gillen (Irish) : $8 million
- Freddie Highmore : $8 million
- Richard Madden : $8 million
- Jonathan Rhys Meyers (Irish) : $8 million
- Rufus Sewell : $8 million
- Rebecca Hall : $7 million
- Anya Taylor-Joy : $7 million
- Alfie Allen : $6 million
- Christopher Eccleston : $6 million
- Rosamund Pike : $6 million
- Maisie Williams : $6 million
- John Bradley : $5 million
- Jim Broadbent : $5 million
- Natascha McElhone : $5 million
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