--- description: Three stars from Indian film industry Bollywood also feature in the top 10 title: These Are the World's Highest Paid Actors image: https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/blt1eada9dfbaddcb9e/6988595735ba6f6c25c0e089/robert-downey-jr.jpg?branch=production&width=1080&quality=75&auto=webp&crop=16:9 ---  * [Entertainment](/section/entertainment/) ## Entertainment Update your preferences in [Account Settings](/account/preferences/) Close * [movies](/tag/movies/) ## movies Update your preferences in [Account Settings](/account/preferences/) Close # Robert Downey Jr., Jackie Chan and Vin Diesel Are the World's Highest-Paid Actors by [Rishi Iyengar](/author/rishi-iyengar/) ## Rishi Iyengar Update your preferences in [Account Settings](/account/preferences/) Close Aug 5, 2015 4:37 AM CUT  Robert Downey Jr. at "The Tonight Show Starring Jimmy Fallon" in New York City on April 27, 2015. Robert Downey Jr. at "The Tonight Show Starring Jimmy Fallon" in New York City on April 27, 2015.Theo Wargo—NBC/Getty Images by [Rishi Iyengar](/author/rishi-iyengar/) ## Rishi Iyengar Update your preferences in [Account Settings](/account/preferences/) Close Aug 5, 2015 4:37 AM CUT Looks like Robert Downey Jr. is living a life that’s pretty close to that of his much-loved [billionaire](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=VVyoXimCrdQ "undefined") superhero character Tony Stark. The _Iron Man_ and _Avengers_ star earned a staggering [$80 million](http://fortune.com/2015/08/05/robert-downey-80-million-pay/ "undefined") in the past year to top the annual [World’s Highest-Paid Actors](http://www.forbes.com/sites/natalierobehmed/2015/08/04/the-worlds-highest-paid-actors-2015-robert-downey-jr-leads-with-80-million-haul/ "undefined") list published by _Forbes_ magazine on Tuesday. The 50-year-old actor was followed by a somewhat surprising entrant in the runner-up spot — Hong Kong comedy and action star Jackie Chan. Chan earned $50 million between June 2014 and June 2015, according to _Forbes_, and was followed by the _Fast and Furious_ franchise’s leading man Vin Diesel with $47 million. Hollywood biggies Bradley Cooper, Adam Sandler and Tom Cruise are the next three on the list, but the trio that follow them are, like Chan, somewhat unexpected entrants. Amitabh Bachchan, Salman Khan and Akshay Kumar, household names in India’s prolific film industry known as Bollywood, clocked in at seventh, eighth and ninth ahead of another Hollywood leading man, Mark Wahlberg. Bachchan and Khan (who has been in the news [for all the wrong reasons](http://time.com/3848190/salman-khan-hit-and-run-guilty-convicted-sentence-5-years/ "undefined") recently) earned $33.5 million respectively, while Kumar had earnings of $32.5 million. This is the first time that actors from the Indian film industry have featured on the list; _Forbes_ will release the list of Highest-Paid Actresses at a later date. \[[_Forbes_](http://www.forbes.com/sites/natalierobehmed/2015/08/04/the-worlds-highest-paid-actors-2015-robert-downey-jr-leads-with-80-million-haul/ "undefined")\] ```json [{"@context":"https://schema.org","@type":"NewsArticle","@id":"https://time.com/3985119/robert-downey-jr-jackie-chan-vin-diesel-highest-paid-actors/","mainEntityOfPage":{"@type":"WebPage","@id":"https://time.com/3985119/robert-downey-jr-jackie-chan-vin-diesel-highest-paid-actors/"},"headline":"Robert Downey Jr., Jackie Chan and Vin Diesel Are the World's Highest-Paid Actors","datePublished":"2015-08-05T04:37:10.000Z","dateModified":"2026-02-22T09:54:33.193Z","description":"Three stars from India's Bollywood film industry also feature in the top 10","url":"https://time.com/3985119/robert-downey-jr-jackie-chan-vin-diesel-highest-paid-actors/","keywords":["movies","India","Vin Diesel","bradley cooper","Adam Sandler","tom cruise","Bollywood"],"thumbnailUrl":"https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/blt1eada9dfbaddcb9e/6988595735ba6f6c25c0e089/robert-downey-jr.jpg?branch=production&width=1200&quality=75&auto=webp&crop=1200:675&height=675","author":[{"@type":"Person","name":"Rishi Iyengar","jobTitle":null,"url":"https://time.com/author/rishi-iyengar/"}],"articleSection":"Entertainment","image":[{"@type":"ImageObject","url":"https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/blt1eada9dfbaddcb9e/6988595735ba6f6c25c0e089/robert-downey-jr.jpg?branch=production&width=1200&quality=75&auto=webp&crop=1200:675&height=675","width":1200,"height":675,"headline":"Robert Downey Jr. at \"The Tonight Show Starring Jimmy Fallon\" in New York City on April 27, 2015.","caption":"Robert Downey Jr. at \"The Tonight Show Starring Jimmy Fallon\" in New York City on April 27, 2015.","creditText":"Theo Wargo—NBC/Getty Images","representativeOfPage":true}],"publisher":{"@type":"Organization","name":"Time","url":"https://time.com/","logo":{"@type":"ImageObject","url":"https://time.com/images/logo.png","width":528,"height":156},"foundingDate":"March 3, 1923","sameAs":["https://www.facebook.com/time","https://www.instagram.com/time/?hl=en","https://twitter.com/time","https://www.pinterest.com/timemagazine"]}},{"@context":"https://schema.org","@type":"BreadcrumbList","itemListElement":[{"@type":"ListItem","position":1,"item":{"@id":"/section/entertainment/","name":"Entertainment"}},{"@type":"ListItem","position":2,"item":{"@id":"/tag/movies/","name":"movies"}},{"@type":"ListItem","position":3,"item":{"@id":"https://time.com/3985119/robert-downey-jr-jackie-chan-vin-diesel-highest-paid-actors/","name":"Robert Downey Jr., Jackie Chan and Vin Diesel Are the World's Highest-Paid Actors"}}]},{"@context":"https://schema.org","@type":"VideoObject","name":"Understanding the Marvel Cinematic Universe","description":"How do we get from Iron Man to The Avengers? 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