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Actor net worth list: a dated, sourced directory as of 2027
Actor net worth list 2027 compiles named actors, the verified figures public records support, and the exact dates and sources behind every number shown.
This actor net worth list was published in 2027. It ranks ten actors richest first, names the source behind every figure, and gives the year each figure was published.
No actor's net worth is a disclosed fact. What exists is dated reporting, property records, court filings and studio pay disclosures. Those support ranges, not single numbers.
Every figure below is a published estimate with the year it was published, not a verified balance. All ten rows carry 2024 figures. That set is still the newest with a stated method, and no 2027 replacement has appeared.
What to take away
- Every figure here is a dated third-party estimate, not a document.
- The spread between the highest and lowest published figure for one actor often exceeds $100 million.
- Property and divorce filings are the closest thing to a record; they show assets, not net worth.
- A net figure requires debts, and debts are almost never public.
- Treat any single number as one estimate with many copies, not as corroboration.
- The ten names are set by one rulesame source year, same stated method, one named asset per row.
The directory: ten named actors, 2024 estimates, and sources
Figures are the most recent widely published estimates, with the year they were published. Where sources disagree, the range is shown. Rows run richest first, and equal figures are ordered alphabetically. Source for all rows: Forbes 2024 estimates, unless noted.
Published net worth estimates (Forbes, 2024)
- $1Tyler Perry
- $800MDwayne Johnson
- $600MTom Cruise
- $500MGeorge Clooney
- $500MRobert De Niro
- $420MAdam Sandler
- $400MReese Witherspoon
- $280MDenzel Washington
The directory
| Rank | Actor | Known for | Published estimate | Estimate year | Source and basis | Named public asset or deal |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Tyler Perry | Writer, director, studio owner | $1.4 billion | 2024 | Forbes; owns his production lot | Tyler Perry Studios sits on about 330 acres at Fort McPherson in Atlanta. |
| 2 | Dwayne Johnson | Actor, producer, wrestling | $800 million | 2024 | Forbes; includes Seven Bucks and Teremana | Seven Bucks Productions and Teremana tequila are his named ventures. |
| 3 | Tom Cruise | Actor, producer | $600 million | 2024 | Forbes; includes Mission: Impossible back-end | He takes back-end profit on the Mission: Impossible films. |
| 4 | George Clooney | Actor, director, tequila brand co-founder | $500 million | 2024 | Forbes; includes Casamigos sale | Casamigos, co-founded with Rande Gerber and Mike Meldman, sold to Diageo in 2017 for up to $1 billion. |
| 5 | Robert De Niro | Actor, producer | $500 million | 2024 | Forbes; includes Nobu stake | Nobu Hospitality, co-founded with Nobu Matsuhisa and Meir Teper, operates hotels and restaurants. |
| 6 | Adam Sandler | Actor, producer | $420 million | 2024 | Forbes | Happy Madison Productions is his company. |
| 7 | Reese Witherspoon | Actor, producer | $400 million | 2024 | Forbes; includes Hello Sunshine sale | Hello Sunshine sold to Candle Media in 2021 in a deal valued at about $900 million. |
| 8 | Denzel Washington | Actor, director | $280 million | 2024 | Forbes | He directed A Journal for Jordan in 2021. |
| 9 | Sandra Bullock | Actor, producer | $250 million | 2024 | Forbes | Fortis Films is her production company. |
| 10 | Julia Roberts | Actor | $250 million | 2024 | Forbes | She won the 2001 Academy Award for Erin Brockovich. |
Those ten are the names most often repeated across published lists. Each row has to pass three tests: the same source year, a stated method, and at least one named asset or deal. A row that fails any test is left out.
Leonardo DiCaprio, Brad Pitt and Will Smith would be the next names in. Their figures circulate without a stated year, so adding them here would mix dated rows with undated ones in the same ranking.
Why one actor carries several figures
A published number moves for three reasons. A new deal or a new filing is real news. A new list copying an old figure is not, because the copy carries no new data.
That is why the same actor can sit at $250 million on one page and $400 million on another. One page counted a business stake and the other did not.
What the records actually show
Property records show purchases, not holdings. A $50 million house purchase is a fact; whether it was bought with cash or debt is usually not public.
Divorce filings are more revealing, because asset schedules get filed under penalty of perjury. They still list gross assets. Debts appear in a separate schedule, and that schedule is frequently sealed.
Studio pay is disclosed only when it must be. Public companies disclose executive compensation in DEF 14A proxy statements, and those name officers, not actors. An actor's fee becomes public when it is litigated, as in a profit-participation suit.
The methodology problem
A net worth figure is assets minus liabilities. Assets are hard to value and liabilities are hard to find.
For a working actor, the assets include future residual streams, which are contractual, and equity in production companies, which is private and rarely marked.
The liabilities include mortgages, loans against future earnings, and tax debts. None of those are public unless a lien is filed with a county recorder. The general procedure behind every published figure is on estimate methodology.
Four checks for any actor net worth list
Check four things before you trust a number.
Four checks
- Who published the figure, and on what date?
- What assets did the publisher count, and which did it leave out?
- Does the page name debts, liens, or mortgages?
- Does the figure come from a filing, a proxy statement, or another list?
Four checks before trusting a list
- Names a source and a year
- Says gross earnings or net worth
- Treats debt at all
- Names who was included and excluded
A page that answers all four is worth reading. A page that answers none is a search result. The same pattern across the wider genre is on richest rankings.
Survey researchers wrote down what has to be released alongside a result so others can evaluate it, in the disclosure standards of the American Association for Public Opinion Research. These lists meet almost none of it.
What can be checked
Where wealth genuinely is measured, it is measured across a population with a published design and stated limits, as in the Federal Reserve's Survey of Consumer Finances. It names nobody, which is why it can be checked and a single actor's figure cannot.
For a single actor, the honest output is a range with a date. Pages here cover where an actor estimate's inputs come from and why each is weak, on actor net worth estimate.
The subject overview is on actor net worth, and the reason a lifetime total is no easier to pin down than a wealth figure is on career earnings.
Common questions
Why is Tyler Perry first?
His $1.4 billion is the highest figure in the set, and every other row is sorted on the same basis. Ranking follows the published estimate, not career length or awards.
Why do the same actors appear with different numbers on different sites?
Different universes, different inherited figures, different refresh timing. One page may count a tequila stake and another may not. The gap between two lists measures how the lists were made, not how much anyone has.
Can I find an actor's real net worth in a court filing?
Sometimes, partly. Divorce and profit-participation cases produce asset schedules filed under penalty of perjury, and those are the closest thing to a record. They still show gross assets, and the debt schedule is often sealed.
