10 highest-paid actors of 2022, ranked: from Tom Cruise’s Top Gun: Maverick millions and Will Smith’s pre-Oscars pay cheque, to Brad Pitt’s F1 film and Joaquin Phoenix’s Joker 2 with Lady Gaga
Marvel’s Tom Hardy and Chris Hems worth made US$20 million from Venom 3 and Extraction 2 respectively, while Vin Diesel’s 11th Fast and Furious also raked in serious dollars Dwayne ‘The Rock’ Johnson’s superhero debut with Black Adam saw a hefty pay cheque, as did Brad Pitt, who will star in an F1 film with Lewis Hamilton for US$30 million Everyone knows that Hollywood movie stars make some of the world’s biggest pay cheques. But not all actors show the same standard of talent and some can make much more than others when factoring in pulling power.This year has been a lucrative one for showbiz veterans like Tom Cruise, Leonardo DiCaprio and Brad Pitt with new films, while Joaquin Phoenix’s critically-acclaimed role in the Joker (2019) has given him a financial booster for the film’s upcoming sequel.So, as we near year-end, which actor got paid the biggest bucks in 2022, based on Variety’s estimations?
