10 Most Popular Actors Of 2014

With the best and worst films of the year sorted and the moments from real life collected and collated, it's time to look back at the most important names in the acting profession of the year. Or at least the ones that were most searched, anyway. Unlike the female equivalent of this list - which was dominated by actresses caught up in controversies of some sort - it seems Google users searched for actors for their on-screen talents: which inevitably says something about the major film watching internet audience. Something not altogether great. This list is mostly populated by actors who made it big thanks to their involvement in huge adaptations of established book properties - including one notoriously raunchy one - in popular TV shows and films, or who won at the Academy Awards. Inevitably, there's also a death hoax to go along with Betty White's...

How do you beat McConaughey to top spot? Well, if you're Jared Leto you win an Oscar alongside him, outdo him with an emphatic speech and then get yourself cast as the Joker. Not bad for a rock star.