Ranking The World's 10 Highest-Paid Actors From Worst To Best
8. Vin Diesel ($47 Million)
Rank On List: 3rd Place To most people, Vin Diesel represents the atypical representation of a muscular, one-dimensional Hollywood leading man; he's like The Thing from the Fantastic Four - a lumbering beefcake with a voice so gruff it feels like it would be painful for him to use. This guy also happens to be one of the highest-paid actors in the world, which really says something for lumbering beefcakes with gruff voices, don't you think? Successful turns in the absolutely huge Fast and Furious movies (the latest of which just went on to become one of the highest-grossing movies of all-time, thank you very much) have rocketed Vin Diesel to the top of the A-list - to the point where he's earning more than actors such as Daniel Craig ($27 million) and Matthew McConaughey ($26.5 million). As an actor... well, Diesel doesn't have a lot of range, but the man is good at what he does. Not to mention that you get the sense that he really cares about all of his films.
Sam Hill is an ardent cinephile and has been writing about film professionally since 2008. He harbours a particular fondness for western and sci-fi movies.