Ranking of British, Irish, Australian & NZ actors by net worth (from $5m to $250m)

Ranking of British, Irish, Australian & NZ actors by net worth (from $5m to $250m)

In 2018, I posted a ranking of the richest celebrities in the world. Here is a ranking of of British and Irish actors and actresses by net worth. When their wealth is tied they are listed alphabetically. Deceased actors were omitted (e.g. Sean Connery, Christopher Lee, Ray Stevenson). I only listed those with a net worth of at least $5 million. I hope that I didn't forget too many.

Net worth is the total of all one's assets, including checking and savings accounts, real estate, cars, and other valuables, and deducting liabilities. As there is no way of doing this for actors, it is a ballpark estimate based on the total of official salaries for all films, series, TV shows, commercials or other known professional activities. Many actors' main earnings are from just a few well-known films or series. For example Daniel Radcliffe, Emma Watson and Rupert Grint made most of their fortune (so far, they are still young) from the Harry Potter movies, while Lena Headey, Emilia Clarke, Kit Harington, Sophie Turner, Maisie Williams, John Bradley and Alfie Allen are chiefly known for their roles in Game of Thrones. Of course some actors have played in dozens of well known films or series, like Anthony Hopkins, Michael Caine, Hugh Grant, Liam Neeson, Gerard Butler, Jeremy Irons, Maggie Smith, Judy Dench, or Kristin Scott Thomas.

However net worth estimates cannot take into account capital gains or losses from real estate or investments, or how much actors have already spent of the money they earned. Depending on their lifestyle and how many years they have been active, they could already have spent a sizeable percentage of their wealth (or on the contrary have invested it wisely and increased it over time). So keep in mind that these are just rough estimates.

1. Pierce Brosnan (Irish) : $200 million
2. Sacha Baron Cohen : $160 million
3. Daniel Craig : $160 million
4. Ricky Gervais : $160 million
5. Anthony Hopkins : $160 million
6. Rowan Atkinson : $150 million
7. Hugh Grant : $150 million
8. Catherine Zeta-Jones : $150 million
9. Liam Neeson : $145 million
10. Christian Bale : $120 million
11. Daniel Radcliffe : $110 million
12. Emma Watson : $85 million
13. Gerard Butler : $80 million
14. Colin Farrell (Irish) : $80 million
15. Keira Knightley : $80 million
16. Jude Law : $75 million
17. Patrick Stewart : $75 million
18. Eric Idle : $70 million
19. Kate Winslet : $65 million
20. Helena Bonham Carter : $60 million
21. Kenneth Branagh : $60 million
22. Michael Caine : $60 million
23. Daniel Day-Lewis : $60 million
24. Ben Kingsley : $60 million
25. Tom Hardy : $55 million
26. Ian McKellen : $55 million
27. Henry Cavill : $50 million
28. Ralph Fiennes : $50 million
29. Rupert Grint : $50 million
30. Judi Dench : $45 million
31. Hugh Laurie : $45 million
32. Kunal Nayyar : $45 million
33. Orlando Bloom : $40 million
34. Benedict Cumberbatch : $40 million
35. Idris Elba : $40 million
36. Stephen Fry : $40 million
37. Tom Hiddleston : $40 million
38. Gary Oldman : $40 million
39. Emma Thompson : $40 million
40. John Hurt : $30 million
41. Andrew Lincoln : $30 million
42. Colin Firth : $25 million
43. Jeremy Irons : $25 million
44. Ewan McGregor : $25 million
45. Simon Pegg : $25 million
46. Hugo Weaving : $25 million
47. Sean Bean : $20 million
48. Emilia Clarke : $20 million
49. John Cleese : $20 million
50. Timothy Dalton : $20 million
51. Martin Freeman : $20 million
52. Michael Gambon (Irish-English) : $20 million
53. James McAvoy : $20 million
54. Cillian Murphy (Irish) : $20 million
55. Vanessa Redgrave : $20 million
56. Maggie Smith : $20 million
57. Andy Serkis : $18 million
58. Chiwetel Ejiofor : $16 million
59. Gabriel Byrne : $16 million
60. Alan Rickman : $16 million
61. Charlotte Rampling : $15 million
62. Kit Harington : $14 million
63. Kevin McKidd : $14 million
64. Tilda Swinton : $14 million
65. Lena Headey : $12 million
66. Kristin Scott Thomas : $12 million
67. Tom Wilkinson : $12 million
68. Charles Dance : $10 million
69. Warwick Davis : $10 million
70. Andrew Scott (Irish) : $10 million
71. Imelda Staunton : $10 million
72. Sophie Turner : $10 million
73. Matt Smith : $9 million
74. David Tennant : $9 million
75. Hugh Bonneville : $8 million
76. Aidan Gillen (Irish) : $8 million
77. Freddie Highmore : $8 million
78. Richard Madden : $8 million
79. Jonathan Rhys Meyers (Irish) : $8 million
80. Rufus Sewell : $8 million
81. Rebecca Hall : $7 million
82. Anya Taylor-Joy : $7 million
83. Alfie Allen : $6 million
84. Christopher Eccleston : $6 million
85. Rosamund Pike : $6 million
86. Maisie Williams : $6 million
87. John Bradley : $5 million
88. Jim Broadbent : $5 million
89. Natascha McElhone : $5 million

 

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Here is now the ranking of the richest Australian & New Zealand actors and actresses.

1. Nicole Kidman : $250 million
2. Hugh Jackman : $180 million
3. Chris Hemsworth : $130 million
4. Russell Crowe (New Zealand) : $120 million
5. Cate Blanchett : $95 million
6. Portia de Rossi : $50 million
7. Eric Bana : $45 million
8. Simon Baker : $40 million
9. Margot Robbie : $40 million
10. Geoffrey Rush : $40 million
11. Naomi Watts : $35 million
12. Sam Worthington : $30 million
13. Guy Pearce : $25 million
14. Liam Hemsworth : $28 million
15. Alex O'Loughlin : $25 million
16. Guy Pearce : $25 million
17. Hugo Weaving : $25 million
18. Paul Hogan : $20 million
19. Karl Urban (New Zealand) : $20 million
20. Toni Collette : $18 million
21. Sam Neill (New Zealand) : $18 million
22. Rose Byrne : $16 million
23. Heath Ledger : $16 million
24. Toby Schmitz : $15 million
25. Travis Fimmel : $13 million
26. Yvonne Strahovski : $12 million
27. Bryan Brown : $10 million
28. Anthony LaPaglia : $9 million
29. Ben Mendelsohn : $9 million
30. Emily Browning : $8 million
31. Abbie Cornish : $8 million
32. Rachel Griffiths : $8 million
33. Craig McLachlan : $8 million
34. Jesse Spencer : $8 million
35. Brenton Thwaites : $8 million
36. Mia Wasikowska : $8 million
37. Jason Clarke : $6 million
38. Ryan Kwanten : $6 million
39. Jay Laga'aia (New Zealand) : $6 million
40. Anna Torv : $6 million
41. Judy Davis : $5 million
42. Melissa George : $5 million
43. Isabel Lucas : $5 million
44. Richard Roxburgh : $5 million
45. Noah Taylor : $5 million

 

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I have combined the two list into one table and added for which films and series each actor was famous.

Actor	Net Worth	Famous for...	Nationality
Nicole Kidman	$250,000,000	Moulin Rouge, The Hours, Rabbit Hole, Cold Mountain, Dead Calm, Batman...	Australian
Pierce Brosnan	$200,000,000	James Bond, Mamma Mia, The Thomas Crown Affair	Irish
Hugh Jackman	$180,000,000	The Prestige, Prisoners, The Greatest Showman, Les Misérables...	Australian
Anthony Hopkins	$160,000,000	The Silence of the Lambs, Hannibal, Hitchcock, Nixon, Amistad, Red Dragon...	British
Daniel Craig	$160,000,000	James Bond	British
Ricky Gervais	$160,000,000	The Office, Extras, An Idiot Abroad, After Life...	British
Sacha Baron Cohen	$160,000,000	Borat, Brüno	British
Catherine Zeta-Jones	$150,000,000	Chicago, Traffic, The Mask of Zorro, Entrapment...	British
Hugh Grant	$150,000,000	Love Actually, About a Boy, Notting Hill...	British
Rowan Atkinson	$150,000,000	Mr Bean, Johnny English	British
Liam Neeson	$145,000,000	Nell, Rob Roy, Michael Collins, Schindler's List, Narnia...	British
Chris Hemsworth	$130,000,000	The Avengers, Thor, Star Trek, Snow White and the Huntsman...	Australian
Christian Bale	$120,000,000	Batman Begins, The Dark Knight, Terminator Salvation...	British
Russell Crowe	$120,000,000	Gladiator, A Beautiful Mind, Les Misérables, L.A. Confidential...	New Zealander
Daniel Radcliffe	$110,000,000	Harry Potter	British
Cate Blanchett	$95,000,000	Carol, Elisabeth, Blue Jasmine, The Lord of the Rings...	Australian
Emma Watson	$85,000,000	Harry Potter	British
Colin Farrell	$80,000,000	Alexander, Minority Report, The Batman, In Bruges, The Lobster...	Irish
Gerard Butler	$80,000,000	300, The Phantom of the Opera, Law Abiding Citizen, The Bounty Hunter...	British
Keira Knightley	$80,000,000	Pirates of the Caribbean, Pride & Prejudice, The Duchess, Anna Karenina...	British
Jude Law	$75,000,000	The Talented Mr. Ripley, The Grand Budapest Hotel, Closer, Alfie, Hugo...	British
Patrick Stewart	$75,000,000	Star Trek, Logan	British
Eric Idle	$70,000,000	Monty Python	British
Kate Winslet	$65,000,000	Titanic, Quills, Iris, Steve Jobs, Mildred Pierce, Mare of Easttown...	British
Ben Kingsley	$60,000,000	Gandhi, Schindler's List, Elegy, Hugo...	British
Daniel Day-Lewis	$60,000,000	Gangs of New York, The Last of the Mohicans, There Will Be Blood...	British
Helena Bonham Carter	$60,000,000	Harry Potter, Les Misérables, Sweeney Todd, The King's Speech...	British
Kenneth Branagh	$60,000,000	Henry V, Hamlet, Much Ado About Nothing...	British
Michael Caine	$60,000,000	The Dark Knight, The Prestige, The Italian Job, Zulu, A Bridge Too Far...	British
Ian McKellen	$55,000,000	The Lord of the Rings, Gods and Monsters, Richard III...	British
Tom Hardy	$55,000,000	Inception, The Dark Knight Rises, Mad Max: Fury Road	British
Henry Cavill	$50,000,000	Man of Steel, Batman v Superman, Mission: Impossible - Fallout...	British
Portia de Rossi	$50,000,000	Arrested Development	Australian
Ralph Fiennes	$50,000,000	Schindler's List, The Grand Budapest Hotel, The Constant Gardener...	British
Rupert Grint	$50,000,000	Harry Potter	British
Eric Bana	$45,000,000	Troy, Munich, Dirty John, Chopper...	Australian
Hugh Laurie	$45,000,000	House M.D.	British
Judi Dench	$45,000,000	James Bond, Shakespear in Love, Mrs Brown, Chocolat, Iris, Belfast...	British
Kunal Nayyar	$45,000,000	The Big Bang Theory	British
Benedict Cumberbatch	$40,000,000	The Imitation Game, Star Trek, The Hobbit, August; Osage County...	British
Emma Thompson	$40,000,000	Sense and Sensibility, The Remains of the Day, Saving Mr. Banks...	British
Gary Oldman	$40,000,000	The Dark Knight, Darkest Hour, Bram Stoker's Dracula...	British
Geoffrey Rush	$40,000,000	The King's Speech, Shakespeare in Love, Pirates of the Caribbean...	Australian
Idris Elba	$40,000,000	Beast of No Nation, Thor: Ragnarok, Mandela, The Losers...	British
Margot Robbie	$40,000,000	Suicide Squad, I, Tonya, The Wolf of Wall Street...	Australian
Orlando Bloom	$40,000,000	The Lord of the Rings, Pirates of the Caribbean, Kingdom of Heaven, Troy...	British
Simon Baker	$40,000,000	The Mentalist, Margin Call	Australian
Stephen Fry	$40,000,000	V for Vendetta, Gosford Park, Wilde...	British
Tom Hiddleston	$40,000,000	The Avengers, Thor, The Night Manager...	British
Naomi Watts	$35,000,000	Mulholland Drive, King Kong, The Impossible	Australian
Andrew Lincoln	$30,000,000	The Walking Dead, Afterlife, Teachers, Love Actually...	British
John Hurt	$30,000,000	1984, Alien, The Elephant Man, Midnight Express...	British
Sam Worthington	$30,000,000	Avatar, Terminator Salvation	Australian
Liam Hemsworth	$28,000,000	Neighbours, The Elephant Princess, The Hunger Games...	Australian
Alex O'Loughlin	$25,000,000	Hawaii Five-0, Augsut Rush, Oyster Farmer, Feed, Man-Thing...	Australian
Colin Firth	$25,000,000	Pride & Prejudice, The King's Speech, A Single Man, Bridget Jones's Diary	British
Ewan McGregor	$25,000,000	Star Wars, Moulin Rouge, Trainspotting...	British
Guy Pearce	$25,000,000	Memento, L.A. Confidential, The Hurt Locker...	Australian
Hugo Weaving	$25,000,000	The Lord of the Rings, The Hobbit, The Matrix, Captain America...	British
Jeremy Irons	$25,000,000	Dead Ringers, Assassin's Creed, Batman vs Superman, The Mission...	British
Simon Pegg	$25,000,000	Shaun of the Dead, Hot Fuzz, Star Trek	British
Michael Palin	$25,000,000	Monty Python	British
Cillian Murphy	$20,000,000	28 Days Later, Inception, Sunshine, Red Eye...	Irish
Emilia Clarke	$20,000,000	Game of Thrones	British
James McAvoy	$20,000,000	Filth, Split, Atonement, The Last King of Scotland...	British
John Cleese	$20,000,000	Monty Python	British
Karl Urban	$20,000,000	Star Trek, The Lord of the Rings	New Zealander
Maggie Smith	$20,000,000	Downton Abbey, Harry Potter, Godsford Park, A Room with a View...	British
Martin Freeman	$20,000,000	The Hobbit, Black Panther	British
Michael Gambon	$20,000,000	Gosford Park, Harry Potter	British & Irish
Paul Hogan	$20,000,000	Crocodile Dundee	Australian
Sean Bean	$20,000,000	The Lord of the Rings, Game of Thrones	British
Timothy Dalton	$20,000,000	James Bond	British
Vanessa Redgrave	$20,000,000	Coriolanus, Atonement, Howards End, Letters to Juliet...	British
Andy Serkis	$18,000,000	Planet of the Apes, The Lord of the Rings	British
Sam Neill	$18,000,000	Jurassic Park	New Zealander
Toni Collette	$18,000,000	The Sixth Sense, About a Boy, The Hours, Hereditary	Australian
Alan Rickman	$16,000,000	Die Hard, Robin Hood, Sweeney Todd, Galaxy Quest...	British
Chiwetel Ejiofor	$16,000,000	12 Years a Slave, Dirty Pretty Things, Serenity, Children of Man...	British
Gabriel Byrne	$16,000,000	The Usual Suspects, Hereditary, Miller's Crossing, Vikings...	British
Heath Ledger	$16,000,000	The Patriot, The Dark Knight, Casanova, Brokeback Mountain...	Australian
Rose Byrne	$16,000,000	Damages, Spy, Neighbours, Insidious, Bridesmaids...	Australian
Charlotte Rampling	$15,000,000	45 Years, Melancholia, Swimming Pool, Assassin's Creed...	British
Toby Schmitz	$15,000,000	Black Sails	Australian
Kevin McKidd	$14,000,000	Rome, Kingdom of Heaven, Trainspotting	British
Kit Harington	$14,000,000	Game of Thrones	British
Tilda Swinton	$14,000,000	We Need to Talk About Kevin, Michael Clayton, Snowpiercer...	British
Travis Fimmel	$13,000,000	Vikings, Warcraft, Danger Close...	Australian
Kristin Scott Thomas	$12,000,000	Godsford Park, The English Patient, Four Weddings and a Funeral...	British
Lena Headey	$12,000,000	Game of Thrones	British
Tom Wilkinson	$12,000,000	The Full Monty, Michael Clayton, The Grand Budapest Hotel	British
Yvonne Strahovski	$12,000,000	Chuck, Stateless, Dexter...	Australian
Andrew Scott	$10,000,000	Spectre, Pride, Sherlock...	Irish
Bryan Brown	$10,000,000	Cocktail, Breaker Morant, Two Hands, Gods of Egypt...	Australian
Charles Dance	$10,000,000	Game of Thrones, Godsford Park, The Imitation Game, Last Action Hero...	British
Imelda Staunton	$10,000,000	Vera Drake, Pride, Harry Potter...	British
Sophie Turner	$10,000,000	Game of Thrones	British
Warwick Davis	$10,000,000	Willow, Harry Potter, The Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy...	British
Anthony LaPaglia	$9,000,000	Without a Trace, Lantana, Empire Records...	Australian
Ben Mendelsohn	$9,000,000	Rogue One: A Star Wars Story, The Dark Knight Rises, Ready Player One...	Australian
David Tennant	$9,000,000	Doctor Who, Broadchurch, Jessica Jones...	British
Matt Smith	$9,000,000	Doctor Who, The Crown, Last Night in Soho...	British
Abbie Cornish	$8,000,000	Bright Star, Candy, Seven Psychopaths...	Australian
Aidan Gillen	$8,000,000	Game of Thrones, The Dark Knight Rises, Maze Runner...	Irish
Brenton Thwaites	$8,000,000	Pirates of the Caribbean, Home & Away, The Awakening, Gods of Egypt...	Australian
Craig McLachlan	$8,000,000	Neighbours, Home and Away	Australian
Emily Browning	$8,000,000	A Series of Unfortunate Events, Sleeping Beauty, Pompei	Australian
Freddie Highmore	$8,000,000	The Good Doctor, Bates Motel, Charlie and the Chocolate Factory...	British
Hugh Bonneville	$8,000,000	Downton Abbey, Paddington	British
Jesse Spencer	$8,000,000	House M.D., Neighbours	Australian
Jonathan Rhys Meyers	$8,000,000	The Tudors, Vikings, The 12th Man, Elvis...	Irish
Mia Wasikowska	$8,000,000	Alice in Wonderland, Stoker, Crimson Peak...	Australian
Rachel Griffiths	$8,000,000	Six Feet Under, Brothers & Sisters...	Australian
Richard Madden	$8,000,000	Game of Thrones, The Medici, Cinderella, Rocketman...	British
Rufus Sewell	$8,000,000	Dark City, The Illusionist, A Knight's Tale, Judy, The Diplomat...	British
Anya Taylor-Joy	$7,000,000	The Queen's Gambit, The Witch...	British
Rebecca Hall	$7,000,000	Vicky Cristina Barcelona, The Town, The Prestige...	British
Alfie Allen	$6,000,000	Game of Thrones	British
Anna Torv	$6,000,000	Fringe, The Last of Us, Heavenly Sword, The Newsreader...	Australian
Christopher Eccleston	$6,000,000	Doctor Who, The Dark Knight, Thor, 28 Days Later, Peaky Blinders...	British
Jason Clarke	$6,000,000	Zero Dark Thirty, Mudbound, Terminator Genisys...	Australian
Jay Laga'aia	$6,000,000	Star Wars Episode II & III, Daybreakers...	New Zealander
Maisie Williams	$6,000,000	Game of Thrones	British
Rosamund Pike	$6,000,000	Gone Girl, Jack Reacher, Pride & Prejudice, Die Another Day...	British
Ryan Kwanten	$6,000,000	True Blood, Dead Silence, Legends of the Guardians...	Australian
Isabel Lucas	$5,000,000	Transformers, Daybreakers, The Loft, Immortals...	Australian
Jim Broadbent	$5,000,000	Moulin Rouge, Another Year, Gangs of New York...	British
John Bradley	$5,000,000	Game of Thrones	British
Judy Davis	$5,000,000	Husbands and Wives, The Dressmaker, The Ref...	Australian
Melissa George	$5,000,000	Hunted, Triangle, 30 Days of Night	Australian
Natascha McElhone	$5,000,000	Solaris, Ronin, The Truman Show, Designated Survivor, Californication...	British
Noah Taylor	$5,000,000	Almost Famous, Shine, Vanilla Sky...	Australian
Richard Roxburgh	$5,000,000	Van Helsing, Moulin Rouge, Rake, Sanctum...	Australian