Hollywood Actor Rankings

Explore Hollywood's most successful actors through a data-driven ranking based on box office performance, industry recognition and long-term career consistency.

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RANK
PK
ACTOR
SCORE
1
5
★1
Jack Nicholson
2,372
2
1
★1
Meryl Streep
2,281
3
18
3
Michael Douglas
2,247
4
2
2
Harrison Ford
2,196
5
11
5
Glenn Close
2,149
6
2
6
Eddie Murphy
2,054
7
3
2
Sylvester Stallone
1,665
8
20
8
Cher
1,634
9
6
★1
Jane Fonda
1,477
10
17
10
Robin Williams
1,465
11
6
3
Sally Field
1,259
12
7
12
Michael J. Fox
1,223
13
16
13
Sean Connery
1,208
14
7
6
Jessica Lange
1,169
15
5
10
Sigourney Weaver
1,073
16
7
9
Sissy Spacek
1,032
17
6
9
Clint Eastwood
967
18
5
13
Tom Cruise
892
19
3
19
Tom Hanks
878
20
5
20
Arnold Schwarzenegger
869
21
7
2
Dustin Hoffman
858
22
10
2
Burt Reynolds
835
23
13
23
Nicolas Cage
834
24
7
5
Goldie Hawn
833
25
10
6
Diane Keaton
795
26
2
4
Robert De Niro
768
27
7
5
Gene Hackman
655
28
2
26
Whoopi Goldberg
573
29
19
29
Kevin Costner
564
30
7
30
Mel Gibson
525
31
8
9
Robert Redford
480
32
1
32
Kim Basinger
473
33
10
33
Michelle Pfeiffer
456
34
8
24
Susan Sarandon
453
35
17
8
John Travolta
387
36
4
32
Demi Moore
353
37
3
37
Bruce Willis
317
38
6
38
Robert Downey Jr.
298
39
0
36
Meg Ryan
293
40
9
26
Drew Barrymore
273
41
6
7
Barbra Streisand
268
42
8
34
Geena Davis
249
43
2
10
Faye Dunaway
234
44
14
4
Al Pacino
228
45
10
11
Gene Wilder
199
46
9
37
Denzel Washington
195
47
9
10
Jill Claybourgh
147
48
3
45
Johnny Depp
143
49
2
35
Sharon Stone
117
50
4
22
Anthony Hopkins
98
51
2
39
Daniel Day-Lewis
64
52
5
52
Helen Hunt
61
53
3
50
Jim Carrey
54
54
2
50
Viggo Mortensen
33
55
1
32
Kathy Bates
28
56
5
56
Frances McDormand
26
57
1
54
Jennifer Connelly
21
58
5
22
Jodie Foster
16
59
0
59
Keanu Reeves
15
60
2
49
Ian McKellen
8
61
1
31
Audrey Hepburn
3

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About the Hollywood Actor Rankings

Hollywood Rankings evaluates actor career performance across a rolling ten-year period. The ranking combines theatrical box office performance with industry recognition and long-term career consistency to measure sustained success over time.

Recent career performance carries greater weight, while historical rankings apply the same defined methodology to each ranking year. This makes it possible to explore how actors rise, peak and move through the rankings across different eras of Hollywood.

Rankings are generated using an independent data-driven model developed specifically for Hollywood Rankings. Learn more about the ranking system on the Methodology page.