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
8
★1
Jack Nicholson
4,247
2
3
2
Harrison Ford
3,011
3
1
2
Eddie Murphy
2,830
4
3
3
Michael Douglas
2,777
5
5
5
Tom Cruise
2,616
6
6
6
Michael J. Fox
2,467
7
3
4
Sigourney Weaver
2,441
8
7
★1
Glenn Close
2,429
9
1
8
Tom Hanks
2,320
10
5
10
Robin Williams
2,273
11
5
★1
Meryl Streep
1,899
12
4
12
Sean Connery
1,834
13
10
2
Dustin Hoffman
1,698
14
4
14
Michelle Pfeiffer
1,696
15
4
2
Sylvester Stallone
1,641
16
1
3
Sally Field
1,439
17
4
8
Cher
1,260
18
4
14
Arnold Schwarzenegger
1,175
19
0
6
Jessica Lange
1,170
20
13
20
Mel Gibson
1,126
21
16
21
Meg Ryan
953
22
14
22
Kim Basinger
934
23
11
23
Bruce Willis
913
24
4
5
Gene Hackman
899
25
4
25
Kevin Costner
880
26
20
26
Denzel Washington
854
27
26
27
Daniel Day-Lewis
784
28
7
9
Clint Eastwood
779
29
7
4
Robert De Niro
776
30
4
22
Jodie Foster
733
31
6
24
Susan Sarandon
708
32
5
27
Geena Davis
705
33
12
8
John Travolta
686
34
6
23
Nicolas Cage
638
35
11
9
Sissy Spacek
600
36
4
26
Whoopi Goldberg
580
37
7
6
Diane Keaton
506
38
22
38
Julia Roberts
500
39
8
2
Burt Reynolds
481
40
17
★1
Jane Fonda
457
41
6
5
Goldie Hawn
413
42
6
4
Al Pacino
399
43
3
38
Robert Downey Jr.
392
44
12
44
Keanu Reeves
365
45
6
32
Demi Moore
352
46
8
9
Robert Redford
276
47
2
11
Gene Wilder
251
48
7
26
Drew Barrymore
213
49
5
44
Frances McDormand
182
50
7
35
Sharon Stone
180
51
1
50
Jim Carrey
147
52
10
7
Barbra Streisand
140
53
1
52
Helen Hunt
113
54
4
45
Johnny Depp
110
55
4
22
Anthony Hopkins
100
56
9
10
Faye Dunaway
83
57
1
32
Kathy Bates
55
58
1
58
Uma Thurman
55
59
2
50
Viggo Mortensen
48
60
3
60
Matt Damon
40
61
5
31
Audrey Hepburn
35
62
1
61
Annette Bening
32
63
1
54
Jennifer Connelly
21
64
0
49
Ian McKellen
16
65
10
10
Jill Claybourgh
14
66
NEW
66
Nicole Kidman
13
67
NEW
67
Adrien Brody
6
68
NEW
68
Kirsten Dunst
6
69
4
65
Jennifer Aniston
2

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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.