Highest New Entry

Actors with the highest first appearance in the annual Hollywood Rankings.

Record Holder

Eddie Murphy

New Entry: #28

Year: 1983

Complete Ranking

RANK

ACTOR

ENTRY RANK

YEAR

1

Eddie Murphy

#28

1983

2

Whoopi Goldberg

#29

1986

3

Tom Cruise

#30

1982

4

Drew Barrymore

#32

1981

5

Mel Gibson

#33

1981

6

Glenn Close

#33

1983

7

Michelle Pfeiffer

#34

1981

8

Geena Davis

#34

1983

9

Tom Hanks

#36

1981

10

Meg Ryan

#36

1982

11

Cher

#36

1983

12

Sharon Stone

#37

1981

13

Denzel Washington

#37

1982

14

Michael J. Fox

#38

1981

15

Demi Moore

#38

1983

16

Daniel Day-Lewis

#39

1983

17

Kevin Costner

#41

1983

18

Kim Basinger

#42

1982

19

Bruce Willis

#43

1983

20

Nicolas Cage

#45

1983

21

Johnny Depp

#48

1985

22

Ian McKellen

#49

1984

23

Viggo Mortensen

#50

1986

24

Robert Downey Jr.

#52

1984

25

Jennifer Connelly

#54

1985

26

Jim Carrey

#55

1985

27

Helen Hunt

#58

1986

28

Keanu Reeves

#59

1987

29

Uma Thurman

#59

1989

30

Frances McDormand

#60

1986

31

Julia Roberts

#60

1989

32

Annette Bening

#61

1989

33

Matt Damon

#63

1989

34

Elijah Wood

#63

1991

35

Halle Berry

#63

1992

36

Jennifer Aniston

#65

1989

37

Gwyneth Paltrow

#65

1992

38

Will Smith

#65

1993

39

Nicole Kidman

#66

1990

40

Adrien Brody

#67

1990

41

Kirsten Dunst

#68

1990

42

Brad Pitt

#69

1992

43

Julianne Moore

#70

1991

44

Jessica Chastain

#70

2012

45

Cameron Diaz

#72

1995

46

Daisy Ridley

#72

2016

47

Reese Witherspoon

#73

1992

48

Hilary Swank

#73

1993

49

Jennifer Love Hewitt

#74

1994

50

Catherine Zeta-Jones

#76

1993

DATA SOURCE

Hollywood Rankings Database

LAST UPDATED

July 2026