Robert Downey Jr

Robert Downey Jr. was born in New York on 4 April, 1965. He started performing as a kid. In the 1980s, he had his first movie appearances and joined the cast of Saturday Night Live, but his burgeoning career was stymied by years of drug misuse. He eventually turned his life around and won a renaissance of critical and public acclaim, and is now regarded as an A-list actor in Hollywood.

As per Hollywood Reporter, the actor negotiated a novel compensation agreement with [Marvel] studio head Kevin Feige that resulted in big paydays for the actor over the years." Downey earns backside from all the Avenger films as part of his agreement to play Iron Man. According to sources, he received at least 75 million dollars from the 2018 film "Avengers: Infinity War," as it had made more than $2 billion.

After five years of acting only in Marvel-branded films, Robert Downey Jr. resurfaced in late 2019 as the presenter of the Youtube show The Age of AI. In January 2020, he featured as a veterinarian who communicates with animals in Dolittle, a film adaptation of the British author Hugh Lofting's iconic children's book series.

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Movie: Avengers: Infinity War

Salary: $75 million