Mel Gibson| $425 MILLION

Academy and Golden Globe Award-winning actor and director, Mel Gibson, made it to the list of top-earning celebrities in the world with his net worth of approximately $425 million. He was born in Peekskill, New York, in a huge family of 13. He attended the National Institute of Dramatic Art in Sydney after graduating high school. He then got into various theatrical acting jobs and low-budget films before finally deciding to venture into acting on television.

He got into a TV series called The Sullivans in the 1970s and eventually landed a role in Mad Max and Lethal Weapon, garnering him a lot of awards. He also starred in and directed the movie Brave Heart, which won him multiple awards. It was not all smooth sailing in his career because he hit a few bumps on the road. His movie, The Passion, was quite controversial and no one wanted to make an investment in it at first, but it did do very well at the box office, to everyone’s surprise.