=8. Chris Hemsworth – $40 Million
Chris Hemsworth is from Melbourne Australia and has worked as a model and actor. As a result he is now worth $40 million. His most famous role to date is starring in the move “Thor.” Previously he played a younger Captain Kirk in a Star Trek 2009 box office movie.
=8. Geoffrey Rush – $40 Million
Geoffrey Rush is an Australian who has worked as an actor and a producer. He is now worth $40 million. He 1981 he began his movie career, which continued to grow and prosper. Most recently he did a 2010 box office movie with Colin Firth.
11. Isla Fisher – $16 Million
Scottish-Australian actress and author, Isla Lang Fisher was born in Muscat, Oman and grew up in Australia. She began professional acting on Australian soap operas in 90s before moving over to film. She is best known for her roles in “Wedding Crashers”, “Definitely Maybe”, and “Confessions of a Shopaholic”. She gained more US audience in Wedding Crashers (2005).
12. Lleyton Hewitt – $15 Million
Lleyton Hewitt made his fortune out of tennis, mainly through lucrative endorsements such as his big deal with Japanese tennis equipment company Yonex.
13. Paul Hogan – $20 Million
Paul Hogan became famous for his role as Crocodile Dundee and is now worth $20 million. He financed the Crocodile Dundee movies and had an ownership stake of 60% in the profits the movie would eventually make.
14. Simon Baker – $25 Million
Simon Baker began his career in Australia in the 1980s starring in music videos. By the beginning of the 1990s he starred in a string of Australian TV shows and then began making movies in the U.S. He is now worth $25 million.
15. Rose Byrne – $13 Million
Though Australian-born actress Rose Byrne made her film debut in 1994, when she played a supporting role in the eccentric drama Dallas Doll alongside Sandra Bernhard and Jake Blundell, her breakout performances within her native country were both on the small screen; namely, in the soap opera Echo Point and the long-running drama series Heartbreak High. After developing a fan base and gaining some critical recognition, Byrne was cast alongside fellow Aussie Heath Ledger in Two Hands (1999).
16. Sam Worthington – $12 million
Sam Worthington is an Australian actor with a $12 million net worth. He has starred in many American movies such as “Terminator Salvation” and Avatar” as well as “Clash Of The Titans.”
17. Julian McMahon – $10 Million
Julian McMahon has made a name for himself in Australia and the U.S. as an actor who is now worth $10 million. He has starred in many TV shows and movies.
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