Hollywood's Highest-Paid Actors of 2026 Revealed

Tom Holland topped the 2026 pay list with a $20 million salary for the Marvel film *Spider‑Man: Brand New Day* and an additional $10 million for his role as Telemachus in Christopher Nolan’s epic *The Odyssey*. Matt Damon earned the largest single paycheck, $15 million, for portraying Odysseus in the same Nolan production. Zendaya received $8 million for her return as MJ in the Spider‑Man sequel.

The supporting cast of *The Odyssey* also secured multi‑million deals: Robert Pattinson and Charlize Theron each earned between $5 million and $7 million; Zendaya earned about $5 million for playing Athena; Anne Hathaway’s fee was $4‑5 million; Lupita Nyong’o, Jon Bernthal and Benny Safdie received $1.5‑3.5 million each. These figures illustrate the scale of compensation for leading Hollywood talent in 2026.