Top 10 Actors Who Got Shockingly Small Paychecks for Iconic Roles
35K views · Sep 29, 2026 · Entertainment
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@WatchMojo · 2 days ago (edited) · pinned
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@Steven-pn8kd · 1 day ago
Chris Tucker was paid $10,000 for doing Friday.
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@MichaelMarquez-m3b · 1 day ago
Tom Cruise was paid $50,000 for an impromptu uncredited cameo in Young Guns.
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@DavidR.-fk4kc · 1 day ago
I read somewhere Jon Heder got paid a very small amount for playing the main character in "Napoleon Dynamite". Don't remember the amount, however.
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@FabianDiazGutierrez · 22 hours ago
interesting.
@brennanbaudot1331 · 12 hours ago
At the beginning of this r e e l in the interview with Jamie Lee Curtis does she know she's an actress and she says actor
@tylergoodman3560 · 1 day ago
I figured Harrison Ford would've gotten at least six figures for Han Solo. 🎉
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