Can you name the top 300 grossing actors from the 1st Century of the commercial film industry (1911-2011)? by Hejman

Can you name the top 300 grossing actors from the 1st Century of the commercial film industry (1911-2011)?

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In 1910 D.W. Griffith moved his Biograph Company to California and the movie industry followed beginning a grand century of film. Figures are NOT adjusted for inflation. More info below.
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Gross	Actor
5.087
4.267
3.980
3.881
3.782
3.711
3.478
3.356
3.355
3.335
3.331
3.236
3.234
3.197
3.117
3.094
3.047
3.008
2.992
2.907
2.850
2.687
2.687
2.668
2.651
2.617
2.598
2.590
2.588
2.562
2.549
2.548
2.538
2.535
2.529
2.518
2.500
2.480
2.454
2.439
2.432
2.430
2.428
2.405
2.404
2.402
2.401
2.389
2.389
2.389

Gross	Actor
2.389
2.389
2.389
2.384
2.370
2.361
2.357
2.357
2.355
2.352
2.349
2.342
2.342
2.281
2.268
2.258
2.229
2.226
2.224
2.220
2.218
2.213
2.201
2.201
2.185
2.184
2.182
2.180
2.178
2.172
2.166
2.164
2.161
2.131
2.130
2.128
2.114
2.114
2.113
2.098
2.096
2.094
2.079
2.078
2.074
2.062
2.049
2.047
2.045
2.043

Gross	Actor
2.039
2.029
2.029
2.023
2.020
2.010
2.004
1.996
1.993
1.984
1.981
1.976
1.975
1.972
1.961
1.961
1.948
1.944
1.935
1.933
1.917
1.913
1.898
1.893
1.890
1.889
1.885
1.852
1.850
1.848
1.847
1.843
1.839
1.838
1.837
1.836
1.826
1.819
1.808
1.802
1.799
1.798
1.794
1.791
1.787
1.780
1.769
1.765
1.764
1.759

Gross	Actor
1.755
1.752
1.750
1.745
1.742
1.741
1.737
1.737
1.737
1.714
1.714
1.713
1.713
1.701
1.696
1.687
1.680
1.677
1.675
1.671
1.671
1.670
1.668
1.664
1.662
1.655
1.654
1.654
1.652
1.650
1.648
1.643
1.642
1.640
1.640
1.640
1.634
1.630
1.628
1.623
1.623
1.618
1.617
1.613
1.613
1.605
1.601
1.597
1.591
1.590

Gross	Actor
1.589
1.581
1.577
1.577
1.576
1.572
1.572
1.572
1.571
1.570
1.570
1.560
1.560
1.556
1.550
1.550
1.538
1.534
1.527
1.524
1.524
1.514
1.512
1.510
1.509
1.503
1.502
1.500
1.498
1.493
1.492
1.491
1.490
1.487
1.485
1.484
1.477
1.475
1.473
1.472
1.463
1.462
1.457
1.457
1.451
1.450
1.445
1.445
1.444
1.443

Gross	Actor
1.439
1.437
1.434
1.429
1.428
1.428
1.419
1.418
1.416
1.416
1.407
1.411
1.402
1.401
1.398
1.398
1.398
1.396
1.391
1.390
1.382
1.373
1.373
1.372
1.361
1.361
1.357
1.353
1.353
1.347
1.345
1.345
1.343
1.343
1.335
1.335
1.334
1.331
1.328
1.323
1.318
1.318
1.317
1.314
1.313
1.311
1.310
1.299
1.298
1.297

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1st Century of Film: Top 300 grossing actors Quiz

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	Hejman:	Oct 26th, 2011 at 01:40 GMT		1 point
	The exodus to Hollywood from other movie-making locations (particularly Florida) happened in the early days of movies. In 1910 and 1911 most of the early studios moved to southern California. By 1912, the movie industry was largely centered there and so we are coming to the close of the first century of major commercial cinema- a perfect time to quiz everyone on the top 300 grossing actors of the 1st 100 years!

	Hejman:	Oct 26th, 2011 at 01:45 GMT		1 point
	The quiz is NOT limited to the headlining stars and is real dollars (not adjusted for inflation). Thus, you'll find a good mix of major, top-billed stars, supporting actors and character actors. Voice actors are included. Because of these factors, think recent (sorry, Humphrey Bogart), repetitive roles (I'm lookin' at you, C3PO), high grossing series (Jack Sparrow meets Harry Potter!) and people who seem to pop up in everything (what's worse, snakes on a plane or velociraptors in your maintenance building?).

	Hejman:	Oct 26th, 2011 at 01:48 GMT		1 point
	To make the quiz, I took the full top grossing list. I then removed people who make only cameos or play themselves (Stan Lee, Larry King and Jay Leno were in the top 300). Then, I went through the list of each and every actor and cross-referenced their list with IMDB and other sources removing bit-parts, uncredited roles, cameos (especially when the actor appeared as 'himself' or 'herself'), stunt appearances and the catch-all listings of 'extra' and 'additional voices'. I re-did the math to remove the dollar amounts from those films and then re-sorted the list into the top 300 you see here. Enjoy!

	hscer:	Oct 27th, 2011 at 04:13 GMT		4 points
	Nicolas Cage, no H, but talk about nitpicking! Great quiz. Even though I failed miserably. But fwiw, I'm proudest of thinking of #4. Meanwhile, I was most surprised by the absence of Russell Crowe.

	hscer:	Oct 27th, 2011 at 04:24 GMT		1 point
	Also I can't believe (well, I can, but I can't) that I missed #3, given some of your recent work!

	needapausebutton:	Oct 27th, 2011 at 04:59 GMT		1 point
	Smith. Jones.... Then, thanks for the hints! Threw this one together quickly, did you? Very cool and impressive.

	AngrySi:	Oct 27th, 2011 at 14:27 GMT		3 points
	Judging from the above explanation, this has to be among the most thoroughly researched quizzes on here. Puts the rest of us to shame, thoroughly deserves five globes.

	cnotts:	Oct 27th, 2011 at 14:53 GMT		1 point
	Great quiz, dont understand how crowe isnt in the list though?!

	Hejman:	Oct 27th, 2011 at 15:33 GMT		1 point
	Russell Crowe's total box office take is currently 1.088 (all figures are in billions, by the way, I don't think I mentioned that above). That puts him at #481 on the list.

	Hejman:	Oct 27th, 2011 at 16:15 GMT		2 points
	Also- need your feedback. Should I do a top 300 movies version of this quiz? If so, should it be domestic American take or worldwide? Actual dollars or adjusted for inflation?

	AngrySi:	Oct 27th, 2011 at 16:18 GMT		6 points
	Since you're inviting requests, Hejman - I'd love to see an adjusted version of THIS quiz.

	Hejman:	Oct 27th, 2011 at 16:43 GMT		3 points
	@AngrySi- I would too, but I can't find any source that does that and doing it manually would require getting a conversion rate for every single year in the last 100 years and then going through thousands of actors and manually converting each film. A team of people working around the clock might be able to accomplish that in a year or two. Working by myself, I might be able to do it before I turn 100!

	Minkaro:	Oct 27th, 2011 at 17:47 GMT		0 points
	Surprised to see The Rock in there.

	phillydave33:	Oct 28th, 2011 at 05:03 GMT		4 points
	Can't believe Rob Scneider is one the upper half of this list.

	MoneyGrip:	Oct 28th, 2011 at 06:07 GMT		9 points
	That Harry Potter money is serious.

	alsanali:	Oct 29th, 2011 at 02:12 GMT		9 points
	Sporcle "I feel like an idiot" moment #462: I got Anthony Daniels and Kenny Baker, but not Harrison Ford.

	Hirsby:	Nov 1st, 2011 at 09:17 GMT		5 points
	I'd love to see a version of this list adjusted for inflation. I'll bet if so, one of the old stars like Charlie Chaplin or John Wayne is still #1

	chocabloc:	Nov 7th, 2011 at 10:04 GMT		2 points
	awesome effort. thanks for taking the time to put this together

	PandaTinker:	Nov 11th, 2011 at 23:50 GMT		3 points
	Felton made more money than Radcliffe? Interesting. Interesting.

	Hejman:	Nov 12th, 2011 at 14:56 GMT		2 points
	@PandaTinker- Felton's been in other films.

	TheNoodler:	Jan 7th, 2012 at 00:51 GMT		3 points
	Surprised not to see Kate Winslet on the list.

	jago706:	May 16th, 2012 at 03:03 GMT		2 points
	The top four grossing actors are known for voice acting in animated films and TV programs. Three of them had roles in Pixar films (this includes John Ratzenberger from "Cheers," who has a part in every Pixar flick)

	jago706:	May 16th, 2012 at 03:03 GMT		2 points
	Samuel L. Jackson... apparently his Mace Windu beats out Harrison Ford's Han Solo in the Star Wars franchise.

	zalkon2004:	Aug 24th, 2012 at 14:48 GMT		1 point
	Glenn Close is missing an N. Stellar quiz, very interesting results.

	spikethedee:	Aug 24th, 2012 at 18:24 GMT		1 point
	Some amazing people on the list and some surprising omissions. In particular Kate Winslet - if Titanic made over $1 billion, surely her other films must have made over $300 million?

	pottedstu:	Aug 24th, 2012 at 19:44 GMT		1 point
	Great quiz, even if a lot of it does reduce to guessing the cast of Harry Potter, LotR, Shrek, and a couple of other franchises, that's still an interesting mix, and there's lots of other names. I was sure Fred Willard would be in there - maybe his roles were too small?