Robert Downey Jr Hollywood’s highest-paid actor

Robert Downey Jr is once again the highest paid actor in Hollywood, according to Forbes magazine. The publication, which regularly ranks who’s making top dollar, estimates that Downey earned roughly $75 million between June 2013 and June 2014, putting him at the top of its highest-paid actors list for the second year in a row.

Forbes calculated that Downey earned $75 million in 2013 as well. Forbes says part of the reason for Downey’s lucrative income is his ‘Iron Man’ status. He’s played the Marvel hero in three high-grossing, stand-alone features as well as in the 2012 blockbuster ensemble movie ‘The Avengers’. Come 2015, he’ll suit up as Iron Man again for the ‘Avengers’ sequel, ‘Age of Ultron’. At this point, Forbes says, “It would be incredibly difficult for Marvel to continue making ‘Iron Man’ and ‘Avengers’ films without him.”