Huge fees Hollywood stars have already become something commonplace, but domestic actors are just beginning to catch up with them in this indicator. The main reason for such injustice is the target audience; if the United States produces blockbusters that are a resounding success around the world, thanks to which they are able to cover the huge fees of celebrities, then domestic cinema is only interested in Russia and neighboring countries.
The seven richest actors in Russia
The ranking of the richest actors in Russia contains individuals whose professional activity is capable of bringing good dividends, and sources of income are not always limited to filming in films and TV series. The rating was compiled by the authoritative Forbes magazine.
7: Sergey Bezrukov - $600 thousand.
The past decade was extremely productive, filming in the cult “Brigade”, the role of Yesenin in the serial film of the same name, the role of Vysotsky in the autobiographical drama, but last years Sergei focused only on voice acting for cartoons and a lot of projects, episodic roles in which provided him with a place on the poster, thereby giving the films a chance for commercial success. However, most of them failed at the box office. Despite everything, Sergei Bezrukov is one of the highest paid actors in Russia in 2016.
6: Konstantin Khabensky - $800 thousand.
The star of “Night Watch”, who ranks seventh in the ranking of the richest actors in Russia in 2016 Lately focused exclusively on charitable activities, creating a foundation that helps children with cancer and other brain disorders. Khabensky even asked for help from this issue to the President during the direct line. This was a very inconsistent decision, because two years earlier Konstantin swore that he was apolitical. However, he also did not forget about acting, becoming the main character of the series “Method”, which is popular among domestic viewers.
5: Danila Kozlovsky - $900 thousand.
The actor received most of the money for a solo concert at the Bolshoi Theater, where he also performed several jazz hits. In addition, the activities on the set were also productive. Over the course of the year, Danila played a cameo role in the comedy “Friday,” which was warmly received by critics, and also the lead role in the film “Crew,” which is a mixture of a disaster film with a deep story of a guy who since childhood wanted to become a military pilot, but because of commitment to personal beliefs was forced to leave armed forces and become a civilian pilot. Danila himself said that he “wanted to imitate” the characters in the film and be like them in a difficult situation.
4: Vladimir Mashkov - $1 million.
Recently, Vladimir Mashkov, who took a place in the top five richest actors Russia in 2016, he decided to move away from his usual role as a thief and pay attention to the development of children's cinema, even establishing an award named after his mother for outstanding achievements in the field of animation. The actor's commercial success was brought by the main role in the series about Grigory Rasputin, which can be put on a par with the cult "Liquidation". In addition, he won the award for the best male role, awarded by the Association of Television and Film Producers.
3: Oleg Tabakov - $1.1 million.
Despite the fact that the bronze medalist of the ranking of the richest Russian actors in 2016 recently celebrated his eightieth birthday, he never tires of delighting theater visitors with his quality performances on stage, but it is worth noting that participation in film projects has long become indifferent to him. Over the past few years, only a couple of episodic roles and participation in the dubbing of several animated films. However, Oleg has already managed to find himself in the epicenter of a scandal, because Orthodox activists are opposing several productions that are successfully running at the Moscow Art Theater. The play “An Ideal Husband” causes the most indignation.
2: Fedor Bondarchuk - $1.3 million.
The last year has not been particularly productive for Bondarchuk as an actor. He appeared only in a cameo role in a series of his own production, but his name does not leave the lips of journalists, because it became known about the dissolution of his marriage with his wife Svetlana, with whom they have two adult children. Income is mainly generated by participation in various television projects, as well as part of the dividends from sales of the film “Warrior,” which is a remake of the Oscar-winning American drama, which also became the object of criticism of Bondarchuk’s work as a director.
Russia's richest actor No. 1: Dmitry Nagiyev - $3.2 million.
The leader of the rating by a huge margin is the most recognizable and richest actor in Russia in 2016 - Dmitry Nagiyev. In addition to the advertising campaign for MTS and the Eurasia restaurant chain, Dmitry receives dividends from his status as a permanent host of the popular singing show “The Voice” and its children’s version. This year, he tried himself in the leading role in the film “The Best Day,” which opens up a completely new genre of karaoke comedy, which was warmly received by domestic audiences and provided a total gross of $10 million.
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Located in the leading position. At one time he became popular thanks to television programs: “Telecompact”, “One Evening”, and the famous talk show “Windows”.Now Dmitry appears in such programs as: “The Voice”, “Big Races”, plays main role at Fizruk. Today, D. Nagiyev’s income is estimated at $3.2 million per year.
F. Bondarchuk takes an honorable second place. He became famous thanks to the film “9th Company”. He was not only an actor, but also a creator. The film received many awards, and thanks to this, Fedor’s career began to develop rapidly. Now Fedor is the founder of the Glavkino company, and is also the founder and owner of the film company Art Pictures Studio. Today, Fyodor Bondarchuk's income is $1.3 million a year.
Oleg Tabakov takes third place. Artistic director of the MCT named after. Chekhov. Today Oleg holds the position of president of the documentary melodrama festival. Oleg Tabakov's annual income is $1.1 million per year.
In fourth place is the famous Russian actress Svetlana Hodchenkova. The woman’s acting career began back in 2003. Svetlana gained popularity thanks to the film “Bless the Woman.” After the film was released. Svetlana was nominated for several awards, of which the most honorable was the Niki Award for Best Actress.
Today Svetlana Khodchenkova is a member of the United Russia party, as well as a member of the Union of Cinematographers Russian Federation. Svetlana's annual income is $1 million.
Fifth place is taken by Vladimir Mashkov. People's Artist, winner of many awards. Vladimir’s career began back in 1995, but even now the artist does not lose his popularity. Today Vladimir earns about $1 million a year.
In sixth place is Daniil Kozlovsky. In 2006, Kozlovsky was awarded the Russian White Elephant Prize for the best role in the film Garpastum. Today, the actor has more than 30 films in his portfolio, and this number is growing and growing.
Soon Daniil will delight us with his new paintings, which will be even better than the previous ones. The actor's annual salary is $900 thousand per year.
In seventh place is Konstantin Khabensky. People's Artist of the Russian Federation. Gained popularity thanks to such films as: “Day Watch” and “Night Watch”. The most notable were the following films: “Wanted” and “Tinker Tailored Spy!” Konstantin's average annual income is $800 thousand.
And in honorable eighth place is S. Bezrukov. The TV series “Brigada”, “Plot” and “The Master and Margarita” brought him enormous popularity. Today, Sergei has not lost his popularity and significance for Russian cinema, and still receives leading roles in high-budget films. Sergei Bezrukov's income is 600 thousand dollars a year.
The list of the richest actors in Russia is constantly growing. Soon such actors as Nikita Mikhalkov and others will be able to join this rating.
For the second year in a row, it was headed by one of the most famous Russian athletes - hockey player Alexander Ovechkin.
The publication compiled the rating based on three indicators: income for the year, the number of mentions in the media and the interest that the star arouses among the audience on the Internet, measured by the number of queries in Yandex. The leaders of the rating are in the RBC photo gallery
Alexander Ovechkin
Age: 32 years
Field of activity: sport
Annual income:$14.5 million
This summer, one of the most talented hockey players of the last two decades finally managed to win one of the main trophies in world professional sports: as part of the NHL club Washington Capitals, he won the Stanley Cup
Sergei Shnurov
Age: 45 years
Field of activity: music
Annual income:$13.9 million
In April, the Leningrad group, whose leader is Shnurov, released its first album in four years, “Everything”
Philip Kirkorov
Photo: Ekaterina Chesnokova / RIA Novosti
Age: 51 years old
Field of activity: music
Annual income:$8.9 million
People's Artist of Russia and Moldova, multiple winner of the Ovation, Golden Gramophone and Song of the Year awards.
In May last year, Kirkorov became the winner of the Ru TV award in three categories at once, and also took part as a judge in the show “Success” on STS
Grigory Leps
Photo: Dmitry Korotaev / Kommersant
Age: 56 years old
Field of activity: music
Annual income: $8.2 million
Honored Artist of Russia, winner of the “Chanson of the Year”, “Golden Gramophone” awards and the Ru TV channel. Last year, he began the “#YouAreSoSerious” tour, dedicated to his 55th anniversary
Ivan Urgant
Photo: Evgenia Novozhenina / RIA Novosti
Age: 40 years
Field of activity: Show Business
Annual income:$8.2 million
Urgant has been hosting his own show “Evening Urgant” on Channel One for six years, an adaptation of popular American evening television shows. According to Forbes, a significant portion of an artist’s earnings comes from participating in corporate events.
Olga Buzova
Age: 32 years
Field of activity: Show Business
Annual income:$3.9 million
A former participant in the show “Dom-2” works on the TNT channel, records music and practices restaurant business
Dima Bilan
Photo: Evgeny Odinokov / RIA Novosti
Age: 36 years
Field of activity: music
Annual income:$7.7 million
Two-time participant in the Eurovision music competition, Honored Artist of Ingushetia and Chechnya, People's Artist of Kabardino-Balkaria. At the end of last year he released a new album “Egoist”
Evgeniy Malkin
Photo: Vladimir Astapkovich / RIA Novosti
Age: 32 years
Field of activity: sport
Annual income:$9.5 million
One of the most titled Russian hockey players, three-time Stanley Cup winner and two-time world champion. This summer, his NHL club, the Pittsburgh Penguins, lost a playoff series to the eventual Stanley Cup winner, a team from Washington that included Evgeny Kuznetsov, Alexander Ovechkin and Dmitry Orlov
Stas Mikhailov
Photo: Sergey Nikolaev / Interpress / TASS
Age: 49 years old
Field of activity: music
Annual income:$7.4 million
Honored Artist of Russia, laureate of the Chanson of the Year and Golden Gramophone awards. Currently actively touring
Ksenia Sobchak
Age: 37 years
Field of activity: show business, politics
Annual income:$1.4 million
The daughter of the first mayor of St. Petersburg, Anatoly Sobchak, took part in the Russian presidential elections in the spring, taking 4th place with a result of 1.68%.
Manages the editorial office of L’Officiel magazine and participates in corporate events. Released in June documentary“The Sobchak Case”, filmed by her together with producer Vera Krichevskaya
19) 1 million dollars
18) 1.3 million dollars
17) 1.3 million dollars
16) 1.8 million dollars
15) $2.2 million
Ivan Urgant is a Russian actor, showman, television and radio host, singer, musician, producer.
14) 3 million dollars
13) $3.2 million
Dmitry Nagiyev is a Soviet and Russian actor, musician, showman, TV and radio host, DJ.
12) $3.2 million
Timur Yunusov, better known as Timati, is a Russian performer, music producer, actor and entrepreneur, a graduate of Star Factory 4. Honored Artist of the Chechen Republic.
11) $3.6 million
Egor Creed - Russian figure show business, hip-hop lyricist.
10) 4 million dollars
Dima Bilan is a Russian singer and film actor. In June 2008, he adopted this pseudonym as his real name and surname.
9) $4.7 million
Nikolay Baskov - Russian pop and Opera singer. He is also known as a film actor, TV presenter, teacher, professor of the vocal department. People's Artist of Ukraine, Master of Arts of Moldova, People's Artist of Russia.
8) 6 million dollars
Zemfira is a Russian rock singer, musician, composer, producer and songwriter. Zemfira became the personification of a new movement in Russian rock, which journalists dubbed “women’s rock.”
7) 7 million dollars
Natalia Vodianova is a Russian supermodel, actress and philanthropist.
6) $7.6 million
Philip Kirkorov is a Soviet and Russian pop singer, actor, composer and producer. People's Artist of the Russian Federation.
5) 9 million dollars
Grigory Leps is a Soviet and Russian singer of Georgian origin, composer, producer, member of the International Union of Pop Artists.
4) $9.9 million
Evgeni Malkin is a Russian hockey player, center forward for the NHL Pittsburgh Penguins and the Russian national team. World champion in 2012 and 2014, participant in the Olympic Games in 2006, 2010 and 2014. Honored Master of Sports of Russia.
3) 11 million dollars
"Leningrad" is a Russian musical group from St. Petersburg, created by Sergei Shnurov. She is known, in particular, for eccentric songs with a lot of swearing and alcohol-related themes.
2) $12.1 million
Alexander Ovechkin is a Russian professional hockey player, left winger for the NHL club Washington Capitals. Ovechkin previously played in the Super League for Dynamo Moscow.
1) $21.9 million
Maria Sharapova is a Russian tennis player, former first racket of the world, one of ten women in history who has the so-called “career helmet”, one of the leaders in advertising earnings among the world’s athletes.
Russian stars of show business and sports are always in the spotlight. Their earnings, level of popularity, mention in online and paper publications and search engines - everything is taken into account and systematized.
So Forbes magazine, after a thorough analysis, released an annual ranking of the most famous Russian stars 2020, the list was based on three factors:
- annual income;
- mention in the media;
- audience interest (the number of requests about a particular person in Yandex).
We present to you the top 10 richest and most popular stars of show business and sports in Russia.
10 Ksenia Sobchak
Field of activity: television.
Income: $2.1 million.
Since last year, the famous journalist, television and radio presenter has added five points at once, which allowed her to enter the top ten Russian celebrities according to Forbes. More recently, in 2016, Ksenia and her husband Maxim Vitorgan had a son, Platon. But the new mother doesn't seem to have any plans to become a desperate housewife. She leads an active social life, interviews famous people(in particular, Alexei Navalny), and there are rumors that Sobchak could become a presidential candidate in the 2020 elections. An unnamed interlocutor in the presidential administration, in a conversation with a Vedomosti journalist, said that the bright, interesting and intelligent Ksenia Sobchak would be an “ideal option” for a contender for the post of head of the Russian Federation.
9 Anna Netrebko
Field of activity: classical music
Income: $7.5 million.
The sweet-voiced opera diva has moved up 20 places in the list of the main Russian stars over the year. She has a number of contracts with the most famous stages in the world: the Vienna Opera, the Metropolitan Opera, the Bavarian Opera, etc. In August 2020, at the Salzburg Festival, she sang one of her best roles in the opera “Aida”.
Two years ago, Anna married tenor Yusif Eyvazov and became very prettier in her marriage. This is noted by Instagram users when discussing new photos of the singer.
Fraudsters also took advantage of the star’s name for their own selfish purposes. They posted an advertisement on a specialized web resource about recruiting people for Netrebko’s new video. And they took money for questionnaires, which applicants were asked to send to the specified address. Netrebko’s team quickly responded to the fraud, and on her Instagram Anna published a warning to her fans, and also said that she had no plans to shoot videos “in her old age.”
8 Sergei Bobrovsky
Field of activity: hockey
Income: $8.5 million.
Bobrovsky took part in the Winter Olympics in 2014 as part of the Russian team, and in the 2014-2015 World Championships. and was recognized as the best player of the Russian team in the semi-final match against the US team, and also became a silver medalist at the 2015 World Championship.
Sergei Bobrovsky is currently the goalie for the Columbus Blue Jackets and is under contract until the end of the 2020 season.
7 Egor Creed
Income: $4 million.
The most charming and attractive bachelor Russian stage moved one position forward in the top ten stars of Russian sports, music and television.
6 Evgeni Malkin
Field of activity: hockey
Income: $9.5 million.
The center forward, who plays for the NHL club Pittsburgh Penguins and the Russian national team, added four points to the stellar top 10 of 2020.
This year has been very successful for Malkin. Together with his wife Anna Kasterova, the hockey player signed a personalized star for the Alley of Champions in Kuntsevo. Next to Malkin's star are the stars of Pierre Richard, Antonio Banderas, Robert De Niro, Milla Jovovich, and many other world celebrities. He also received the prestigious Kharlamov Trophy 2017 award, which the Soviet Sport publication presents to the best Russian hockey player of the season.
5 Dima Bilan
Field of activity: pop music
Income: $6 million.
The singer and Honored Artist of Chechnya, Ingushetia and Kabardino-Balkaria has improved his “indicators” in the rating by eight points since last year. It was he who was the first singer representing Russia to win Eurovision in 2008. Fans are still wondering who the star’s heart is, because Bilan is very sensitive to the secrets of his personal life and does not give the yellow press reasons for scandals. Because of this, ill-wishers even suspected the singer of having a “wrong” orientation.
In 2017, Bilan suffered a serious illness - five hernias in the spine pinched a nerve and caused severe pain. Because of them, the artist lost a lot of weight (and fans immediately noted this), but after undergoing a course of treatment he began to gain weight again.
4 Timati
Field of activity: pop music
Income: $6.6 million.
You can love rapper Timati, you can hate him. But one thing cannot be denied: he is a bright personality on the modern pop stage. He was a graduate of Star Factory 4, and is now engaged in producing activities, produces his own clothing line aimed at fans of hip-hop and R&B, owns a burger joint on Novy Arbat in Moscow, and in 2017 performed at the New Wave “, where together with Philip Kirkorov he performed the composition “The Last Spring”.
The rapper has a new show program “Generation” planned for November this year, and the first city where its presentation will take place will be Voronezh. The artist’s concert is scheduled for November 26 at the Event-Hall City Park “Grad”.
In last year's list of the brightest stars of sports and show business in Russia, Timati took only 11th place.
3 Grigory Leps
Field of activity: pop music
Income: $6 million.
The author of the hit “Women Like Me” and mentor in the show “The Voice” is the only person in the top 10 highest-paid Russian celebrities of 2017 who has not added, but rather decreased, one point since last year. However, this is unlikely to greatly upset Leps, who is currently busy with an anniversary tour called “#YouAreSoSerious.” It is dedicated to the singer’s 55th birthday.
2 Philip Kirkorov
Field of activity: pop music
Income: $7.4 million.
The Bulgarian king of Russian pop music added two points in a year. Five times in a row he was awarded the World Music Awards as the most popular performer in Russia, and received the Ovation Award eight times. But times are changing and the younger generation of Kirkorovs has grown up - five-year-old Alla-Victoria and Martin. On the New Wave stage in Sochi they debuted with the song “My Bunny,” creating a real sensation in the hall. So there is no need to worry about the future of the musical dynasty.
1 Alexander Ovechkin
Field of activity: hockey
Income: $14 million.
The leader of the selection of the richest and most famous athletes and show businessmen was the famous Russian hockey player and the future face of the Papa John's pizzeria chain in Russia. Since 2016, he has climbed four steps up the ladder of fame and fortune. As part of an advertising campaign that could cost PJ Western several million dollars annually, Ovechkin will star in videos dedicated to the pizzeria and take part in photo shoots and webcasts. As for the main activity, the athlete is doing well here too. He serves as the captain of the NHL's Washington Capitals, and before the start of preseason games, he is already practicing hard on the ice to remain an effective player.
However, contrary to the hockey player’s early statements that he would go to Olympic Games 2017 and will help the Russian team, information appeared in the media that Ovechkin will not participate in the Olympics in Pyeongchang. This is due to the corresponding ban of the International Hockey Federation; it applies to all NHL players, including those from the Washington Capitals. Well, now all the complaints are against the American bureaucrats.
