4. Brandon Routh – $12 million
The former fashion model and American model was born on October 9, 1979, and grew up in Iowa before moving to Los Angeles to pursue an acting career.
It seems that he managed to do that pretty well and appeared on multiple television series throughout the early 2000s.
In 2006, after he played Superman in Superman Returns film, Brandon gained a lot of fame.
Later on, he returned in the TV series Chuck as Daniel Shaw. Following the success of Superman, Routh grabbed some pretty cool roles.
In 2010, he portrayed the eponymous protagonist of another comic book film, Dylan Dog: Dead of Night.
He is currently portraying Ray Palmer/The Atom in CW’s superhero TV series Arrow.