These Are The Highest-Paid Film and Television Roles Of All Time

Jack Nicholson, $50 Million

Jack Nicholson starred as the Joker in the 1989 Batman movie, and he laid an exceptionally creepy foundation for his predecessors Heath Ledger and Jared Leto. Nicholson took a percentage of the film's profits, earning him a $40 million pay increase.

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