Top 10 Athletes Turned Actors

Below is the list of successful actors, who have gone from Athletes. they are changed their career earnings through their acting careers, and omits their earnings as athletes. A few athletes have had success on both the field and the stage.

10. Shaquelle O’Neal
Shaquille Rashaun O'Neal, nicknamed Shaq, is an American retired basketball player, former rapper and current analyst on the television program Inside the NBA.

9. Carl Weathers
Carl Weathers is an American actor, as well as former professional football player in the United States and Canada. He is best known for playing Apollo Creed in the Rocky series of films.

8. Bruce Lee
Bruce Lee was a Hong Kong American martial artist, Hong Kong action film actor, martial arts instructor, filmmaker, and the founder of Jeet Kune Do. Lee was the son of Cantonese opera star Lee Hoi-Chuen.

7. Burt Reynolds
Burton Leon "Burt" Reynolds, Jr. is an American actor, director and voice artist. as well as former professional football player

6. Jason Lee
Jason Michael Lee is an American actor, comedian and professional skateboarder, known for his roles as the title character on the NBC television series, Lee is also the co-founder and co-owner (with Chris Pastras) of Stereo Skateboards, a company that sponsors team riders and is primarily concerned with the manufacture of skateboard decks.

5. Michael Jordan
Michael Jeffrey Jordan, also known by his initials, MJ, is an American former professional basketball player, entrepreneur, and majority owner and chairman of the Charlotte Bobcats.

4. Chuck Norris
Carlos Ray "Chuck" Norris is an American martial artist and actor. After serving in the United States Air Force, he began his rise to fame as a martial artist, and has since founded his own school, Chun Kuk Do.

3. Mark Harmon
Thomas Mark Harmon is an American actor. Since the mid-1970s, he has appeared in a variety of television, film and stage roles following a career as a two-year starter as a collegiate football player with the UCLA Bruins.

2. Dwayne Johnson
Dwayne Douglas Johnson, also known by his ring name The Rock, is an American actor and semi-retired professional wrestler best known for his time in WWE. Johnson was a college football player.

1. Arnold Schwarzenegger
Arnold Alois Schwarzenegger is an Austrian American actor, politician, businessman, investor, and former professional bodybuilder. Schwarzenegger served two terms as the 38th Governor of California from 2003 until 2011.