Acting can be a lot of hard work. You have to travel extensively, sometimes have long set days and need to access feelings for big character moments, which can be emotionally exhausting. It is no doubt a full time job, but some actors decide to go the extra mile, wanting to extend their talents into different areas of the creative process. Some of them become directors or singers, and some become producers. As producers, they get more say in how their projects get made and work towards helping other important projects get made outside of their own. It’s a popular venture amongst many movie stars, and it turns out Brad Pitt, Viola Davis, Leonardo DiCaprio, and Will Smith are doing it best.
In a recent piece of data calculated by Venture Smarter, these actors are some of the most successful actor producers in the game. Not only do Pitt, Davis, DiCaprio and Smith all have Oscars for their acting work, but they are also leading the game with their own respective production companies. Much of this is based on the success of their produced projects critically and financially, and how many projects they are able to produce per year. Other Oscar-winning actor producers on the list include Jackie Chan, George Clooney and Ben Affleck.
