Revealed: the top-grossing film star ever

Who do you reckon is the highest-grossing actor in the history of movies? Brad Pitt? Cary Grant? Henry Fonda? John Wayne? Tom Cruise? George Clooney?

Well you’d be wrong, because the answer is Samuel L. Jackson. His movies have made more than $7.4 billion -- making him the highest-grossing actor of all time, according to the Guinness Book of World Records.

Jackson, 63, has made more than 100 movies since debuting in Spike Lee's 1991 Jungle Fever.

Jurassic Park ($914 million), Pulp Fiction ($212 million) and the Star Wars prequels ($2.4 billion) are among his top earners.

He averages four films a year. He made six in 2010, four in 2011 and will have three in 2012.