All the celebrities who ended up going BROKE: How stars like Al Pacino and Johnny Depp blew their millions

Many may assume that being a massive movie star or popular musician is synonymous with being extremely well off, but in reality, some of Hollywood's biggest names have faced financial ruin over the years. That's right, famous faces like Al Pacino, Kevin Spacey, Tori Spelling, Michael Jackson, Sharon Stone, Nicolas Cage, Johnny Depp, Mike Tyson, Aaron Carter, Drake Bell, and Dionne Warwick have all confessed to running out of money despite having wildly successful careers.

Some fell on hard times after blowing through their fortunes due to lavish and over-the-top purchases. Others became low on funds because they got shunned from Hollywood or struggled to land roles after becoming embroiled in scandal. A few Hollywood stars have even wracked up millions of dollars in debt, resulting in them having to file for bankruptcy and give up their sprawling mansions. FEMAIL has rounded up all of the A-listers who ended up losing (and sometimes regaining) their fortunes.

Al Pacino (seen in 2022) is one of the most successful actors on the globe thanks to his roles in The Godfather, Scarface, and The Irishman, amongst others. Al is one of the most successful actors on the globe thanks to his roles in The Godfather, Scarface, and The Irishman, amongst others. But in his memoir Sonny Boy, he revealed that despite starring in a slew of popular and critically acclaimed films, he went broke on multiple occasions.

But he revealed that despite starring in a slew of popular and critically acclaimed films, he went broke on multiple occasions. He's seen in The Godfather. The actor's money woes ironically began after he acted in arguably his most beloved film, Francis Ford Coppola's 1972 classic The Godfather. Despite playing the lead in the flick, Al reportedly only earned about $35,000 for his performance, which would be around $265,000 in today's money — well below a lead actor's expected payday for a massively successful Oscar winner made by a major studio.

'When I finished making The Godfather, I was broke, not that I had ever had any money, but now I owed money,' he wrote in his tome. 'My manager and agents got their cuts of my salary while I had to live on support from Jill Clayburgh.'. Thanks to the success of The Godfather, Al was able to land a slew of roles back-to-back after that, which helped his financial situation, but he found himself on hard times again as his career slowed in the mid '80s.

'I had about 90 grand in the bank and that was it,' he recalled of that time. 'I had a lifestyle to boot. 'I had my home in the country, which I didn't want to give up. I was spending and not earning. I was putting out but I wasn't bringing in.'. He found himself on hard times as his career slowed in the mid-'80s, as he wrote in his memoir, 'I had about 90 grand in the bank and that was it.' He's seen in 1983's Scarface.

Then, in 2011, the actor (seen in 2011) claimed he lost all his money at the hands of a corrupt accountant which lead to him agreeing to star in movies that weren't 'very good'. Al's career was again revitalized throughout the '90s when he had a string of alternating box office hits and critically acclaimed films. But in 2011, the actor claimed he lost all his money at the hands of a corrupt accountant.

Al wrote in his memoir that the accountant, who he did not name, ultimately served seven years in prison for running a Ponzi scheme. 'I had $50 million, and then I had nothing,' he said of the incident. 'I had property but I didn't have any money. 'I wasn't a young buck, and I was not going to be making the kind of money from acting in films that I had made before. 'The big paydays that I was used to just weren't coming around anymore. The pendulum had swung, and I found it harder to find parts for myself.'.

Al said he sold one of his multiple houses, began doing international commercials, and going on tour with a seminar to raise more funds. He also said he agreed to star in movies that weren't 'very good.'. 'In this business, when you make $10 million dollars for a film, it's not $10 million,' shared the star. 'Because after the lawyers, and the agents, and the publicist, and the government, it's not $10 million, it's $4.5 million in your pocket.

'But you're living above that because you're high on the hog. And that's how you lose it. It's very strange, the way it happens. The more money you make, the less you have.'. At the peak of his career, Kevin Spacey (seen in 1996) was worth roughly $70 million with a property empire spanning the US and London. But now, he's on the brink of bankruptcy. Kevin (seen in House of Cards) was once of the most recognized faces in Hollywood until a slew of allegations of sexual misconduct were made against him in 2017.

At the peak of his career, Kevin was worth roughly $70 million with a property empire spanning the US and London. But now, the disgraced Hollywood actor is on the brink of bankruptcy due to his million-dollar legal fees. Kevin was once of the most recognized faces in Hollywood until a slew of allegations of sexual misconduct were made against him in 2017, sparking a downfall that saw him lose much of his immense fortune.