Robert De Niro has topped a poll dedicated to the Most Shameless Paycheck-Grabbing Roles in History.

The six-time Academy Award nominee won the award for his role in the children's film The Adventures of Rocky and Bullwinkle.

A critic for Entertainment Weekly, who compiled the poll, said: "He was the young Vito Corleone. He was Travis Bickle. He was Jake La Motta, Rupert Pupkin and Al Capone.

"He's been nominated for six Oscars. He is our greatest living actor. No question, no room for debate. And yet, there is that one little aberration. Little? Who am I kidding? One huge-ass aberration called The Adventures of Rocky and Bullwinkle."

The top ten Most Shameless Paycheck-Grabbing Roles in History are as follows:

1. Robert De Niro - The Adventures of Rocky & Bullwinkle
2. Richard Burton - Exorcist II: The Heretic
3. Sir Ben Kingsley - BloodRayne
4. Tony Curtis - The Bad News Bears Go to Japan
5. Dennis Hopper - Super Mario Bros
6. Peter O'Toole - Club Paradise
7. Orson Welles - Transformers: The Movie
8. Judi Dench - The Chronicles of Riddick
9. Michael Caine - Jaws: The Revenge
10. Demi Moore - Striptease