Tom Cruise
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Biography
Tom Cruise (born Thomas Cruise Mapother IV; July 3, 1962) is an American actor and producer. One of the world's highest-paid actors, he has received various accolades, including an Honorary Palme d'Or and three Golden Globe Awards, in addition to nominations for three Academy Awards. His films have grossed over $4 billion in North America and over $11.1 billion worldwide, making him one of the highest-grossing box office stars of all time.
He began acting in the early 1980s and made his breakthrough with leading roles in the comedy film Risky Business (1983) and action film Top Gun (1986). Critical acclaim came with his roles in the dramas The Color of Money (1986), Rain Man (1988), and Born on the Fourth of July (1989). For his portrayal of Ron Kovic in the latter, he won a Golden Globe Award and received a nomination for the Academy Award for Best Actor.
As a leading Hollywood star in the 1990s, he starred in several commercially successful films, including the drama A Few Good Men (1992), the thriller The Firm (1993), the horror film Interview with the Vampire (1994), and the romance Jerry Maguire (1996). For the latter, he won a Golden Globe Award for Best Actor and received his second Academy Award nomination. His performance as a motivational speaker in the drama Magnolia (1999) earned him another Golden Globe Award and a nomination for the Academy Award for Best Supporting Actor.
Since then, he has largely starred in science fiction and action films, establishing himself as an action star, often performing his own risky stunts. He has played Ethan Hunt in all six of the Mission: Impossible films from 1996 to 2018. His other notable roles in the genre include Vanilla Sky (2001), Minority Report (2002), The Last Samurai (2003), Collateral (2004), War of the Worlds (2005), Knight and Day (2010), Jack Reacher (2012), Oblivion (2013), Edge of Tomorrow (2014), and Top Gun: Maverick (2022), with Maverick being his highest-grossing film to date.
Known For
Jimmy Kimmel Live!
The Graham Norton Show
The Daily Show
The Oscars
The Tonight Show with Jay Leno
The Tonight Show Starring Jimmy Fallon
The Colbert Report
Top Gear
The Early Show
American Idol
The Jonathan Ross Show
Pretty Baby: Brooke Shields
Celebrities Uncensored
The Jay Leno Show
Waking Sleeping Beauty
Young Guns
BRATS
Simone Biles Rising
Religulous
Endless Love
Val
The Outsiders
Tropic Thunder
Time Out: The Truth About HIV, AIDS and You
Rock of Ages
Jack Reacher: When the Man Comes Around
Rain Man
The Firm
Mission: Impossible - The Final Reckoning
Mission: Impossible - Rogue Nation
Collateral
Top Gun 3
A Few Good Men
Edge of Tomorrow
Mission: Impossible II
Vanilla Sky
Top Gun
Risky Business
Far and Away
Oblivion
Jack Reacher
Born on the Fourth of July
The Last Samurai
American Made
Mission: Impossible - Fallout
Jack Reacher: Never Go Back
Mission: Impossible - Dead Reckoning Part One
On Your Six: Thirty Years of Top Gun
Jerry Maguire
War of the Worlds
Legend
The Mummy
Mission: Impossible - Ghost Protocol
Eyes Wide Shut
Cocktail
Mission: Impossible III
Tom Cruise: The Last Movie Star
Minority Report
Top Gun: Maverick
Interview with the Vampire
Mission: Impossible
Knight and Day
Tom Cruise: Lights, Camera, Action
Magnolia
Production Credits
Top Gun 3
Mission: Impossible - Rogue Nation
Mission: Impossible - Fallout
Mission: Impossible
Mission: Impossible - Ghost Protocol
Jack Reacher
Top Gun: Maverick
Mission: Impossible III
Mission: Impossible II
Suspect Zero
Fallen Angels
The Last Samurai
The Others
Mission: Impossible - The Final Reckoning
Jack Reacher: Never Go Back
Ask the Dust
Mission: Impossible - Dead Reckoning Part One
Vanilla Sky
Elizabethtown
Narc
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