Tom Cruise

Also Known As: Thomas Cruise Mapother IV, Thomas 'Tom' Cruise, TC, Thomas Cruise, Thomas Mapother, Thomas C. Mapother IV, 湯姆‧克魯斯, تام کروز

Biography: Thomas Cruise Mapother IV (born July 3, 1962) is an American actor and producer. Regarded as a Hollywood icon, he has received various accolades, including an Honorary Palme d'Or, three Golden Globe Awards, and nominations for four Academy Awards. His films have grossed over $12 billion worldwide, placing him among the highest-grossing actors ever. He is one of Hollywood's most bankable stars and consistently one of the world's highest-paid actors. Cruise began acting in the early 1980s and made his breakthrough with leading roles in Risky Business (1983) and 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). He won a Golden Globe Award for portraying Ron Kovic in the latter. He received a nomination for the Academy Award for Best Actor. As a leading Hollywood star in the 1990s, he starred in 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. Cruise's performance in the drama Magnolia (1999) earned him another Golden Globe Award and a nomination for the Academy Award for Best Supporting Actor. Cruise subsequently became a science fiction and action film star, often performing his risky stunts. He has played fictional agent Ethan Hunt in the Mission: Impossible film series since 1996. His other films 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). Cruise holds the Guinness World Record for the most consecutive $100-million-grossing movies, a feat achieved from 2012 to 2018. In December 2024, he was awarded the US Navy's highest civilian honour, the Distinguished Public Service Award, for his "outstanding contributions" to the military with his screen roles. Forbes ranked him as the world's most powerful celebrity in 2006. He was named People's Sexiest Man Alive in 1990 and received the top honour of "Most Beautiful People" in 1997. Outside his film career, Cruise has been an outspoken advocate for the Church of Scientology. Description above from the Wikipedia article Tom Cruise, licensed under CC-BY-SA, full list of contributors on Wikipedia.

Department: Acting

Place of Birth: Syracuse, New York, USA

Birthday: July 03, 1962

Adult: No

Gender: Male

Popularity:

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Known For:

War of the Worlds
Minority Report
The Outsiders
Magnolia
A Few Good Men
Eyes Wide Shut
Rain Man
Mission: Impossible III
Mission: Impossible II
Mission: Impossible
The Last Samurai
Interview with the Vampire
Collateral
Days of Thunder
Top Gun
Valkyrie
Vanilla Sky
Taps
Born on the Fourth of July
Lions for Lambs
Far and Away
Cocktail
The Color of Money
Legend
Losin' It
Risky Business
Jerry Maguire
The Firm
Knight and Day
All the Right Moves
Endless Love
Tom Cruise: The Last Movie Star
Mission: Impossible - Ghost Protocol
Oblivion
Jack Reacher
Final Cut: Ladies and Gentlemen
Edge of Tomorrow
Young Guns
Mission: Impossible - Rogue Nation
Top Gun: Maverick
Luna Park
Paparazzi: Full Throttle LA
Tom Cruise: Lights, Camera, Action
Top Gun 3
American Made
Judy
Jack Reacher: Never Go Back
Spielberg
Mission: Impossible - Fallout
Close Up
Tropic Thunder
Kubrick by Kubrick
Space Station 3D
Tom Cruise: An Eternal Youth
Winning: The Racing Life of Paul Newman
Stanley Kubrick: A Life in Pictures
Nicole Kidman: Eyes Wide Open
The Art of Action: Martial Arts in the Movies
Rock of Ages
Mission: Improbable
Hitting It Hard
The Gauntlet
James Corden's Top Gun Training with Tom Cruise
The Mummy
The Final: Attack on Wembley
BRATS
Junket Whore
Broadsword
Paris 2024 Olympic Closing Ceremony
City of Night: The Making of 'Collateral'
Austin Powers in Goldmember
Mission: Impossible - Dead Reckoning Part One
Mission: Impossible - The Final Reckoning
Never Sleep Again: The Elm Street Legacy
Danger Zone: The Making of Top Gun
Staying Gold: A Look Back at 'The Outsiders'
Deeper
Time Out: The Truth About HIV, AIDS and You
Tom Cruise: Impossible Missions