
Tom Cruise
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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.
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Known For

Jimmy Kimmel Live!

The Graham Norton Show

The Daily Show

The Tonight Show with Jay Leno

The Tonight Show Starring Jimmy Fallon

The Colbert Report

GMTV

Honest Trailers

Top Gear

The Early Show

American Idol

The Jonathan Ross Show

Pretty Baby: Brooke Shields

Celebrities Uncensored

The Jay Leno Show

Waking Sleeping Beauty

Tropic Thunder

Young Guns

The Oscars

BRATS

Austin Powers in Goldmember

Simone Biles Rising

Religulous

Time Out: The Truth About HIV, AIDS and You

Endless Love

Val

The Outsiders

Narc: Shooting Up

Rock of Ages

Jack Reacher: When the Man Comes Around

Rain Man

Mission: Impossible

Knight and Day

Mission: Impossible - Rogue Nation

Interview with the Vampire

Risky Business

Icons Unearthed: Tom Cruise

Top Gun 3

Mission: Impossible - Ghost Protocol

Tom Cruise: Lights, Camera, Action

American Made

Oblivion

Far and Away

Jerry Maguire

Mission: Impossible III

Top Gun

Jack Reacher

A Few Good Men

Magnolia

Collateral

Mission: Impossible - Fallout

Minority Report

Mission: Impossible - The Final Reckoning

The Mummy

Jack Reacher: Never Go Back

Tom Cruise: The Last Movie Star

Mission: Impossible - Dead Reckoning Part One

Mission: Impossible II

Vanilla Sky

Eyes Wide Shut

War of the Worlds

The Firm

Top Gun: Maverick

Cocktail

Edge of Tomorrow

Born on the Fourth of July

On Your Six: Thirty Years of Top Gun

The Last Samurai

Legend
Production Credits

Fallen Angels

Mission: Impossible II

Jack Reacher: Never Go Back

Top Gun 3

Jack Reacher

Suspect Zero

Mission: Impossible

Narc

The Others

Mission: Impossible - Dead Reckoning Part One

Vanilla Sky

Elizabethtown

Top Gun: Maverick

Mission: Impossible - Rogue Nation

Mission: Impossible - Ghost Protocol

The Last Samurai

Mission: Impossible - The Final Reckoning

Ask the Dust

Mission: Impossible III

Mission: Impossible - Fallout
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