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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.
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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.
Known For
The Graham Norton Show
Jimmy Kimmel Live!
The Daily Show
The Tonight Show with Jay Leno
The Tonight Show Starring Jimmy Fallon
GMTV
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
The Oscars
BRATS
Simone Biles Rising
Religulous
Endless Love
Time Out: The Truth About HIV, AIDS and You
Val
Tropic Thunder
The Outsiders
Narc: Shooting Up
Rock of Ages
Jack Reacher: When the Man Comes Around
Rain Man
Jack Reacher
Mission: Impossible - The Final Reckoning
Mission: Impossible III
Eyes Wide Shut
Minority Report
Interview with the Vampire
Legend
On Your Six: Thirty Years of Top Gun
Mission: Impossible - Fallout
Jack Reacher: Never Go Back
Mission: Impossible - Ghost Protocol
Vanilla Sky
Oblivion
A Few Good Men
Tom Cruise: Lights, Camera, Action
Knight and Day
The Firm
The Last Samurai
Mission: Impossible
Jerry Maguire
Cocktail
Mission: Impossible II
Mission: Impossible - Rogue Nation
Magnolia
Collateral
Born on the Fourth of July
Risky Business
Top Gun
Edge of Tomorrow
Tom Cruise: The Last Movie Star
Far and Away
Top Gun 3
Mission: Impossible - Dead Reckoning Part One
The Mummy
War of the Worlds
Top Gun: Maverick
American Made
Production Credits
Jack Reacher: Never Go Back
Ask the Dust
Narc
Top Gun: Maverick
Mission: Impossible III
Mission: Impossible - Dead Reckoning Part One
The Last Samurai
Suspect Zero
The Others
Elizabethtown
Mission: Impossible - Fallout
Jack Reacher
Mission: Impossible II
Mission: Impossible - Ghost Protocol
Mission: Impossible
Mission: Impossible - The Final Reckoning
Vanilla Sky
Top Gun 3
Fallen Angels
Mission: Impossible - Rogue Nation
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