
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

The Graham Norton Show

Jimmy Kimmel Live!

The Daily Show

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

Tropic Thunder

Young Guns

The Oscars

BRATS

Simone Biles Rising

Religulous

Endless Love

Val

The Outsiders

Narc: Shooting Up

Rock of Ages

Time Out: The Truth About HIV, AIDS and You

Rain Man

Jack Reacher: When the Man Comes Around

Jerry Maguire

Vanilla Sky

Far and Away

The Last Samurai

A Few Good Men

American Made

Top Gun 3

Jack Reacher

Mission: Impossible - Ghost Protocol

Eyes Wide Shut

Risky Business

Mission: Impossible - Fallout

Tom Cruise: The Last Movie Star

Cocktail

Mission: Impossible II

Edge of Tomorrow

Oblivion

Jack Reacher: Never Go Back

Top Gun: Maverick

War of the Worlds

Born on the Fourth of July

Tom Cruise: Lights, Camera, Action

Mission: Impossible - Dead Reckoning Part One

Legend

Interview with the Vampire

Mission: Impossible - The Final Reckoning

On Your Six: Thirty Years of Top Gun

The Mummy

Mission: Impossible - Rogue Nation

Collateral

Knight and Day

Mission: Impossible III

The Firm

Top Gun

Mission: Impossible

Minority Report

Magnolia
Production Credits

Mission: Impossible II

Vanilla Sky

Mission: Impossible - Dead Reckoning Part One

Elizabethtown

Ask the Dust

Mission: Impossible - Fallout

Mission: Impossible III

Top Gun 3

Mission: Impossible

The Last Samurai

The Others

Mission: Impossible - Rogue Nation

Fallen Angels

Mission: Impossible - The Final Reckoning

Narc

Mission: Impossible - Ghost Protocol

Top Gun: Maverick

Jack Reacher

Jack Reacher: Never Go Back

Suspect Zero
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