Tom Cruise

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Born: July 3, 1962
From: Syracuse, New York, USA
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Biography

Thomas Cruise Mapother IV (born July 3, 1962) is an American actor and film producer. Regarded as a Hollywood icon, he has received various accolades, including an Honorary Palme d'Or, an Academy Honorary Award, and three Golden Globes, in addition to nominations for four competitive Academy Awards. As of 2025, his films have grossed more than $13.3 billion worldwide, placing him among the highest-grossing actors of all time. One of Hollywood's most bankable stars, he is 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), the latter earning him a reputation as a sex symbol. 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 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 sports comedy-drama Jerry Maguire (1996); for the latter, he won a Golden Globe Award for Best Actor and his second nomination for the Academy 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 established himself as a star of science fiction and action films, often performing his own risky stunts. He played fictional agent Ethan Hunt in the Mission: Impossible film series. 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 with eleven films released between 2012 and 2025. In December 2024, he was awarded the U.S. Navy's highest civilian honor, the Distinguished Public Service Award, in recognition of his "outstanding contributions" to the military, with his screen roles. In March 2025, he was named the recipient of the British Film Institute Fellowship, the BFI's highest honor, for his contributions to cinema. 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 honor of "Most Beautiful People" in 1997. Outside his film career, Cruise has been an outspoken advocate for the Church of Scientology, which has resulted in controversy and scrutiny of his involvement in the organization. An aviation enthusiast, he has held a pilot certificate since 1994. Description above from the Wikipedia Tom Cruise, article licensed under CC-BY-SA, full list of contributors on Wikipedia.

Works

95 films

Top Gun: Maverick

20228.2

Mission: Impossible - The Final Reckoning

20257.2

Top Gun

19867.1

Eyes Wide Shut

19997.5

Jack Reacher

20126.7

The Mummy

20175.5

War of the Worlds

20056.6

Edge of Tomorrow

20147.6

Mission: Impossible - Dead Reckoning Part One

20237.5

Mission: Impossible

19967.0

The Last Samurai

20037.6

Minority Report

20027.4

Mission: Impossible - Ghost Protocol

20117.1

Mission: Impossible - Fallout

20187.5

Jack Reacher: Never Go Back

20166.0

Mission: Impossible - Rogue Nation

20157.2

Oblivion

20136.7

Mission: Impossible III

20066.8

A Few Good Men

19927.6

Vanilla Sky

20016.8

Mission: Impossible II

20006.1

Tropic Thunder

20086.7

Rain Man

19887.8

Interview with the Vampire

19947.4

Collateral

20047.2

Jerry Maguire

19967.0

The Firm

19936.7

Knight and Day

20106.2

The Outsiders

19837.2

Digger

2026

American Made

20176.9

Magnolia

19997.7

Austin Powers in Goldmember

20026.0

Born on the Fourth of July

19897.0

Legend

19856.3

Young Guns

19886.7

Cocktail

19886.1

Days of Thunder

19906.4

Valkyrie

20087.0

Risky Business

19836.6

Rock of Ages

20126.2

Far and Away

19926.8

Lions for Lambs

20076.0

Endless Love

19815.7

The Color of Money

19866.8

Taps

19816.7

All the Right Moves

19835.8

Losin' It

19834.9

Tropic Thunder: Rain of Madness

20086.8

Final Cut: Ladies and Gentlemen

20127.5

Junket Whore

19985.0

Stanley Kubrick: A Life in Pictures

20017.4

BRATS

20246.0

America | A Tribute to Heroes

20016.5

Spielberg

20177.5

Getting LOST

20246.6

The Final: Attack on Wembley

20246.4

Heart of the Festival

20026.5

Commitment to Life

2023

Tom Cruise: An Eternal Youth

20206.6

My Scientology Movie

20166.6

Kubrick by Kubrick

20207.3

Nicole Kidman: Eyes Wide Open

20237.8

Tom Cruise: The Last Movie Star

20237.0

Untitled Top Gun 3

2026

Tom Cruise: Impossible Missions

2023

Broadsword

2026

Staying Gold: A Look Back at 'The Outsiders'

20059.0

Space Station 3D

20026.5

Tom Cruise: Lights, Camera, Action

20226.0

The Gauntlet

2026

Close Up

20129.5

Ghost Protocol: Mission Accepted

2012

City of Night: The Making of 'Collateral'

20046.3

Boo-Yah: A Portrait of Stuart Scott

2025

Winning: The Racing Life of Paul Newman

20157.6

Remembering Stanley Kubrick

1999

The Art of Action: Martial Arts in the Movies

20025.9

Danger Zone: The Making of Top Gun

20048.0

Mission: Remarkable - 40 Years of Creating the Impossible

2010

Mission: Improbable

20017.5

In the Shadow of the Vampire: The Making of Interview with the Vampire

20006.0

Time Out: The Truth About HIV, AIDS and You

19924.9

Deeper

2026

Hitting It Hard

20027.0

Ghost Protocol: Impossible Missions

2012

Paris 2024 Olympic Closing Ceremony

20245.9

Making Mission: Impossible - A 10 News First Special

2025

Tom Cruise : la dernière légende d'Hollywood

20257.0

Untitled Tropic Thunder Les Grossman Spin-off

2026

The Dream Is Always the Same: The Story of Risky Business

20085.5

Once Upon a Time in Jersey

2026

Untitled Days of Thunder Sequel

2026

This Is Scientology: An Overview of the World's Fastest Growing Religion

20264.0

James Corden's Top Gun Training with Tom Cruise

20226.1