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Actor
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Male
Birthday
03 July
Location
New York, United States
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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 and three Golden Globe Awards, in addition to nominations for four Academy Awards. His films have grossed over $4 billion in North America and over $11.5 billion worldwide, making him one of the highest-grossing box-office stars of all time. 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 the comedy film Risky Business (1983) and the action film 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). 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 romance Jerry Maguire (1996). For the latter, he won a Golden Globe Award for Best Actor and received a second Academy Award nomination.
Cruise's performance as a motivational speaker in the drama Magnolia (1999) earned him another Golden Globe Award and a nomination for the Academy Award for Best Supporting Actor.
Since then, Cruise has established himself as an action star acting in science fiction and action films, often performing risky stunts. He has played Ethan Hunt in the Mission: Impossible film series since 1996.
His other notable 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), Jack Reacher: Never Go Back (2016), The Mummy (2017), and Top Gun: Maverick (2022), with the last of these being his highest-grossing film and earning him a Best Picture Award nomination at the Academy Awards for his role as a producer.
Known for
Mission: Impossible - Dead Reckoning Part Two
Mission: Impossible - The Final Reckoning
Mission: Impossible – Dead Reckoning Part One
Top Gun: Maverick
Mission: Impossible - Fallout
The Mummy
Jack Reacher: Never Go Back
Mission: Impossible – Rogue Nation
Edge of Tomorrow
Oblivion
Jack Reacher
Rock of Ages
Mission: Impossible – Ghost Protocol
Knight and Day
Valkyrie
Lions For Lambs
Mission: Impossible III
War of the Worlds
Collateral
The Last Samurai
Minority Report
Mission: Impossible 2
Magnolia
Eyes Wide Shut
Jerry Maguire
Mission: Impossible
Interview with the Vampire
The Firm
A Few Good Men
Far and Away
Rain Man
Cocktail
The Color of Money
Top Gun
Legend
All the Right Moves
Risky Business
Losin' It
The Outsiders
Taps
Actor
Mission: Impossible - Dead Reckoning Part Two as Ethan Hunt
Mission: Impossible - The Final Reckoning as Ethan Hunt
Mission: Impossible – Dead Reckoning Part One as Ethan Hunt
Top Gun: Maverick as Capt. Pete 'Maverick' Mitchell
Mission: Impossible - Fallout as Ethan Hunt
The Mummy as Nick Morton
Jack Reacher: Never Go Back as Jack Reacher
Mission: Impossible – Rogue Nation as Ethan Hunt
Edge of Tomorrow as Cage
Oblivion as Jack
Jack Reacher as Reacher
Rock of Ages as Stacee Jaxx
Mission: Impossible – Ghost Protocol as Ethan Hunt
Knight and Day as Roy Miller
Valkyrie as Colonel Claus von Stauffenberg
Lions For Lambs as Senator Jasper Irving
Mission: Impossible III as Ethan Hunt
War of the Worlds as Ray Ferrier
Collateral as Vincent
The Last Samurai as Nathan Algren
Minority Report as Chief John Anderton
Mission: Impossible 2 as Ethan Hunt
Magnolia as Frank T.J. Mackey
Eyes Wide Shut as Dr. William Harford
Jerry Maguire as Jerry Maguire
Mission: Impossible as Ethan Hunt
Interview with the Vampire as Lestat
The Firm as Mitch McDeere
A Few Good Men as Lt. Daniel Kaffee
Far and Away as Joseph Donnelly
Rain Man as Charlie Babbitt
Cocktail as Brian Flanagan
The Color of Money as Vincent
Top Gun as Pete Mitchell
Legend as Jack
All the Right Moves as Stef
Risky Business as Joel
Losin' It as Woody
The Outsiders as Steve Randle
Taps as David Shawn