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Tom Cruise

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In 1976, if you had told fourteen-year-old Franciscan seminary student Thomas Cruise Mapother IV that one day in the not too distant future he would be Tom Cruise, one of the top 100 movie stars of all time, he would have probably grinned and told you that his ambition was to join the priesthood. Nonetheless, this sensitive, deeply religious youngster who was born in 1962 in Syracuse, New York, was destined to become one of the highest paid and most sought after actors in screen history.

Tom is the only son (among four children) of nomadic parents, Mary Lee (Pfeiffer), a special education teacher, and Thomas Cruise Mapother III, an electrical engineer. His parents were both from Louisville, Kentucky, and he has German, Irish, and English ancestry. Young Tom spent his boyhood always on the move, and by the time he was 14 he had attended 15 different schools in the U.S. and Canada. He finally settled in Glen Ridge, New Jersey with his mother and her new husband. While in high school, Tom wanted to become a priest but pretty soon he developed an interest in acting and abandoned his plans of becoming a priest, dropped out of school, and at age 18 headed for New York and a possible acting career. The next 15 years of his life are the stuff of legends. He made his film debut with a small part in Endless Love (1981) and from the outset exhibited an undeniable box office appeal to both male and female audiences.

With handsome movie star looks and a charismatic smile, within 5 years Tom Cruise was starring in some of the top-grossing films of the 1980s including Top Gun (1986); The Color of Money (1986), Rain Man (1988) and Born on the Fourth of July (1989). By the 1990s he was one of the highest-paid actors in the world earning an average 15 million dollars a picture in such blockbuster hits as Interview with the Vampire: The Vampire Chronicles (1994), Mission: Impossible (1996) and Jerry Maguire (1996), for which he received an Academy Award Nomination for best actor. Tom Cruise's biggest franchise, Mission Impossible, has also earned a total of 3 billion dollars worldwide. Tom Cruise has also shown lots of interest in producing, with his biggest producer credits being the Mission Impossible franchise.

In 1990 he renounced his devout Catholic beliefs and embraced The Church of Scientology claiming that Scientology teachings had cured him of the dyslexia that had plagued him all of his life. A kind and thoughtful man well known for his compassion and generosity, Tom Cruise is one of the best liked members of the movie community. He was married to actress Nicole Kidman until 2001. Thomas Cruise Mapother IV has indeed come a long way from the lonely wanderings of his youth to become one of the biggest movie stars ever.
BornJuly 3, 1962
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  • Nominated for 4 Oscars
    • 58 wins & 106 nominations total

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Tom Cruise, Val Kilmer, Rick Rossovich, Tony Scott, John J. Connor, and Ken Nishino in Top Gun (1986)
Tom Cruise in Endless Love (1981)
Tom Cruise in Endless Love (1981)
Tom Cruise in Endless Love (1981)
Tom Cruise in Top Gun: Maverick (2022)
Tom Cruise, Glen Powell, Miles Teller, and Monica Barbaro in Top Gun: Maverick (2022)
Tom Cruise in Top Gun: Maverick (2022)
Tom Cruise and Ali Sabaawi in Top Gun: Maverick (2022)
Tom Cruise and Valeria Golino in Rain Man (1988)
Tom Cruise and Chris Penn in All the Right Moves (1983)
Tom Cruise in Born on the Fourth of July (1989)
Tom Cruise, Timothy Hutton, and Sean Penn in Taps (1981)

Known for

Tom Cruise and Kelly McGillis in Top Gun (1986)
Top Gun
6.9
  • Maverick
  • 1986
Tom Cruise in The Last Samurai (2003)
The Last Samurai
7.8
  • Nathan Algren
  • 2003
Tom Cruise in Jerry Maguire (1996)
Jerry Maguire
7.3
  • Jerry Maguire
  • 1996
Tom Cruise in Mission: Impossible II (2000)
Mission: Impossible II
6.1
  • Ethan Hunt
  • 2000

Credits

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Actor

  • Mission: Impossible - Dead Reckoning Part One
    • Ethan Hunt
    • Post-production
    • 2023
  • Mission: Impossible - Dead Reckoning Part Two
    • Ethan Hunt
    • In Production
    • 2024
  • Untitled Tom Cruise/SpaceX Project
    • Pre-production
  • Live Die Repeat and Repeat
    • Cage (rumored)
    • In Development
  • Tom Cruise in Top Gun: Maverick (2022)
    Top Gun: Maverick
    • Capt. Pete 'Maverick' Mitchell
    • 2022
  • Tom Cruise, Ving Rhames, Henry Cavill, Rebecca Ferguson, and Simon Pegg in Mission: Impossible - Fallout (2018)
    Mission: Impossible - Fallout
    • Ethan Hunt
    • 2018
  • Tom Cruise, Sarah Wright, and Alejandro Edda in American Made (2017)
    American Made
    • Barry Seal
    • 2017
  • The Mummy (2017)
    The Mummy
    • Nick Morton
    • 2017
  • Tom Cruise in Jack Reacher: Never Go Back (2016)
    Jack Reacher: Never Go Back
    • Jack Reacher
    • 2016
  • Tom Cruise, Alec Baldwin, Ving Rhames, Rebecca Ferguson, Simon Pegg, and Jeremy Renner in Mission: Impossible - Rogue Nation (2015)
    Mission: Impossible - Rogue Nation
    • Ethan Hunt
    • 2015
  • Tom Cruise and Emily Blunt in Edge of Tomorrow (2014)
    Edge of Tomorrow
    • Cage
    • 2014
  • Tom Cruise in Oblivion (2013)
    Oblivion
    • Jack
    • 2013
  • Tom Cruise in Jack Reacher (2012)
    Jack Reacher
    • Reacher
    • 2012
  • Tom Cruise, Alec Baldwin, Catherine Zeta-Jones, Mary J. Blige, Malin Akerman, Paul Giamatti, Russell Brand, Diego Boneta, and Julianne Hough in Rock of Ages (2012)
    Rock of Ages
    • Stacee Jaxx
    • 2012
  • Tom Cruise, Ving Rhames, Brad Bird, Mike Dopud, Josh Holloway, Anil Kapoor, Vitaly Kravchenko, Pavel Kríz, Vladimir Mashkov, Michael Nyqvist, Simon Pegg, Jeremy Renner, Ivan Shvedoff, Mihály Szabados, Ilia Volok, Tom Wilkinson, Andreas Wisniewski, Miraj Grbic, Michelle Monaghan, Brian Caspe, Paul Lazenby, Stephen Lobo, Paula Patton, Roger Narayan, Léa Seydoux, Ali Olomi, and Jessica Belkin in Mission: Impossible - Ghost Protocol (2011)
    Mission: Impossible - Ghost Protocol
    • Ethan Hunt
    • 2011
  • Knight and Day (2010)
    Knight and Day
    • Roy Miller
    • 2010
  • Tom Cruise in Valkyrie (2008)
    Valkyrie
    • Colonel Claus von Stauffenberg
    • 2008
  • Robert Downey Jr., Ben Stiller, and Jack Black in Tropic Thunder (2008)
    Tropic Thunder
    • Les Grossman - Grossman's Office
    • 2008
  • Tom Cruise, Robert Redford, and Meryl Streep in Lions for Lambs (2007)
    Lions for Lambs
    • Senator Jasper Irving
    • 2007

Producer

  • Mission: Impossible - Dead Reckoning Part One
    • producer
    • Post-production
    • 2023
  • Mission: Impossible - Dead Reckoning Part Two
    • producer
    • In Production
    • 2024
  • Luna Park
    • producer
    • In Development
  • Untitled Tom Cruise/SpaceX Project
    • producer
    • Pre-production
  • Tom Cruise in Top Gun: Maverick (2022)
    Top Gun: Maverick
    • producer
    • 2022
  • Tom Cruise, Ving Rhames, Henry Cavill, Rebecca Ferguson, and Simon Pegg in Mission: Impossible - Fallout (2018)
    Mission: Impossible - Fallout
    • producer (produced by)
    • 2018
  • Tom Cruise in Jack Reacher: Never Go Back (2016)
    Jack Reacher: Never Go Back
    • producer (produced by)
    • 2016
  • Tom Cruise, Alec Baldwin, Ving Rhames, Rebecca Ferguson, Simon Pegg, and Jeremy Renner in Mission: Impossible - Rogue Nation (2015)
    Mission: Impossible - Rogue Nation
    • producer (produced by)
    • 2015
  • Tom Cruise in Jack Reacher (2012)
    Jack Reacher
    • producer (produced by)
    • 2012
  • Tom Cruise, Ving Rhames, Brad Bird, Mike Dopud, Josh Holloway, Anil Kapoor, Vitaly Kravchenko, Pavel Kríz, Vladimir Mashkov, Michael Nyqvist, Simon Pegg, Jeremy Renner, Ivan Shvedoff, Mihály Szabados, Ilia Volok, Tom Wilkinson, Andreas Wisniewski, Miraj Grbic, Michelle Monaghan, Brian Caspe, Paul Lazenby, Stephen Lobo, Paula Patton, Roger Narayan, Léa Seydoux, Ali Olomi, and Jessica Belkin in Mission: Impossible - Ghost Protocol (2011)
    Mission: Impossible - Ghost Protocol
    • producer (produced by)
    • 2011
  • Tom Cruise in Mission: Impossible III (2006)
    Mission: Impossible III
    • producer (produced by)
    • 2006
  • Salma Hayek and Colin Farrell in Ask the Dust (2006)
    Ask the Dust
    • producer
    • 2006
  • Kirsten Dunst and Orlando Bloom in Elizabethtown (2005)
    Elizabethtown
    • producer
    • 2005
  • Suspect Zero (2004)
    Suspect Zero
    • producer (uncredited)
    • 2004
  • Tom Cruise in The Last Samurai (2003)
    The Last Samurai
    • producer (produced by)
    • 2003
  • Hayden Christensen and Peter Sarsgaard in Shattered Glass (2003)
    Shattered Glass
    • executive producer
    • 2003
  • Hitting It Hard
    • producer
    • Video
    • 2002
  • Ray Liotta and Jason Patric in Narc (2002)
    Narc
    • executive producer
    • 2002
  • Tom Cruise in Vanilla Sky (2001)
    Vanilla Sky
    • producer
    • 2001

Director

  • Fallen Angels (1993)
    Fallen Angels
    • Director (episode "Frightning Frammis, The")
    • TV Series
    • 1993
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Tom Cruise's Best 'Mission: Impossible' Stunts of All Time
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Tom Cruise's Best 'Mission: Impossible' Stunts of All Time
The Most Exciting Thing About 'Mission: Impossible - Fallout'
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The Most Exciting Thing About 'Mission: Impossible - Fallout'
Tom Cruise | Career Retrospective
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Tom Cruise | Career Retrospective
How 'Top Gun' Changed Tom Cruise
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How 'Top Gun' Changed Tom Cruise
All About Tom Cruise's SpaceX Project
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All About Tom Cruise's SpaceX Project
IMDb Getting Ready for Maverick's Return Presented by USAA Insurance
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IMDb Getting Ready for Maverick's Return Presented by USAA Insurance
The Legacy of Tom Cruise
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The Legacy of Tom Cruise
Everything We Know About 'Top Gun: Maverick'
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Everything We Know About 'Top Gun: Maverick'
Jaws, Shreks, & Lion Kings: A Summer Blockbuster History
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Jaws, Shreks, & Lion Kings: A Summer Blockbuster History
Tom Cruise Likes to Run
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Tom Cruise Likes to Run
'The Invisible Man' Almost Disappeared Before Materializing on Top
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'The Invisible Man' Almost Disappeared Before Materializing on Top
Top Gun! Terminator! The '80s Live at SDCC
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Top Gun! Terminator! The '80s Live at SDCC

Personal details

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  • Alternative name
    • Tomu Kurûzu
  • Height
    • 5′ 7″ (1.70 m)
  • Born
    • July 3, 1962
    • Syracuse, New York, USA
  • Spouses
      Katie HolmesNovember 18, 2006 - August 20, 2012 (divorced, 1 child)
  • Children
      Isabella Jane Cruise
  • Parents
      Thomas Mapother III
  • Relatives
      William Mapother(Cousin)
  • Other works
    Played Nathan Detroit in a high school production of "Guys and Dolls"
  • Publicity listings
    • 12 Print Biographies
    • 9 Portrayals
    • 32 Interviews
    • 144 Articles
    • 21 Pictorials
    • 764 Magazine Cover Photos

Did you know

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  • Trivia
    Stopped to help a hit and run victim and paid her hospital bills. The victim was aspiring Brazilian actress Heloisa Vinhas (1996).
  • Quotes
    The thing about filmmaking is I give it everything, that's why I work so hard. I always tell young actors to take charge. It's not that hard. Sign your own checks, be responsible.
  • Trademarks
      Often plays romantic leading men with an edge
  • Nickname
    • TC
  • Salaries
      Mission: Impossible - Dead Reckoning Part Two
      (2024)
      $13,000,000 + % of back end

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