Tom Cruise
Tom Cruise (born Thomas Cruise Mapother IV; July 3, 1962) is an American actor and producer. One of the world's highest-paid actors, he has received various accolades, including an Honorary Palme d'Or and three Golden Globe Awards, in addition to nominations for three Academy Awards. His films have grossed over $4 billion in North America and over $11.1 billion worldwide, making him one of the highest-grossing box office stars of all time.
He began acting in the early 1980s and made his breakthrough with leading roles in the comedy film Risky Business (1983) and 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 several 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 his second Academy Award nomination. His 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, he has largely starred in science fiction and action films, establishing himself as an action star, often performing his own risky stunts. He has played Ethan Hunt in all six of the Mission: Impossible films from 1996 to 2018. His other notable roles 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), with Maverick being his highest-grossing film to date.
He began acting in the early 1980s and made his breakthrough with leading roles in the comedy film Risky Business (1983) and 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 several 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 his second Academy Award nomination. His 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, he has largely starred in science fiction and action films, establishing himself as an action star, often performing his own risky stunts. He has played Ethan Hunt in all six of the Mission: Impossible films from 1996 to 2018. His other notable roles 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), with Maverick being his highest-grossing film to date.
Known for
Mission: Impossible 8
Brats
The Final: Attack on Wembley
Beyond the Reckoning: The Making of Mission Impossible: Dead Reckoning
Nicole Kidman: Eyes Wide Open
Tom Cruise: The Last Movie Star
Mission: Impossible - Dead Reckoning Part One
Pretty Baby: Brooke Shields
James Corden's Top Gun Training with Tom Cruise
Top Gun: Maverick
Tom Cruise: Lights, Camera, Action
Au Revoir, Chris Hemsworth
Kubrick by Kubrick
Tom Cruise: An Eternal Youth
Mission: Impossible - Fallout
Spielberg
American Made
The Mummy
Jack Reacher: Never Go Back
Paparazzi: Full Throttle LA
Mission: Impossible - Rogue Nation
Winning: The Racing Life of Paul Newman
Edge of Tomorrow
The Tonight Show Starring Jimmy Fallon
Oblivion
Jack Reacher
Close Up
Rock of Ages
Final Cut: Ladies and Gentlemen
Mission: Impossible - Ghost Protocol
The Jonathan Ross Show
Running Man
Knight and Day
Never Sleep Again: The Elm Street Legacy
The Jay Leno Show
Valkyrie
Tropic Thunder
Lions for Lambs
The Graham Norton Show
The One Show
Mission: Impossible III
The Chaser's War on Everything
Ask the Dust
The Colbert Report
Elizabethtown
War of the Worlds
Suspect Zero
Collateral
The Last Samurai
Shattered Glass
The Ellen DeGeneres Show
Celebrities Uncensored
Jimmy Kimmel Live!
Top Gear
Austin Powers in Goldmember
Minority Report
American Idol
The Art of Action: Martial Arts in the Movies
Hitting It Hard
Space Station 3D
Narc
Vanilla Sky
The Others
Mission: Improbable
Stanley Kubrick: A Life in Pictures
Mission: Impossible II
Magnolia
The Early Show
Rove
Eyes Wide Shut
Remembering Stanley Kubrick
Junket Whore
Without Limits
The View
Jerry Maguire
The Daily Show
Mission: Impossible
Interview with the Vampire
Inside the Actors Studio
Fallen Angels
The Firm
GMTV
A Few Good Men
The Tonight Show with Jay Leno
Far and Away
Days of Thunder
Born on the Fourth of July
Prime Time LIVE
Rain Man
Cocktail
Young Guns
The Color of Money
Top Gun
Legend
All the Right Moves
Risky Business
Losin' It
The Outsiders
Taps
Endless Love
Wetten, dass..?
The Oscars
Bambi Awards