
Thomas Cruise Mapother IV, born on July 3, 1962, better known by his screen name of Tom Cruise, is an American film actor and producer. He has been nominated for three Academy Awards and won three Golden Globe Awards. His first leading role was the 1983 film Risky Business, which has been described as "A Generation X classic, and a career-maker" for the actor. After playing the role of a heroic naval pilot in the popular and financially successful 1986 film Top Gun, Cruise continued in this vein, playing a secret agent in a series of Mission: Impossible action films in the 1990s and 2000s. In addition to these heroic roles, he has starred in a variety of other successful films such as Days of Thunder (1990), Jerry Maguire (1996), Magnolia (1999), Vanilla Sky (2001), Minority Report (2002), The Last Samurai (2003), Collateral (2004) and War of the Worlds (2005). In 2005, the Hollywood journalist, Edward Jay Epstein argued that Cruise is one of the few producers (the others being George Lucas, Steven Spielberg and Jerry Bruckheimer) who are able to guarantee the success of a billion-dollar movie franchise. Since 2005, Cruise and Paula Wagner have been in charge of the United Artists film studio, with Cruise as producer and star and Wagner as the chief executive. Cruise is also known for his controversial support of and adherence to the Church of Scientology. Cruise married Mimi Rogers on May 9, 1987; they divorced on February 4, 1990. Rogers is generally believed to have introduced Cruise to Scientology. Cruise met Nicole Kidman on the set of their film Days of Thunder. The couple married on December 24, 1990. He and Kidman adopted two children, Isabella Jane and Connor Antony. They separated in February 2001. Cruise was next romantically linked with Penélope Cruz, the lead actress in his film Vanilla Sky. After a three-year relationship, Cruise announced that their relationship had ended in January. In April 2005, Cruise began dating actress Katie Holmes. Shortly after they began their highly publicized relationship, on June 17, 2005, Cruise announced he had proposed to her at the top of the Eiffel Tower in Paris. On April 18, 2006, Holmes gave birth to a baby girl named Suri at Saint John's Health Center in Santa Monica, California. Cruise stated that the name derives from the Hebrew word for "princess" or the Persian word meaning red rose. She is the first biological child for both Holmes and Cruise. On November 18, 2006, Holmes and Cruise were married at the 15th-century Odescalchi Castle in Bracciano, Italy, in a Scientology ceremony attended by many Hollywood stars. Cruise owns a home in Murrieta, California.
Movie | Top Gun: Maverick | Pete "Maverick" Mitchell | 2020-06-11 |
Series | Broadside | Cadet Captain David Shawn | 2018 |
Movie | Mission: Impossible - Fallout | Ethan Hunt | 2018-07-13 |
Series | Crown Prosecutor | Joseph Donnelly | 2017 |
Movie | The Mummy | Nick Morton | 2017-06-06 |
Movie | American Made | Barry Seal | 2017-08-17 |
Movie | Spielberg | Himself | 2017-10-05 |
Movie | Top Gun 2 | Pete 'Maverick' Mitchell | 2016 |
Movie | Jack Reacher: Never Go Back | Jack Reacher | 2016-10-19 |
Movie | Going Clear: Scientology and the Prison of Belief | Himself (archive footage) | 2015-01-25 |
Movie | Mission: Impossible - Rogue Nation | Ethan Hunt | 2015-07-23 |
Movie | Mission: Impossible - Rogue Nation | Ethan Hunt | 2015-07-31 |
Movie | Winning: The Racing Life of Paul Newman | Himself | 2015-05-08 |
Movie | Edge of Tomorrow | Maj. William "Bill" Cage | 2014-05-27 |
Movie | Oblivion | Jack Harper | 2013-04-10 |
Movie | Rock of Ages | Stacee Jaxx | 2012-06-15 |
Movie | Room 237 | Dr. William Harford (archive footage) (uncredited) | 2012-10-26 |
Movie | Jack Reacher | Jack Reacher | 2012-12-20 |
Movie | Mission: Impossible - Ghost Protocol | Ethan Hunt | 2011-12-21 |
Movie | The Secrets of Scientology | Himself (archive footage) | 2010-09-28 |
Movie | Industrial Light & Magic: Creating the Impossible | Narrator | 2010-11-14 |
Series | Freshers | Roy Miller | 2010-11-01 |
Series | Personal Affairs | Billy | 2009-06-16 |
Series | Live from Studio Five | Unknown | 2009-09-14 |
Movie | Valkyrie | Claus Schenk Graf von Stauffenberg | 2008-12-25 |
Movie | Tropic Thunder | Les Grossmann | 2008-08-09 |
Series | The One Show | Unknown | 2006-08-14 |
Movie | Collateral | Vincent | 2004-08-04 |
Movie | Genius. A Night for Ray Charles | Himself | 2004-10-07 |
Series | Celebrities Uncensored | Unknown | 2003-06-04 |
Series | Little Britain | Charlie Babbitt | 2003-09-16 |
Series | The Ellen DeGeneres Show | Unknown | 2003-09-08 |
Movie | The Last Samurai | Captain Nathan Algren | 2003-12-05 |
Movie | Space Station 3D | Narrator | 2002-04-17 |
Movie | The Art of Action: Martial Arts in the Movies | Himself | 2002-06-01 |
Series | American Idol | Unknown | 2002-06-11 |
Series | Outtake TV | Stefen Djordjevic | 2002-12-24 |
Movie | America: A Tribute to Heroes | 2001-09-21 | |
Movie | Stanley Kubrick: A Life in Pictures | Narration/Himself | 2001-05-02 |
Movie | Vanilla Sky | David Aames | 2001-12-10 |
Movie | Riding in Cars with Boys | Unknown | 2001-10-19 |
Movie | Mission: Impossible II | Ethan Hunt | 2000-05-24 |
Movie | Together | Unknown | 2000-08-25 |
Series | The Mike O'Malley Show | Unknown | 1999-09-21 |
Series | The Early Show | Unknown | 1999-11-01 |
Series | Rove | Unknown | 1999-09-22 |
Movie | Magnolia | Frank T.J. Mackey | 1999-12-10 |
Series | Fantasy Island | Chief John Anderton | 1998-09-26 |
Series | The View | Unknown | 1997-08-11 |
Movie | Jerry Maguire | Jerry Maguire | 1996-12-13 |
Series | The Daily Show with Trevor Noah | Unknown | 1996-07-22 |
Movie | Interview with the Vampire | Lestat de Lioncourt | 1994-11-11 |
Series | Intimate Portrait | Unknown | 1994-01-03 |
Series | Inside the Actors Studio | Unknown | 1994-06-01 |
Series | GMTV | Unknown | 1993-01-01 |
Series | Lois & Clark: The New Adventures of Superman | Senator Jasper Irving | 1993-09-12 |
Series | Fievel's American Tails | Ray Ferrier | 1993-09-11 |
Movie | The Firm | Mitch McDeere | 1993-06-30 |
Series | The Tonight Show with Jay Leno | Unknown | 1992-05-25 |
Movie | Time Out: The Truth About HIV, AIDS and You | Himself | 1992-09-10 |
Movie | Days of Thunder | Cole Trickle | 1990-06-27 |
Movie | Born on the Fourth of July | Ron Kovic | 1989-12-20 |
Movie | Young Guns | [Cameo] | 1988-08-12 |
Movie | Cocktail | Brian Flanagan | 1988-07-29 |
Movie | Top Gun | Pete 'Maverick' Mitchell | 1986-05-16 |
Movie | The Color of Money | Vincent Lauria | 1986-10-07 |
Series | My Little Pony | Dr. William 'Bill' Harford | 1986-09-15 |
Series | Super Gran | Tom Cruise / Famous Austin ('Austinpussy') | 1985-01-20 |
Movie | Legend | Jack | 1985-07-19 |
Movie | Full Moon in Paris | Unknown | 1984-08-29 |
Movie | Risky Business | Joel Goodsen | 1983-08-05 |
Movie | Max Dugan Returns | Unknown | 1983-03-25 |
Movie | Losin' It | Woody | 1983-04-08 |
Series | Cassie & Co. | Unknown | 1982-01-29 |
Movie | Nous ne l'avons pas assez aimée | Unknown | 1980-11-18 |
Series | The New Fred and Barney Show | Ethan Hunt | 1979-02-03 |
Series | The Rockford Files | Ethan Hunt | 1974-03-27 |
Series | Days of Our Lives | Lt. Daniel Kaffee | 1965-11-08 |
Series | The Academy Awards | Unknown | 1953-03-18 |