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Tom Cruise
Actor, Producer, Director, Additional Credits
Born July 3, 1962 (62 years)
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
Filmography
| 2025 | Mission: Impossible 8 · as Ethan Hunt |
| 2023 | Mission: Impossible - Dead Reckoning · as Ethan Hunt |
| 2022 | Top Gun: Maverick · as Capt. Pete 'maverick' Mitchell |
| 2020 | Au Revoir, Chris Hemsworth · as Team Member |
| 2018 | Mission: Impossible - Fallout · as Ethan Hunt |
| 2018 | Hollywood, No Sex Please! · as Joel |
| 2017 | American Made · as Barry Seal |
| 2017 | The Mummy · as Nick Morton |
| 2016 | Jack Reacher: Never Go Back · as Jack Reacher |
| 2015 | The Big Short · as Maverick |
| 2015 | Mission: Impossible - Rogue Nation · as Ethan Hunt |
| 2015 | |
| 2014 | Edge of Tomorrow · as Maj. William 'bill' Cage |
| 2014 | The Tonight Show Starring Jimmy Fallon (TV Series) |
| 2013 | Oblivion · as Jack |
| 2012 | Jack Reacher · as Jack Reacher |
| 2012 | |
| 2012 | Rock of Ages · as Stacee Jaxx |
| 2012 | Final Cut: Ladies and Gentlemen · as (archive Footage) |
| 2011 | Mission: Impossible - Ghost Protocol · as Ethan Hunt |
| 2010 | Industrial Light & Magic: Creating the Impossible · as Narrator |
| 2010 | Running Man (TV Series) |
| 2010 | Knight and Day · as Roy Miller |
| 2008 | Valkyrie · as Claus Schenk Graf Von Stauffenberg |
| 2008 | Premio Donostia a Meryl Streep · as Senator Jasper Irving |
| 2008 | Tropic Thunder · as Les Grossman |
| 2008 | Strictly Courtroom · as Lt. Daniel Kaffee |
| 2008 | Oscar, que empiece el espectáculo · as Charlie Babbitt |
| 2007 | Lions for Lambs · as Senator Jasper Irving |
| 2006 | Premio Donostia a Max Von Sydow · as Chief John Anderton |
| 2006 | Mission: Impossible III · as Ethan Hunt |
| 2006 | The Chaser's War on Everything (TV Series) |
| 2006 | Web Junk 20 (TV Series) |
| 2005 | The Colbert Report (TV Series) · as Maverick (archive Footage) |
| 2005 | War of the Worlds · as Ray Ferrier |
| 2005 | I Love the 90's Part Deux (TV Series) · as Cast |
| 2004 | Collateral · as Vincent |
| 2004 | This Is Scientology: An Overview of the World's Fastest Growing Religion · as Man At H.e.l.p. Hollywood |
| 2003 | The Last Samurai · as Nathan Algren |
| 2002 | Austin Powers in Goldmember · as Tom Cruise / Famous Austin ('austinpussy') |
| 2002 | Minority Report · as Chief John Anderton [pre-Crime] |
| 2002 | Space Station 3D · as Narrator (voice) |
| 2001 | Vanilla Sky · as David Aames |
| 2000 | Twentieth Century Fox: The Blockbuster Years · as Cadet Captain David Shawn |
| 2000 | Mission: Impossible II · as Ethan Hunt |
| 2000 | Metallica: I Disappear · as Ethan Hunt |
| 1999 | Magnolia · as Frank T.j. Mackey |
| 1999 | Eyes Wide Shut · as Dr. William Harford |
| 1999 | Aimee Mann: Save Me · as Frank T.j. Mackey |
| 1998 | |
| 1996 | Jerry Maguire · as Jerry Maguire |
| 1996 | Mission: Impossible · as Ethan Hunt |
| 1994 | Interview with the Vampire · as Lestat |
| 1993 | The Firm · as Mitch Mcdeere |
| 1993 | The 65th Annual Academy Awards · as Lt. Daniel Kaffee |
| 1992 | A Few Good Men · as Lt. Daniel Kaffee |
| 1992 | The Tonight Show with Jay Leno (TV Series) |
| 1992 | Far and Away · as Joseph Donnelly |
| 1990 | Days of Thunder · as Cole Trickle |
| 1989 | Born on the Fourth of July · as Ron Kovic |
| 1989 | Primetime Wednesday (TV Series) |
| 1988 | Rain Man · as Charlie Babbitt |
| 1988 | Young Guns · as Henchman Shot Off Of Roof (uncredited) |
| 1988 | Cocktail · as Brian Flanagan |
| 1987 | The 59th Annual Academy Awards · as Jack |
| 1986 | The Color of Money · as Vincent Lauria |
| 1986 | Top Gun · as Maverick |
| 1986 | Kenny Loggins: Danger Zone · as Maverick |
| 1985 | Legend · as Jack |
| 1983 | All the Right Moves · as Stefen Djordjevic |
| 1983 | Risky Business · as Joel Goodson |
| 1983 | The Outsiders · as Steve Randle |
| 1982 | |
| 1981 | Taps · as Cadet Captain David Shawn |
| 1981 | Endless Love · as Billy |