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Tom Cruise
Tom Cruise
Name
Thomas Cruise Mapother IV
Birthplace
Syracuse, New York
Birth date
July 3, 1962 (1962-07-03) (age 61)
Occupation
Actor · Producer
Active Years
1981-present


Thomas Cruise Mapother IV (born July 3, 1962), better known as Tom Cruise, is an American film actor and producer. He has been nominated for three Academy Awards and he has won three Golden Globe Awards.[1]


Cruise first debuted in a major film in Francis Ford Coppola's The Outsiders, released in March 1983. His first leading role was in the film Risky Business, which was released in August 1983. 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 Rain Man (1988), Days of Thunder (1990), A Few Good Men (1992), Jerry Maguire (1996), Magnolia (1999), Vanilla Sky (2001), Minority Report (2002), The Last Samurai (2003), Collateral (2004) and War of the Worlds (2005). 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 support of and adherence to the Church of Scientology.

Filmography[]

Film[]

Title Year Role Director Notes Ref(s)
Endless Love 1981 Billy Franco Zeffirelli [2]
Taps David Shawn Harold Becker [3]
The Outsiders 1983 Steve Randle Francis Ford Coppola [4]
Losin' It Woody Curtis Hanson [5]
Risky Business Joel Goodson Paul Brickman [6]
All the Right Moves Stefen Djordjevic Michael Chapman [7]
Legend 1985 Jack Ridley Scott [8]
Top Gun 1986 Lt. Pete "Maverick" Mitchell Tony Scott [9]
The Color of Money Vincent Lauria Martin Scorsese [10]
Cocktail 1988 Brian Flanagan Roger Donaldson [11]
Rain Man Charlie Babbitt Barry Levinson [12]
Born on the Fourth of July 1989 Ron Kovic Oliver Stone [13]
Days of Thunder 1990 Cole Trickle Tony Scott Also writer (story) [14][15]
Far and Away 1992 Joseph Donelly Ron Howard [16]
A Few Good Men Lt. Daniel Kaffee Rob Reiner [17]
The Firm 1993 Mitch McDeere Sydney Pollack [18]
Interview with the Vampire 1994 Lestat de Lioncourt Neil Jordan [19]
Mission: Impossible 1996 Ethan Hunt Brian De Palma Also producer [20]
Jerry Maguire Jerry Maguire Cameron Crowe [21]
Without Limits 1998 Robert Towne Producer [22]
Eyes Wide Shut 1999 William Harford Stanley Kubrick [23]
Magnolia Frank T. J. Mackey Paul Thomas Anderson [24]
Mission: Impossible II 2000 Ethan Hunt John Woo Also producer [25][26]
Stanley Kubrick: A Life in Pictures 2001 Narrator Jan Harlan [27]
The Others Alejandro Amenábar Executive producer [28]
Vanilla Sky David Aames Cameron Crowe Also producer [29]
Space Station 3D 2002 Narrator Toni Myers [30]
Minority Report John Anderton Steven Spielberg [31]
Austin Powers in Goldmember Himself as Austin Powers Jay Roach Cameo [32]
Narc Joe Carnahan Executive producer [33]
Shattered Glass 2003 Billy Ray Executive producer [34]
The Last Samurai Nathan Algren Edward Zwick Also producer [35][36]
Collateral 2004 Vincent Michael Mann [37]
War of the Worlds 2005 Ray Ferrier Steven Spielberg [38]
Elizabethtown Cameron Crowe Producer [39]
Ask the Dust 2006 Robert Towne Producer [40]
Mission: Impossible III Ethan Hunt J. J. Abrams Also producer [41]
Lions for Lambs 2007 Senator Jasper Irving Robert Redford [42]
Tropic Thunder 2008 Les Grossman Ben Stiller [43]
Valkyrie Claus von Stauffenberg Bryan Singer [44]
Knight and Day 2010 Roy Miller James Mangold [45]
Easy A 2010 Himself [44.4]
Mission: Impossible – Ghost Protocol 2011 Ethan Hunt Brad Bird Also producer [46]
Rock of Ages 2012 Stacee Jaxx Adam Shankman Also credited as singer on the film's soundtrack:
"Paradise City"
"Wanted Dead or Alive"
"I Want to Know What Love Is"
"Pour Some Sugar on Me"
"Here I Go Again"
"Every Rose Has Its Thorn"
"Rock You Like a Hurricane"
"Don't Stop Believin'" 		[47][48]
Jack Reacher Jack Reacher Christopher McQuarrie Also producer [49]
Oblivion 2013 Jack Harper Joseph Kosinski [50]
Edge of Tomorrow 2014 Maj. William Cage Doug Liman [51]
Mission: Impossible – Rogue Nation 2015 Ethan Hunt Christopher McQuarrie Also producer [52]
Jack Reacher: Never Go Back 2016 Jack Reacher Edward Zwick Also producer [53]
The Mummy 2017 Nick Morton Alex Kurtzman [54]
American Made Barry Seal Doug Liman [55]
Mission: Impossible – Fallout 2018 Ethan Hunt Christopher McQuarrie Also producer [56]
Top Gun: Maverick 2020 Pete "Maverick" Mitchell Joseph Kosinski Also producer [57]
Mission: Impossible – Dead Reckoning Part One Stub 2023 Ethan Hunt Christopher McQuarrie Also producer; post-production [58][59]
Mission: Impossible – Dead Reckoning Part Two Stub 2024 Also producer; post-production [60][61]
Key
Stub Denotes films that have not yet been released

References[]

  1. ↑ Tom Cruise Biography : A Hollywood Icon’s Career, Success, Personal Life, Net Worth, Wiki, Biography, and Physical Appearance – The Complete Profile. Retrieved on May 4, 2023
  2. ↑ Ferguson, John. "Endless Love", Radio Times, Immediate Media Company. Retrieved on December 9, 2014. 
  3. ↑ Canby, Vincent. "Taps (1981)", The New York Times, Arthur Ochs Sulzberger, December 9, 1981. Retrieved on December 9, 2014. 
  4. ↑ "Tom Cruise, The Outsiders", Entertainment Weekly, Time Inc., November 8, 2007. Retrieved on December 9, 2014. 
  5. ↑ "Tom Cruise, Shelley Long, ...", Entertainment Weekly, Time Inc., November 8, 2007. Retrieved on December 9, 2014. 
  6. ↑ "Tom Cruise, Rebecca De Mornay, ...", Entertainment Weekly, Time Inc., November 8, 2007. Retrieved on December 9, 2014. 
  7. ↑ "Tom Cruise, All the Right Moves", Entertainment Weekly, Time Inc., November 8, 2007. Retrieved on December 9, 2014. 
  8. ↑ Canby, Vincent. "Legend (1985)", The New York Times, Arthur Ochs Sulzberger, April 18, 1986. Retrieved on December 9, 2014. 
  9. ↑ Oughton, Jack. "Outrageous Film Characters You Didn’t Know Were Based On Real People", Empire, Bauer Media Group. Retrieved on December 9, 2014. 
  10. ↑ Canby, Vincent. "The Color of Money (1986)", The New York Times, Arthur Ochs Sulzberger, October 17, 1986. Retrieved on December 9, 2014. 
  11. ↑ Rickey, Carrie. "Tom Cruise And Bryan Brown Mix A 'Cocktail'", The Philadelphia Inquirer, Robert J. Hall, July 29, 1988. Retrieved on December 9, 2014. 
  12. ↑ Benson, Shiela. "Movie Review: 'Rain Man'--Not the Ordinary Buddy Film", Los Angeles Times, Austin Beutner, December 16, 1988. Retrieved on December 9, 2014. 
  13. ↑ Travers, Peter. "Born on the Fourth of July", Rolling Stone, Jann Wenner, December 20, 1989. Retrieved on December 9, 2014. 
  14. ↑ Benson, Shiela. "Movie Review : Utility Vehicle : 'Days of Thunder': The NASCAR racing footage and Tom Cruise's grin are fine. Robert Towne's malnourished screenplay isn't.", Los Angeles Times, Austin Beutner, June 27, 1990. Retrieved on December 9, 2014. 
  15. ↑ "Days of Thunder (1990) – Production Credits", The New York Times, Arthur Ochs Sulzberger. Retrieved on December 9, 2014. 
  16. ↑ James, Caryn. "Far and Away (1992)", The New York Times, Arthur Ochs Sulzberger, May 22, 1986. Retrieved on December 9, 2014. 
  17. ↑ Kehr, Dave. "Full Court Press", Chicago Tribune, Tony W. Hunter, December 11, 1992. Retrieved on December 9, 2014. 
  18. ↑ Travers, Peter. "The Firm", Rolling Stone, Jann Wenner, June 30, 1993. Retrieved on December 9, 2014. 
  19. ↑ "Interview with the Vampire (1994) – Acting Credits", The New York Times, Arthur Ochs Sulzberger, Jr.. Retrieved on December 9, 2014. 
  20. ↑ "Mission Impossible", The New York Times, Arthur Ochs Sulzberger, Jr.. Retrieved on December 9, 2014. 
  21. ↑ McCarthy, Todd. "Review: 'Jerry Maguire'", Variety, Penske Media Corporation, December 8, 1996. Retrieved on December 9, 2014. 
  22. ↑ "Without Limits (1998)", The New York Times, Arthur Ochs Sulzberger, Jr.. Retrieved on December 9, 2014. 
  23. ↑ McCarthy, Todd. "Review: 'Eyes Wide Shut'", Variety, Penske Media Corporation, July 12, 1999. Retrieved on December 9, 2014. 
  24. ↑ Turan, Kenneth. "Random Lives, Bound by Chance", Los Angeles Times, Austin Beutner, December 17, 1999. Retrieved on December 9, 2014. 
  25. ↑ Scott, A. O.. "Mission Impossible 2 (2000)", The New York Times, Arthur Ochs Sulzberger, Jr., May 24, 2000. Retrieved on December 9, 2014. 
  26. ↑ "Mission Impossible 2 (2000) – Production Credits", The New York Times, Arthur Ochs Sulzberger, Jr.. Retrieved on December 9, 2014. 
  27. ↑ "Stanley Kubrick: A Life in Pictures (2001) – Acting Credits", The New York Times, Arthur Ochs Sulzberger, Jr.. Retrieved on December 9, 2014. 
  28. ↑ "The Others (2001)", The New York Times, Arthur Ochs Sulzberger, Jr.. Retrieved on December 9, 2014. 
  29. ↑ McCarthy, Todd. "Review: 'Vanilla Sky'", Variety, Penske Media Corporation, December 9, 2001. Retrieved on December 9, 2014. 
  30. ↑ Space Station. British Board of Film Classification. Archived from the original on December 21, 2014. Retrieved on December 9, 2014.
  31. ↑ Ebert, Roger (June 21, 2002). Minority Report Movie Review & Film Summary (2002). Roger Ebert. Archived from the original on December 13, 2014. Retrieved on December 9, 2014.
  32. ↑ "In brief: Tom Cruise in Austin Powers cameo", The Guardian, Guardian Media Group, July 2, 2002. Retrieved on December 9, 2014. 
  33. ↑ "Narc (2002) – Production Credits", The New York Times, Arthur Ochs Sulzberger, Jr.. Retrieved on December 9, 2014. 
  34. ↑ "Shattered Glass  – Production Credits", The New York Times, Arthur Ochs Sulzberger, Jr.. Retrieved on December 9, 2014. 
  35. ↑ Ebert, Roger (December 5, 2003). The Last Samurai Movie Review (2003). Roger Ebert. Archived from the original on December 21, 2014. Retrieved on December 9, 2014.
  36. ↑ LaSalle, Mick. "A dogged Cruise learns new rules of war -- and takes a thumping in the process -- as a Western samurai", San Francisco Chronicle, Jeffrey M. Johnson, December 5, 2003. Retrieved on December 9, 2014. 
  37. ↑ Ebert, Roger (August 6, 2004). Collateral Movie Review & Film Summary (2004). Archived from the original on December 21, 2014. Retrieved on December 9, 2014.
  38. ↑ Travers, Peter. "War of the Worlds", Rolling Stone, Jann Wenner, July 6, 2005. Retrieved on December 9, 2014. 
  39. ↑ Scott, A. O.. "Grief, Love and Shoes in a Kentucky Stew", The New York Times, Arthur Ochs Sulzberger, Jr., October 14, 2005. Retrieved on December 9, 2014. 
  40. ↑ Dargis, Manohla. "A Writer's Story of Rage, Lust and Oranges", The New York Times, Arthur Ochs Sulzberger, Jr., March 10, 2006. Retrieved on December 9, 2014. 
  41. ↑ Dargis, Manohla. "Mission: Impossible III (2006)", The New York Times, Arthur Ochs Sulzberger, Jr., May 5, 2006. Retrieved on December 9, 2014. 
  42. ↑ Chocano, Carina. "As a matter of policy, 'Lions' doesn't play", Los Angeles Times, Austin Beutner, November 9, 2007. Retrieved on December 9, 2014. 
  43. ↑ "Tom Cruise", Empire, Bauer Media Group. Retrieved on December 9, 2014. 
  44. ↑ Turan, Kenneth. "Faltering ride of the 'Valkyrie'", Los Angeles Times, Austin Beutner, December 25, 2008. Retrieved on December 9, 2014. 
  45. ↑ Denby, David. "Thrills and Chills", The New Yorker, Condé Nast, July 5, 2010. Retrieved on December 9, 2014. 
  46. ↑ Dargis, Manohla. "Mission: Impossible Ghost Protocol (2011)", The New York Times, Arthur Ochs Sulzberger, Jr., December 15, 2011. Retrieved on December 9, 2014. 
  47. ↑ Lane, Anthony. "Face the Music", The New Yorker, Condé Nast, June 25, 2012. Retrieved on December 9, 2014. 
  48. ↑ "Tom Cruise Covers Guns N' Roses, Russell Brand Sings Jefferson Starship on 'Rock of Ages' Soundtrack", The Hollywood Reporter, Prometheus Global Media, May 1, 2012. Retrieved on December 9, 2014. 
  49. ↑ Scott, A. O.. "Might Make Him Right", The New York Times, Arthur Ochs Sulzberger, Jr., December 20, 2012. Retrieved on December 9, 2014. 
  50. ↑ Turan, Kenneth. "Review: Tom Cruise's 'Oblivion' a sci-fi adventure to remember", Los Angeles Times, Austin Beutner, April 18, 2013. Retrieved on December 9, 2014. 
  51. ↑ Dargis, Manohla. "Killed in Action by Aliens, Over and Over Again", The New York Times, Arthur Ochs Sulzberger, Jr., June 5, 2014. Retrieved on December 9, 2014. 
  52. ↑ Turan, Kenneth. "Once again, Tom Cruise accomplishes the near-impossible in 'Rogue Nation'", Los Angeles Times, Austin Beutner, July 30, 2015. Retrieved on August 1, 2015. 
  53. ↑ "Jack Reacher: Never Go Back Begins Filming with Tom Cruise", comingsoon.net, October 20, 2015. Retrieved on October 22, 2015. 
  54. ↑ Kroll, Justin. "Marwan Kenzari Joins Tom Cruise in 'The Mummy' Reboot", Variety, Penske Media Corporation, March 14, 2016. Retrieved on March 24, 2016. 
  55. ↑ "Universal Sets Tom Cruise-Doug Liman ‘Mena’ Flight Plan For January 2017", May 27, 2015. Retrieved on May 29, 2015. 
  56. ↑ Christopher McQuarrie (@christophermcquarrie) • Instagram photos and videos (in en).
  57. ↑ "Top Gun 2: Tom Cruise shares photo on first day of production on 'Top Gun' sequel", 10News, May 31, 2018. Retrieved on June 1, 2018. 
  58. ↑ Orange, B. Alan (January 14, 2019). Next 2 Mission: Impossible Sequels Will Shoot Back-To-Back with Fallout Director.
  59. ↑ Paz, Maggie Dela (March 18, 2020). Production Resumes in Mission: Impossible 7 Set Photos.
  60. ↑ Orange, B. Alan (January 14, 2019). Next 2 Mission: Impossible Sequels Will Shoot Back-To-Back with Fallout Director.
  61. ↑ Paz, Maggie Dela (March 18, 2020). Production Resumes in Mission: Impossible 7 Set Photos.
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