Tom Cruise

Thomas Cruise Mapother IV (; born July 3, 1962) is an American actor and producer. He has starred in many movies, including War of the Worlds and Jerry Maguire. He is one of the highest paid actors in Hollywood.

His first movie was Endless Love.  His first leading role was in the movie Risky Business and later in Top Gun. He has been nominated for three Academy Awards and has won three Golden Globe Awards.  These were for the same movies: Born on the Fourth of July (1989), Jerry Maguire (1996), and Magnolia (1999). He is known for playing the lead role Ethan Hunt in eight Mission Impossible films. Other key films are 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), American Made (2017), and Top Gun: Maverick (2022). He won his first Oscar award - for lifetime achievement - on November 16, 2025.

Early life
Tom Cruise was born in Syracuse, New York. He is the son of Mary Lee, a special education teacher, and Thomas Cruise Mapother III (died 1984), an electrical engineer. Cruise has three sisters, Lee Anne, Marian, and Cass. Cruise's surname originates from his great grandfather, born Thomas Cruise O'Mara, who was renamed "Thomas Cruise Mapother" (Mapother is a Welsh surname).Stated on Inside the Actors Studio interview with Cruise, January 11, 2004; can be viewed at https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=2xYsFLyTsDU Cruise is of Irish, German and English ancestry. One of his paternal great grandfather, Patrick Russell Cruise, was born in North County Dublin, in 1799 he married Teresa Johnson in Warrenstown House, County Meath, in 1825. They left Ireland for America that same year and settled in New York.

Personal life
Cruise is a Scientologist. He is one of the most famous members of the organization.

Cruise stands at a height of 5 ft 7 in (170 cm). https://www.vogue.co.uk/gallery/hollywood-actors-heights-tallest-and-shortest-actors

Cruise has an adopted daughter and adopted son with his second wife Nicole Kidman. He has a daughter Suri (born April 2006), by Katie Holmes. He and Holmes married in November 2006 and separated in 2012.

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YearTitleRoleNotesRef(s)1981Endless LoveBillyCameoTapsDavid Shawn1983The OutsidersSteve RandleLosin' ItWoodyRisky BusinessJoel GoodsonAll the Right MovesStefan Djordjevic1985LegendJack1986Top GunLieutenant Pete "Maverick" MitchellThe Color of MoneyVincent Lauria1988CocktailBrian FlanaganRain ManCharlie Babbitt1989Born on the Fourth of JulyRon Kovic1990Days of ThunderCole TrickleAlso co - wrote story1992Far and AwayJoseph DonellyA Few Good MenLieutenant Daniel Kaffee1993The FirmMitch McDeere1994Interview with the VampireLestat de Lioncourt1996Mission: ImpossibleEthan HuntAlso producerJerry MaguireJerry Maguire1998Without LimitsN/AProducer only1999Eyes Wide ShutBill HarfordMagnoliaFrank T.J. Mackey2000Mission: Impossible IIEthan HuntAlso producer2001Stanley Kubrick: A Life in PicturesHimself / NarratorThe OthersN/AExecutive producer onlyVanilla SkyDavid AamesAlso producer2002Space Station 3DNarratorMinority ReportJohn AndertonAustin Powers in GoldmemberHimself as Austin PowersCameo uncreditedNarcN/AExecutive producer only2003Shattered GlassN/AExecutive producer onlyThe Last SamuraiNathan AlgrenAlso producer2004CollateralVincent2005War of the WorldsRay FerrierElizabethtownN/AProducer only2006Ask the DustN/AProducer onlyMission: Impossible IIIEthan HuntAlso producer2007Lions for LambsSenator Jasper Irving2008Tropic ThunderLes GrossmanValkyrieClaus von Stauffenberg2010Knight and DayRoy Miller/Matthew Knight2011Mission: Impossible – Ghost ProtocolEthan HuntAlso producer2012Rock of AgesStacee JaxxAlso credited as singer on the film's soundtrackJack ReacherJack ReacherAlso producer2013OblivionJack Harper2014Edge of TomorrowMajor William Cage2015Mission: Impossible – Rogue NationEthan HuntAlso producer2016Jack Reacher: Never Go BackJack ReacherAlso producer2017The MummyNick MortonAmerican MadeBarry Seal2018Mission: Impossible – FalloutEthan HuntAlso producer2022Top Gun: MaverickCaptain Pete "Maverick" MitchellAlso producer2023Mission: Impossible – Dead Reckoning Part OneEthan HuntAlso producer2025Mission: Impossible – The Final ReckoningAlso producer; post-production 

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