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Tom Cruise

Thomas Cruise Mapother IV (born July 3, 1962) is an American actor and film producer. Regarded as a Hollywood icon, he has received various accolades, including an Honorary Palme d'Or and three Golden Globe Awards, in addition to nominations for four Academy Awards. As of 2025, his films have grossed over $13.3 billion worldwide, placing him among the highest-grossing actors of all time. One of Hollywood's most bankable stars, he is consistently one of the world's highest-paid actors. Cruise began acting in the early 1980s and made his breakthrough with leading roles in Risky Business (1983) and Top Gun (1986), the latter earning him a reputation as a sex symbol. 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 . He received a nomination for the Academy Award for Best Actor. As a leading Hollywood star in the 1990s, he starred in 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 sports comedy-drama Jerry Maguire (1996); for the latter, he won a Golden Globe Award for Best Actor and his second nomination for the Academy Award for Best Actor. Cruise's performance in the drama Magnolia (1999) earned him another Golden Globe Award and a nomination for the Academy Award for Best Supporting Actor. Cruise subsequently established himself as a star of science fiction and action films, often performing his risky stunts. He played fictional agent Ethan Hunt in eight Mission: Impossible films, beginning with Mission: Impossible (1996) and ending with Mission: Impossible – The Final Reckoning (2025). His other films 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). Cruise holds the Guinness World Record for the most consecutive $100-million-grossing movies, a feat that was achieved from 2012 to 2018. In December 2024, he was awarded the US Navy's highest civilian honor, the Distinguished Public Service Award, in recognition of his "outstanding contributions" to the military, with his screen roles. Forbes ranked him as the world's most powerful celebrity in 2006. He was named People's Sexiest Man Alive in 1990, and received the top honour of "Most Beautiful People" in 1997. Outside his film career, Cruise has been an outspoken advocate for the Church of Scientology, which has resulted in controversy and scrutiny of his involvement in the organisation. An aviation enthusiast, he has held a pilot certificate since 1994.

Filmography

2026
Digger

as Digger Rockwell

Movie
2025
Mission: Impossible - The Final Reckoning

as Ethan Hunt

Movie
2025
Tom Cruise : la dernière légende d'Hollywood

as Self (archive footage)

Movie
2023
Nicole Kidman: Eyes Wide Open

as Self (archive footage)

Movie
2023
Mission: Impossible - Dead Reckoning Part One

as Ethan Hunt

Movie
2022
Top Gun: Maverick

as Capt. Pete 'Maverick' Mitchell

Movie
2018
Mission: Impossible - Fallout

as Ethan Hunt

Movie
2017
The Mummy

as Nick Morton

Movie
2016
Jack Reacher: Never Go Back

as Jack Reacher

Movie
2015
Mission: Impossible - Rogue Nation

as Ethan Hunt

Movie
2014
Edge of Tomorrow

as Cage

Movie
2013
Oblivion

as Jack

Movie
2012
Jack Reacher

as Jack Reacher

Movie
2011
Mission: Impossible - Ghost Protocol

as Ethan Hunt

Movie
2010
Knight and Day

as Roy Miller

Movie
2008
Valkyrie

as Claus Schenk Graf von Stauffenberg

Movie
2008
Tropic Thunder

as Les Grossman

Movie
2006
Mission: Impossible III

as Ethan Hunt

Movie
2005
War of the Worlds

as Ray Ferrier

Movie
2004
Collateral

as Vincent

Movie
2003
The Last Samurai

as Nathan Algren

Movie
2002
Minority Report

as Chief John Anderton

Movie
2001
Vanilla Sky

as David Aames

Movie
2000
Mission: Impossible II

as Ethan Hunt

Movie
1999
Magnolia

as Frank T.J. Mackey

Movie
1999
Eyes Wide Shut

as Dr. William Harford

Movie
1996
Mission: Impossible

as Ethan Hunt

Movie
1992
A Few Good Men

as Lt. Daniel Kaffee

Movie
1988
Rain Man

as Charlie Babbitt

Movie
1986
Top Gun

as Maverick

Movie
1985
Legend

as Jack

Movie
1983
The Outsiders

as Steve Randle

Movie