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.
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.
External links
IMDb: https://www.imdb.com/title/nm0000129
Wikipedia: https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q37079
Facebook: https://facebook.com/officialtomcruise
Instagram: https://instagram.com/tomcruise
Filmography (Movies)
Digger
Character:Digger Rockwell
Release Date:30/09/2026
Boo-Yah: A Portrait of Stuart Scott
Character:Self
Release Date:10/12/2025
Making Mission: Impossible - A 10 News First Special
Character:Self
Release Date:19/05/2025
Mission: Impossible - The Final Reckoning
Character:Ethan Hunt
Release Date:17/05/2025
Tom Cruise : la dernière légende d'Hollywood
Character:Self (archive footage)
Release Date:09/05/2025
Paris 2024 Olympic Closing Ceremony
Character:Self
Release Date:11/08/2024
BRATS
Character:Self (archive footage) (uncredited)
Release Date:07/06/2024
The Final: Attack on Wembley
Character:Self (archive footage)
Release Date:07/05/2024
Nicole Kidman: Eyes Wide Open
Character:Self (archive footage)
Release Date:10/09/2023
Tom Cruise: The Last Movie Star
Character:Self (archive footage)
Release Date:28/07/2023
Mission: Impossible - Dead Reckoning Part One
Character:Ethan Hunt
Release Date:08/07/2023
Tom Cruise: Impossible Missions
Character:Self
Release Date:08/07/2023
James Corden's Top Gun Training with Tom Cruise
Character:Self
Release Date:01/06/2022
Top Gun: Maverick
Character:Capt. Pete 'Maverick' Mitchell
Release Date:21/05/2022
Tom Cruise: Lights, Camera, Action
Character:Self
Release Date:14/02/2022
Kubrick by Kubrick
Character:Self (archive footage)
Release Date:22/10/2020
Tom Cruise: An Eternal Youth
Character:Self (archive footage)
Release Date:05/10/2020
Mission: Impossible - Fallout
Character:Ethan Hunt
Release Date:25/07/2018
Spielberg
Character:Self - Segment "War of the Worlds"
Release Date:05/10/2017
American Made
Character:Barry Seal
Release Date:18/08/2017
The Mummy
Character:Nick Morton
Release Date:06/06/2017
Jack Reacher: Never Go Back
Character:Jack Reacher
Release Date:19/10/2016
Mission: Impossible - Rogue Nation
Character:Ethan Hunt
Release Date:28/07/2015
Winning: The Racing Life of Paul Newman
Character:Self (archive footage)
Release Date:08/05/2015
Edge of Tomorrow
Character:Cage
Release Date:27/05/2014
Oblivion
Character:Jack
Release Date:10/04/2013
Jack Reacher
Character:Jack Reacher
Release Date:20/12/2012
Close Up
Character:Self (archive footage)
Release Date:30/09/2012
Rock of Ages
Character:Stacee Jaxx
Release Date:13/06/2012
Ghost Protocol: Mission Accepted
Character:Self
Release Date:17/04/2012
Ghost Protocol: Impossible Missions
Character:Self
Release Date:17/04/2012
Final Cut: Ladies and Gentlemen
Character:(archive footage)
Release Date:04/02/2012
Mission: Impossible - Ghost Protocol
Character:Ethan Hunt
Release Date:07/12/2011
Knight and Day
Character:Roy Miller
Release Date:15/06/2010
Valkyrie
Character:Claus Schenk Graf von Stauffenberg
Release Date:25/12/2008
The Dream is Always the Same: The Story of Risky Business
Character:Self
Release Date:16/09/2008
Tropic Thunder: Rain of Madness
Character:Les Grossman
Release Date:26/08/2008
Tropic Thunder
Character:Les Grossman
Release Date:09/08/2008
Lions for Lambs
Character:Senator Jasper Irving
Release Date:22/10/2007
Mission: Impossible III
Character:Ethan Hunt
Release Date:25/04/2006
Staying Gold: A Look Back at 'The Outsiders'
Character:Self (archive footage)
Release Date:20/09/2005
War of the Worlds
Character:Ray Ferrier
Release Date:28/06/2005
City of Night: The Making of 'Collateral'
Character:Self
Release Date:14/12/2004
Biography: Val Kilmer
Character:Self (archive footage)
Release Date:17/11/2004
Collateral
Character:Vincent
Release Date:04/08/2004
Danger Zone: The Making of Top Gun
Character:Self
Release Date:10/05/2004
The Last Samurai
Character:Nathan Algren
Release Date:05/12/2003
Austin Powers in Goldmember
Character:Tom Cruise / Famous Austin ('Austinpussy')
Release Date:26/07/2002
Minority Report
Character:Chief John Anderton
Release Date:20/06/2002
The Art of Action: Martial Arts in the Movies
Character:Self
Release Date:01/06/2002
Hitting It Hard
Character:Self
Release Date:21/05/2002
Space Station 3D
Character:Narrator (voice)
Release Date:17/04/2002
Vanilla Sky
Character:David Aames
Release Date:14/12/2001
America | A Tribute to Heroes
Character:Self
Release Date:21/09/2001
Mission: Improbable
Character:Tom Cruise
Release Date:02/06/2001
Stanley Kubrick: A Life in Pictures
Character:Self - Actor & Film Producer / Narrator
Release Date:02/05/2001
In the Shadow of the Vampire: The Making of Interview with the Vampire
Character:Self / Lestat (archive footage)
Release Date:06/06/2000
Mission: Impossible II
Character:Ethan Hunt
Release Date:24/05/2000
Magnolia
Character:Frank T.J. Mackey
Release Date:17/12/1999
Eyes Wide Shut
Character:Dr. William Harford
Release Date:16/07/1999
Remembering Stanley Kubrick
Character:Self
Release Date:01/01/1999
Junket Whore
Character:Self
Release Date:12/10/1998
Jerry Maguire
Character:Jerry Maguire
Release Date:13/12/1996
Mission: Impossible
Character:Ethan Hunt
Release Date:22/05/1996
Interview with the Vampire
Character:Lestat
Release Date:11/11/1994
The Firm
Character:Mitch McDeere
Release Date:30/06/1993
A Few Good Men
Character:Lt. Daniel Kaffee
Release Date:11/12/1992
Time Out: The Truth About HIV, AIDS and You
Character:Self
Release Date:10/09/1992
Far and Away
Character:Joseph Donnelly
Release Date:22/05/1992
Days of Thunder
Character:Cole Trickle
Release Date:27/06/1990
Born on the Fourth of July
Character:Ron Kovic
Release Date:20/12/1989
Rain Man
Character:Charlie Babbitt
Release Date:12/12/1988
Young Guns
Character:Henchman Shot off of Roof (uncredited)
Release Date:12/08/1988
Cocktail
Character:Brian Flanagan
Release Date:29/07/1988
The Color of Money
Character:Vincent Lauria
Release Date:17/10/1986
Top Gun
Character:Maverick
Release Date:16/05/1986
Legend
Character:Jack
Release Date:28/08/1985
All the Right Moves
Character:Stefen Djordjevic
Release Date:21/10/1983
Risky Business
Character:Joel Goodson
Release Date:05/08/1983
Losin' It
Character:Woody
Release Date:08/04/1983
The Outsiders
Character:Steve Randle
Release Date:25/03/1983
Taps
Character:Cadet Captain David Shawn
Release Date:20/12/1981
Endless Love
Character:Billy
Release Date:17/07/1981
Television Appearances
Icons Unearthed: Tom Cruise
Character:Self (archive footage) (uncredited)
Run Jin
Character:Self
Simone Biles Rising
Character:Self
Pretty Baby: Brooke Shields
Character:Self (archive footage)
The Tonight Show Starring Jimmy Fallon
Character:Self
The Jonathan Ross Show
Character:Self
Running Man
Character:
The Jay Leno Show
Character:Self - Guest
Live from Studio Five
Character:Self
Van Der Vorst Ziet Sterren
Character:
The Graham Norton Show
Character:Self - Guest
The Graham Norton Show
Character:Self
The One Show
Character:Self
The Chaser's War on Everything
Character:
Web Junk 20
Character:
The Colbert Report
Character:Self (archive footage)
The Colbert Report
Character:Maverick (archive footage)
The Ellen DeGeneres Show
Character:Self
Celebrities Uncensored
Character:Self
Jimmy Kimmel Live!
Character:Self
Top Gear
Character:Self - Star in a Reasonably-Priced Car
American Idol
Character:Self
Diary
Character:Self
The Early Show
Character:Self - Guest
Rove
Character:Self
The View
Character:Self
The Daily Show
Character:Self
Inside the Actors Studio
Character:Self
GMTV
Character:Self
The Tonight Show with Jay Leno
Character:
Prime Time LIVE
Character:
Wetten, dass..?
Character:Self
The Oscars
Character:Self
Bambi
Character:Self
Golden Globe Awards
Character:Self - Winner / Presenter
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