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Personal Info
Known For
Acting
Birthday
July 3, 1962
Place of Birth
Syracuse, New York, USA
Also Known As
- Thomas Cruise Mapother IV
- Thomas Cruise
- Thomas Mapother
- Thomas C. Mapother IV
Tom Cruise
13.8 Popularity
Biography
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.
Known For
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Digger Rockwell
Digger
2026
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Self
Making Mission: Impossible - A 10 News First Special
2025
7.2
Ethan Hunt
Mission: Impossible - The Final Reckoning
2025
7.0
Self (archive footage)
Tom Cruise : la dernière légende d'Hollywood
2025
7.5
Self (archive footage) (uncredited)
Icons Unearthed: Tom Cruise
2024
10.0
Self
Run Jin
2024
5.6
Self
Paris 2024 Olympic Closing Ceremony
2024
6.5
Self
Simone Biles Rising
2024
5.9
Self (archive footage) (uncredited)
BRATS
2024
6.3
Self (archive footage)
The Final: Attack on Wembley
2024
Credits
Digger
as Digger Rockwell
2026
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Making Mission: Impossible - A 10 News First Special
as Self
2025
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Mission: Impossible - The Final Reckoning
as Ethan Hunt
2025
7.2
Tom Cruise : la dernière légende d'Hollywood
as Self (archive footage)
2025
7.0
Icons Unearthed: Tom Cruise
as Self (archive footage) (uncredited)
2024
7.5
Run Jin
as Self
2024
10.0
Paris 2024 Olympic Closing Ceremony
as Self
2024
5.6
Simone Biles Rising
as Self
2024
6.5
BRATS
as Self (archive footage) (uncredited)
2024
5.9
The Final: Attack on Wembley
as Self (archive footage)
2024
6.3
Nicole Kidman: Eyes Wide Open
as Self (archive footage)
2023
7.6
Tom Cruise: The Last Movie Star
as Self (archive footage)
2023
7.0
Mission: Impossible - Dead Reckoning Part One
as Ethan Hunt
2023
7.5
Tom Cruise: Impossible Missions
as Self
2023
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Pretty Baby: Brooke Shields
as Self (archive footage)
2023
7.4
James Corden's Top Gun Training with Tom Cruise
as Self
2022
6.1
Top Gun: Maverick
as Capt. Pete 'Maverick' Mitchell
2022
8.2
Tom Cruise: Lights, Camera, Action
as Self
2022
6.0
Kubrick by Kubrick
as Self (archive footage)
2020
7.5
Tom Cruise: An Eternal Youth
as Self (archive footage)
2020
6.8
Mission: Impossible - Fallout
as Ethan Hunt
2018
7.4
Spielberg
as Self - Segment "War of the Worlds"
2017
7.6
American Made
as Barry Seal
2017
6.9
The Mummy
as Nick Morton
2017
5.5
Jack Reacher: Never Go Back
as Jack Reacher
2016
6.0
Mission: Impossible - Rogue Nation
as Ethan Hunt
2015
7.2
Winning: The Racing Life of Paul Newman
as Self (archive footage)
2015
7.5
Edge of Tomorrow
as Cage
2014
7.6
The Tonight Show Starring Jimmy Fallon
as Self
2014
5.9
Oblivion
as Jack
2013
6.7
Jack Reacher
as Jack Reacher
2012
6.7
Close Up
as Self (archive footage)
2012
9.5
Rock of Ages
as Stacee Jaxx
2012
6.2
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Ghost Protocol: Mission Accepted
as Self
2012
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Ghost Protocol: Impossible Missions
as Self
2012
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Final Cut: Ladies and Gentlemen
as (archive footage)
2012
7.6
Mission: Impossible - Ghost Protocol
as Ethan Hunt
2011
7.1
The Jonathan Ross Show
as Self
2011
5.3
Running Man
2010
8.3
Knight and Day
as Roy Miller
2010
6.2
The Jay Leno Show
as Self - Guest
2009
3.5
Live from Studio Five
as Self
2009
3.7
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Van Der Vorst Ziet Sterren
2009
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Valkyrie
as Claus Schenk Graf von Stauffenberg
2008
6.9
The Dream is Always the Same: The Story of Risky Business
as Self
2008
5.5
Tropic Thunder: Rain of Madness
as Les Grossman
2008
6.8
Tropic Thunder
as Les Grossman
2008
6.7
Lions for Lambs
as Senator Jasper Irving
2007
6.0
The Graham Norton Show
as Self - Guest
2007
7.2
The Graham Norton Show
as Self
2007
7.2
The One Show
as Self
2006
4.4
Mission: Impossible III
as Ethan Hunt
2006
6.8
The Chaser's War on Everything
2006
8.0
🎬
Web Junk 20
2006
9.3
The Colbert Report
as Self (archive footage)
2005
6.9
The Colbert Report
as Maverick (archive footage)
2005
6.9
Staying Gold: A Look Back at 'The Outsiders'
as Self (archive footage)
2005
0.0
War of the Worlds
as Ray Ferrier
2005
6.5
City of Night: The Making of 'Collateral'
as Self
2004
6.0
🎬
Biography: Val Kilmer
as Self (archive footage)
2004
0.0
Collateral
as Vincent
2004
7.2
Danger Zone: The Making of Top Gun
as Self
2004
6.0
The Last Samurai
as Nathan Algren
2003
7.6
The Ellen DeGeneres Show
as Self
2003
5.6
Celebrities Uncensored
as Self
2003
4.0
Jimmy Kimmel Live!
as Self
2003
5.5
Top Gear
as Self - Star in a Reasonably-Priced Car
2002
7.5
Austin Powers in Goldmember
as Tom Cruise / Famous Austin ('Austinpussy')
2002
6.0
Minority Report
as Chief John Anderton
2002
7.3
American Idol
as Self
2002
5.1
The Art of Action: Martial Arts in the Movies
as Self
2002
5.7
Hitting It Hard
as Self
2002
6.0
Space Station 3D
as Narrator (voice)
2002
6.4
Vanilla Sky
as David Aames
2001
6.8
America | A Tribute to Heroes
as Self
2001
6.2
Mission: Improbable
as Tom Cruise
2001
7.5
Stanley Kubrick: A Life in Pictures
as Self - Actor & Film Producer / Narrator
2001
7.4
In the Shadow of the Vampire: The Making of Interview with the Vampire
as Self / Lestat (archive footage)
2000
6.0
Mission: Impossible II
as Ethan Hunt
2000
6.1
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Diary
as Self
2000
0.0
Magnolia
as Frank T.J. Mackey
1999
7.7
The Early Show
as Self - Guest
1999
6.2
Rove
as Self
1999
8.0
Eyes Wide Shut
as Dr. William Harford
1999
7.5
Remembering Stanley Kubrick
as Self
1999
0.0
Junket Whore
as Self
1998
3.5
The View
as Self
1997
4.3
Jerry Maguire
as Jerry Maguire
1996
7.0
The Daily Show
as Self
1996
6.4
Mission: Impossible
as Ethan Hunt
1996
7.0
Interview with the Vampire
as Lestat
1994
7.4
Inside the Actors Studio
as Self
1994
7.5
The Firm
as Mitch McDeere
1993
6.7
GMTV
as Self
1993
5.6
A Few Good Men
as Lt. Daniel Kaffee
1992
7.5
Time Out: The Truth About HIV, AIDS and You
as Self
1992
3.9
The Tonight Show with Jay Leno
1992
5.4
Far and Away
as Joseph Donnelly
1992
6.8
Days of Thunder
as Cole Trickle
1990
6.4
Born on the Fourth of July
as Ron Kovic
1989
7.0
Prime Time LIVE
1989
3.5
Rain Man
as Charlie Babbitt
1988
7.8
Young Guns
as Henchman Shot off of Roof (uncredited)
1988
6.7
Cocktail
as Brian Flanagan
1988
6.1
The Color of Money
as Vincent Lauria
1986
6.9
Top Gun
as Maverick
1986
7.1
Legend
as Jack
1985
6.2
All the Right Moves
as Stefen Djordjevic
1983
5.8
Risky Business
as Joel Goodson
1983
6.6
Losin' It
as Woody
1983
4.9
The Outsiders
as Steve Randle
1983
7.2
Taps
as Cadet Captain David Shawn
1981
6.8
Endless Love
as Billy
1981
5.7
Wetten, dass..?
as Self
1981
5.3
The Oscars
as Self
1953
7.0
Bambi
as Self
1948
9.0
Golden Globe Awards
as Self - Winner / Presenter
1944
7.2
Untitled Top Gun 3
as Capt. Pete 'Maverick' Mitchell
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Broadsword
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Deeper
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This Is Scientology: An Overview of the World's Fastest Growing Religion
as Man at H.E.L.P. Hollywood (Uncredited)
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