
Tom Cruise
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.
Acting (77 movies)

War of the Worlds
2005

Minority Report
2002

The Outsiders
1983

Magnolia
1999

A Few Good Men
1992

Eyes Wide Shut
1999

Rain Man
1988

Mission: Impossible III
2006

Mission: Impossible II
2000

Mission: Impossible
1996

The Last Samurai
2003

Interview with the Vampire
1994

Collateral
2004

Days of Thunder
1990

Top Gun
1986

Valkyrie
2008

Vanilla Sky
2001

Taps
1981

Born on the Fourth of July
1989

Lions for Lambs
2007

Far and Away
1992

Cocktail
1988

The Color of Money
1986

Legend
1985

Losin' It
1983

Risky Business
1983

Jerry Maguire
1996

The Firm
1993

Knight and Day
2010

All the Right Moves
1983

Endless Love
1981

Tom Cruise: The Last Movie Star
2023

Mission: Impossible - Ghost Protocol
2011

Oblivion
2013

Jack Reacher
2012

Edge of Tomorrow
2014

Young Guns
1988

Mission: Impossible - Rogue Nation
2015

Top Gun: Maverick
2022

Tom Cruise: Lights, Camera, Action
2022

American Made
2017

Jack Reacher: Never Go Back
2016

Spielberg
2017

Mission: Impossible - Fallout
2018

Close Up
2012

Tropic Thunder
2008

Kubrick by Kubrick
2020

Space Station 3D
2002

Tom Cruise: An Eternal Youth
2020

Winning: The Racing Life of Paul Newman
2015

Stanley Kubrick: A Life in Pictures
2001

Nicole Kidman: Eyes Wide Open
2023

The Art of Action: Martial Arts in the Movies
2002

Rock of Ages
2012

Mission: Improbable
2001

Hitting It Hard
2002

James Corden's Top Gun Training with Tom Cruise
2022

The Mummy
2017

The Final: Attack on Wembley
2024

BRATS
2024

Junket Whore
1998

Paris 2024 Olympic Closing Ceremony
2024

City of Night: The Making of 'Collateral'
2004

Austin Powers in Goldmember
2002

Mission: Impossible - Dead Reckoning Part One
2023

Mission: Impossible - The Final Reckoning
2025

Danger Zone: The Making of Top Gun
2004

Staying Gold: A Look Back at 'The Outsiders'
2005

Time Out: The Truth About HIV, AIDS and You
1992

Tom Cruise: Impossible Missions
2023

America | A Tribute to Heroes
2001

Tom Cruise : la dernière légende d'Hollywood
2025

Making Mission: Impossible - A 10 News First Special
2025

Au Revoir, Chris Hemsworth
2020

Remembering Stanley Kubrick
1999

Tropic Thunder: Rain of Madness
2008

The Dream is Always the Same: The Story of Risky Business
2008
| Title | Year | Job |
|---|---|---|
| Mission: Impossible | 1996 | Producer |
| Without Limits | 1998 | Producer |
| Mission: Impossible II | 2000 | Producer |
| The Others | 2001 | Executive Producer |
| Vanilla Sky | 2001 | Producer |
| Narc | 2002 | Executive Producer |
| Hitting It Hard | 2002 | Producer |
| Shattered Glass | 2003 | Executive Producer |
| The Last Samurai | 2003 | Producer |
| Suspect Zero | 2004 | Producer |
| Elizabethtown | 2005 | Producer |
| Ask the Dust | 2006 | Producer |
| Mission: Impossible III | 2006 | Producer |
| Mission: Impossible - Ghost Protocol | 2011 | Producer |
| Jack Reacher | 2012 | Producer |
| Mission: Impossible - Rogue Nation | 2015 | Producer |
| Jack Reacher: Never Go Back | 2016 | Producer |
| Mission: Impossible - Fallout | 2018 | Producer |
| Top Gun: Maverick | 2022 | Producer |
| Mission: Impossible - Dead Reckoning Part One | 2023 | Producer |
| Mission: Impossible - The Final Reckoning | 2025 | Producer |
| Judy | 2026 | Producer |