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Tom Cruise

Acting

Born July 3, 1962 · Syracuse, New York, USA

Also known as Thomas Cruise Mapother IV · Thomas Cruise · Thomas Mapother

Biography

Thomas Cruise Mapother IV, known professionally as Tom Cruise, is an American actor and film producer. His accolades include an Honorary Palme d'Or, an Academy Honorary Award, and three Golden Globe Awards, as well as nominations for four competitive Academy Awards. Considered to be a Hollywood icon and one of its most bankable stars, Cruise's films have grossed over $13.3 billion worldwide, making him one of the highest-grossing and highest-paid actors of all time.

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Awards & recognition

  • Academy Honorary Award · 2025
  • Chevalier des Arts et des Lettres · 2024
  • Navy Distinguished Service Medal · 2024
  • Honorary Palme d'Or · 2022
  • Critics' Choice Awards · 2005
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  • Saturn Award — Best Actor · 2002
  • Saturn Awards · 2002
  • Golden Globe Award — Best Supporting Actor – Motion Picture · 2000
  • Golden Globe Award — Best Actor – Motion Picture Musical or Comedy · 1997
  • Satellite Award — Best Actor in a Musical or Comedy · 1997
  • Golden Globe Award — Best Actor – Motion Picture Drama · 1990
  • Golden Globe Awards · 1990
  • star on Hollywood Walk of Fame · 1986
  • IAS Freedom Medal
  • Academy Award — Best Picture · 2023 · nominated
  • Academy Award — Best Supporting Actor · 2000 · nominated
  • Academy Award — Best Actor · 1997 · nominated
  • Academy Award — Best Actor · 1990 · nominated
  • Golden Raspberry Award — Worst Actor · 1989 · nominated

Filmography50+ titles

Top Gun: Maverick

2022as Capt. Pete 'Maverick' Mitchell

Running Man

2010

Nicole Kidman: Eyes Wide Open

2023as Self (archive footage)

Magnolia

1999as Frank T.J. Mackey

Rain Man

1988as Charlie Babbitt

Spielberg

2017as Self - Segment "War of the Worlds"

Winning: The Racing Life of Paul Newman

2015as Self (archive footage)

Edge of Tomorrow

2014as Cage

The Last Samurai

2003as Nathan Algren

Top Gear

2002as Self - Star in a Reasonably-Priced Car

The Others

2001Executive Producer

A Few Good Men

1992as Lt. Daniel Kaffee

Icons Unearthed: Tom Cruise

2024as Self (archive footage) (uncredited)

Mission: Impossible - Dead Reckoning Part One

2023as Ethan Hunt

Kubrick by Kubrick

2020as Self (archive footage)

Mission: Impossible - Fallout

2018as Ethan Hunt

Eyes Wide Shut

1999as Dr. William Harford

Pretty Baby: Brooke Shields

2023as Self (archive footage)

Minority Report

2002as Chief John Anderton

Stanley Kubrick: A Life in Pictures

2001as Self - Actor & Film Producer / Narrator

Interview with the Vampire: The Vampire Chronicles

1994as Lestat

Mission: Impossible - The Final Reckoning

2025as Ethan Hunt

Mission: Impossible - Rogue Nation

2015as Ethan Hunt

Conan

2010as Self

The Graham Norton Show

2007as Self - Guest

Collateral

2004as Vincent

The Outsiders

1983as Steve Randle

Mission: Impossible - Ghost Protocol

2011as Ethan Hunt

Top Gun

1986as Maverick

Tom Cruise: The Last Movie Star

2023as Self (archive footage)

Valkyrie

2008as Claus Schenk Graf von Stauffenberg

The Colbert Report

2005as Maverick (archive footage)

Shattered Glass

2003Executive Producer

Jerry Maguire

1996as Jerry Maguire

Mission: Impossible

1996as Ethan Hunt

Born on the Fourth of July

1989as Ron Kovic

American Made

2017as Barry Seal

The Color of Money

1986as Vincent Lauria

Thelma

2024Thanks

Simone Biles Rising

2024as Self

Mission: Impossible III

2006as Ethan Hunt

Narc

2002Executive Producer

Vanilla Sky

2001as David Aames

Far and Away

1992as Joseph Donnelly

Taps

1981as Cadet Captain David Shawn

Getting Lost

2024as (archive footage)

Oblivion

2013as Jack

Jack Reacher

2012as Jack Reacher

Tropic Thunder

2008as Les Grossman

The Firm

1993as Mitch McDeere