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Thomas Cruise Mapother IV (/ˈmeɪˌpɒθər/ MAY-poth-ər; 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, an Academy Honorary Award, and three Golden Globes, in addition to nominations for four competitive Academy Awards. As of 2026, his films have grossed more than $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 earn…
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Thomas Cruise Mapother IV (/ˈmeɪˌpɒθər/ MAY-poth-ər; 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, an Academy Honorary Award, and three Golden Globes, in addition to nominations for four competitive Academy Awards. As of 2026, his films have grossed more than $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 and 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 own risky stunts. He played fictional agent Ethan Hunt in the Mission: Impossible film series (1996–2025). 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 achieved with eleven films released between 2012 and 2025. In December 2024, he was awarded the U.S. Navy's highest civilian honor, the Distinguished Public Service Award, in recognition of his "outstanding contributions" to the military, with his screen roles. In March 2025, he was named the recipient of the British Film Institute Fellowship, the BFI's highest honor, for his contributions to cinema. 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 honor 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 organization. An aviation enthusiast, he has held a pilot certificate since 1994. Description above from the Wikipedia Tom Cruise, article licensed under CC-BY-SA, full list of contributors on Wikipedia.
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BODY OF WORK
Tom Cruise's Filmography
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Days of Thunder 2
as Cole Trickle
Once Upon a Time in Jersey
Digger
as Digger Rockwell
9/11: United We Stand -- 25 Years Later
as Self (archive footage)
Boo-Yah: A Portrait of Stuart Scott
as Self
Making Mission: Impossible - A 10 News First Special
as Self
Mission: Impossible - The Final Reckoning
as Ethan Hunt
Tom Cruise : la dernière légende d'Hollywood
as Self (archive footage)
Getting LOST
as (archive footage)
Paris 2024 Olympic Closing Ceremony
as Self
BRATS
as Self (archive footage) (uncredited)
The Final: Attack on Wembley
as Self (archive footage)
Nicole Kidman: Eyes Wide Open
as Self (archive footage)
Tom Cruise: The Last Movie Star
as Self (archive footage)
Mission: Impossible - Dead Reckoning Part One
as Ethan Hunt
Tom Cruise: Impossible Missions
as Self
Commitment to Life
as Self (archive footage)
James Corden's Top Gun Training with Tom Cruise
as Self
Top Gun: Maverick
as Capt. Pete 'Maverick' Mitchell
Tom Cruise: Lights, Camera, Action
as Self
Val
as Self (archive)
Kubrick by Kubrick
as Self (archive footage)
Tom Cruise: An Eternal Youth
as Self (archive footage)
Mission: Impossible - Fallout
as Ethan Hunt
Spielberg
as Self - Segment "War of the Worlds"
American Made
as Barry Seal
The Mummy
as Nick Morton
Jack Reacher: Never Go Back
as Jack Reacher
My Scientology Movie
as Self (Archive Footage)
Mission: Impossible - Rogue Nation
as Ethan Hunt
Winning: The Racing Life of Paul Newman
as Self (archive footage)
Edge of Tomorrow
as Cage
Oblivion
as Jack
Jack Reacher
as Jack Reacher
Close Up
as Self (archive footage)
Rock of Ages
as Stacee Jaxx
Ghost Protocol: Impossible Missions
as Self
Ghost Protocol: Mission Accepted
as Self
Final Cut: Ladies and Gentlemen
as (archive footage)
Mission: Impossible - Ghost Protocol
as Ethan Hunt
No Poster
Mission: Remarkable - 40 Years of Creating the Impossible
as Self
Knight and Day
as Roy Miller
Valkyrie
as Claus Schenk Graf von Stauffenberg
The Dream Is Always the Same: The Story of Risky Business
as Self
Tropic Thunder: Rain of Madness
as Les Grossman
Tropic Thunder
as Les Grossman
Lions for Lambs
as Senator Jasper Irving
Mission: Impossible III
as Ethan Hunt
Staying Gold: A Look Back at 'The Outsiders'
as Self (archive footage)
War of the Worlds
as Ray
City of Night: The Making of 'Collateral'
as Self
Collateral
as Vincent
Danger Zone: The Making of Top Gun
as Self
The Last Samurai
as Nathan Algren
Austin Powers in Goldmember
as Tom Cruise / Famous Austin ('Austinpussy')
Minority Report
as Chief John Anderton
The Art of Action: Martial Arts in the Movies
as Self
Hitting It Hard
as Self
Space Station 3D
as Self - Narrator (voice)
Heart of the Festival
as Self (archive footage)
Vanilla Sky
as David Aames
America: A Tribute to Heroes
as Self
Stanley Kubrick - Ein Leben für den Film
as Self - Actor & Film Producer / Narrator
Mission: Improbable
as Tom Cruise
In the Shadow of the Vampire: The Making of Interview with the Vampire
as Self / Lestat (archive footage)
Mission: Impossible II
as Ethan Hunt
Magnolia
as Frank T.J. Mackey
Eyes Wide Shut
as Dr. William Harford
Remembering Stanley Kubrick
as Self
Junket Whore
as Self
Jerry Maguire
as Jerry Maguire
Mission: Impossible
as Ethan Hunt
Interview with the Vampire
as Lestat
The Firm
as Mitch McDeere
A Few Good Men
as Lt. Daniel Kaffee
Time Out: The Truth About HIV, AIDS and You
as Self
Far and Away
as Joseph Donnelly
Days of Thunder
as Cole Trickle
Born on the Fourth of July
as Ron Kovic
Rain Man
as Charlie Babbitt
Young Guns
as Henchman Shot off of Roof (uncredited)
Cocktail
as Brian Flanagan
The Color of Money
as Vincent Lauria
Top Gun
as Maverick
Legend
as Jack
All the Right Moves
as Stefen Djordjevic
Risky Business
as Joel Goodson
Losin' It
as Woody
The Outsiders
as Steve Randle
Taps
as Cadet Captain David Shawn
Endless Love
as Billy
Broadsword
No Poster
Top Gun 3
as Capt. Pete 'Maverick' Mitchell
No Poster
The Gauntlet
No Poster
Deeper
No Poster
This Is Scientology: An Overview of the World's Fastest Growing Religion
as Man at H.E.L.P. Hollywood (Uncredited)
Untitled Tropic Thunder Les Grossman Spin-off
as Les Grossman