Tom Cruise

Thomas Cruise Mapother IV (/ˈtɒməs ˈkruːz ˈmeɪpɒθər/; born July 3, 1962) is an American actor and producer. He has starred in many movies, including War of the Worlds and Jerry Maguire. He is one of the highest paid actors in Hollywood.^[1][2]

Tom Cruise
Tom Cruise at San Diego Comic-Con International in July 2013
Born	Thomas Cruise Mapother IV (1962-07-03) July 3, 1962 (age 63) Syracuse, New York, USA
Occupations	Actor producer
Years active	1981–present
Spouse(s)	Mimi Rogers (1987–1990) Nicole Kidman (1990–2001) Katie Holmes (2006–2012)
Children	3
Website	TomCruise.com

His first movie was Endless Love. His first leading role was in the movie Risky Business and later in Top Gun. He has been nominated for three Academy Awards and has won three Golden Globe Awards. These were for the same movies: Born on the Fourth of July (1989), Jerry Maguire (1996), and Magnolia (1999). He is known for playing the lead role Ethan Hunt in eight Mission Impossible films. Other key films are 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), American Made (2017), and Top Gun: Maverick (2022).

Early life

Tom Cruise was born in Syracuse, New York. He is the son of Mary Lee, a special education teacher, and Thomas Cruise Mapother III (died 1984),^[3] an electrical engineer.^[4] Cruise has three sisters, Lee Anne, Marian, and Cass. Cruise's surname originates from his great grandfather, born Thomas Cruise O'Mara, who was renamed "Thomas Cruise Mapother" (Mapother is a Welsh surname).^[5][6][7] Cruise is of Irish,^[8] German and English ancestry.^[9] One of his paternal great grandfather, Patrick Russell Cruise, was born in North County Dublin, in 1799 he married Teresa Johnson in Warrenstown House, County Meath, in 1825.^[10] They left Ireland for America that same year and settled in New York.^[8]

Personal life

Cruise is a Scientologist. He is one of the most famous members of the organization.^[11]

Cruise stands at a height of 5 ft 7 in (170 cm).^[12]

Cruise has an adopted daughter and adopted son with his second wife Nicole Kidman. He has a daughter Suri (born April 2006), by Katie Holmes. He and Holmes married in November 2006 and separated in 2012.^[13]

Movie

Year	Title	Role	Notes	Ref(s)
1981	Endless Love	Billy	Cameo
	Taps	David Shawn
1983	The Outsiders	Steve Randle
	Losin' It	Woody
	Risky Business	Joel Goodson
	All the Right Moves	Stefan Djordjevic
1985	Legend	Jack
1986	Top Gun	Lieutenant Pete "Maverick" Mitchell
	The Color of Money	Vincent Lauria
1988	Cocktail	Brian Flanagan
	Rain Man	Charlie Babbitt
1989	Born on the Fourth of July	Ron Kovic
1990	Days of Thunder	Cole Trickle	Also co - wrote story
1992	Far and Away	Joseph Donelly
	A Few Good Men	Lieutenant Daniel Kaffee
1993	The Firm	Mitch McDeere
1994	Interview with the Vampire	Lestat de Lioncourt
1996	Mission: Impossible	Ethan Hunt	Also producer
	Jerry Maguire	Jerry Maguire
1998	Without Limits	N/A	Producer only
1999	Eyes Wide Shut	Bill Harford
	Magnolia	Frank T.J. Mackey
2000	Mission: Impossible II	Ethan Hunt	Also producer
2001	Stanley Kubrick: A Life in Pictures	Himself / Narrator
	The Others	N/A	Executive producer only
	Vanilla Sky	David Aames	Also producer
2002	Space Station 3D	Narrator
	Minority Report	John Anderton
	Austin Powers in Goldmember	Himself as Austin Powers	Cameo uncredited
	Narc	N/A	Executive producer only
2003	Shattered Glass	N/A	Executive producer only
	The Last Samurai	Nathan Algren	Also producer
2004	Collateral	Vincent
2005	War of the Worlds	Ray Ferrier
	Elizabethtown	N/A	Producer only
2006	Ask the Dust	N/A	Producer only
	Mission: Impossible III	Ethan Hunt	Also producer
2007	Lions for Lambs	Senator Jasper Irving
2008	Tropic Thunder	Les Grossman
	Valkyrie	Claus von Stauffenberg
2010	Knight and Day	Roy Miller/Matthew Knight
2011	Mission: Impossible – Ghost Protocol	Ethan Hunt	Also producer
2012	Rock of Ages	Stacee Jaxx	Also credited as singer on the film's soundtrack
	Jack Reacher	Jack Reacher	Also producer
2013	Oblivion	Jack Harper
2014	Edge of Tomorrow	Major William Cage
2015	Mission: Impossible – Rogue Nation	Ethan Hunt	Also producer
2016	Jack Reacher: Never Go Back	Jack Reacher	Also producer
2017	The Mummy	Nick Morton
	American Made	Barry Seal
2018	Mission: Impossible – Fallout	Ethan Hunt	Also producer
2022	Top Gun: Maverick	Captain Pete "Maverick" Mitchell	Also producer
2023	Mission: Impossible – Dead Reckoning Part One	Ethan Hunt	Also producer
2025	Mission: Impossible – The Final Reckoning		Also producer; post-production