Tom Cruise, born in 1962, American motion-picture actor, who became a celebrity in the 1980s after his performance in Risky Business (1983), a satire of suburban adolescence. In the 1990s Cruise became one of the world’s most popular film stars.
In 1990, 1991 and 1997, People magazine rated him among the 50 most beautiful people in the world. In 1995, Empire magazine ranked him among the 100 sexiest stars in film history. Two years later, it ranked him among the top 5 movie stars of all time. In 2002 and 2003, he was rated by Premiere among the top 20 in its annual Power 100 list.
In 2006, Premiere magazine established Cruise as Hollywood's most powerful actor, as Cruise came in at number 13 on the magazines 2006 Power List, being the highest ranked actor.
On 16 June 2006, Forbes magazine published 'The Celebrity 100', a list of the most powerful celebrities, which Cruise topped. The list was generated using a combination of income (between June 2005 and June 2006), web references by Google, press clips compiled by LexisNexis, television and radio mentions (by Factiva), and the number of times a celebrity appeared on the cover of 26 major consumer magazines.
As of August 2006, "a USA Today/Gallup poll in which half of those surveyed registered an "unfavorable" opinion of the actor was cited as a reason in addition to "unacceptable behavior" for Paramount's non-renewal of their production contract with Cruise.
After considering and deciding against entering the priesthood, a young Cruise took off to New York to pursue acting, and within five years, thanks to his boyish good looks and undeniable charisma, starred in some of the highest-grossing films of the 1980s (Top Gun, Rain Man). The 1990s didn't slow him down — the Mission: Impossible franchise and Jerry Maguire kept him squarely on top of the A list, and it remains to be seen whether his outspokenness about Scientology and his relationship with much younger actress Katie Holmes will damage his career.
Awards:
2004: Golden Globe nomination: Best Actor in a Motion Picture (Drama), The Last Samurai
2000: Golden Globe: Best Actor in a Supporting Role in a Motion Picture, Magnolia
1997: Academy Award nomination: Best Actor, Jerry Maguire; Golden Globe: Best Actor in a Motion Picture (Comedy/Musical), Jerry Maguire
1993: Golden Globe nomination: Best Actor in a Motion Picture (Drama), A Few Good Men
1990: Academy Award nomination: Best Actor, Born on the Fourth of July; Golden Globe: Best Actor in a Motion Picture (Drama), Born on the Fourth of July
1984: Golden Globe nomination: Best Actor in a Motion Picture (Comedy/Musical), Risky Business
FILMS
Mission: Impossible III - (2006) - Producer, Actor (Tom Cruise)
Elizabethtown - (2005) - Actor (Tom Cruise)
War of the Worlds - (2005) - Actor, Producer (Tom Cruise)
Collateral - (2004) - Actor (Tom Cruise)
Shattered Glass - (2003) - Executive Producer (Tom Cruise)
The Last Samurai - (2003) - Actor, Producer (Tom Cruise)
Minority Report - (2002) - Actor (Tom Cruise)
Narc - (2002) - Actor (Tom Cruise)
The Others - (2001) - Executive Producer (Tom Cruise)
Vanilla Sky - (2001) - Actor, Producer (Tom Cruise)
Mission: Impossible II - (2000) - Actor, Producer (Tom Cruise)
Eyes Wide Shut - (1999) - Actor (Tom Cruise)
Magnolia - (1999) - Actor (Tom Cruise)
Without Limits - (1998) - Producer (Tom Cruise)
Mission: Impossible - (1996) - Actor, Producer (Tom Cruise)
Jerry Maguire - (1996) - Actor (Tom Cruise)
Interview With the Vampire - (1994) - Actor (Tom Cruise)
The Firm - (1993) - Actor (Tom Cruise)
Fallen Angels - Vol. 1 - (1993) - Director (Tom Cruise)
A Few Good Men - (1992) - Actor (Tom Cruise)
Far and Away - (1992) - Actor (Tom Cruise)
Days of Thunder - (1990) - Actor (Tom Cruise)
Born on the Fourth of July - (1989) - Actor (Tom Cruise)
Cocktail - (1988) - Actor (Tom Cruise)
Rain Man - (1988) - Actor (Tom Cruise)
The Color of Money - (1986) - Actor (Tom Cruise)
Legend - (1986) - Actor (Tom Cruise)
Top Gun - (1986) - Actor (Tom Cruise)
All the Right Moves - (1983) - Actor (Tom Cruise)
Losin' It - (1983) - Actor (Tom Cruise)
The Outsiders - (1983) - Actor (Tom Cruise)
Risky Business - (1983) - Actor (Tom Cruise)
Endless Love - (1981) - Actor (Tom Cruise)
Taps - (1981) - Actor (Tom Cruise)
Space Station 3-D - ( ) - Narrator (Tom Cruise)
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