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Real name: Thomas Cruise Mapother IV
Date of Birth (location): 3 July 1962, Syracuse,
                                    New York, USA.
Height: 5' 7"

Spouse/Current Girlfriend:

  • Penelope Cruz currently dating
  • Nicole Kidman (December 24, 1990 [in Telluride, Colorado] - Aug 3, 2001) (divorced); first appeared together in Days of Thunder

  • Mimi Rogers (May 9, 1987 - January 1990) (divorced)

    Ex's include - Heather Locklear, Cher, and more

Children:(both adopted): Isabella Jane Kidman Cruise and Connor Anthony Kidman Cruise

Trivia:

When he was 6-7 his sisters and their friends would put him on the kitchen sink and practice kissing him.
(1997) Voted Best Dressed Male Movie Star

Member of the Church of Scientology

While he was working with Paul Newman in the Color of Money, (1986, he engaged in much conversation with the politically active actor. The resulting conscious raising changed him from an actor who ignored the jingoistic tone of Top Gun (1986) to a performer who chose a film with a strong anti-war tone, Born on the Fourth of July (1989) to counter his contribution to the former film.

He's the third of four children of an electrical engineer, whose family moved often due to his father's job. Because of having dyslexia (can't read correctly - letters on a page start to blurr after a few moments of looking at them), he needed to switch schools constantly. Unfortunately this lead to bad grades. He try to compensate for this handicap by being active in sports, until a knee injury ended his career in wrestling (THANKS FOR THE INPUT, Andrea!). He attended a Franciscan seminar for a year, but instead of putting on a habit, he ended up in the theater costume of Nathan Detroit, in a student production of the musical Guys & Dolls. After the completion of the musical, he decided to dedicate his life to professional acting, and left for New York where he performed in a biblical-type of play by the name of Godspell. This is where the Italian director Franco Zeffirelli discovered him. He gave him his first role of Billie Harris in the drama Endless Love. And after this role, his agressive character of David Shaw in Taps made him noticeable, and Pete "Maverick" Mitchell in "Top Gun" made him a Star. From then on, the offers kept coming faster than lightning.

Tom turned down the role in "Always" by Steven Spielberg and "Edward Scissorhands" by Tim Burton. He was also considered for the musical "Sunset Boulevard".

He was on the varsity wrestling team and played Nathan Detroit in the Junior Class production of "Guys and Dolls".


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Family:
Claim to Fame: Risky Business
HighSchool: (1978-81) Attended Glen Ridge High among others. Also attended St. Francis Seminary in Cincinnati, Ohio for one year.
Salary: Interview with the Vampire (1994) -> $15,000,000

Actor Filmography (courtesy of www.imdb.com):

  1. Mission: Impossible 3 (2004) .... Ethan Hunt
    ... aka M:I-3 (2002) (USA: promotional abbreviation)
  2. Austin Powers in Goldmember (2002) .... Himself
  3. Minority Report (2002) .... Detective John Anderton
  4. Space Station (2002) (voice) .... Narrator
  5. 74th Annual Academy Awards, The (2002) (TV) .... Speaker: introductory remarks
  6. Who is Alan Smithee? (2002) (TV) (uncredited) (archive footage) .... Himself
  7. Vanilla Sky (2001) .... David Aames
  8. America: A Tribute to Heroes (2001) (TV) .... Himself
  9. 73rd Annual Academy Awards, The (2001) (TV) (uncredited) .... Presenter of Best Director
  10. Stanley Kubrick: A Life in Pictures (2001) (voice) .... Narrator
  11. 2000 MTV Movie Awards (2000) (TV)
  12. Mission Improbable (2000) (TV) .... Himself
    ... aka Being Tom Cruise (2000) (TV)
  13. Mission: Impossible II (2000) .... Ethan Hunt
    ... aka M:I-2 (2000) (USA: promotional abbreviation)
  14. Magnolia (1999) .... Frank T.J. Mackey
    ... aka mag-no'li-a (1999) (USA: promotional title)
  15. Eyes Wide Shut (1999) .... Doctor William 'Bill' Harford
    ... aka EWS (1999) (USA: promotional abbreviation)
  16. American Film Institute Salute to Dustin Hoffman, The (1999) (TV) .... Himself
  17. Junket Whore (1998) .... Himself
  18. Jerry Maguire (1996) .... Jerry Maguire
  19. Mission: Impossible (1996) .... Ethan Hunt
    ... aka Mission Impossible (1996)
  20. Interview with the Vampire: The Vampire Chronicles (1994) .... Lestat de Lioncourt
    ... aka Interview with the Vampire (1994) (USA: short title)
  21. Firm, The (1993) .... Mitch McDeere
  22. Time Out: The Truth About HIV, AIDS, and You (1992) (V) .... Himself
  23. Few Good Men, A (1992) .... Lieutenant Daniel Alistair Kaffee
  24. Far and Away (1992) .... Joseph Donnelly
  25. American Film Institute Salute to Kirk Douglas, The (1991) (TV) .... Himself
  26. 63rd Annual Academy Awards, The (1991) (TV) (uncredited) .... Presenter - Best Director
  27. Days of Thunder (1990) .... Cole Trickle
  28. Born on the Fourth of July (1989) .... Ron Kovic
  29. Rain Man (1988) .... Charlie Babbitt
  30. Young Guns (1988) (uncredited) .... Man Who Is Shot
  31. Cocktail (1988) .... Brian Flanagan
  32. Color of Money, The (1986) .... Vincent Lauria
  33. Top Gun (1986) .... Lieutenant Pete 'Maverick' Mitchell
  34. Legend (1985) .... Jack
  35. All the Right Moves (1983) .... Stefen 'Stef' Djordjevic
    ... aka All Right (1983)
  36. Risky Business (1983) .... Joel Goodson
  37. Losin' It (1983) .... Woody
  38. Outsiders, The (1983) .... Steve Randle
  39. Taps (1981) .... David Shawn
  40. Endless Love (1981) .... Billy
Producer Filmography:
  1. Mission: Impossible 3 (2004) (producer)
    ... aka M:I-3 (2002) (USA: promotional abbreviation)
  2. War of the Worlds, The (2003) (producer)
    Narc (2002) (executive producer)
  3. Vanilla Sky (2001) (producer)
  4. Others, The (2001) (executive producer)
    ... aka Autres, Les (2001) (France)
    ... aka Otros, Los (2001) (Spain)
  5. Mission: Impossible II (2000) (producer)
    ... aka M:I-2 (2000) (USA: promotional abbreviation)
  6. Without Limits (1998) (producer)
  7. Mission: Impossible (1996) (producer)
    ... aka Mission Impossible (1996)

Director Filmography:

  1. "Fallen Angels" (1993) TV Series

Writer Filmography:

  1. Days of Thunder (1990) (story)

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