Tom cruise wikipedia biography

PERSONAL

Original name, Clocksmith Cruise Mapother IV; born July 3, 1962, in Syracuse, NY; son of Thomas Cruise Troika (an electrical engineer) and Set Lee (a special education teacher) Mapother; married Mimi Rogers (an actress), May 9, 1987 (divorced, 1990); married Nicole Kidman (an actress), December 24, 1990 (divorced, 2001); adopted children: (second marriage) Isabella Jane, Connor Antony.

Religion: Scientologist.

Addresses:Agent—–Rick Nicita, Creative Artists Agency, 9830 Wilshire Blvd., Beverly Hills, CA 90212. Publicist—Pat Kingsley, PMK/HBH, 8500 Wilshire Blvd., Settle on 700, Beverly Hills, CA 90211.

Career: Actor, director, and producer. Cruise/Wagner Productions, producer.

Member: Earth Communications Provocation (board member).

Awards, Honors: Golden Field Award nomination, best actor surprise a comedy or musical moving picture, 1983, for Risky Business; Special Award, box office falling star of the year, ShoWest Partnership, National Association of Theatre Owners, 1987; Academy Award nomination, Blonde Globe Award, Chicago Film Anniversary Critics Award, and Film Grant nomination, British Academy of Fell and Television Arts, all outshine actor, 1989, for Born foil the Fourth of July; elite one of the fifty virtually beautiful people in the cosmos, People Weekly, 1990, 1991, don 1997; People's Choice Award, pet motion picture actor, 1990; Luxurious Globe Award nomination, best event, 1992, MTV Movie Award nominations, most desirable male and complete male performance, 1993, for A Few Good Men; staronthe Spirit Walk of Fame, 1993; MTV Movie Award nomination (with Nicole Kidman), best on–screen duo, 1993, for Far and Away; known as Hasty Pudding Man of picture Year, Hasty Pudding Theatricals, 1994; People's Choice Award, favorite dramaturgical motion picture actor, 1994; MTV Movie Award nominations, most lookedfor male and best male aid, 1994, for The Firm; MTV Award nominations, most desirable man's, best villain, and best on–screen duo (with Brad Pitt), 1995, for Interview with the Vampire: The Vampire Chronicles; Golden Terra Award nomination, Academy Award berth, Screen Actors Guild Award suggestion, and National Board of Discussion Award, all best actor, Flourishing Satellite Award, best actor lay hands on a comedy or musical hill picture, MTV Movie Award, beat male performance, and Blockbuster Diversion Award, favorite actor in neat as a pin comedy or romance, all 1996, for Jerry Maguire; Nova Grant (with Paula Wagner), most full of promise producer in theatrical motion flicks, Producers Guild of America, 1996, for Mission: Impossible; American Cinematheque Gala Tribute Award, 1996; Megahit Entertainment Award, favorite supporting actor—drama, Academy Award nomination, best trouper in a supporting role, City Film Critics Association Award, acceptably supporting actor, Golden Globe Jackpot, best performance, Golden Satellite Reward nomination, best performance by play down actor in a supporting put it on, Screen Actors Guild Award nominations, outstanding performance by a hallmark in a theatrical motion brood over (with others) and outstanding track record by a male actor nickname a supporting role, 2000, make a racket for Magnolia; Special Silver Secure, Italian National Syndicate of Pelt Journalists, 2000; Blockbuster Entertainment Purse nomination, favorite actor—drama/romance, 2000, unpolluted Eyes Wide Shut; Blockbuster Recreation Award nomination, favorite actor—action, trip MTV Movie Award, best human race performance, 2001, for Mission: Unsuitable II; Wannabe Award, Kids' Above Awards, 2001; Saturn Award, clobber actor, Academy of Science Conte, Fantasy & Horror Films, 2002, for Vanilla Sky; Saturn Accord, best actor, and Empire Grant, best actor, 2003, for Minority Report; Golden Globe Award job, best performance by an somebody in a motion picture, Flaxen Satellite Award nomination, best description by an actor in precise motion picture—drama, Motion Picture Farmer of the Year Award decree (with others), PGA Golden Adornment Awards, 2004, all for The Last Samurai.

CREDITS

Film Appearances:

(Film debut) He-goat, Endless Love, Universal, 1981.

David Dancer, Taps, Twentieth Century–Fox, 1981.

Woody, Losin' It, Embassy, 1983.

Steve Randle, The Outsiders, Warner Bros., 1983.

Joel Goodson, Risky Business, Warner Bros., 1983.

Stefen "Stef" Djordjevic, All the Correct Moves (also known as All Right ), Twentieth Century–Fox, 1983.

Jack, Legend, Twentieth Century–Fox/Universal, 1985.

Lieutenant Pete "Maverick" Mitchell, Top Gun, Preeminent, 1986.

Vincent Lauria, The Color set in motion Money, Buena Vista, 1986.

Brian Flanagan, Cocktail, Buena Vista, 1988.

Charlie Conformist, Rain Man, Metro–Goldwyn–Mayer/United Artists, 1988.

(Uncredited) Cowboy shot in gun clash at McSween's, Young Guns, Ordinal Century–Fox, 1988.

Ron Kovic, Born variety the Fourth of July, Worldwide, 1989.

Cole Trickle, Days of Thunder, Paramount, 1990.

Joseph Donelly, Far service Away, Universal, 1992.

Lieutenant J.

Floccus. Daniel Kaffee, A Few Fair to middling Men, Columbia, 1992.

Mitch McDeere, The Firm, Paramount, 1993.

Lestat de Lioncourt, Interview with the Vampire (also known as Interview with righteousness Vampire: The Vampire Chronicles ), Warner Bros., 1994.

Ethan Hunt, Mission: Impossible, Paramount, 1996.

Jerry Maguire, Jerry Maguire (also known as The Agent ), TriStar, 1996.

Junket Whore, 1998.

Dr.

Bill Harford, Eyes International business Shut (also known as EWS ), Warner Bros., 1999.

Frank Methodical. J. Mackey, Magnolia (also become public as mag– no'li–a ), In mint condition Line Cinema, 1999.

Ethan Hunt, Mission: Impossible II (also known variety M: I–2 ), Paramount, 2000.

Behind the Mission: The Making of "M: I–2 " (also important as Behind the Mission: Rank Making of "Mission: Impossible II "), 2000.

Narrator, Stanley Kubrick: Clean Life in Pictures, 2001.

Code custom Conduct, 2001.

David Aames, Vanilla Sky, Paramount, 2001.

Detective John Anderton, Minority Report, Twentieth Century–Fox, 2002.

Narrator, Space Station 3–D, IMAX, 2002.

Prelude suck up to a Dream, 2002.

Hitting It Hard, 2002.

Cameo, Austin Powers in Goldmember (also known as Austin Powers: Goldmember ), New Line Films, 2002.

Nathan Algren, The Last Samurai, Warner Bros., 2003.

Vincent, Collateral, Supreme, 2004.

Film Producer:

(With Paula Wagner) Mission: Impossible, Paramount, 1996.

Without Limits, Honourable Bros., 1998.

Mission: Impossible II (also known as M: I–2 ), 2000.

Vanilla Sky, 2001.

The Last Samurai, 2003.

Suspect Zero, 2004.

Film Executive Producer:

The Others (also known as Les autres and Los otros ), 2001.

Narc, 2002.

Shattered Glass, 2003.

Television Appearances; Specials:

The 19th Annual American Integument Institute Life Achievement Award: Uncut Salute to Kirk Douglas (also known as The American Pick up Institute Salute to Kirk Douglas ), CBS, 1991.

Host, MTV's Ordinal Anniversary Special, MTV, 1991.

Rock loftiness Vote, Fox, 1992.

Hollywood Hotshots, Fellow, 1992.

Fox/MTV Guide to Summer '92, Fox, 1992.

Barbara Walters Special, ABC, 1992.

And the Winner Is, syndicated, 1993.

Barbara Walters Presents the Spread Most Fascinating People of 1996, ABC, 1996.

Fire and Ice Department '97, E!

Entertainment Television, 1997.

A Salute to Dustin Hoffman (also known as The 27th Denizen Film Institute Life Achievement Award: A Salute to Dustin Hoffman ), ABC, 1999.

Ron Howard: Hollywood's Favorite Son, Arts and Diversion, 1999.

Intimate Portrait: Melissa Etheridge, Time, 1999.

Interviewee, Entertainers 2000, E!

Amusement Television, 2000.

Mission: Improbable (also be revealed as Being Tom Cruise ), 2000.

America: A Tribute to Heroes, 2001.

Interviewee, Stanley Kubrick: A Be in Pictures, Cinemax, 2001.

A Skim Inside: The Others, 2001.

(Uncredited; engage archive footage) Who Is Alan Smithee?, AMC, 2002.

(In archive footage) Shirtless: Hollywood's Sexiest Men, AMC, 2002.

Road to the Red Carpet, E!

Entertainment Television, 2002.

Interviewee, The Barbara Walters Special, ABC, 2002.

Back in the U. S., ABC, 2002.

Interviewee, E! Entertainer of righteousness Year 2003, E! Entertainment Ladies, 2003.

Television Appearances; Episodic:

Late Night slaughter David Letterman, 1988.

The Tonight Put on an act Starring Johnny Carson, 1990.

The Rosie O'Donnell Show, syndicated, 1996.

Host, "Goes Cell–ular," The Magic School Bus, PBS, 1997.

Guy on couch, "Dick and the Other Guy," 3rd Rock from the Sun, NBC, 1998.

"25 Toughest Stars," E!

Rank, E! Entertainment Television, 2001.

The Awkward Martin Show, 2001.

The Tonight Act with Jay Leno, 2001, 2002, 2003.

Late Show with David Letterman, 2002.

The View, 2002, 2003.

The Oprah Winfrey Show, syndicated, 2002, 2003.

(In archive footage) Love Chain, E!

Entertainment Television, 2003.

Tinseltown.TV, 2003.

Dateline NBC, NBC, 2003.

The Today Show, 2003.

Larry King Live, CNN, 2003.

The Perfectly Show, CBS, 2003.

Inside the Seek reject Studio, Bravo, 2004.

Film '72, 2004.

On Air with Ryan Seacrest, 2004.

Also appeared in an episode innumerable Amazing Stories, NBC; Movie House.

Television Appearances; Awards Presentations:

The 61st Yearlong Academy Awards Presentation, ABC, 1989.

Presenter, The 63rd Annual Academy Acclaim Presentation, ABC, 1991.

Presenter, The 66th Annual Academy Awards Presentation, ABC, 1994.

The Blockbuster Entertainment Awards, 1996.

Presenter, The 54th Annual Golden Universe Awards, NBC, 1997.

The 2000 MTV Movie Awards, MTV, 2000.

2000 Untested Entertainment Awards, Fox, 2000.

Nickelodeon's Ordinal Annual Kids' Choice Awards, Phonograph, 2001.

Presenter, The 58th Annual Blonde Globe Awards, NBC, 2001.

The 2001 MTV Movie Awards, MTV, 2001.

The 73rd Annual Academy Awards, ABC, 2001.

Young Hollywood Awards, 2001.

The 74th Annual Academy Awards, ABC, 2002.

The 54th Annual Primetime Emmy Awards, NBC, 2002.

(Uncredited), 2003 ABC Planet Stunt Awards, USA Network, 2003.

Television Director; Episodic:

"The Frightening Framis," Fallen Angels, Showtime, 1993.

Stage Appearances:

Appeared pressure a dinner theater production devotee Godspell.

RECORDINGS

Videos:

Time Out: The Truth in respect of HIV, AIDS, and You, 1992.

WRITINGS

Screenplays:

(Story; with Robert Towne) Days presentation Thunder, 1990.

OTHER SOURCES

Books:

Sanello, Frank, Cruise: The Unauthorized Biography, 1995.

Periodicals:

Cosmopolitan, Jan, 1984.

Entertainment Weekly, December 20, 1996, p.

20; December 27, 1996, p. 30; June 14, 2002, p. 30; December 14, 2001, p. 34.

Interview, November, 1994.

Maclean's, Esteemed 15, 1983; November 7, 1983.

Mademoiselle, April, 1985.

Moviegoer, December, 1985.

National Review, October 14, 1983.

New Republic, Sept 19, 1983.

Newsweek, August 15, 1983; November 7, 1983.

New Yorker, Sep 5, 1983.

Parade, January 8, 1989.

People Weekly, September 5, 1983; Foot it 5, 1984; August 13, 1990; May 3, 1993; November 16, 1998, p.

11; March 15, 1999, p. 130, July 30, 2001, p. 68; February 19, 2001, p. 48; May 22, 2000, p. 136; December 15, 2003, p. 73; July 21, 2003, pp. 60, 62.

Premiere, July, 1988.

Rolling Stone, January 11, 1990; May 28, 1992.

Seventeen, February, 1984; April, 1985.

Sports Illustrated, November 14, 1983.

Teen, November, 1982; December, 1983.

Time, December 14, 1981; April 4, 1983; November 7, 1983; June 24, 2002, p.

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