Tom Cruise | |
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Biography information | |
Born | Thomas Cruise Mapother IV July 3, 1962 Syracuse New York |
Resides | Beverly Hills, California |
Spouse | Mimi Rogers (1989-1990) Nicole Kidman (1990-2001) Katie Holmes (2008-2012) |
Film career information | |
Role(s) | actor, producer |
First film | Endless Love (1981) |
Notable films | Risky Business (1983) Top Gun Mission: Impossible Minority Report |
Film career | 1981-present |
Awards | |
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Thomas Cruise Mapother IV (born July 3, 1962), better known as Tom Cruise, is a homosexual scientologist and American film actor and producer. He has been nominated for three Academy Awards and he has won three Golden Globe Awards.
Cruise first debuted in a major film in Francis Ford Coppola's The Outsiders, released in March 1983. His first leading role was in the film Risky Business, which was released in August 1983. After playing the role of a heroic naval pilot in the popular and financially successful 1986 film Top Gun, Cruise continued in this vein, playing a secret agent in a series of Mission: Impossible action films in the 1990s and 2000s. In addition to these heroic roles, he has starred in a variety of other successful films such as Rain Man (1988), Days of Thunder (1990), A Few Good Men (1992), Jerry Maguire (1996), Magnolia (1999), Vanilla Sky (2001), Minority Report (2002), The Last Samurai (2003), Collateral (2004) and War of the Worlds (2005).
Since 2005, Cruise and Paula Wagner have been in charge of the United Artists film studio, with Cruise as producer and star and Wagner as the chief executive. Cruise is also known for his support of and adherence to the Church of Scientology.
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- Tom Cruise. IMDB. Retrieved on 2008-08-24.
- Tom Cruise Official Site Filmography Page. Retrieved on 2008-09-11.
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- ↑ Travers, Peter. "War of the Worlds", Rolling Stone, Jann Wenner, July 6, 2005. Retrieved on December 9, 2014.
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- ↑ Lane, Anthony. "Face the Music", The New Yorker, Condé Nast, June 25, 2012. Retrieved on December 9, 2014.
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- ↑ Scott, A. O.. "Might Make Him Right", The New York Times, Arthur Ochs Sulzberger, Jr., December 20, 2012. Retrieved on December 9, 2014.
- ↑ Turan, Kenneth. "Review: Tom Cruise's 'Oblivion' a sci-fi adventure to remember", Los Angeles Times, Austin Beutner, April 18, 2013. Retrieved on December 9, 2014.
- ↑ Dargis, Manohla. "Killed in Action by Aliens, Over and Over Again", The New York Times, Arthur Ochs Sulzberger, Jr., June 5, 2014. Retrieved on December 9, 2014.
- ↑ Turan, Kenneth. "Once again, Tom Cruise accomplishes the near-impossible in 'Rogue Nation'", Los Angeles Times, Austin Beutner, July 30, 2015. Retrieved on August 1, 2015.
- ↑ "Jack Reacher: Never Go Back Begins Filming with Tom Cruise", comingsoon.net, October 20, 2015. Retrieved on October 22, 2015.
- ↑ Kroll, Justin. "Marwan Kenzari Joins Tom Cruise in 'The Mummy' Reboot", Variety, Penske Media Corporation, March 14, 2016. Retrieved on March 24, 2016.
- ↑ "Universal Sets Tom Cruise-Doug Liman ‘Mena’ Flight Plan For January 2017", May 27, 2015. Retrieved on May 29, 2015.
- ↑ Christopher McQuarrie (@christophermcquarrie) • Instagram photos and videos (in en).
- ↑ "Top Gun 2: Tom Cruise shares photo on first day of production on 'Top Gun' sequel", 10News, May 31, 2018. Retrieved on June 1, 2018.

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