Thomas Cruise Mapother IV (born July 3, 1962) is an American actor and producer. Regarded as a Hollywood icon, he has received various accolades, including an Honorary Palme d'Or, three Golden Globe Awards, and nominations for four Academy Awards. His films have grossed over $12 billion worldwide, placing him among the highest-grossing actors ever. He is one of Hollywood's most bankable stars and consistently one of the world's highest-paid actors.
Cruise began acting in the early 1980s and made his breakthrough with leading roles in Risky Business (1983) and Top Gun (1986). Critical acclaim came with his roles in the dramas The Color of Money (1986), Rain Man (1988), and Born on the Fourth of July (1989). He won a Golden Globe Award for portraying Ron Kovic in the latter. He received a nomination for the Academy Award for Best Actor. As a leading Hollywood star in the 1990s, he starred in commercially successful films, including the drama A Few Good Men (1992), the thriller The Firm (1993), the horror film Interview with the Vampire (1994), and the romance Jerry Maguire (1996). For the latter, he won a Golden Globe Award for Best Actor. Cruise's performance in the drama Magnolia (1999) earned him another Golden Globe Award and a nomination for the Academy Award for Best Supporting Actor.
Cruise subsequently became a science fiction and action film star, often performing his risky stunts. He has played fictional agent Ethan Hunt in the Mission: Impossible film series since 1996. His other films in the genre include 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), and Top Gun: Maverick (2022).
Cruise holds the Guinness World Record for the most consecutive $100-million-grossing movies, a feat achieved from 2012 to 2018. In December 2024, he was awarded the US Navy's highest civilian honour, the Distinguished Public Service Award, for his "outstanding contributions" to the military with his screen roles. Forbes ranked him as the world's most powerful celebrity in 2006. He was named People's Sexiest Man Alive in 1990 and received the top honour of "Most Beautiful People" in 1997. Outside his film career, Cruise has been an outspoken advocate for the Church of Scientology.
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Primarily2027 Untitled Les Grossman Project as Les Grossman Producer
2026 Judy Producer
2025 Luna Park Producer
2025 Broadsword Producer
2025 Deeper Producer
2025 Top Gun 3 as Capt. Pete 'Maverick' Mitchell Producer
2025 Making Mission: Impossible - A 10 News First Special as Self
2025 Mission: Impossible - The Final Reckoning as Ethan Hunt Producer
2025 The Gauntlet as Detective Ben Shockley
2025 Tom Cruise: Hollywood’s Last Legend
2024 Paris 2024 Olympic Closing Ceremony as Self
2024 BRATS as Self (archive footage) (uncredited)
2024 The Tonight Show Starring Jimmy Fallon: 10th Anniversary Special as Self (archive footage)
2024 The Final: Attack on Wembley as Self (archive footage)
2023 Nicole Kidman: Eyes Wide Open as Self (archive footage)
2023 Tom Cruise: The Last Movie Star as Self (archive footage)
2023 Tom Cruise: Impossible Missions as Self
2023 Mission: Impossible - Dead Reckoning Part One as Ethan Hunt Producer
2023 Lynch/Oz as Dr. William Harford (archive footage) (uncredited)
2023 Scientology: an Archival Shitdoc as Self (archival footage)
2022 James Corden's Top Gun Training with Tom Cruise as Self
2022 Top Gun: Maverick as Capt. Pete 'Maverick' Mitchell Producer
2022 Tom Cruise: Lights, Camera, Action as Self
2021 The Adventures of Meatboy and Boot Convict as Bob Dylan
2021 Val as Self (archive footage)
2020 Au Revoir, Chris Hemsworth as Team Member
2020 Kubrick by Kubrick as Self (archive footage)
2020 Tom Cruise: An Eternal Youth as Self (archive footage)
2018 Mission: Impossible - Fallout as Ethan Hunt Producer
2017 Spielberg as Self - Segment "War of the Worlds"
2017 American Made as Barry Seal
2017 The Mummy as Nick Morton
2017 The Lego Batman Movie as Jerry Maguire (archive footage) (uncredited)
2016 Jack Reacher: Never Go Back as Jack Reacher Producer
2016 Paparazzi: Full Throttle LA as Self (archive footage)
2015 Mission: Impossible - Rogue Nation as Ethan Hunt Producer
2015 Winning: The Racing Life of Paul Newman as Self (archive footage)
2014 Edge of Tomorrow as Cage
2013 Oblivion as Jack
2012 Jack Reacher as Jack Reacher Producer
2012 Close Up as Self (archive footage)
2012 Rock of Ages as Stacee Jaxx
2012 Ghost Protocol: Mission Accepted as Self
2012 Ghost Protocol: Impossible Missions as Self
2012 Final Cut: Ladies and Gentlemen as (archive footage)
2011 Mission: Impossible - Ghost Protocol as Ethan Hunt Producer
2010 Knight and Day as Roy Miller
2010 Never Sleep Again: The Elm Street Legacy as Self (archive footage)
2008 Valkyrie as Claus Schenk Graf von Stauffenberg
2008 Tropic Thunder as Les Grossman
2007 Lions for Lambs as Senator Jasper Irving
2006 Mission: Impossible III as Ethan Hunt Producer
2006 Ask the Dust Producer
2005 Elizabethtown Producer
2005 Staying Gold: A Look Back at 'The Outsiders' as Self (archive footage)
2005 War of the Worlds as Ray Ferrier
2004 City of Night: The Making of 'Collateral' as Self
2004 Biography: Val Kilmer as Self (archive footage)
2004 Suspect Zero Producer
2004 Collateral as Vincent
2004 Danger Zone: The Making of Top Gun as Self
2003 The Last Samurai as Nathan Algren Producer
2003 Shattered Glass Executive Producer
2003 101 Most Shocking Moments in Entertainment
2003 Narc: Shooting Up as Self
2002 Austin Powers in Goldmember as Tom Cruise / Famous Austin ('Austinpussy')
2002 Minority Report as Chief John Anderton
2002 The Art of Action: Martial Arts in the Movies as Self
2002 Hitting It Hard as Self Producer
2002 Space Station 3D as Narrator (voice)
2002 Narc Executive Producer
2001 Vanilla Sky as David Aames Producer
2001 America | A Tribute to Heroes as Self
2001 The Others Executive Producer
2001 Mission: Improbable as Tom Cruise
2001 Stanley Kubrick: A Life in Pictures as Self - Actor & Film Producer / Narrator
2000 Mission: Impossible II as Ethan Hunt Producer
1999 Magnolia as Frank T.J. Mackey
1999 Eyes Wide Shut as Dr. William Harford
1999 Remembering Stanley Kubrick Thanks
1998 Junket Whore as Self
1998 Without Limits Producer
1996 Jerry Maguire as Jerry Maguire
1996 Mission: Impossible as Ethan Hunt Producer
1994 Interview with the Vampire as Lestat
1993 The Firm as Mitch McDeere
1992 A Few Good Men as Lt. Daniel Kaffee
1992 Time Out: The Truth About HIV, AIDS and You as Self
1992 Far and Away as Joseph Donnelly
1990 Days of Thunder as Cole Trickle Story
1989 Born on the Fourth of July as Ron Kovic
1988 Rain Man as Charlie Babbitt
1988 Cocktail as Brian Flanagan
1988 Young Guns as Henchman Shot off of Roof (uncredited)
1986 The Color of Money as Vincent Lauria
1986 Top Gun as Maverick
1985 Legend as Jack
1983 All the Right Moves as Stefen Djordjevic
1983 Risky Business as Joel Goodson
1983 Losin' It as Woody
1983 The Outsiders as Steve Randle
1981 Taps as Cadet Captain David Shawn
1981 Endless Love as Billy
7.23 Animation 1
7.06 War 4
7.01 Mystery 6
6.88 Action 24
6.84 Horror 3
6.83 Science Fiction 6
6.82 Drama 33
6.78 Thriller 18
6.73 Western 2
6.70 Adventure 17
6.50 Documentary 26
6.39 Romance 12
6.38 Comedy 15
6.38 Fantasy 3
6.36 Crime 9
6.36 Family 2
6.17 History 3
5.44 Music 3
5.00 TV Movie 1