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Tom Cruise

Birth name: Thomas Cruise Mapother IV

Birth date: 03.07.1962

In 1976, if you had told 14 year old Franciscan seminary student Thomas Cruise Mapother IV that one day in the not too distant future he would be considered one of the top 100 movie stars of all time, he would have probably grinned and told you that his ambition was to become a priest. Nonetheless, this sensitive, deeply religious youngster who was born in 1962 in Syracuse, New York, was destined to become Tom Cruise, one of the highest paid and most sought after actors in screen history. The only son (among four children) of nomadic parents young Tom spent his boyhood eternally on the move and by the time he was 14 he had attended 15 different schools in the US and Canada. He finally settled in Glen Ridge, New Jersey, with his mother and her new husband. While in high school, he developed an interest in acting and abandoned his plans of becoming a priest, dropped out of school, and at age 18 headed for New York and a possible acting career. The next 15 years of his life are the stuff of legends. He made his film debut with a small part in Endless Love (1981) and from the outset exhibited an undeniable box office appeal to both male and female audiences. Though below average height and not particularly handsome in the traditional sense, within 5 years Tom Cruise was starring in some of the top grossing films of the 1980s including Top Gun (1986); The Color of Money (1986), Rain Man (1988) and Born on the Fourth of July (1989). By the 1990s he was one of the highest paid actors in the world earning an average 15 million dollars a picture in such blockbuster hits as Interview with the Vampire: The Vampire Chronicles (1994), Mission: Impossible (1996) and Jerry Maguire (1996) - for which he received an Academy Award Nomination for best actor. In 1990 he renounced his devout Catholic beliefs and embraced The Church Of Scientology claiming that Scientology teachings had cured him of the dyslexia that had plagued him all of his life. A kind and thoughful man well known for his compassion and generosity, Tom Cruise is one of the best liked members of the movie community. He was married to actress Nicole Kidman until 2001. Thomas Cruise Mapother IV has indeed come a long way from the lonely wanderings of his youth.

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Filmography

# Hardy Men (2009) # Men (2008) # Valkyrie (2008) .... Col. Claus von Stauffenberg ... aka Walküre (Germany) # Tropic Thunder (2008) # Lions for Lambs (2007) .... Senator Jasper Irving # Mission: Impossible III (2006) .... Ethan Hunt ... aka M:i:III (International: English title: promotional abbreviation) (UK: promotional abbreviation) (USA: promotional abbreviation) ... aka Mission: Impossible III (Germany) # War of the Worlds (2005) .... Ray Ferrier # Collateral (2004) .... Vincent # The Last Samurai (2003) .... Nathan Algren ... aka The Last Samurai: Bushidou (USA: poster title) # Austin Powers in Goldmember (2002) .... Tom Cruise as Austin Powers ... aka Austin Powers: Goldmember (USA) # Minority Report (2002) .... Chief John Anderton # Vanilla Sky (2001) .... David Aames # Mission: Impossible II (2000) .... Ethan Hunt ... aka M:I-2 (USA: DVD box title (promotional abbreviation)) ... aka Mission: Impossible II (Germany) # Magnolia (1999) .... Frank T.J. Mackey ... aka mag-no'li-a (USA: promotional title) # Eyes Wide Shut (1999) .... Dr. William 'Bill' Harford ... aka EWS (USA: promotional abbreviation) # "3rd Rock from the Sun" .... Guy on Couch (1 episode, 1998) ... aka 3rd Rock (USA: promotional abbreviation) ... aka Life As We Know It - Dick and the Other Guy (1998) TV episode .... Guy on Couch # Jerry Maguire (1996) .... Jerry Maguire # Mission: Impossible (1996) .... Ethan Hunt ... aka Mission Impossible # Interview with the Vampire: The Vampire Chronicles (1994) .... Lestat de Lioncourt ... aka Interview with the Vampire (USA: short title) # The Firm (1993) .... Mitch McDeere # A Few Good Men (1992) .... Lt. Daniel Kaffee # Far and Away (1992) .... Joseph Donnelly # Days of Thunder (1990) .... Cole Trickle # Born on the Fourth of July (1989) .... Ron Kovic # Rain Man (1988) .... Charlie Babbitt # Young Guns (1988) (uncredited) .... Cowboy # Cocktail (1988) .... Brian Flanagan # The Color of Money (1986) .... Vincent Lauria # Top Gun (1986) .... Maverick # Legend (1985) .... Jack ... aka Legend: Ultimate Edition (USA: reissue title (video title)) # All the Right Moves (1983) .... Stefen Djordjevic ... aka All Right # Risky Business (1983) .... Joel Goodsen # Losin' It (1983) .... Woody # The Outsiders (1983) .... Steve Randle ... aka The Outsiders - The Complete Novel (USA: director's cut) # Taps (1981) .... Cadet Captain David Shawn ... aka The Siege at Bunker Hill: T.A.P.S (UK: TV title) # Endless Love (1981) .... Billy