Thomas Cruise Mapother IV was born on July 3,1962, and known professionally as Tom Cruise, is an American actor and producer.
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68 Facts About Thomas Cruise
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Thomas Cruise's films have grossed over in North America and over worldwide, making him one of the highest-grossing box office stars of all time.
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Since then, Thomas Cruise has largely starred in science fiction and action films, establishing himself as an action star, often performing his own risky stunts.
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Thomas Cruise has played Ethan Hunt in all six of the Mission: Impossible films from 1996 to 2018.
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Thomas Cruise has been married to actresses Mimi Rogers, Nicole Kidman, and Katie Holmes.
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Thomas Cruise has three children, two of whom were adopted during his marriage to Kidman and the other of whom is a biological daughter he had with Holmes.
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Thomas Cruise is an outspoken advocate for the Church of Scientology, which he credits with helping him overcome dyslexia.
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Thomas Cruise's parents were both from Louisville, Kentucky, and had English, German, and Irish ancestry.
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Thomas Cruise spent part of his childhood in Canada; when his father took a job as a defense consultant with the Canadian Armed Forces, his family moved in late 1971 to Beacon Hill, Ottawa.
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Thomas Cruise attended the new Robert Hopkins Public School for his fourth and fifth grade education.
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Thomas Cruise first became involved in drama in fourth grade, under drama teacher George Steinburg.
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Thomas Cruise briefly took a Catholic Church scholarship and attended the St Francis Seminary in Cincinnati, Ohio; he aspired to become a Franciscan priest before being expelled from the seminary for drinking.
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Thomas Cruise went on to star in the school's production of Guys and Dolls.
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Thomas Cruise first appeared in a bit part in the 1981 film Endless Love, followed by a major supporting role as a crazed military academy student in Taps later that year.
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Thomas Cruise followed up Top Gun with Martin Scorsese's The Color of Money, which came out the same year, and which paired him with Paul Newman.
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In 1988, Thomas Cruise starred in Cocktail, a film that was a box office success but failed with critics.
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Thomas Cruise's performance earned him a nomination for the Razzie Award for Worst Actor.
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In 1989, Thomas Cruise portrayed real-life paralyzed Vietnam War veteran Ron Kovic in Oliver Stone's war epic Born on the Fourth of July.
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Thomas Cruise's performance is so good that the movie lives through it.
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Thomas Cruise's next films were Days of Thunder and Far and Away, both of which co-starred then-wife Nicole Kidman as his love interest, followed by the legal thriller The Firm, which was a critical and commercial success.
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The film was well-received, although Rice was initially quite outspoken in her criticism of Thomas Cruise having been cast in the film, as Julian Sands was her first choice.
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In 1996, Thomas Cruise appeared as superspy Ethan Hunt in the reboot of Mission: Impossible, which he produced.
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The film was a massive financial success with Thomas Cruise earning a Golden Globe Award for Best Actor - Motion Picture Musical or Comedy and his second nomination for an Academy Award for Best Actor.
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In 1999, Thomas Cruise costarred with Kidman in Stanley Kubrick's erotic and psychological drama film Eyes Wide Shut.
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In 2000, Thomas Cruise returned as Ethan Hunt in the second installment of the Mission Impossible films, Mission: Impossible 2.
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Thomas Cruise received an MTV Movie Award for Best Male Performance for the film.
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The following year Thomas Cruise starred in the romantic thriller Vanilla Sky with Cameron Diaz and Penelope Cruz.
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In 2002, Cruise starred in the dystopian science fiction action film Minority Report which was directed by Steven Spielberg and based on the science fiction short story by Philip K Dick.
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In 2004, Thomas Cruise received critical acclaim for his performance as Vincent in Collateral.
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Thomas Cruise was nominated for seven Saturn Awards between 2002 and 2009, winning once.
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In 2007, Thomas Cruise took a rare supporting role for the second time in Lions for Lambs, which was a commercial disappointment.
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Thomas Cruise played the central role in the historical thriller Valkyrie released on December 25,2008, to box office success.
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In March 2010, Thomas Cruise completed filming the action-comedy Knight and Day, in which he re-teamed with former costar Cameron Diaz; the film was released on June 23,2010.
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On February 9,2010, Thomas Cruise confirmed that he would star in Mission: Impossible – Ghost Protocol, the fourth installment in the Mission: Impossible series.
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On May 6,2011, Thomas Cruise was awarded a humanitarian award from the Simon Wiesenthal Center and its Museum of Tolerance for his work as a dedicated philanthropist.
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In mid-2011, Thomas Cruise started shooting the movie Rock of Ages, in which he played the fictional character Stacee Jaxx.
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Thomas Cruise starred as Jack Reacher in the film adaptation of British author Lee Child's 2005 novel One Shot.
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In 2014, Thomas Cruise starred in the science fiction-action film Edge of Tomorrow, which received positive reviews and grossed over $370 million.
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In 2015, Thomas Cruise returned as Ethan Hunt in the fifth installment of the Mission: Impossible series, Mission: Impossible – Rogue Nation, which he produced.
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Thomas Cruise starred in the 2017 reboot of Boris Karloff's 1932 horror movie The Mummy.
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In 2018, Thomas Cruise again reprised Ethan Hunt, in the sixth film in his franchise, Mission: Impossible – Fallout.
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In May 2020, it was reported that Thomas Cruise would be starring and producing a movie shot in outer space.
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In May 2021, Thomas Cruise protested against the Hollywood Foreign Press Association by returning all three of his Golden Globe Awards in light of controversy surrounding the HFPA, particularly its lack of diversity, specifically no black members, and ethical questions related to financial benefits to some of its members.
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In 2022, Thomas Cruise reprised his role as Captain Pete "Maverick" Mitchell in Top Gun: Maverick, a film which he executive produced.
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Thomas Cruise will earn $100 million for the film, when combining ticket sales, his salary, and his cut of home entertainment rentals and streaming revenues.
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Thomas Cruise produced Mission: Impossible, Without Limits, Mission: Impossible 2, The Others, Vanilla Sky and many others.
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On March 21,2007, Thomas Cruise signed to play Claus von Stauffenberg, the protagonist.
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Thomas Cruise met his second wife, actress Nicole Kidman, on the set of their film Days of Thunder.
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In February 2001, Thomas Cruise filed for divorce from Kidman while she was unknowingly pregnant.
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Thomas Cruise was next romantically linked with Penelope Cruz, his co-star in Vanilla Sky.
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Thomas Cruise stated that ex-wife Katie Holmes divorced him in part to protect the couple's daughter Suri from Scientology and that Suri is no longer a practicing member of the organization.
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Thomas Cruise was converted to Scientology by his first wife Mimi Rogers in 1986, becoming an outspoken advocate for the Church of Scientology in the 2000s.
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Thomas Cruise removed himself from the Church and worked on the film Eyes Wide Shut until 1999 when David Miscavige sent Marty Rathbun to successfully "retrieve" Cruise and convince him to continue training.
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Thomas Cruise had become a full-on zealot after a couple of years.
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Thomas Cruise is friends with the Scientology organization's chairman David Miscavige.
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In 2005, the Council of Paris revealed that Thomas Cruise had lobbied French Interior Minister Nicolas Sarkozy and Senate President Jean-Claude Gaudin.
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Thomas Cruise lobbied British Prime Minister Tony Blair to recognize the Scientology organization as a tax-exempt nonprofit organization in the United Kingdom.
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Former Scientologist Paul Haggis claimed that Thomas Cruise attempted to convert celebrities such as James Packer, Victoria and David Beckham, Jada Pinkett and Will Smith, and Steven Spielberg to Scientology.
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Thomas Cruise asserted that there is no such thing as a chemical imbalance and that psychiatry is a form of pseudoscience.
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On January 15,2008, a video produced by the Church of Scientology featuring an interview with Thomas Cruise was posted on YouTube by the Anonymous-linked group Project Chanology, showing Thomas Cruise discussing what being a Scientologist means to him.
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In Top Gun, Thomas Cruise plays Mitchell who is a 'hot shot' military underachiever who makes mistakes because he is trying to outperform his late father.
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Thomas Cruise is an aerobatic pilot, and was inducted as part of the Living Legends of Aviation in 2010, receiving the Aviation Inspiration and Patriotism Award from the Kiddie Hawk Air Academy.
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In India, actor Vijay impressed by Tom Thomas Cruise built a beach house similar to Thomas Cruise's beach house infrastructure.
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In 1998, Tom Thomas Cruise successfully sued the Daily Express, a British tabloid which alleged that his marriage to Kidman was a sham designed to cover up his homosexuality.
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In May 2001, Thomas Cruise filed a lawsuit against gay porn actor Chad Slater.
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Thomas Cruise requested a default judgment and, in January 2003, a Los Angeles judge decided against Slater after the porn actor said that his story was false.
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In 2006, Thomas Cruise sued cybersquatter Jeff Burgar to obtain control of the TomThomas Cruise.
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