Golden Globe Award winner actor & producer Tom Cruise was rose to stardom with movies like Risky Business (1983) and Top Gun (1986). Tom afterward earned praise for his hit movie Jerry Maguire and the Mission: Impossible. From 1990 to 2000, he was one of the top paid actors with highest grossing movies like Interview with the Vampire: The Vampire Chronicles (1994), Mission: Impossible (1996), Mission: Impossible II (2000), Mission: Impossible III (2006), Vanilla Sky (2001), Minority Report (2002), The Last Samurai (2003), Collateral (2004), War of the Worlds (2005), and Jerry Maguire (1996). He received Golden Globe Award in best performance (actor) category for Born on the Fourth of July (1989), Jerry Maguire (1996), and Magnolia (1999).
Year |
Title |
1981 |
Endless Love |
1981 |
Taps |
1983 |
The Outsiders |
1983 |
Risky Business |
1983 |
All the Right Moves |
1985 |
Legend |
1986 |
Top Gun |
1986 |
The Color of Money |
1988 |
Cocktail |
1988 |
Rain Man |
1989 |
Born on the Fourth of July |
1990 |
Days of Thunder |
1992 |
Far and Away |
1992 |
A Few Good Men |
1993 |
The Firm |
1994 |
Interview with the Vampire |
1996 |
Mission: Impossible |
1996 |
Jerry Maguire |
1999 |
Eyes Wide Shut |
1999 |
Magnolia |
2000 |
Mission: Impossible II |
2001 |
Vanilla Sky |
2002 |
Minority Report |
2003 |
The Last Samurai |
2004 |
Collateral |
2005 |
War of the Worlds |
2006 |
Mission: Impossible III |
2007 |
Lions for Lambs |
2008 |
Valkyrie |
2008 |
Tropic Thunder |
2010 |
Knight and Day |
2011 |
Mission: Impossible – Ghost Protocol |
2012 |
Rock of Ages |
2012 |
Jack Reacher |
2013 |
Oblivion |
2014 |
Edge of Tomorrow |
2015 |
Mission: Impossible – Rogue Nation |
2016 |
Jack Reacher: Never Go Back (2016) (filming) |
2017 |
Mena (2017) (post-production) |
2017 |
The Mummy (2017) (post-production) |
Year |
Title |
Role |
Channel |
1997 |
True Women |
Georgia Lawshe Woods |
CBS |
1997 |
George Wallace |
Cornelia Wallace |
TNT |
1998 |
Gia |
Gia |
HBO |
2010 |
Kung Fu Panda Holiday |
Master Tigress(voice) |
NBC |
2015 |
Descendants: Wicked World |
Maleficent (voice) |
Disney Channel |
Year |
Title |
Performer |
Album |
1991 |
"Stand by My Woman" |
Lenny Kravitz |
Mama Said |
1993 |
"It's About Time" |
The Lemonheads |
Come on Feel the Lemonheads |
1993 |
"Rock and Roll Dreams Come Through" |
Meat Loaf |
Bat Out of Hell II: Back into Hell |
1997 |
"Anybody Seen My Baby?" |
The Rolling Stones |
Bridges to Babylon |
2003 |
"Did My Time" |
Korn |
Take a Look in the Mirror |
Tom is the only son of Mary Lee and Thomas Cruise Mapother III who have four children. His mother is special education teacher and father is an electrical engineer. Both parents are originally from Louisville, Kentucky. He has Irish, German, and English ancestry. Tom's parents separated when he was 11 years old. He and his three sisters Marian, Lee Anne De Vette and Cass transferred to Glen Ridge of New Jersey with their mother after her remarriage. Educational achievement was not easy for him as he suffered from dyslexia which is a disability to read or understand things in a technique that other normal people are able to do. Tom Cruise was regularly bullied in the schools and for this reason he changed 15 different schools in America and Canada throughout the period of 12 years. He was excellent in athletics and considered build up a career in professional wrestling. But a knee injury distracts him from his goal. He graduated from Glen Ridge High School in New Jersey in 1980.
He studied in Packanack School in Wayne, New Jersey. He brought up in an abusive family and had considered to become a pastor before becoming fascinated in performing arts. He also attended in a seminary to become a priest but dropped out after one year at the age of fourteen. A teacher motivated him to take part in the school's musical production Guys and Dolls at the age of sixteen. After Tom played the lead of Nathan Detroit, he established himself unexpectedly at home on the stage.
Year |
Award |
Category |
Work |
Status |
1990 |
Academy Award |
Best Actor |
Born on the Fourth of July |
Nominated |
1997 |
Best Actor |
Jerry Maguire |
Nominated |
|
2000 |
Best Supporting Actor |
Magnolia |
Nominated |
|
1984 |
Golden Globe Award |
Best Performance by an Actor in a Motion Picture - Comedy/Musical |
Risky Business |
Nominated |
1990 |
Best Performance by an Actor in a Motion Picture - Drama |
Born on the Fourth of July |
Won |
|
1993 |
Best Performance by an Actor in a Motion Picture - Drama |
A Few Good Men |
Nominated |
|
1997 |
Best Performance by an Actor in a Motion Picture - Comedy/Musical |
Jerry Maguire |
Won |
|
2000 |
Best Performance by an Actor in a Supporting Role in a Motion Picture |
Magnolia |
Won |
|
2004 |
Best Performance by an Actor in a Motion Picture - Drama |
The Last Samurai |
Nominated |
|
2009 |
Best Performance by an Actor in a Supporting Role in a Motion Picture |
Tropic Thunder |
Nominated |
|
1997 |
Screen Actors Guild Awards
|
Outstanding Performance by a Male Actor in a Leading Role |
Jerry Maguire |
Nominated |
2000 |
Outstanding Performance by a Male Actor in a Supporting Role |
Magnolia |
Nominated |
|
2000 |
Outstanding Performance by a Cast in a Theatrical Motion Picture |
Magnolia |
Nominated |
Year & Work |
Salary |
Taps(1981) |
$50,000 |
Risky Business(1983) |
$75,000 |
Legend(1985) |
$500,000 |
Top Gun(1986) |
$2,000,000 |
The Color of Money(1986) |
$1,000,000 |
Cocktail(1988) |
$3,000,000 |
Rain Man(1988) |
$3,000,000 +% of gross |
Born on the Fourth of July(1989) |
Unspecified % of gross |
Days of Thunder(1990) |
$9,000,000 |
Far and Away(1992) |
$13,000,000 |
A Few Good Men(1992) |
$12,500,000 |
The Firm(1993) |
$12,000,000 |
Interview with the Vampire: The Vampire Chronicles(1994) |
$15,000,000 |
Mission: Impossible(1996) |
$70,000,000 (gross participation) |
Jerry Maguire(1996) |
$20,000,000 against 15% |
Eyes Wide Shut(1999) |
$20,000,000 |
Magnolia(1999) |
$100,000 |
Mission: Impossible II(2000) |
$75,000,000 (gross participation) |
Vanilla Sky(2001) |
$20,000,000 + 30% of Profits |
Minority Report(2002) |
$25,000,000 + |
The Last Samurai(2003) |
$25,000,000 + % of profits |
War of the Worlds(2005) |
(20% profit participation) |
Mission: Impossible III(2006) |
$75,000,000 (gross participation) |
Valkyrie(2008) |
$20,000,000 against 20% |
Knight and Day(2010) |
$11,000,000 + % of profits |
Mission: Impossible - Ghost Protocol(2011) |
$12,500,000 + % of back end |