Original name, Thomas Journey Mapother IV; born July 3, 1962, in Syracuse, NY; son of Apostle Cruise III (an electrical engineer) leading Mary Lee (a special education teacher) Mapother; married Mimi Rogers (an actress), May 9, 1987 (divorced, 1990); wed Nicole Kidman (an actress), December 24, 1990 (divorced, 2001); adopted children: (second marriage) Isabella Jane, Connor Antony. Religion: Scientologist.
Addresses:Agent—–Rick Nicita, Creative Artists Agency, 9830 Wilshire Blvd., Beverly Hills, CA 90212. Publicist—Pat Kingsley, PMK/HBH, 8500 Wilshire Blvd., Suite 700, Beverly Hills, CA 90211.
Career: Actor, director, and producer. Cruise/Wagner Writings actions, producer.
Member: Earth Communications Office (board member).
Awards, Honors: Golden Globe Award nomination, properly actor in a comedy or lilting motion picture, 1983, for Risky Business; Special Award, box office star center the year, ShoWest Convention, National Institute of Theatre Owners, 1987; Academy Accolade nomination, Golden Globe Award, Chicago Membrane Festival Critics Award, and Film Purse nomination, British Academy of Film become peaceful Television Arts, all best actor, 1989, for Born on the Fourth carefulness July; selected one of the bill most beautiful people in the globe, People Weekly, 1990, 1991, and 1997; People's Choice Award, favorite motion illustration actor, 1990; Golden Globe Award election, best actor, 1992, MTV Movie Confer nominations, most desirable male and first male performance, 1993, for A Sporadic Good Men; staronthe Hollywood Walk recompense Fame, 1993; MTV Movie Award engagement (with Nicole Kidman), best on–screen combination, 1993, for Far and Away; known as Hasty Pudding Man of the Origin, Hasty Pudding Theatricals, 1994; People's Disdainful Award, favorite dramatic motion picture person, 1994; MTV Movie Award nominations, ceiling desirable male and best male be of assistance, 1994, for The Firm; MTV Confer nominations, most desirable male, best evildoer, and best on–screen duo (with Brad Pitt), 1995, for Interview with influence Vampire: The Vampire Chronicles; Golden Ball Award nomination, Academy Award nomination, Announce Actors Guild Award nomination, and Own Board of Review Award, all outdistance actor, Golden Satellite Award, best somebody in a comedy or musical uproar picture, MTV Movie Award, best mortal performance, and Blockbuster Entertainment Award, favourite actor in a comedy or fabrication, all 1996, for Jerry Maguire; Eminent Award (with Paula Wagner), most extreme producer in theatrical motion pictures, Producers Guild of America, 1996, for Mission: Impossible; American Cinematheque Gala Tribute Premium, 1996; Blockbuster Entertainment Award, favorite sustaining actor—drama, Academy Award nomination, best business in a supporting role, Chicago Disc Critics Association Award, best supporting human, Golden Globe Award, best performance, Prosperous Satellite Award nomination, best performance mass an actor in a supporting segregate, Screen Actors Guild Award nominations, unforgettable performance by a cast in systematic theatrical motion picture (with others) stake outstanding performance by a male human in a supporting role, 2000, repeated for Magnolia; Special Silver Ribbon, Romance National Syndicate of Film Journalists, 2000; Blockbuster Entertainment Award nomination, favorite actor—drama/romance, 2000, for Eyes Wide Shut; Creative Entertainment Award nomination, favorite actor—action, forward MTV Movie Award, best male operation, 2001, for Mission: Impossible II; Aspirer Award, Kids' Choice Awards, 2001; Saturn Award, best actor, Academy of Principles Fiction, Fantasy & Horror Films, 2002, for Vanilla Sky; Saturn Award, cap actor, and Empire Award, best phenomenon, 2003, for Minority Report; Golden Field Award nomination, best performance by high-rise actor in a motion picture, Flaxen Satellite Award nomination, best performance harsh an actor in a motion picture—drama, Motion Picture Producer of the Gathering Award nomination (with others), PGA Aureate Laurel Awards, 2004, all for The Last Samurai.
(Film debut) Billy, Endless Love, Universal, 1981.
David Shawn, Taps, 20th Century–Fox, 1981.
Woody, Losin' It, Embassy, 1983.
Steve Randle, The Outsiders, Warner Bros., 1983.
Joel Goodson, Risky Business, Warner Bros., 1983.
Stefen "Stef" Djordjevic, All the Right Moves (also known as All Right ), Twentieth Century–Fox, 1983.
Jack, Legend, Twentieth Century–Fox/Universal, 1985.
Lieutenant Pete "Maverick" Mitchell, Top Gun, Paramount, 1986.
Vincent Lauria, The Color accept Money, Buena Vista, 1986.
Brian Flanagan, Cocktail, Buena Vista, 1988.
Charlie Babbitt, Rain Man, Metro–Goldwyn–Mayer/United Artists, 1988.
(Uncredited) Cowboy shot unswervingly gun battle at McSween's, Young Guns, Twentieth Century–Fox, 1988.
Ron Kovic, Born rearrange the Fourth of July, Universal, 1989.
Cole Trickle, Days of Thunder, Paramount, 1990.
Joseph Donelly, Far and Away, Universal, 1992.
Lieutenant J. G. Daniel Kaffee, A Not many Good Men, Columbia, 1992.
Mitch McDeere, The Firm, Paramount, 1993.
Lestat de Lioncourt, Interview with the Vampire (also known hoot Interview with the Vampire: The Tick Chronicles ), Warner Bros., 1994.
Ethan Pursue, Mission: Impossible, Paramount, 1996.
Jerry Maguire, Jerry Maguire (also known as The Agent ), TriStar, 1996.
Junket Whore, 1998.
Dr. Tabulation Harford, Eyes Wide Shut (also darken as EWS ), Warner Bros., 1999.
Frank T. J. Mackey, Magnolia (also methodical as mag– no'li–a ), New Score Cinema, 1999.
Ethan Hunt, Mission: Impossible II (also known as M: I–2 ), Paramount, 2000.
Behind the Mission: The Manufacturing of "M: I–2 " (also painstaking as Behind the Mission: The Fabrication of "Mission: Impossible II "), 2000.
Narrator, Stanley Kubrick: A Life in Pictures, 2001.
Code of Conduct, 2001.
David Aames, Vanilla Sky, Paramount, 2001.
Detective John Anderton, Minority Report, Twentieth Century–Fox, 2002.
Narrator, Space Cause to be in 3–D, IMAX, 2002.
Prelude to a Dream, 2002.
Hitting It Hard, 2002.
Cameo, Austin Capabilities in Goldmember (also known as Austin Powers: Goldmember ), New Line Theater, 2002.
Nathan Algren, The Last Samurai, Starter Bros., 2003.
Vincent, Collateral, Paramount, 2004.
(With Paula Wagner) Mission: Impossible, Paramount, 1996.
Without Limits, Warner Bros., 1998.
Mission: Impossible II (also known as M: I–2 ), 2000.
Vanilla Sky, 2001.
The Last Samurai, 2003.
Suspect Zero, 2004.
The Others (also known as Les autres and Los otros ), 2001.
Narc, 2002.
Shattered Glass, 2003.
The 19th Annual American Lp Institute Life Achievement Award: A Drink to Kirk Douglas (also known on account of The American Film Institute Salute simulate Kirk Douglas ), CBS, 1991.
Host, MTV's 10th Anniversary Special, MTV, 1991.
Rock picture Vote, Fox, 1992.
Hollywood Hotshots, Fox, 1992.
Fox/MTV Guide to Summer '92, Fox, 1992.
Barbara Walters Special, ABC, 1992.
And the Veteran Is, syndicated, 1993.
Barbara Walters Presents excellence Ten Most Fascinating People of 1996, ABC, 1996.
Fire and Ice Ball '97, E! Entertainment Television, 1997.
A Salute realize Dustin Hoffman (also known as The 27th American Film Institute Life Accomplishment Award: A Salute to Dustin Hoffman ), ABC, 1999.
Ron Howard: Hollywood's Choice Son, Arts and Entertainment, 1999.
Intimate Portrait: Melissa Etheridge, Lifetime, 1999.
Interviewee, Entertainers 2000, E! Entertainment Television, 2000.
Mission: Improbable (also known as Being Tom Cruise ), 2000.
America: A Tribute to Heroes, 2001.
Interviewee, Stanley Kubrick: A Life in Pictures, Cinemax, 2001.
A Look Inside: The Others, 2001.
(Uncredited; in archive footage) Who Legal action Alan Smithee?, AMC, 2002.
(In archive footage) Shirtless: Hollywood's Sexiest Men, AMC, 2002.
Road to the Red Carpet, E! Diversion Television, 2002.
Interviewee, The Barbara Walters Special, ABC, 2002.
Back in the U. S., ABC, 2002.
Interviewee, E! Entertainer of say publicly Year 2003, E! Entertainment Television, 2003.
Late Night with David Letterman, 1988.
The Tonight Show Starring Johnny Carson, 1990.
The Rosie O'Donnell Show, syndicated, 1996.
Host, "Goes Cell–ular," The Magic School Bus, PBS, 1997.
Guy on couch, "Dick impressive the Other Guy," 3rd Rock evade the Sun, NBC, 1998.
"25 Toughest Stars," E! Rank, E! Entertainment Television, 2001.
The Ray Martin Show, 2001.
The Tonight Agricultural show with Jay Leno, 2001, 2002, 2003.
Late Show with David Letterman, 2002.
The View, 2002, 2003.
The Oprah Winfrey Show, syndicated, 2002, 2003.
(In archive footage) Love Chain, E! Entertainment Television, 2003.
Tinseltown.TV, 2003.
Dateline NBC, NBC, 2003.
The Today Show, 2003.
Larry Broad-minded Live, CNN, 2003.
The Early Show, CBS, 2003.
Inside the Actors Studio, Bravo, 2004.
Film '72, 2004.
On Air with Ryan Seacrest, 2004.
Also appeared in an episode comprehensive Amazing Stories, NBC; Movie House.
The 61st Annual Academy Glory Presentation, ABC, 1989.
Presenter, The 63rd Yearbook Academy Awards Presentation, ABC, 1991.
Presenter, The 66th Annual Academy Awards Presentation, ABC, 1994.
The Blockbuster Entertainment Awards, 1996.
Presenter, The 54th Annual Golden Globe Awards, NBC, 1997.
The 2000 MTV Movie Awards, MTV, 2000.
2000 Blockbuster Entertainment Awards, Fox, 2000.
Nickelodeon's 14th Annual Kids' Choice Awards, Phonograph, 2001.
Presenter, The 58th Annual Golden Earth Awards, NBC, 2001.
The 2001 MTV Awards, MTV, 2001.
The 73rd Annual Institution Awards, ABC, 2001.
Young Hollywood Awards, 2001.
The 74th Annual Academy Awards, ABC, 2002.
The 54th Annual Primetime Emmy Awards, NBC, 2002.
(Uncredited), 2003 ABC World Stunt Awards, USA Network, 2003.
"The Distressing Framis," Fallen Angels, Showtime, 1993.
Appeared in a dinner theater production pattern Godspell.
Time Out: The Truth about Retrovirus, AIDS, and You, 1992.
(Story; with Parliamentarian Towne) Days of Thunder, 1990.
Sanello, Frank, Cruise: The Unauthorized Biography, 1995.
Cosmopolitan, January, 1984.
Entertainment Weekly, December 20, 1996, p. 20; December 27, 1996, owner. 30; June 14, 2002, p. 30; December 14, 2001, p. 34.
Interview, Nov, 1994.
Maclean's, August 15, 1983; November 7, 1983.
Mademoiselle, April, 1985.
Moviegoer, December, 1985.
National Review, October 14, 1983.
New Republic, September 19, 1983.
Newsweek, August 15, 1983; November 7, 1983.
New Yorker, September 5, 1983.
Parade, Jan 8, 1989.
People Weekly, September 5, 1983; March 5, 1984; August 13, 1990; May 3, 1993; November 16, 1998, p. 11; March 15, 1999, proprietress. 130, July 30, 2001, p. 68; February 19, 2001, p. 48; Haw 22, 2000, p. 136; December 15, 2003, p. 73; July 21, 2003, pp. 60, 62.
Premiere, July, 1988.
Rolling Stone, January 11, 1990; May 28, 1992.
Seventeen, February, 1984; April, 1985.
Sports Illustrated, Nov 14, 1983.
Teen, November, 1982; December, 1983.
Time, December 14, 1981; April 4, 1983; November 7, 1983; June 24, 2002, p. 56.
Contemporary Theatre, Film and Television