The star of the film “Mission Impossible” Tom Cruise is recognized as one of the most sought-after and popular actors in Hollywood. He has millions of dollars in his bank account, and millions of hearts on the love front. What is he really, an action hero? Read our article.
Tom Cruise is an American film actor, director, and producer. Every woman dreams of such a man among her boyfriends. So it’s no coincidence that Tom Cruise is called the “face of Hollywood.”
Name: Thomas Cruise Mapother IV
Date of birth: July 3, 1962 (age 56)
Occupation: actor, film producer, director
Zodiac sign: Pisces
Height: 170
Marital status: divorced
Childhood and youth
Tom Cruise Mapother was born into the family of an engineer and actress on July 3, 1962, in Syracuse, USA. Tom was the third child and only boy of the four Cruz children. Their Father’s career did not go well, so the family moved often, Tom and his sisters changed about 15 schools not only in the USA but also in Canada. In addition to moving and new schools, the constant quarrels of their parents and beatings from their father brought great stress to the children. When Tom was 12, his parents still divorced.
With the departure of the head of the family, the financial situation has deteriorated significantly. Tom worked with his sisters after school to somehow help his mother support the family. His performance in school was very poor. But not only because of problems in the family, but Tom also had dyslexia – a disease in which a person fails to correctly perceive the order of written letters. The mother had such a problem and the disease was inherited by Tom and their sisters. But with age, the disease was overcome.
Now, looking at a successful Hollywood handsome man, it is hard to imagine that the boy had a lot of complexes as a child. First, crooked teeth. The boy felt very uncomfortable communicating, because he was very shy of his ugly teeth. Secondly, height – Tom was a short boy, so he always tried to be friends with younger guys. Sports helped the young man to become taller. Tom was actively involved in floor hockey and even considered becoming a professional wrestler, but this was prevented by a knee injury. At the age of 14, Tom thought about becoming a priest and even entered the seminary, but soon changed his mind.
When Tom was 16 years old, his mother married a second time. The stepfather was able not only to accept a woman with four children but also to love each of them. At the same time, Tom dreams of starting a career as an actor. His mother and stepfather supported him in everything and encouraged him to engage in creativity.
Acting career of Tom Cruise
Tom Cruise first appeared on stage in the school musical Guys and Dolls. Everyone was delighted with the production and could not help but notice the acting talent of the young man. In 1980, Tom comes to New York to start his acting career. The young man makes a promise to himself that in 10 years he will be a famous and sought-after actor. Tom does not go to study acting, he goes straight to the auditions. After a while, he is noticed and invited to audition for the film “Endless Love”. The casting is successful and already in 1981, the picture is released on the screens. In the same year, Tom starred in another film – Lights Out. 1983 was a landmark year for the actor, he not only managed to star in three films, in two of them the actor played the main role. In the first film, All the Right Moves, Tom played a high school football star who dreams of leaving his hometown and starting a career as an athlete. The second main role was the role of Joel Goodson in the film Risky Business. It was she who brought the actor popularity. Many critics still consider this work a landmark in the career of a film actor.
The status of the star was reinforced by the work in the film “Top Gun”. The slogan of the film was the phrase “I feel the need, the need for speed”, it was she who inspired the creators of the computer game “Need for Speed”. In the same year, the actor starred in the movie The Color of Money with Paul Newman. And after 2 years, the film “Cocktail” was released, which the critics accepted very coldly and even awarded the actor “Golden Raspberry” for the worst role. However, in 1988, the picture “Rain Man” was released. In it, Tom Cruise starred in a pair with Dustin Hoffman, their duet is still considered one of the best acting tandems. Tom Cruise’s next projects were just as successful. Moreover, for his role in the film Born on July 4th, Tom Cruise received the Golden Globe award and his first Oscar nomination.
It is impossible not to note the excellent performance of Tom Cruise in the mystical drama Interview with the Vampire. The cast brought together all the stars of Hollywood on one set, the film starred Antonio Banderas, Brad Pitt, Kirsten Dunst, and Christian Slater. The film earned Tom Cruise his second Oscar nomination.
The peak of Tom Cruise’s career can rightly be considered the film “Mission Impossible”. Here Tom not only played the main role but also acted as a producer. The action movie is released in 1996 and immediately gains unprecedented success. In the same year, the actor received another Oscar nomination for his role in the film Jerry Maguire. After 4 years, the sequel “Mission Impossible 2” is released. The film grossed almost $550 million.
After that, there is a whole series of successful film works by Tom Cruise. Among them is the drama Vanilla Sky, after the release of which Cruise received the Saturn statuette for the best male role. In 2003, the actor starred in Edward Zwick’s The Last Samurai, and Cruise also became the producer of the film. The Last Samurai received a lot of positive reviews and even several Golden Globe nominations, but this time the actor was not nominated.
In 2015, Mission: Impossible fans rejoice as the fifth episode hits the screens. The director of the film, Christopher McQuarrie, is very pleased with the work of Tom Cruise on the set, and at the box office, the film once again beats all the ratings. For 4 days at the box office in the CIS, the film collected almost $ 4 million.
In the interval between the fifth and sixth parts of Mission Impossible, another film with the participation of Tom Cruise, The Mummy, is released on the screens. The actor played the main role, and although the project was promising in concept, he did not receive much attention from viewers and critics.
In 2018, Tom Cruise again appears before the audience in the role of Ethan Hunt. This time the plot of the film is even more intricate and dramatic. The creators spared no effort or money for special effects.
Tom Cruise’s personal life
The personal life of a famous actor interests everyone and always. Journalists have been keeping Tom Cruise at gunpoint for a decade now. Every step and every action of the actor will not go unnoticed.
At the beginning of his career, when the actor only felt the taste of popularity, his personal life was full of intrigues. And with women older than him. Tom had an affair with actress Rebecca DeMornay, his partner in the film Risky Business, she was 3 years older than the young actor. This was followed by an affair with singer Patti Scialfa, with her age difference was 9 years. The biggest difference was between the actor and the famous singer Cher. She was 16 years older than Tom. Their relationship was not long, but Cher repeatedly recalled them in her interviews, the singer stated that Cruise was one of her best lovers.
Tom Cruise’s first wife was American actress Mimi Rogers. The wife was 6 years older than Tom, but this did not interfere with their relationship. Mimi involved Tom in the Church of Scientology and since then Tom Cruise has been one of the main followers of this ideology. Initially, the marriage of Cruise and Rogers was considered ideal, but 3 years after the wedding in 1987, the couple divorced. According to some sources, the reason for the gap was Tom’s refusal to move to Los Angeles.
However, many believe that Nicole Kidman was the real reason. They met Cruise on the set of Days of Thunder in 1989. Warm relations immediately began between the actors. By the way, the actress is 5 years younger. Less than a year after his divorce from his first wife, Tom Cruise proposed to Nicole Kidman and she accepted. the couple dreamed of having children, but they did not succeed in conceiving their offspring. After two years of trying, the couple adopted a baby girl, Isabella Jane. After another 3 years, Nicole and Tom decided to adopt another child – the boy Connor Anthony.
The happy marriage lasted 11 years. In 2001, Tom Cruise filed for divorce without giving Nicole a specific reason. The actress took the breakup very hard. Soon after, she found out about her pregnancy, but severe emotional stress and depression provoked a miscarriage, moreover, the pregnancy turned out to be ectopic. The custody of adopted children remained joint. The children were also introduced to the Church of Scientology, like their adoptive father. At 26, Isabella got married, but neither Tom nor Nicole was present at the ceremony, although there are no disagreements between parents and children, moreover, Kidman and Cruise sponsored the wedding.
Quite a bit of time has passed since the divorce from Nicole Kidman, as Tom Cruise began a new relationship. With Penelope Cruz, also met on the set. The actor’s new novel aroused the envy of everyone, no one saw such mutual understanding and passion between lovers. But not everything turned out so smoothly. Religion has become a stumbling block for the couple. Penelope is a Buddhist and she refused to change religion for the sake of marriage, while it was extremely important for Tom that his wife attended the Church of Scientology with him.
In 2005, the actor began a relationship with Katie Holmes. The actor publicly confessed his love to her live on the Oprah Winfrey show. Soon the couple announced that they were expecting a child, and in April 2006, Tom and Katie had a daughter, Suri. After the birth of their daughter, the couple decided to legalize the relationship. In November 2006, Katy and Tom got married. World stars were invited to the ceremony – Will Smith, Jim Carrey, Richard Gere, and many others. The wedding dress for the bride and the suit for the groom were made by famous designer Giorgio Armani. Unlike other chosen ones, Kathy agreed to accept Scientology before marriage.
After 6 years of marriage, Katie regretted her decision to change religion. Friends and colleagues said that the actress lives in a cage, she is forced to believe and controlled 24/7. Holmes returned to the Catholic Church and demanded full custody of the child from Tom Cruise. Soon, the ex-wife transferred her daughter Suri to a Catholic school.
Religious beliefs
Tom Cruise is an active supporter of the Church of Scientology. He vehemently fights for the ideas and principles of Scientology in the world. In 2003, under the leadership of Tom Cruise, the “New York Lifeguard Detoxification Fund” was created. The Foundation helped the liquidators of the September 11, 2001, terrorist attack. The method of “detoxification” that the Foundation uses as part of medical care is considered by many in the world to be dangerous. However, followers of the Church of Scientology are convinced that this is “a bridge to complete freedom.” Tom Cruise has repeatedly condemned his colleagues on the site for seeking help from psychiatrists and taking antidepressants. Scientology does not recognize psychiatry and considers it a pseudoscience. So the actor quarreled with director Steven Spielberg and actress Brooke Shields.
Filmography of Tom Cruise
- 1981 – Endless Love
- 1981 – Lights out
- 1983 – Izgoi
- 1983 – Losing It
- 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, Far Away
- 1992 – “A Few Good Guys”
- 1993 – “Company”
- 1994 – Interview with the Vampire
- 1996 – “Mission Impossible”
- 1996 – Jerry Maguire
- 1999 – “Eyes Wide Shut”
- 1999 – Magnolia
- 2000 – “Mission Impossible 2”
- 2001 – Stanley Kubrick: A Life in Film
- 2001 – Vanilla Sky
- 2002 – “Space Station 3D”
- 2002 – Minority Report
- 2002 – Austin Powers: Goldmember
- 2003 – “The Last Samurai”
- 2004 – “Accomplice”
- 2005 – “War of the Worlds”
- 2006 – “Mission Impossible 3”
- 2007 – Lions for Lambs
- 2008 – Trouble Soldiers
- 2008 – Operation Valkyrie
- 2010 – Knight of the Day
- 2011 – “Mission Impossible: Ghost Protocol”
- 2012 – “Year of the Century”
- 2012 – “Jack Reacher”
- 2013 – Oblivion
- 2014 – Edge of Tomorrow
- 2015 – “Mission: Impossible: Rogue Nation”
- 2016 – Jack Reacher 2: Never Go Back
- 2017 – The Mummy
- 2017 – “Made in America”
- 2018 – “Mission Impossible: Consequences”
- 2020 – Top Gun 2