Tom Cruise Biography

Born on July 3, 1962, Tom Cruise is an American film actor, writer, director, and producer. His original name is Thomas Cruise Mapother IV, and he was born to Mary Lee and Thomas Cruise in New York. He has three sisters and shares his father’s name. Tom Cruise’s ancestry includes German, Irish, and English roots. During his early teenage years, he lived in Ottawa, Canada, where his father served as a diplomat. Despite his interest in hockey, his parents enrolled him in figure skating lessons due to their fears. Surprisingly, Tom Cruise originally wanted to become a priest, not an actor! He grew up in poverty and was raised as a Catholic, with his father being abusive towards him.

Since the 1990s, Tom Cruise has been a highly reliable and successful movie star, featuring in a diverse range of films. Among his most renowned works are the Mission Impossible series, The Last Samurai, Interview With the Vampire, Jerry McGuire, Knight and Day, Vanilla Sky, Jack Reacher, and his debut in Top Gun. He has been nominated for three Academy Awards and has won three Golden Globe Awards. Tom Cruise made his big-screen debut in Francis Ford Coppola’s The Outsiders, which was released in March of 1983.

In August of 1983, Tom Cruise took on his first leading role in the film Risky Business. A formula has been established based on the movies in which Tom Cruise has starred throughout his career.

In 1971, his family relocated to Canada, where he played floor hockey in school. After his mother divorced his father, she took him and his sisters back to the United States, and his father later passed away from cancer. Tom Cruise attended 15 schools in 14 years and played varsity football, but he was cut from the team after being caught drinking beer before a game. He made a brief appearance in Endless Love before landing his first major role in Taps, where he played a significant supporting role alongside Sean Penn and Timothy Hutton. In 1983, he starred in the hit film Risky Business, which marked his breakthrough role. Tom Cruise became a superstar after starring in Top Gun in 1986, where he played Maverick, a fighter pilot. He also starred opposite Dustin Hoffman in the Academy Award-winning film Rain Man and earned an Oscar nomination for Born on the 4th of July.

In 1990, he co-starred with Nicole Kidman in the film Days of Thunder, and they appeared together again in Far and Away. In 1994, he acted in the ensemble cast of The Interview with the Vampire, which featured other upcoming superstars like Brad Pitt, Antonio Banderas, and Kristen Dunst. Tom Cruise played the role of Ethan Hunt, a spy, in the 1996 blockbuster hit Mission Impossible, which has been his most successful film series to date. The same year, he also starred in Jerry McGuire.

Tom Cruise has been married three times throughout his life. His first marriage was to Mimi Rogers in 1987, and in 1990, he married Nicole Kidman. However, they separated in 2001. His third marriage was to Katie Holmes, and the couple has a nine-year-old daughter. Additionally, Tom Cruise has two adoptive children. He is known to follow the teachings of the Church of Scientology.

Profile

Name: Thomas Cruise Mapother IV
Other name: Tom Cruise
Born: 3 July 1962
Star Sign: Cancer
Birth Place: Syracuse, New York, USA
Height: 5 feet 7 inches
Education:
Profession: Actor>, Producer, Writer, Director
Citizenship: USA
Language: English

Family

Wife(s): Mimi Rogers (9 May 1987 – 4 February 1990); Nicole Kidman (24 December 1990 – 8 August 2001); Katie Holmes (18 November 2006 – 20 August 2012);
Children: Isabella Jane Cruise, Connor Antony Cruise & Suri Cruise