Thomas Cruise Mapother IV, aka the world famous Tom Cruise was born in July-3-1962, in Syracuse, New York. His ambition was to become a priest, until he reached his high school when he realized that he is able to try acting and headed to New York when he was eighteen.
His debut performance was in ‘Endless Love’, released in 1981. In the same year, he got another much more important role in the film ‘Taps’. The movie was average in the Box Office. In 1983, Tom could become one among the teenage stars for the movie ‘The Outsiders’. In the same year, he could play a main role in a comedy movie called ‘Losin’ it’. Hollywood witnessed the outstanding abilities of Tom Cruise as an actor, with in the next five years.
The breakthrough of the most sought after actor in the screen history was through the comedy film ‘Risky Business’, and the film is well known for having launched the highest paid actor to the stardom. The lip synchronization of Tom Cruise for the song ‘Old Time Rock and Roll’ of Bob Seger was much legendary in the 1980’s film industry. That film, considered as a ‘Generation 10 classic’, is also famous as the career-maker of the world’s favorite actor, Tom Cruise.
In 1983, the high school football drama called ‘All the Right Moves’ and the fantasy film ‘Legend’ which was released in 1985 gave him much more fame and establishment.
‘Top Gun’ released in 1986, was his next big hit to follow. The film was the super hit of the year, which collected around US$354 million, through the worldwide collection. In the same year, he also acted with Paul Newman in the film ‘The Color of Money’. The lighthearted drama ‘Cock Tail’ presented Tom Cruise the first nomination for the Razzie Award of 1989. That year, he also acted a main role in the film ‘Rain Man’, co-starred Dustin Hoffman, received four Academy awards including the best picture and the best actor.
Cruise again convinced his talent through the film, ‘Born on the Fourth of July’ which again gave him Academy award nominations. ‘The Days of Thunder’, ‘Far and Away’ were the next releases. The military thriller ‘A Few Good Men’ acted with Demy Moore and Jack Nicholson was another super hit which gave him Golden Globe and MTV nominations. ‘The Firm’ that won The People Choice Award’s Favorite Dramatic Motion Picture, and ‘Interview with the Vampire’ (1994), were his next pictures. Tom Cruise starred and produced ‘Mission Impossible’ in 1996, which collected US$456 million with the worldwide collection. ‘Jerry Maguire’ also gave him Academy Award’s Best Actor nomination. ‘Eyes Wide Shut’ with Nichole Kidman, raised great controversies. In the same year 1999, ‘magnolia’ gave him the Best Supporting Actor, for the Oscar Awards.
In 2000, ‘Mission Impossible 2’ was another blockbuster, followed by ‘Minority Report’, ‘The Last Samurai’, ‘Collateral’(2004), ‘War of The Worlds’ (2005), ‘Mission Impossibe3’ , ‘Lions for Lambs’, ‘Tropic Thunder’ and ‘Valkyrie’ all showed his irresistible talent and he still continues guarantying the smash for the Hollywood, for the each picture he is acting.
