| Name |
Tom
Cruise |
| Birth
Name |
Thomas
Cruise Mapother IV |
| Date
of Birth |
3
July 1962 |
| Birth
Place |
Syracuse
New York , USA |
| Profession |
Actor |
| Nationality |
American |
| Height |
5'
7" |
| Parents |
Father:
Thomas Cruise Mapother III
Mother: Mary Lee Mapother
Daughters: Isabella, Suri
Son:Connor |
| Sisters |
*Marian
*Lee Anne De Vette
*Cass |
| Ex
wives |
Mimi
Rogers(1987 - 1990), Nicole Kidman(1990 - 2001)
|
| children |
He
and Nicole Kidman adopted two children, Isabella
and Connor. |
| Engaged |
to
Katie Holmes, proposed to her in Paris |
| Also
Dated |
Heather
Locklear, Rebecca De Mornay, Melissa Gilbert, Penelope
Cruz |
| Famous
cousin |
actor
William Mapother |
| Education |
Glen
Ridge High School, New Jersey |
| Debut
Film |
Endless
love |
| Member |
Church
of Scientology |
| Says |
*
Psychiatry is a pseudo science
* Scientology cured him of his dyslexia |
| Ambition |
At
14 years he wanted to become a priest and also enrolled
into one. |
| Drawback |
His
height |
| Beliefs |
At
age 28 he renounced his Catholic beliefs and embraced
The Church Of Scientology. |
| Earnings |
$70
million for the film Mission Impossible |
| Hobbies |
skydiving,
scuba diving, and piloting his Pitts Special S-2B
stunt plane |
| Pets |
dogs
called Basil and Murray and a cat called Harvey
|
| Well
known for his |
Generosity
and compassion |
| Volunteered |
Elizabeth
Glaser Pediatric AIDS Foundation. |
| Charities |
The
Ashley Flint Fund, The Tsunami Relief Fund, Themoms.biz
Diabetes Fund, Hillary Rodham Clinton's Campaign
and The Church of Scientology. |
| First
Actor |
First
actor in history to star in five consecutive films
that grossed $100 million in the USA: Few Good Men,
A (1992), Firm, The (1993), Interview with the Vampire:
The Vampire Chronicles (1994), Mission: Impossible
(1996), Jerry Maguire (1996) |
| Best
and Worst |
In
1988, he became the first actor to have the distinction
of starring in both the year's Oscar winner for
Best Picture, Rain Man (1988) and the year's Razzie
"winner" for Worst Picture, Cocktail (1988).
|
| Never
won |
An
Oscar but was nominated for three times in the years
1990, 1997, 2000. |
| Awards
& Honours |
- Saturn
Award Academy of Science Fiction, Fantasy &
Horror Films, USA for the film Vanilla Sky in
the year 2002.
- Chosen
by People magazine as one of the 50 Most Beautiful
People in the world in 1990, 1991 and 1997;
- Chosen
as People Magazine's Sexiest Man Alive in 1990;
- Ranked
#3 in Empire (UK) magazine's "The Top 100
Movie Stars of All Time" list in 1997;
- Ranked
#14 in Premiere's 2003 annual Power 100 List.
Had ranked #16 in 2002
- Ranked
#4 in Star TV's Top 10 Box Office Stars of the
1990s (2003)
- Had
received a star on the walk of fame in Los Angeles,
California, USA.
- The
Nova Award for the film 'Mission Impossible'
in 1997
- The
National Board of Review award for the film
'Jerry Maguire' in 1996 and for the film 'Magnolia'
in 1999
- Won
the People's choice Award in 1990, 1994
- MTV
movie award for the film 'Jerry Maguire' in
1997, Mission Impossible II in 2001
- Special
Silver Ribbon Italian National Syndicate of
Film Journalists in 2000
- Golden
Satellite award for the film 'Jerry Maguire'
in 1997
- Golden
Globes award for the films Born on the fourth
of July, Jerry Maguire, Magnolia in the years
1990, 1997,2000 respectively.
- Florida
Film Critics Circle Awards for the film 'Magnolia'
in 2000
- Ethnic
Multicultural Media Awards, UK for the film
'Last Samurai' in the year 2004
- Empire
Awards, UK for the film 'Minority Report' in
the year 2003
- Chicago
Film Critics Association Awards in 1990, 2000
for the films Born on the fourth of July and
Magnolia
- Blockbuster
Entertainment Award for the films Jerry Maguire,
and Magnolia in the years 1997, 2000
|
| Facts |
-
By the age 14 he had attended 15 different schools
in US and Canada.
-
Is right handed when writing, but does most
things left handed.
-
Will not allow his likeness to be used in video
games or for action figures.
-
He took up acting after losing his place on
a high school wrestling team, due to a knee
injury.
- Was
so eager to join the cast of "Magnolia"
that he took a pay cut to be part of the budgeted
$30 million movie.
- He
is a licensed Pilot.
- Has
appeared in films opposite five directors who
have also directed his films. Sydney Pollack,
who directed The Firm, appeared in Eyes Wide
Shut. Stanley Kubrick, who directed Eyes Wide
Shut, makes a cameo appearance in all of his
films. Paul Thomas Anderson, who directed Magnolia,
appeared as an extra in Minority Report. Minority
Report director Steven Spielberg appeared in
Vanilla Sky and Austin Power in Gold member.
Cameron Crowe, who directed Jerry Maguire and
Vanilla Sky, appeared in Minority Report
- While
filming "Days of Thunder" at Daytona
International Speedway, he drove one of the
Hendricks Motor sports R&D cars around the
track. The best time recorded was a lap at 205
MPH.
|
| Quotes |
"I've
had a very interesting life. There are ways of handling
the complexities. I'm willing to take on responsibilities
as a father, as a producer, as an actor - and I
enjoy that. I've always been changing and evolving
and growing. There's no pinnacle of power where
you can sit back and rest." |
