CRUISE, Tom 1962–

PERSONAL

Original name, Thomas Cruise Mapother IV; born July 3, 1962, in Syracuse, NY; son of Thomas Cruise III (an electrical engineer) and Mary Lee (a special education teacher) Mapother; married Mimi Rogers (an actress), May 9, 1987 (divorced, 1990); married 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 Productions, producer.

Member: Earth Communications Office (board member).

Awards, Honors: Golden Globe Award nomination, best actor in a comedy or musical motion picture, 1983, for Risky Business; Special Award, box office star of the year, ShoWest Convention, National Association of Theatre Owners, 1987; Academy Award nomination, Golden Globe Award, Chicago Film Festival Critics Award, and Film Award nomination, British Academy of Film and Television Arts, all best actor, 1989, for Born on the Fourth of July; selected one of the fifty most beautiful people in the world, People Weekly, 1990, 1991, and 1997; People's Choice Award, favorite motion picture actor, 1990; Golden Globe Award nomination, best actor, 1992, MTV Movie Award nominations, most desirable male and best male performance, 1993, for A Few Good Men; staronthe Hollywood Walk of Fame, 1993; MTV Movie Award nomination (with Nicole Kidman), best on–screen duo, 1993, for Far and Away; named Hasty Pudding Man of the Year, Hasty Pudding Theatricals, 1994; People's Choice Award, favorite dramatic motion picture actor, 1994; MTV Movie Award nominations, most desirable male and best male performance, 1994, for The Firm; MTV Award nominations, most desirable male, best villain, and best on–screen duo (with Brad Pitt), 1995, for Interview with the Vampire: The Vampire Chronicles; Golden Globe Award nomination, Academy Award nomination, Screen Actors Guild Award nomination, and National Board of Review Award, all best actor, Golden Satellite Award, best actor in a comedy or musical motion picture, MTV Movie Award, best male performance, and Blockbuster Entertainment Award, favorite actor in a comedy or romance, all 1996, for Jerry Maguire; Nova Award (with Paula Wagner), most promising producer in theatrical motion pictures, Producers Guild of America, 1996, for Mission: Impossible; American Cinematheque Gala Tribute Award, 1996; Blockbuster Entertainment Award, favorite supporting actor—drama, Academy Award nomination, best actor in a supporting role, Chicago Film Critics Association Award, best supporting actor, Golden Globe Award, best performance, Golden Satellite Award nomination, best performance by an actor in a supporting role, Screen Actors Guild Award nominations, outstanding performance by a cast in a theatrical motion picture (with others) and outstanding performance by a male actor in a supporting role, 2000, all for Magnolia; Special Silver Ribbon, Italian National Syndicate of Film Journalists, 2000; Blockbuster Entertainment Award nomination, favorite actor—drama/romance, 2000, for Eyes Wide Shut; Blockbuster Entertainment Award nomination, favorite actor—action, and MTV Movie Award, best male performance, 2001, for Mission: Impossible II; Wannabe Award, Kids' Choice Awards, 2001; Saturn Award, best actor, Academy of Science Fiction, Fantasy & Horror Films, 2002, for Vanilla Sky; Saturn Award, best actor, and Empire Award, best actor, 2003, for Minority Report; Golden Globe Award nomination, best performance by an actor in a motion picture, Golden Satellite Award nomination, best performance by an actor in a motion picture—drama, Motion Picture Producer of the Year Award nomination (with others), PGA Golden Laurel Awards, 2004, all for The Last Samurai.

CREDITS

Film Appearances:

(Film debut) Billy, Endless Love, Universal, 1981.

David Shawn, Taps, Twentieth 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 of Money, Buena Vista, 1986.

Brian Flanagan, Cocktail, Buena Vista, 1988.

Charlie Babbitt, Rain Man, Metro–Goldwyn–Mayer/United Artists, 1988.

(Uncredited) Cowboy shot in gun battle at McSween's, Young Guns, Twentieth Century–Fox, 1988.

Ron Kovic, Born on 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 Few Good Men, Columbia, 1992.

Mitch McDeere, The Firm, Paramount, 1993.

Lestat de Lioncourt, Interview with the Vampire (also known as Interview with the Vampire: The Vampire Chronicles ), Warner Bros., 1994.

Ethan Hunt, Mission: Impossible, Paramount, 1996.

Jerry Maguire, Jerry Maguire (also known as The Agent ), TriStar, 1996.

Junket Whore, 1998.

Dr. Bill Harford, Eyes Wide Shut (also known as EWS ), Warner Bros., 1999.

Frank T. J. Mackey, Magnolia (also known as mag– no'li–a ), New Line Cinema, 1999.

Ethan Hunt, Mission: Impossible II (also known as M: I–2 ), Paramount, 2000.

Behind the Mission: The Making of "M: I–2 " (also known as Behind the Mission: The Making 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 Station 3–D, IMAX, 2002.

Prelude to a Dream, 2002.

Hitting It Hard, 2002.

Cameo, Austin Powers in Goldmember (also known as Austin Powers: Goldmember ), New Line Cinema, 2002.

Nathan Algren, The Last Samurai, Warner Bros., 2003.

Vincent, Collateral, Paramount, 2004.

Film Producer:

(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.

Film Executive Producer:

The Others (also known as Les autres and Los otros ), 2001.

Narc, 2002.

Shattered Glass, 2003.

Television Appearances; Specials:

The 19th Annual American Film Institute Life Achievement Award: A Salute to Kirk Douglas (also known as The American Film Institute Salute to Kirk Douglas ), CBS, 1991.

Host, MTV's 10th Anniversary Special, MTV, 1991.

Rock the Vote, Fox, 1992.

Hollywood Hotshots, Fox, 1992.

Fox/MTV Guide to Summer '92, Fox, 1992.

Barbara Walters Special, ABC, 1992.

And the Winner Is, syndicated, 1993.

Barbara Walters Presents the Ten Most Fascinating People of 1996, ABC, 1996.

Fire and Ice Ball '97, E! Entertainment Television, 1997.

A Salute to Dustin Hoffman (also known as The 27th American Film Institute Life Achievement Award: A Salute to Dustin Hoffman ), ABC, 1999.

Ron Howard: Hollywood's Favorite 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 Is Alan Smithee?, AMC, 2002.

(In archive footage) Shirtless: Hollywood's Sexiest Men, AMC, 2002.

Road to the Red Carpet, E! Entertainment Television, 2002.

Interviewee, The Barbara Walters Special, ABC, 2002.

Back in the U. S., ABC, 2002.

Interviewee, E! Entertainer of the Year 2003, E! Entertainment Television, 2003.

Television Appearances; Episodic:

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 and the Other Guy," 3rd Rock from the Sun, NBC, 1998.

"25 Toughest Stars," E! Rank, E! Entertainment Television, 2001.

The Ray Martin Show, 2001.

The Tonight 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 King 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 of Amazing Stories, NBC; Movie House.

Television Appearances; Awards Presentations:

The 61st Annual Academy Awards Presentation, ABC, 1989.

Presenter, The 63rd Annual 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, Nickelodeon, 2001.

Presenter, The 58th Annual Golden Globe Awards, NBC, 2001.

The 2001 MTV Movie Awards, MTV, 2001.

The 73rd Annual Academy 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.

Television Director; Episodic:

"The Frightening Framis," Fallen Angels, Showtime, 1993.

Stage Appearances:

Appeared in a dinner theater production of Godspell.

RECORDINGS

Videos:

Time Out: The Truth about HIV, AIDS, and You, 1992.

WRITINGS

Screenplays:

(Story; with Robert Towne) Days of Thunder, 1990.

OTHER SOURCES

Books:

Sanello, Frank, Cruise: The Unauthorized Biography, 1995.

Periodicals:

Cosmopolitan, January, 1984.

Entertainment Weekly, December 20, 1996, p. 20; December 27, 1996, p. 30; June 14, 2002, p. 30; December 14, 2001, p. 34.

Interview, November, 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, January 8, 1989.

People Weekly, September 5, 1983; March 5, 1984; August 13, 1990; May 3, 1993; November 16, 1998, p. 11; March 15, 1999, p. 130, July 30, 2001, p. 68; February 19, 2001, p. 48; May 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, November 14, 1983.

Teen, November, 1982; December, 1983.

Time, December 14, 1981; April 4, 1983; November 7, 1983; June 24, 2002, p. 56.