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Tom Cruise

Tom Cruise (born July 3, 1962 in Syracuse, New York), born Thomas Cruise Mapother IV, is an American film actor who has starred in a number of top-grossing movies and is considered a sex symbol.

Cruise's parents moved frequently when he was a child, residing in a number of locations throughout the United States and Canada, including Ottawa, Ontario, Louisville, Kentucky and Glen Ridge, New Jersey. Before going into acting, Cruise attended a Franciscan seminary and aspired to become a Catholic priest.

He received Academy Award nominations for Born on the Fourth of July and Jerry Maguire, both as Best Actor; and for Magnolia, as Best Supporting Actor. He has been married twice, to Mimi Rogers and later Nicole Kidman. Cruise divorced Kidman in 2001, and for a time he was romantically linked with Penelope Cruz, the lead actress in his film Vanilla Sky.

He is a well-known member of The Church of Scientology (as of 1990), a fact that has occasionally led to protests at openings of his movies in Europe.

Table of contents

1 Selected Filmography 2 See also 3 External links

Selected Filmography

• Endless Love (1981)
• Taps (1981)
• The Outsiders (1983)
• Risky Business (1983)
• All the Right Moves (1983)
• Legend (1985)
• Top Gun (1986)
• The Color of Money (1986)
• Cocktail (1988)
• Rain Man (1988)
• Born on the Fourth of July (1989)
• Days of Thunder (1990)
• Far and Away (1992)
• A Few Good Men (1992)
• The Firm (1993)
• Interview with the Vampire (1994)
• (1996)
• Jerry Maguire (1996)
• Eyes Wide Shut (1999)
• Magnolia (1999)
• (2000)
• Vanilla Sky (2001)
• Minority Report (2002)
• The Last Samurai (2003)
• Collateral (2004)
• (2005)
• The Few (2005)
• The War of the Worlds (2006)

See also

• List of short actors

External links

• IMDb filmography

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