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All About Tom Cruise
Thomas Cruise "Tom" Mapother IV (born July 3, 1962) is an American film actor and producer
He has been nominated for three Academy Awards and has won three Golden Globe Awards
He started his career at age 19 in the 1981 film Endless Love
After portraying supporting roles in Taps and The Outsiders , his first leading role was in Risky Business, released in August 1983
Cruise became a full-fledged movie star after starring as Pete "Maverick" Mitchell in Top Gun
He is well known for his role as secret agent Ethan Hunt in the Mission: Impossible film series between 1996 and 2011.
Cruise has starred in many successful films, including The Color of Money , Cocktail , Rain Man , Born on the Fourth of July , Far and Away , A Few Good Men , The Firm , Interview with the Vampire: The Vampire Chronicles , Jerry Maguire , Eyes Wide Shut , Magnolia , Vanilla Sky , Minority Report , The Last Samurai , Collateral , War of the Worlds , Lions for Lambs , Valkyrie , Knight and Day , Jack Reacher and Oblivion
In 2012, Cruise was Hollywood's highest-paid actor
Fourteen of his films grossed over $100 million domestically; twenty one have grossed in excess of $200 million worldwide.
Cruise is known for his support for the Church of Scientology and its affiliated social programs.