Tom Cruise Biography

After considering and deciding against entering the priesthood, a young Cruise took off to New York to pursue acting, and within five years, thanks to his boyish good looks and undeniable charisma, starred in some of the highest-grossing films of the 1980s (Top Gun, Rain Man). The 1990s didn't slow him down — the Mission: Impossible franchise and Jerry Maguire kept him squarely on top of the A list, until his outspokenness about Scientology was blamed for the failure at the box office of M:i:III. Bounced publicly from Paramount, he formed his own studio and is rebounding with parts rolesthe real-life attempted Hitler assassin in Bryan Singer's Valkyrie


1. Raised a devout Catholic, Cruise renounced his beliefs in 1990 and joined the Church of Scientology — he has reached the highest order in the church.
2. He studied at a Franciscan seminary at age 14 (he'd attended 15 different schools by this time).
3. He's 5 feet, 7 inches tall.
4. Cruise is dyslexic.
5. He had a controversial Scientology massage tent set up on the War of the Worlds set.


On his religious beliefs and Hollywood: "I've been a Scientologist for 20 years. If someone is so intolerant that he doesn't want to see a Scientologist in a movie, then he shouldn't go to the movie theater."
— Spiegel Online, April 27, 2005


Wives: Katie Holmes, actress; born Dec. 18, 1978; married Nov. 18, 2006; Nicole Kidman, actress; born June 20, 1967; met on the set of Days of Thunder; married Dec. 24, 1990; separated Dec. 2000, just shy of their 10-year anniversary; divorced; Mimi Rogers, actress; born Jan. 27, 1956; married 1986; divorced January 1990
Daughters: Suri Holmes-Cruise, born Apr. 18, 2006 (mother: Holmes); Isabella Jane Kidman Cruise, born Dec. 22, 1992 (adopted January 1993)
Son: Connor Anthony Kidman Cruise, born Jan. 17, 1995 (adopted February 1995)


2004: Golden Globe nomination: Best Actor in a Motion Picture (Drama), The Last Samurai

2000: Golden Globe: Best Actor in a Supporting Role in a Motion Picture, Magnolia

1997: Academy Award nomination: Best Actor, Jerry Maguire; Golden Globe: Best Actor in a Motion Picture (Comedy/Musical), Jerry Maguire

1993: Golden Globe nomination: Best Actor in a Motion Picture (Drama), A Few Good Men

1990: Academy Award nomination: Best Actor, Born on the Fourth of July; Golden Globe: Best Actor in a Motion Picture (Drama), Born on the Fourth of July

1984: Golden Globe nomination: Best Actor in a Motion Picture (Comedy/Musical), Risky Business



Valkyrie - (2009) - Actor
The Eye - (2008) - Producer
Lions for Lambs - (2007) - Actor
Mission: Impossible III - (2006) - Producer, Actor
Elizabethtown - (2005) - Actor
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