Tom Cruise American Actor Born 1962 in Syracuse

Tom Cruise is an American actor born on 3 July 1962 in Syracuse. He is recognised as Captain Nathan Algren in The Last Samurai (2003).

Early life

Tom Cruise was educated at Henry Munro Middle School, St. Xavier High School and Glen Ridge High School.

Career

The earliest credit on record for Tom Cruise is Endless Love (1981). During the 1980s, he worked on Top Gun (1986, as Pete "Maverick" Mitchell) and Rain Man (1988). Work from the 1990s includes Interview with the Vampire (1994, as Lestat de Lioncourt) and Eyes Wide Shut (1999). Vanilla Sky (2001) and Minority Report (2002) are among his 2000s credits. In the 2010s, he appeared in Edge of Tomorrow (2014, as Major Bill Cage) and Mission: Impossible – Fallout (2018, as Ethan Hunt).

His filmography here covers 54 films and one TV series from 1981 to 2026. Action is the most frequent genre among his listed titles (17), followed by drama (17) and thriller (9). The most recent title listed is Digger (2026). Of his 18 titles with worldwide box-office figures on record, Top Gun: Maverick (2022) has the highest, at $1.44 billion.

Alec Baldwin appears in three of his listed titles, including Mission: Impossible – Rogue Nation (2015) and Rock of Ages (2012). Other co-stars who recur in his credits are Nicole Kidman (three titles) and Morgan Freeman (two titles). Christopher McQuarrie directed three of his titles on record, among them Mission: Impossible – Dead Reckoning Part One (2023) and Mission: Impossible – The Final Reckoning (2025). Cameron Crowe is credited as director on two of them, including Jerry Maguire (1996).

Recognition

In 2022, he won the Honorary Palme d'Or. He has also won an Academy Honorary Award (2025) and three Golden Globe Awards (1990, 1997 and 2000). Tom Cruise also earned a nomination for the Academy Award for Best Actor in 1990 for Born on the Fourth of July. Awards come to 14 wins and 5 nominations in total.

Personal life

Former marriages on record are to Mimi Rogers (1987 to 1990), Nicole Kidman (1990 to 2001) and Katie Holmes (2006 to 2012). He has 3 children on record.