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'''Tom Cruise''' (born '''Thomas Cruise Mapother IV''' [[July 3]], [[1962]] in [[Syracuse, New York|Syracuse]], [[New York]], [[USA]]) is an American film [[actor]] and [[film producer|producer]] who has starred in a number of top-grossing movies. His first leading role in a [[blockbuster]] movie was in [[1983 in film|1983]]'s ''[[Risky Business]]''. |
'''Tom Cruise''' (born '''Thomas Cruise Mapother IV''' [[July 3]], [[1962]] in [[Syracuse, New York|Syracuse]], [[New York]], [[USA]]) is an American film [[actor]] and [[film producer|producer]] who has starred in a number of top-grossing movies. His first leading role in a [[blockbuster]] movie was in [[1983 in film|1983]]'s ''[[Risky Business]]''. |
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Revision as of 06:57, 22 July 2005
Tom Cruise (born Thomas Cruise Mapother IV July 3, 1962 in Syracuse, New York, USA) is an American film actor and producer who has starred in a number of top-grossing movies. His first leading role in a blockbuster movie was in 1983's Risky Business.
Biography
Cruise's parents moved frequently when he was a child, residing in a number of locations throughout the United States and Canada, including Ottawa, Louisville, Kentucky, Glen Ridge, New Jersey, where he attended Glen Ridge High School, and Wayne, 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 (1989) and Jerry Maguire (1996), both as Best Actor; and for Magnolia (1999), as Best Supporting Actor. In 1996, he became the first actor in history to star in five consecutive films that grossed $100 million in domestic release. The films were A Few Good Men (1992), The Firm (1993), Interview with the Vampire (1994), Mission: Impossible (1996) and Jerry Maguire (1996).
Cruise teamed with producer Paula Wagner to form Cruise/Wagner Productions, and is author of "The Wasteland" by T.S. Eliot, which has co-produced several of Cruise's films such as Mission: Impossible and its sequels, Vanilla Sky (2001), and The Last Samurai (2003). The company also co-produced The Others (2001).
In 1990, 1991 and 1997, People magazine rated him among the 50 most beautiful people in the world. In 1995, Empire magazine ranked him among the 100 sexiest stars in film history. Two years later, it ranked him among the top 5 movie stars of all time. In 2002 and 2003, he was rated by Premiere among the top 20 in its annual Power 100 list.
A number of Cruise's more well-known and popular movies have cast him in a similar role, one which has been half-jokingly referred to by movie fans (and some critics) as the "Generic Tom Cruise Character." In a role of this type, Cruise has portrayed a character who, as the film begins, is seen as a cocky, stuck-up, self-centered egotist who cares for little other than himself. As the events of the movie unfold, his character learns to become more open-minded and altruistic, until by the time the climax has been reached, he has undergone a radical change and been transformed into a better human being. Examples of the "Generic Tom Cruise Character" can be seen in Top Gun, Rain Man, A Few Good Men, Jerry Maguire, Cocktail, Vanilla Sky, The Last Samurai, War of the Worlds, and others. His most recent film, War of the Worlds, achieved USD $34.6 million in ticket sales around the world on its debut, more than any other of his films on opening day. [1]
He has been married twice, to Mimi Rogers (May 9, 1987 - February 4, 1990) and later Nicole Kidman (December 24, 1990 - August 8, 2001). He and Nicole Kidman adopted two children, Isabella (born 1993) and Connor (born 1995). Cruise recently discussed his bi-racial son with the TV talkshow host Oprah Winfrey. Oprah asked Cruise if the issue of his race was ever discussed in the household. "We’re from the human race, human kind,” he clarified. “I mean, what’s there to talk about? He’s my son. Listen, that’s just how I feel about it. He’s my son. I’ve never thought about color, race, I just have not thought about that."
During his marriage to actress Nicole Kidman, the couple endured public speculation about their sex life and rumors that Cruise was gay. In May 2001 he filed a lawsuit against gay porn actor Chad Slater. Slater had allegedly told the celebrity magazine Actustar that he had engaged in an affair with Cruise. Both Slater and Cruise denied this, and in August 2001 Slater was ordered to pay $10 million to Cruise in damages.[2]
Cruise was next romantically linked with Penélope Cruz, the lead actress in his film Vanilla Sky. In March 2004, he announced that his relationship with Penélope Cruz had ended in January. In April 2005, he began dating Katie Holmes, before announcing on 17 June 2005 that he had proposed to her at the top of the Eiffel Tower in Paris, France [3]. She accepted his offer, but the couple have yet to decide on a wedding date.
On June 19, 2005 at the London premiere of War of the Worlds Cruise was squirted in the face with water (via a joke microphone) by a man posing as a reporter. The intended comedy sketch was to be included in an upcoming reality show on London's Channel 4. Cruise was not humoured by the prank as he claimed that it was "disgusting" that someone should act in such a way.
Church of Scientology
Cruise is arguably Hollywood's most outspoken member of the Church of Scientology. He joined in 1986, while married to Mimi Rogers. Cruise has publicly said that Scientology, specifically the L. Ron Hubbard Scientology Study Tech, allowed him to overcome his dyslexia [4].
Since 2004, Cruise has talked more openly about Scientology and promoted its ideas, especially its rejection of psychiatric drugs, which was the subject of a heated argument with Matt Lauer on the Today Show on June 24, 2005. He openly critized actress Brooke Shields for using the drug Paxil, an anti-depressant, which Shields claims helped her recover from post-partum depression after the birth of her daughter in 2003; Brooke Shields subsequently questioned Cruise's wisdom. Cruise also claimed in an Entertainment Weekly interview that psychiatry "is a Nazi science" and that methadone was actually originally called Adolophine after Adolf Hitler [5].
Cruise's more open attitude to Scientology has been attributed to the departure of his publicist of 14 years, Pat Kingsley in March 2004. He has since replaced her with his sister, Lee Anne DeVette, who is a Scientologist. [6]. Cruise's fiancée, Katie Holmes, recently has begun studying Scientology, which Cruise says does not conflict with her Roman Catholic upbringing. In addition, Tom Cruise has, among other issues, lobbied French minister Nicolas Sarkozy in favor of Scientology.
Oprah appearance and Katie Holmes
On May 23, 2005, Cruise raised some eyebrows with a frenzied appearance on The Oprah Winfrey Show in which he —in the words of The New York Times— "jumped around the set, hopped onto a couch, fell rapturously to one knee and repeatedly professed his love for his new girlfriend, the actress Katie Holmes."
This short, yet very public love affair took a dramatic turn when Cruise and Holmes got engaged in Paris [7] while on a world publicity tour for their two most recent movies (War of the Worlds for Cruise and Batman Begins for Holmes).
Selected filmography
- Endless Love (1981)
- Taps (1981)
- The Outsiders (1983)
- Losin' It (1983)
- Risky Business (1983)
- All the Right Moves (1983)
- Legend (1985)
- Top Gun (1986)
- The Color of Money (1986)
- Cocktail (1988)
- Young Guns (1988) (Cameo)
- 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)
- Mission: Impossible (1996)
- Jerry Maguire (1996)
- Junket Whore (1998) (documentary)
- Eyes Wide Shut (1999)
- Magnolia (1999)
- Mission: Impossible II (2000)
- Stanley Kubrick: A Life in Pictures (2001) (documentary) (narrator)
- Vanilla Sky (2001) (also producer)
- Space Station 3D (2002) (documentary) (narrator)
- Minority Report (2002)
- Austin Powers in Goldmember (2002) (Cameo)
- The Last Samurai (2003) (also producer)
- Collateral (2004)
- War of the Worlds (2005)
- Mission: Impossible III (2006) (currently in pre-production) (also producer)
Trivia
- Although resident in the U.S., Cruise also maintains a home in London and is a frequent visitor to the UK.
- Cruise wore braces in 2002 "to correct a bite problem" (He removed them during filming). [8]
- Cruise enjoys signing autographs.
- Cruise is 5 feet, 7 inches (170 cm) tall. (Source: IMDb profile)
Salary:
- War of the Worlds (2005) (20% profit participation)
- The Last Samurai (2003) $25,000,000 + % of profits
- Minority Report (2002) $25,000,000+
- Vanilla Sky (2001) $20,000,000 + 30% of Profits
- Mission: Impossible II (2000) $75,000,000 (gross participation)
- Eyes Wide Shut (1999) $20,000,000
- Jerry Maguire (1996) $20,000,000 against 15%
- Mission: Impossible (1996) $70,000,000 (gross participation)
- Interview with the Vampire: The Vampire Chronicles (1994) $15,000,000
- Far and Away (1992) $13,000,000
- Rain Man (1988) $3,000,000+% of gross
- Top Gun (1986) $2,000,000
- Risky Business (1983) $75,000