TOM CRUISE: HOLLYWOOD'S TOP GUN

BRIEF BIOGRAPHY

FULL NAME: Thomas Cruise Mapother IV
BIRTHDATE/PLACE: July 3, 1962/ Syracuse, New York
SPOUSE: Actress Nicole Kidman
EDUCATION: Left high school before graduation
CRAZY CHILDHOOD STUNT: At age four, Tom leapt from his widow using his sheets as a "parachute."
EARLY MOVIE OBSESSION: He saw Star Wars 14 times in the theatre
CHILDHOOD DREAMS: Spent a year studying to be a  priest. But, he liked spin-the-bottle too much.
FIRST STARING ACTING ROLE: Nathan Detroit in a high school production of Guys and Dolls.
BEGINNING OF HIS CAREER: Used $50 to buy a used pinto and move to Manhattan in 1980.
FIRST MAJOR ROLE: Played a fanatic cadet alongside Sean Penn and Timothy Hutton in the film Taps.
FIRST CAREER FLOP: A silly teen comedy alongside Shelly Long, Losin' It.
BIGEST CAREER CONTROVERSY: "Lestat" in Interview with the Vampire.
HOMES: Brentwood, Ca; New York City, NY; Telluride, CO; London, England; Sydney, Australia.

FILMOGRAPHY

Mission: Impossible 2 (2000)
Magnolia (1999)
Eyes Wide Shut (1999)
Jerry MaGuire (1996)
Mission: Impossible (1996)
Interview with the Vampire (1994)
The Firm (1993)
A Few Good Men (1992)
Days of Thunder (1990)
Born on the Fourth of July (1989)
Cocktail (1988)
Rainman (1988)
The Color of Money (1986)
Top Gun (1986)
Legend (1985)
All the Right Moves (1983)
Losin' It (1983)
The Outsiders (1983)
Risky Business (1983)
Endless Love (1981)
Taps (1981)

Tom as Frank T.J. Mackey in Magnolia

As Ethan Hunt in Mission: Impossible

As Lt. Pete "Maverick" Mitchell in Top Gun

"Even Tom's flops make 80 million"
                              --Rob Reiner

7 Movies grossed over $100 Million
Avg. gross of each movie: $88, 190,690
Avg. gross of last ten movies: 118,393,741
Total gross of all: 1,646,032,411

       

*Averages do not include his two most recent films, Magnolia and Mission: Impossible

"I'm addicted to Tom. He's my drug."
              --Nicole Kidman

"The first time someone called me a beefcake, I almost threw up. I don't want to be remembered as just a set of biceps and teeth."
                       --Tom Cruise

Rosie O'Donell has a huge crush on Tom. About his hobby to fly twin engine planes and race cars, she said:
"I'm trying to get a new law against it passed in congress, 'cause I don't want you injured, my little Tommy."

CONGRATULATIONS TOM!

Tom won the 1999 Golden Globe for his portaayal of Frank TJ Mackey in the film Magnolia.  Tom was also nominated for an Osacar, but he lost for the third time (was also nominated for Born on the Fourth of July and Jerry Mcguire).