Tom Cruise
Biography
Tom Cruise is an American actor and producer, born in Syracuse, New York, in 1962, who started acting in the early 1980s and broke through with Risky Business (1983) and Top Gun (1986). Playing Ron Kovic in Born on the Fourth of July (1989) won him a Golden Globe and his first Academy Award nomination. The 1990s brought A Few Good Men (1992), The Firm (1993), Interview with the Vampire (1994), and Jerry Maguire (1996), with another Golden Globe and a second Oscar nomination, while Magnolia (1999) earned a third Golden Globe and a supporting-role nomination. He later became a star of action and science-fiction pictures, performing many of his own risky stunts, and played Ethan Hunt in the Mission: Impossible series from 1996 to 2025. His credits also include Minority Report (2002), Collateral (2004), War of the Worlds (2005), Edge of Tomorrow (2014), and Top Gun: Maverick (2022).
64years old
Turns 65 on July 3in 265 days
- Born Syracuse
- Star sign: CancerThe sign runs June 21 to July 22
- Thomas Cruise Mapother IV (birth name)
Movie Career
- Films
- 53
- Career span
- 45 years1981 to 2026
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A first
Tom Cruise set a Guinness World Record for the most consecutive movies to gross over $100 million. Eleven of his films achieved that feat between 2012 and 2025.
First role
Cruise's first film appearance was a small part in Endless Love in 1981. Later that year he played a crazed military academy student in Taps, and Harold Becker, the director, expanded his role after being impressed.
Behind the camera
In 1993 Cruise and his former talent agent Paula Wagner started Cruise/Wagner Productions. The company's first co-produced film was Mission: Impossible in 1996, which also marked Cruise's first work as a producer.
Own stunts
Cruise is an aerobatic pilot. In 2010 he joined the Living Legends of Aviation, and he owns a P-51 Mustang among other aircraft.
Tom Cruise movies on Netflix
Best known for
The films on Netflix they are best known for, with the part played in each.
- Mission: Impossible - Ghost Protocol2011 Action, Adventure, Thrilleras Ethan Hunt
IMDb rating 7.4570K votes
Most often with
Christopher McQuarrie directed five of these films, Joseph Kosinski two and Steven Spielberg two. Ving Rhames appears in seven of them, more than any other actor. Pick a number on the chart or a name in the list to see the films they share.
Films together
Ving Rhames's page
Simon Pegg's page
Nicole Kidman's page
Alec Baldwin's page
Robert Duvall's page
Cary Elwes's page
All films by Christopher McQuarrie
Joseph KosinskiDirector, 2 films, 2013 to 2022
All films by Joseph Kosinski
All films by Steven Spielberg
Also three films together7 more actors
- Paul NewmanTom Cruise: An Eternal Youth (2020), Winning: The Racing Life of Paul Newman (2015) and The Color of Money (1986)
- Cameron DiazTom Cruise: An Eternal Youth (2020), Knight and Day (2010) and Vanilla Sky (2001)
- Henry CzernyMission: Impossible - The Final Reckoning (2025), Mission: Impossible - Dead Reckoning Part One (2023) and Mission: Impossible (1996)
- Rebecca FergusonMission: Impossible - Dead Reckoning Part One (2023), Mission: Impossible - Fallout (2018) and Mission: Impossible - Rogue Nation (2015)
- Ron DeanCocktail (1988), The Color of Money (1986) and Risky Business (1983)
- Charles ParnellMission: Impossible - The Final Reckoning (2025), Mission: Impossible - Dead Reckoning Part One (2023) and Top Gun: Maverick (2022)
- Greg Tarzan DavisMission: Impossible - The Final Reckoning (2025), Mission: Impossible - Dead Reckoning Part One (2023) and Top Gun: Maverick (2022)
When several people share the same number of films, the ones with the most films on Netflix are in the chart.
Box office
What Tom Cruise's films earned in cinemas worldwide.
Combined worldwide box office
$13.3 billion
44 of the 52 films have a worldwide figure.
Of the 52 films: 44 worldwide figure; 1 us gross only; 4 never in cinemas; 3 figure not found.
- 44Worldwide figure
- 1US gross only
- 4Never in cinemas
- 3Figure not found
Highest grossing
The eight biggest films earned 45% of the total. The bars are drawn to scale.
- 1$1.5B11.2% of the total
- 2$824M6.2% of the total
- 3$695M5.2% of the total
- 4$683M5.1% of the total
- 5$604M4.5% of the total
- 6$599M4.5% of the total
- 7$571M4.3% of the total
- 8$546M4.1% of the total
$7.3 billionfrom the other 36 films with a worldwide figure, 55% of the total
Awards
Twelve awards and honors from 1990 to 2025, five of them major.
| Year | Award | Film | Result |
|---|---|---|---|
| Academy Awards | |||
| 2025 | Honorary Award | Honorary | |
| Golden Globes | |||
| 2000 | Best Supporting Actor – Motion Picture | Magnolia | Won |
| 1997 | Best Actor – Motion Picture Musical or Comedy | Jerry Maguire | Won |
| 1990 | Awards | Won | |
| 1990 | Best Actor – Motion Picture Drama | Born on the Fourth of July | Won |
| Other honors | |||
| 2024 | Chevalier des Arts et des Lettres | Won | |
| 2024 | Navy Distinguished Service Medal | Won | |
| 2022 | Honorary Palme d'Or | Honorary | |
| 2005 | Critics' Choice Awards | Won | |
| 2002 | Saturn Award for Best Actor | Won | |
| 2002 | Saturn Awards | Won | |
| 1997 | Satellite Award for Best Actor in a Musical or Comedy | Won | |
Online
Official profiles and reference pages.